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Stephanie Hughes reviews the revival of Christopher Bruce 's dance Cruel Garden based on the work of Lorca.
Music includes at 6.40 Mozart's
Rondo in A minor, K511, played by pianist Andras Schiff ; at 7.15 orchestral excerpts from Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin ; and at 8.40 Ravel's Tombeau de Couperin arranged for wind quintet.

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Christopher Bruce
Pianist:
Andras Schiff
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin

With Peter Hobday.

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture - Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev

9.20 Glazunov Violin Concerto - Sylvia Marcovici, LSO, conductor Leopold Stokowski

9.43 Schubert Pause (Die Schone Mullerin) - Josef Protschka (tenor), Helmut Deutsch (piano)

9.47 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 9 in E flat - Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

9.58 Hindemith Symphony: Mathis der Maler - Israel Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Contributors

Presenter:
Peter Hobday

Benjamin Britten and Aldeburgh provided Mstislav Rostropovich with a second home during the difficult years of the sixties. The cellist tells Joan Bakewell about his visits there and the importance of his friendship with Britten. With music from Britten's Cello Symphony and solo suites and Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata accompanied by Britten.

Contributors

Interviewer:
Joan Bakewell
Interviewee:
Mstislav Rostropovich

Briefer Candles
Richard Baker looks at the all-too-brief lives of some famous musicians.
3: Dinu Lipatti. Romanian pianist
Dinu Lipatti was one of the greatest musical talents of the century. His international career was cut short when he fell victim to leukaemia, and after struggling through one final concert, he died at the age of 33. Including:
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor (excerpt) Philharmonia, conductor Alceo Galliera
Enescu Violin Sonata No 2 in F minor, Op 6 The Composer Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
Ravel Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Baker
Musicians:
Dinu Lipatti.
Pianist:
Dinu Lipatti
Conductor:
Alceo Galliera

Roger Nichols surveys the music of Debussy's last ten years. Today, he introduces music from 1911 to 1913.
Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
(excerpts) Phyllis Curtin (soprano), New England Conservatoire Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch
Jeux Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme Bernard Kruysen (baritone), Noel Lee (piano)
La Boite a Joujoux (excerpts)
French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Jean Martinon
Syrinx
William Bennett (flute)
Repeated next Wednesday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Soprano:
Phyllis Curtin
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Trois Poemes
Baritone:
Mallarme Bernard Kruysen
Piano:
Noel Lee
Conductor:
Jean Martinon
Flute:
William Bennett

New Generations
Fiona Talkington introduces a season of recitals from the Wigmore Hall, London, featuring leading young soloists and ensembles.
Ronald van Spaendonck (clarinet), Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
Weber Grand Duo Concertant, Op 48 Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op 73 Berg Four Pieces, Op 5 Poulenc Clarinet Sonata

Contributors

Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Clarinet:
Ronald van Spaendonck
Piano:
Alexandre Tharaud

From the Chapel of Clare College, Cambridge.
Introit: Call to Remembrance (Farrant) Responses (plainsong)
Psalms 59-61 (plainsong)
First Lesson: Isaiah 2, w2-5
Office Hymn: Give Rest, O Christ (Kiev Melody)
Magnificat (Sweelinck)
Second Lesson: Ephesians 4, v25 - 5, v2
Nunc Dimittis a 12 (Palestrina)
Anthem: Valiant for Truth (Vaughan Williams)
Hymn: Thy Kingdom Come, O God (St Cecilia)
And I Saw a New Heaven (Bainton)
Organ Voluntary: Fantasia Chromatica (Sweelinck)
Director of music Timothy Brown. Organ scholar Andrew Henderson.

Contributors

Music:
Timothy Brown.
Unknown:
Andrew Henderson.

Sean Rafferty discusses a new biography of Cole Porter with author William McBrien. Music includes
Ravel's Suite: Daphnis et Chloe and Strauss's Horn Concerto No 1.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Cole Porter
Unknown:
William McBrien.

The first part of the London
Symphony Orchestra's Shostakovich retrospective, conducted by the composer's friend
Mstislav Rostropovich earlier this year, was very well received. Over the next two weeks Performance on 3 features the second part of their series as the last eight symphonies complete the cycle. London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich Shostakovich Symphony No 9: Symphony No 8
Next programme tomorrow 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Conductor:
Mstislav Rostropovich

Mozart's friends had to be rather thick-skinned to withstand his ribald wit and practical jokes, but they were rewarded with some miraculous music. Penny Gore investigates
Mozart's friendships with the oboist Friedrich Ramm , the horn player-cumcheesemonger Ignaz Leutgeb , and the composer's skittle-playing partner Anton Stadler. Including:
Oboe Quartet in F, K370 Gaudier Ensemble
Trio in E flat, K498 (Kegelstatt) Emma Johnson (clarinet), James Boyd (viola), Ian Brown (piano)
Producer Nigel Wilkinson Repeated tomorrow 4pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Friedrich Ramm
Unknown:
Ignaz Leutgeb
Unknown:
Anton Stadler.
Clarinet:
Emma Johnson
Viola:
James Boyd
Piano:
Ian Brown
Producer:
Nigel Wilkinson

Patrick Wright discusses the work of sculptor Louise Bourgeois , who remains prolific at the age of 87 but whose new work engages subtly with death as well as eroticism. Plus first-night news from English National Opera's new production of Boris Godunov. Francesca Zambello directs Musorgsky's epic tale of the guilt-ridden tyrant and his country. Producer Doug Traill-Stevenson

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Wright
Unknown:
Louise Bourgeois
Unknown:
Boris Godunov.
Unknown:
Francesca Zambello
Producer:
Doug Traill-Stevenson

With Simon Heighes.
Venetian Carnival. In Monteverdi's day - as now - tourists flocked each year to sample the spectacular pleasures of the Venetian Carnival. Monteverdi provided music for all sorts of Venetian festivities - sacred and secular, private and public. This programme includes smaller-scale vocal pieces like Zefiro Torna , Fugge, Fugge and Gira il Nemio Insidioso plus the magnificent Gloria composed to give thanks for the end of the Great Plague of 1631. Repeated from last Wednesday

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Heighes.
Unknown:
Zefiro Torna
Unknown:
Nemio Insidioso

With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Vanbrugh Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 Bartok String Quartet No 6
Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1
2.30 Weber Missa Sancta No 2 in G
(Jubelmesse) Henriette Schellenberg (soprano), Laverne G'Foerer (mezzo), Keith Boldt (tenor), George Roberts (baritone), Vancouver Chamber
Choir, CBC Vancouver Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Jon Washburn
3.00 Schools
3.00 Time and Tune 3.20 Together
3.40 Dance Workshop 4.00 EAL Dance 4.20 Scottish Resources
10-12 4.40 Talking Points
5.00 Vivaldi Concerto in C for Two
Trumpets, RV537 Toni Grear and Stanko Arnold (trumpets), Slovenian Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Marko Munih
5.10 Mozart Oboe Quartet in F, K370 Amsterdam Trio, Peter Bree (oboe)
5.40 Dohnanyl Symphonic Minutes West Australian Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jorg Mester

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Soprano:
Henriette Schellenberg
Tenor:
Keith Boldt
Tenor:
George Roberts
Conductor:
Jon Washburn
Unknown:
Toni Grear
Conductor:
Marko Munih
Oboe:
Peter Bree
Conductor:
Jorg Mester

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