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With Edward Seckerson.
6.00 Bach Cello Suite in C, BWV1009 PieterWispelway
6.30 Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance) Quatuor Mosaïques
7.00 Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
7.25 Berwald Symphony No 3 in C
(Sinfonie Singuliere) Malmo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sixten Ehrling
8.00 Rossini Overture: The Silken Ladder
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8.40 Brahms Alto Rhapsody, Op 53
Janet Baker (contralto), John Alldis Choir , LPO, conductor Adrian Boult

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson.
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Sixten Ehrling
Contralto:
Janet Baker
Contralto:
John Alldis Choir
Conductor:
Adrian Boult

Today's programme visits the Pianoworks 99 Festival in the Blackheath Halls.
Including live music performed by Stephen Coombs and other pianists from the festival, and by Lucie Skeaping and the Burning Bush, who perform traditional Jewish music. Music on disc includes:
Sargent Overture: An Impression on a Windy Day Royal Ballet Sinfonia, conductor Gavin Sutherland
Seiber Dance Suite Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Ades (piano)
Pieme Introduction et Variations surun
Ronde Populaire The Fairer Sax
Paisible Sonata in D for two trumpets, strings and continuo Michael Laird and Mark Bennett (trumpets), the Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman Brahms Four Gypsy Songs, Op 103
Berlin RIAS Chamber Choir/Marcus Creed Elgar Three Characteristic Pieces, Op 10 RPO, conductor Vernon Handley Mozart Divertimento in F, K213 Consortium Classicum
Grieg Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar) BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk Producer Sarah Devonald

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Coombs
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping
Conductor:
Gavin Sutherland
Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Piano:
Thomas Ades
Unknown:
Michael Laird
Unknown:
Mark Bennett
Director:
Peter Holman
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Mozart Divertimento
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk
Producer:
Sarah Devonald

Ivan Hewett talks to Peter Maxwell Davies about the role of the composer in encouraging children's musical creativity. Plus a report on why the Paris Opera is auctioning off 10,000 of their costumes.

Contributors

Talks:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

Gordon Stewart introduces the first of six recitals of Chopin's major works, given in London's Wigmore Hall, marking the 150th anniversary of his death. The recitals will also include music by other composers inspired by his example.
Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
Chopin Nocturne in E minor, Op 72 No 1 Faure Barcarolle No 1 in A minor, Op 26; Barcarolle No 6 in E flat, Op 70; Nocturne No 6 in D flat, Op 63
Chopin Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58 Faure Nocturne No 4 in E flat, Op 36; Ballade in Fsharp, Op 19
Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39; Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op posth; Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52

Contributors

Introduces:
Gordon Stewart

91: Arthur Miller : Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller 's play, written in 1948, propelled him to the forefront of American dramatists and won him the Pulitzer Prize. It is still one of the most performed 20th-century plays. Producer Annie Bristow
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Producer:
Annie Bristow

Ivan Hewett introduces music first performed in 1919. Faure Fantaisie , Op 111 Bartok Two Elegies: No 2 Hauer Nachklangstudien
Griffes Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Falla Ballet: Three-Comered Hat (Part 2) ProducerAntony Sellors

Contributors

Introduces:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Faure Fantaisie
Unknown:
Kubla Khan

The Public. The first in a double bill of plays celebrating the work of Federico Garcia Lorca. David Johnston , professor of hispanic studies at Queen's University, Belfast, brings Lorca's seemingly unstageable play vibrantlyto life in a radical new adaptation for radio.
Director Mary Peate
8.30 Shadow of the Wedding. The second in a double bill of plays celebrating the work of Federico Garcia Lorca. David Johnston 's play, inspired by Lorca's Blood Wedding, examines what happens when a new death edges two sides of a bitterly divided family towards a tentative reconciliation.
Director John Burgess

Contributors

Unknown:
Federico Garcia
Unknown:
. David Johnston
Director:
Mary Peate
Unknown:
Federico Garcia Lorca.
Unknown:
David Johnston
Director:
John Burgess
The Director:
Gerard Murphy
Man:
Ewan Stewart
White Horse:
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Naked Man/Emperor:
Lloyd Hutchinson
Bells:
John Padden
Black Horse:
Tim Treloar
Centurion:
Christopher Kelham
Helena:
Rachel Gleaves
Juliet:
Rosie Cavaliero
Bride:
Elizabeth Bradley
Josefina:
Barbara Jefford
Mari-Carmen:
Elizabeth Bell
Young Bride:
Claire Cox
Neighbour/Mother /Young Francisca:
Yolanda Vasquez
Pepe/Antonio/Driver:
Harry Myers
Paco/Francisco:
Mllo Twomey

Falla Concerto for harpsichord and five instruments Igor Kipnis , Paige Brook
(flute), Harold Gomberg (oboe), Stanley Drucker (clarinet), Eliot Chapo (violin), Lome Munroe (cello) Scarlatti Sonatas
Wanda Landowska (harpsichord)

Contributors

Unknown:
Igor Kipnis
Flute:
Paige Brook
Flute:
Harold Gomberg
Oboe:
Stanley Drucker
Clarinet:
Eliot Chapo
Cello:
Lome Munroe
Cello:
Scarlatti Sonatas
Harpsichord:
Wanda Landowska

Paul Guinery and Steven Isserlis introduce excerpts from new releases of Schumann's choral music, including John Eliot Gardiner 's recordings of the Requiem furMignon,
Nachtliedand Das Paradies unddie Peri.
Plus new recording s of the Scenes from Goethe's Faust and the choral ballad Des Sangers FluCh. Producer Paul Hindmarsh

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Unknown:
John Eliot Gardiner
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh

With Susan Sharpe.

Stradella: San Giovanni Battista

2.15 Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV535

2.30 Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings

3.05 Grainger: Londonderry Air

3.10 Ravel: Miroirs

3.40 Rautio: Suite: The Blue Heron

3.55 Cirigliano: El Sonido de la Ciudad

4.10 Sibelius: Symphony No 2

4.55 Chopin: Etude in E, Op 10 No 3

5.00 Fesch: Violin Concerto in C minor, Op 5 No 5

5.10 A. Scarlatti: Toccata per Cembalo d'Ottava Siete in D minor

5.30 Holmboe: Benedic Domino

5.40 Enna: Overture: The Match Girl

5.50 Piazzolla: Tango: Adios Nonino

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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