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With Edward Seckerson.
Tallis Gaude Gloriosa Dei Mater
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers
6.20 Schumann Kreisleriana , Op 16 Claudio Arrau (piano)
7.30 Bax Mater Ora Filium
Finzi Singers , director Paul Spicer
8.45 Tallis Spem in Alium
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson.
Director:
Harry Christophers
Director:
Schumann Kreisleriana
Piano:
Claudio Arrau
Unknown:
Finzi Singers
Director:
Paul Spicer
Director:
Tallis Spem
Director:
Harry Christophers

Walton Coronation March: Crown
Imperial Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor David Willcocks
9.10 Rossini Largo at Factotum (The Barber of Seville)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Ion Marin
9.16 Rubbra Improvisations on Virginal Pieces by Giles Famaby Bournemouth Sinfonietta , conductor Hans-Hubert Schonzeler
9.32 Moriz Rosenthal Carnaval de
Vienne (Humoresque on Themes by Johann Strauss ) Piers Lane (piano)
9.40 Bach, arr Kopman Ertot Uns durch Dein' Gute (Cantata No 22); Ich Ruf zu Dir, BWV639 (Das Orgel-Buchlein) Yo-Yo Ma (cello),
Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman
9.49 Debussy Prelude a I'Après-midi d'un Faune Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
Mid-Programme Feature - Piano Duets:
10.00 Anton Rubinstein Capriccio ;
Berceuse; Marche (Six Characteristic Pieces) Yaara Tal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)
10.14 Grainger Children's March: Over the Hills and Far Away Penelope Thwaites and John Lavendar (pianos)
10.21 J Strauss (son) On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Willi Boskovsky
10.33 Ibert Trois Pièces Breves for wind quintet Athena Ensemble
10.40 Verdi II Balen del Suo Sorriso
(II Trovatore)
Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Rotterdam Philharmonic, conductor Valery Gergiev
10.45 Stravinsky Concerto in D Montreal Sinfonietta, conductor Charles Dutoit
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
E-MAIL: [address removed]

Contributors

Conductor:
David Willcocks
Conductor:
Rossini Largo
Baritone:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Unknown:
Giles Famaby
Conductor:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Hans-Hubert Schonzeler
Conductor:
Moriz Rosenthal Carnaval
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Kopman Ertot Uns
Unknown:
Ich Ruf
Conductor:
Ton Koopman
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Unknown:
Anton Rubinstein Capriccio
Unknown:
Yaara Tal
Piano:
Andreas Groethuysen
Unknown:
Penelope Thwaites
Pianos:
John Lavendar
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Unknown:
Verdi Ii Balen
Baritone:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

As the Cardiff Singer of the World competition gets under way, Ivan Hewett explores the benefits and perils of singing competitions. Plus a look at the challenge of finding a new chief conductor for the Berlin Philharmonic, as the present incumbent Claudio Abbado prepares to hand over the baton.
Producer Jessica Isaacs

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Claudio Abbado
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

Chris de Souza introduces a recital given at the Bath International
Festival by Amanda Roocroft (soprano) and Malcolm Martineau (piano).
Schumann Frauenliebe und -Leben
Debussy Ariettes Oubliées
Wolf Nun Bin Ich Dein; Ach, des
Knaben Augen; In der Schatten
Meiner Locken; Bedeckt Mich Mir Blumen; Wer Tat Deinem Fusslein
Weh? (Spanish Songbook)
Gumey Snow; The Cloths of Heaven; Elizabethan songs: Sleep; Spring

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris de Souza
Soprano:
Amanda Roocroft
Soprano:
Malcolm Martineau
Unknown:
Bedeckt Mich Mir
Unknown:
Deinem Fusslein

Introduction and Allegro Marie-Claire Jamet (harp), Christian Lande (flute), Guy Deplus (clarinet),
Herve le Roch and Pierre Hofer (violins), Colette Lequien (viola), Pierre Degenne (cello)

Contributors

Harp:
Allegro Marie-Claire Jamet
Harp:
Christian Lande
Harp:
Pierre Hofer
Viola:
Colette Lequien
Viola:
Pierre Degenne

6: Boston's Bully Pulpit.
Natalie Wheen continues her series on five of the major North American orchestras with the second of two programmes on the Boston Symphony. Music includes excerpts from Bartok's
Concerto for Orchestra - commissioned by the orchestra, recordings by the Boston Symphony Chamber Players and the Boston Pops, and a 1917 recording conducted by Karl Muck.
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Natalie Wheen
Conducted By:
Karl Muck.

