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With Edward Seckerson , including
Locatelli Introduttione Teatrale in D, Op 4 No 5
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, conductor Thomas Hengelbrock
6.45 Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No 1 Romanian Broadcasting Orchestra, conductor losif Conta
7.00 Blacher Concertante Music
German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
7.25 Faure Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor Domus
8.00 Walton TeDeum
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,
Choristers of Worcester Cathedral, conductor Louis Fremaux
8.40 Piston Suite: The Incredible Flutist
St Louis Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Locatelli Introduttione Teatrale
Conductor:
Thomas Hengelbrock
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor:
Louis Fremaux
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

With Andrew McGregor , who plays some of this month's newest releases.
9.30 Building a Library David Owen Norris recommends a version of Debussy's Etudes.
10.35 Simon Heighes reviews new releases of Baroque vocal music, including Handel's L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il
Moderato from Robert King and the King's Consort, Ame's masque Alfredfrom Nicholas McGegan and Hasse's La Contadinawith Ensemble Arcadia.
11.00 An interview with the all-female vocal quartet Anonymous 4.
11.35 Radio 3 Disc of the Week:
Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor GeorgTintner
Producer Clive Portbury and Andrew Lyle
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Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Simon Heighes
Unknown:
Robert King
Unknown:
Alfredfrom Nicholas McGegan
Producer:
Clive Portbury
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

Michael Berkeley talks to John Carey ,
Merton Professor of English Literature at Oxford University. A distinguished critic and author, his books include several anthologies, of which the latest - The Faber Book of Utopias - is published this month. His musical passions range from choral music by Allegri and Haydn to concertos by Weber and Mendelssohn and a song from Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience. Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
John Carey
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

Another chance to hear Stephanie Hughes launche the new BBC Wigmore Hall
Lunchtime Concert series with a recital from the brilliant young musicians of the Belcea Quartet, who team up with the young Castagneri Quartet from France and clarinettist Michael Collins.
Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20 Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Clarinettist:
Michael Collins.

With Humphrey Carpenter , including:
Ireland Piano Concerto in Eflat Kathryn Stott , RPO, conductor Vernon Handley Guerrero Ave Virgo Sanctissima
Westminster Cathedral Choir, conductor David Hill Haydn Piano Sonata in C minor, H XVI 20 Alfred Brendel
Producer Steve Portnoi
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Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Kathryn Stott
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Piano:
David Hill
Unknown:
Alfred Brendel
Producer:
Steve Portnoi

Russell Davies presents his continuing history of jazz.
41: As Free as It Gets
For the first 50 years or so of jazz history, ragtime, the blues, orthe melodies and harmonies of Tin Pan Alley provided a starting point for individual expression. That all changed when alto saxophonist Ornette Coleman recorded his Free Jazz album in 1960. Producer David Perry

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Unknown:
Ornette Coleman
Producer:
David Perry

Smetana's comic masterpiece in a production which was one of the highlights of this summer's Glyndebourne season. The plot follows the misunderstandings between lovebirds Marienka and Jenikto the accompaniment of polkas, drinking choruses and all the fun of the circus.
On-stage pianist Andrew Massey. Glyndebourne Chorus,
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jiri Kout
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Pianist:
Andrew Massey.
Conductor:
Jiri Kout
Marenka:
Solveig Kringelborn (soprano)
Jenik:
Kim Begley (tenor)
Vasek:
Wolfgang Abllnger-Sperrhacke (tenor)
Kecal:
Jonathan Velra (baritone)
Krusina:
Norman Bailey (bass)
Ludmilla:
Helga Dernesch (mezzo)
Micha:
Richard van Allan (bass)
Hata:
Anne Howells (mezzo)
Esmeralda:
Marlsol Montalvo (soprano)
Ringmaster:
Andrew Forbes-Lane (tenor)
Red Indian:
Martyn Sharp (bass)

Jez Nelson introduces a concert given at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland by the Azur Quintet . Led by French bassist
Henri Texier , the group produces beautiful and engaging compositions. The other players are Glenn Ferris (trombone),
Sébastian Texier (clarinet/saxophones), Bojan Zulfikarpsic (piano) and Tony Rabeson (drums). They perform music from their Label Bleu CD Mosaic Man.
Producer Steve Shepherd

Contributors

Introduces:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Azur Quintet
Bassist:
Henri Texier
Unknown:
Glenn Ferris
Clarinet:
Sébastian Texier
Piano:
Bojan Zulfikarpsic
Piano:
Tony Rabeson
Producer:
Steve Shepherd

With Jonathan Swain.
1.00 Songs and piano music performed by Sylvia McNair (soprano) and Ted Taylor , including Gershwin's Someone to Watch Over Me; A Foggy Day; Summertime; I Got Rhythm; Prelude No 1 and Weill's My Ship.
2.00 Vaszy Comedy Overture 2.05
Schubert Piano Quintet in A, D66 (Trout)
2.45 Lubeck Prelude in CJan 2.55
Resplghl Poema Autumnale 3.10
Sibelius Sonatina in F sharp minor, Op 67 No 13.20 Berlo Folk Songs 3.45 Franz
Doppler Andante and Rondo, Op 25 3.55 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor 5.00 Chopin Scherzo No 4 in E, Op 54 5.10 Larsson Pastoral Suite, Op 19 5.25
Haydn, arr Salomon Symphony No 90 in C
5.50 Kodaly Adagio

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Soprano:
Sylvia McNair
Soprano:
Ted Taylor
Unknown:
Resplghl Poema Autumnale

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