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With Penny Gore , including:
Rachmaninov Prelude in G flat, Op 23 No 10 Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
6.40 Mendelssohn String Symphony No 12 in G minor
English String Orchestra, conductor William Boughton
7.05 Telemann Suite in A minor
Frans Brüggen (recorder), South West German CO, conductor Friedrich Tilegant
7.40 Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K41 7William Purvis , Orpheus CO
8.10 Bach Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV850Olli Mustonen (piano)
8.50 Beethoven Overture: The Consecration of the House
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan

Contributors

Unknown:
Penny Gore
Piano:
Dmitri Alexeev
Conductor:
William Boughton
Unknown:
Frans Brüggen
Conductor:
Friedrich Tilegant
Unknown:
William Purvis
Piano:
Olli Mustonen
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan

With Donald Macleod.
After returning to Vienna from a comprehensive tour as a piano virtuoso, Hummel became a pupil of Haydn, and a friend and rival of Beethoven. He established himself as a teacher and eventually succeeded Haydn as Kapellmeisterto the Esterhazy family. Sonata in E flat, Op 13 (1st mvt) Ian Hobson (piano)
Octet-Partita in E flat Wind Soloists of the Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Trumpet Concerto Reinhold Friedrich (keyed trumpet),
Vienna Academy Orchestra, conductor Martin Haselbock
Offertorium Amanda Halgrimson (soprano), Czech Philharmonic Choir,
Vienna Academy Orchestra, conductor Martin Haselbock

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Piano:
Ian Hobson
Conductor:
Martin Haselbock
Soprano:
Offertorium Amanda Halgrimson
Conductor:
Martin Haselbock

With Stephanie Hughes.
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
10.17 Chausson Poeme Gidon Kremer
(violin), LSO, conductor Riccardo Chailly
10.33 Britten Alia Marcia
Endellion Quartet
10.37 Purcell The Sweet Passion (The FairyQueen, Part 3)
Soloists, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, ECO, conductor Benjamin Britten
11.00 Britten Three Divertimentos
Endellion Quartet
11.12 Frank Martin The Tempest (excerpts) Dietrich Rscher-Dieskau (baritone), Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Violin:
Gidon Kremer
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Frank Martin
Baritone:
Dietrich Rscher-Dieskau
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet

In the second of this week's programmes from the 1999 Lucerne International Festival, Graeme Kay presents music by the festival's composer-in-residence Glya Kanchell, who talks about his work and about why he no longer lives in his native Georgia. Plus Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring played by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Contributors

Presenter:
Graeme Kay
Guest:
Glya Kanchell
Musicians:
The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Zubin Mehta

John Toal introduces a recital given earlier this year in the BT Studio of Belfast's Waterfront Hall.
James Gilchrist (tenor), John Constable (piano) Quitter To
Julia Rebecca Clarke Shy One; The Cloths of Heaven
Britten CanticleNo 1: My Beloved Is Mine; The Last Rose of Summer; Down by the Sally Gardens
Tlppett The Heart's Assurance

Contributors

Introduces:
John Toal
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Piano:
John Constable
Unknown:
Julia Rebecca Clarke

Songs from Poland lain Burnside introduces a recital of Polish songs by Chopin, Kadowicz, Monluszko, Szymanowski and Lutoslawski. Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano), lain Burnside (piano) Producer Clive Portbury

Contributors

Producer:
Clive Portbury

Humphrey Carpenter with music, arts news and guests including violist
Yuri Bashmet , who talks about his new disc of works by Brahms. Music includes at 5.00 Wagner's Overture: The Flying Dutchman; at 6.00 Schubert's Impromptu No 2 in E flat, D899; and after 6.30 Ravel's Valses Nobles et Sentimentales.

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Yuri Bashmet

Kirsteen McCue introduces a performance of one of Handel's most spectacular oratorios given at the Usher Hall during this year's Edinburgh International Festival. Handel Saul
Thomas Trotter (organ), Edinburgh Festival Chorus, chorus master David Jones ,
Scottish CO, conductor Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Introduces:
Kirsteen McCue
Unknown:
Thomas Trotter
Chorus Master:
David Jones
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Michal:
Lisa Milne (soprano)
Merab:
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
David:
David Daniels (countertenor)
Jonathan:
Ian Bostridge (tenor)
High Priest:
Toby Spence (tenor)
Witch of Endor:
Nell Jenkins (tenor)
Saul:
Bryn Terfel (baritone)
Ghostof Samuel:
Neal Davies (baritone)

Since its foundation the Victoria and Albert Museum has been a battleground for ideas about its function. In the week marking the centenary of its renaming by Queen Victoria, Patrick Wright examines the political, social and artistic forces that have influenced its history and which continue to fuel debate on its future. Also,
Patrick Wright and guests discuss one of the most keenly awaited books of the autumn, "Rembrandt's Eyes" by Simon Scharma.

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Wright

In celebration of his 80th birthday, pianist George Shearingjoins Alyn Shipton in the first of two programmes that look back over his long career. Sitting at the keyboard,
Shearing recalls Claude Bampton 's Blind Band, and the pieces he heard Fats Waller play in 1930s London. He also plays music from his very first BBC broadcast in 1938.

Contributors

Pianist:
George Shearingjoins
Pianist:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Claude Bampton
Unknown:
Fats Waller

With Jonathan Swain.
12.05am Jef van Hoof Overrture: Willem de Zwijger
12.10 Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
12.35 Hidas Harpsichord Concerto
12.50 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
1.00 Schein Fontana d'Israel
2.35 Szokolay Harpsichord Sonatina
2.40 Bartok Dance Suite
3.00 - 5.00 Schools
3.00 Playtime
3.15 Time to Move
3.35Â Let's Make a Story
3.50 Drama Workshop
4.10 Together Stories
4.30 Hop, Skip and Jump
4.45 Sgeul an Orain
5.00 Brahms Academic Festival Overture
5.15 Purcell O Let Me Weep (The Fairy Queen)
5.35 Strauss Suite: Der Rosenkavalier

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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