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With Martin Handley.
Rachmaninov Moment Musical in D flat, Op 16 No 5 Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
| 6.05 Dvorak String Quartet No 12 in F.
Op 96 (American) Hagen Quartet
7.05 Bach Cantata No 140: Wachet Auf
Ruth Holten (soprano),
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Stephen Varcoe (baritone), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque
Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
7.30 Saint-Saiins Tarantelte, Op 6
Susan Milan (flute), James Campbell
(clarinet), LPO, conductor Geoffrey Simon
8.00 Bernard Herrmann Prelude and Love
Scene (Vertigo) Hollywood Bowl Orchestra,
I conductor John Mauceri
; 8.40 Elgar Wand of Youth Suite No 2
Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, conductor Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.
Piano:
Andrei Gavrilov
Soprano:
Ruth Holten
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
Stephen Varcoe
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Flute:
James Campbell
Conductor:
Geoffrey Simon
Conductor:
Bernard Herrmann
Conductor:
John Mauceri
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras

(b 1925) With Donald Macleod and Graham Fawcett. Today's programme explores Berio's fascination with the past, his first majorwork to be performed in public, and the extraordinary Sinfonia. Intermezzo con Fantasia for two pianos (Wasserklavier) Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
Boccherini, arr Berlo Quattro Versioni
Originali del la "Ritirata Notturna di Madrid" LSO, conducted by the Composer
Berio Concertino for solo clarinet, violin, harp, celeste and strings Anthony Pay (clarinet), Nona Liddell (violin), London
Sinfonietta, conducted by the Composer Sinfonia for eight voices and orchestra
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Electric Phoenix, conductor Riccardo Chailly
Producer Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Graham Fawcett.
Pianos:
Marielle Labeque
Unknown:
Berlo Quattro Versioni
Clarinet:
Nona Liddell
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

With Peter Hobday , featuring
Shostakovich's symphonies Nos 6-10 and performances by Mark Reizen.
Musorgsky Dawn on the Moscow River
(Khovanshchina) Leningrad Philharmonic, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky
10.12 Glinka Farlaf's Rondo (Ruslan and Lyudmila) Mark Reizen (bass), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Alexander Melik-Pashayev
10.15 Schubert Grande Marche Heroique in A minor, D885 Yaara Taal and Andreas Groethuysen (piano duet)
10.32 Glazunov Interlude in an Old Style, Op 15 No 3 Shostakovich Quartet
10.37 Shostakovich Symphony No 6
Leningrad PO, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky
11.06 Musorgsky Boris Godunov(Act2, excerpt) Mark Reizen (bass), Nikhander Khanayev (tenor), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Nikolai Golvanov
Producer Nick Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Unknown:
Mark Reizen.
Unknown:
Musorgsky Dawn
Conductor:
Yevgeni Mravinsky
Bass:
Mark Reizen
Conductor:
Alexander Melik-Pashayev
Unknown:
Yaara Taal
Piano:
Andreas Groethuysen
Conductor:
Yevgeni Mravinsky
Bass:
Mark Reizen
Bass:
Nikhander Khanayev
Conductor:
Nikolai Golvanov
Producer:
Nick Morgan

Music In Time of War
Christopher Cook introduces music that was inspired by or written during a time of war. Today's programme includes music from the First and Second World Wars, and features Radio 3's New Generation Artists.
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
Emily Beynon (flute), Michael Gieler (viola), Catherine Beynon (harp)
Shostakovich String Quartet No 8 Jerusalem Quartet
Nielsen Symphony No 4 (Inextinguishable) BBC Scottish SO, conductor Osmo Vanska Plus songs by Gurney and Mahler sung by Christopher Maltman (baritone). Producer Adam Gatehouse

Contributors

Introduces:
Christopher Cook
Flute:
Emily Beynon
Flute:
Michael Gieler
Harp:
Catherine Beynon
Baritone:
Christopher Maltman
Producer:
Adam Gatehouse

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor
(Unfinished) Conductor Mark Wigglesworth Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 Olivier Charlier , conductor Tadaaki Otaka Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Contributors

Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor:
Olivier Charlier
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka

Unsung Heroes
The first of six programmes in which
Stephen Johnson rediscovers some great opera performers. 1. Alfredo Kraus
The Spanish tenor Alfredo Kraus , who died earlierthis year, astonished audiences by singing Bellini, Donizetti and Verdi with an unrivalled youthful lyricism even in his seventies. Producer Michael Surcombe

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Alfredo Kraus
Tenor:
Alfredo Kraus
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

Sean Rafferty considers the work of Spanish composer Francisco Guerrero, one of the great composers of church music, who died 400 years ago today. Music includes at 5.00 the Venusberg music from Wagner's opera Tannhauser; at 5.40 Copland's Clarinet Concerto played by Benny Goodman; at 6.40 Britten's suite on English folk songs A time there was.... played by the CBSO under Simon Rattle; and at 7.05 another chance to hear part of Radio 3's Disc of the Week: Boccherinl played by the King's Consort, conductor Robert King

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Francisco Guerrero
Played By:
Benny Goodman
Unknown:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Robert King

Isabel Hilton talks to Arundhati Roy , whose first novel The God of Small Things won the Booker prize in 1997 and became an international bestseller, but her campaign against the Narmada dam project caused controversy in India. And to mark National Architecture Week, the first of five contemporary architects chooses the Best British Building of the Century.

Contributors

Talks:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
Arundhati Roy

AlynShipton introduces the first of two sets from acclaimed American pianist Lynne Arriale and hertrio, recorded last month at the Pump Room in Cheltenham. She features pieces from her new album, Melody. The line-up includes
Malcolm Creese (bass) and Steve Davis (drums). Producer Terry Carter

Contributors

Pianist:
Lynne Arriale
Bass:
Malcolm Creese
Bass:
Steve Davis
Producer:
Terry Carter

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Berlioz Overture: King Lear

12.20 Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C

12.50 Ligeti Night; Morning

12.55 Liszt Waldesrauschen

1.00 Lachner Wind Quintet No 2 in E flat
Ligeti Six Bagatelles
Barber Summer Music, Op 31

1.50 Telemann Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux

2.00 Brahms Chorale Preludes, Op 122

2.35 Debussy, arr Maarten Bon Jeux

3.00-5.00 BBC Schools
3.00 Music Box
3.15 Something to Think About
3.30 The Song Tree
3.45 Stories and Rhymes
4.00 Find Out
4.15 Maths Challenge 2
4.30 Hopscotch
4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9

5.00 Flotow Overture: Der Mar Mzu Richmond

5.05 Wolf Morike Lieder (excerpts)

5.25 Trad Two Ukranian Songs Bossche The Unknown Autumn

5.30 Stravinsky Dances Concertantes

5.50 Ives The Unanswered Question

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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