73: Frank Lloyd Wright : Fallingwater Penny Spark and Deyan Sudjic assess the impact of the famous Pennsytvanian house and the wider influence of its brilliant and prolific creator. Producer Clare Csonka
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Lloyd Wright
Unknown:
Deyan Sudjic
Producer:
Clare Csonka

Anthony Burton introduces works first performed in 1927. Mosolov Iron Foundry
Ellington/Miley Black and Tan Fantasy Krenek Leb Wohl , Mein Schatz
(Jonny Spielt Auf)
Weill Alabama Song (Mahagonny Songspiel)
Georges Anthell A Jazz Symphony (original version)
Virgil Thomson Capital Capitals
Berg Allegro Misterioso (Lyric Suite) Varese Arcana
Producer Philip Tagney
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Introduces:
Anthony Burton
Unknown:
Krenek Leb Wohl
Unknown:
Mein Schatz
Songspiel:
Georges Anthell
Unknown:
Virgil Thomson
Unknown:
Berg Allegro Misterioso
Producer:
Philip Tagney

The monthly series of documentaries on 20th-century music continues with Music and Musicians, which explores how performances have changed in the course of this century. What were the hallmarks of the great performers? Has modern technology stifled spontaneity? Are the wrong notes of a god preferable to digitised accuracy? Narrated by Samuel West. Producer Andrew Kurowski

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel West.
Producer:
Andrew Kurowski

This 1992 production of Harold Pinter 's play is broadcast again as a tribute to Dirk Bogarde , who died last month. A summer's night in a room in north London. The master of the house brings a man home for a drink - a man he has just met.
Director Janet Whitaker Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Pinter
Unknown:
Dirk Bogarde
Director:
Janet Whitaker
Spooner:
Dirk Bogarde
Hirst:
Michael Hordern
Foster:
Keith Allen
Briggs:
Bernard Hill

Brian Kay introduces a concert given in Canterbury Cathedral in February by the BBC Singers and the Britten Sinfonia , conductor Nicholas Cleobury. Monteverdi, arr Woolrich Toccata (Orfeo)
Gabrieli In Ecclesiis
GesuaMo/Stravinsky Sacrae Cantiones Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum; Mass John Woolrich The Old Year
Bach, arr Stravinsky Choral
Variations on "Von Himmel Hoch "
Bach Motet : Lobet den Herm, BWV230 Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Introduces:
Brian Kay
Conductor:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury.
Unknown:
von Himmel Hoch
Unknown:
Bach Motet
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble with Mattias Wager (organ) Part, Jennefelt, Heiller, Sandstrom and Schoenberg.
2.00 Abel Symphony in E. Op 10 No 1
2.10 Weber Four songs
2.20 Hindemith Symphonic
Metamorphosis of Themes by Weber
2.45 Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella (1492) and Samuel de Champlain at the Court of Henri IV (1608) New World Consort
3.20 Debussy String Quartet, Op 10
3.50 Granados La Maja Dolorosa
3.55 Martin Peerson Fall of the Leaf
4.00 Tchaikovsky The Seasons, Op 37b
4.45 Various anon Heiliges Land
4.50 Graeme Koehne Gothic Toccata
5.00 Friedrich Kunzen Overture:
Vinhoesten (Der Fest der Winzer)
5.05 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV535
5.10 Handel Sonata in C. Op 1 No 7
5.20 Schumann Konzertstuck , Op 86
5.40 Mozart Piano Sonata in C, K545
5.50 CE Saliva Overture: La Testa di
Bronzo

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Erik Westbergs
Unknown:
Graeme Koehne
Unknown:
Friedrich Kunzen
Unknown:
Schumann Konzertstuck

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