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With Penny Gore.
Mendelssohn Nocturne (A Midsummer i Night's Dream) Chicago Symphony
Orchestra, conductor James Levine
6.10 Schubert Sonatina in A minor, D385 Arthur Grumiaux (violin),
Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord)
7.10 Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, 81W1068 Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
7.45 Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 Murray Perahia (piano)
8.00 attrib Pergolesl Magnificat in Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Reids, conductor David Willcocks
8.50 Ravel La Valse Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Contributors

Conductor:
James Levine
Conductor:
Schubert Sonatina
Violin:
Arthur Grumiaux
Harpsichord:
Robert Veyron-Lacroix
Director:
Christopher Hogwood
Piano:
Murray Perahia
Conductor:
David Willcocks
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit

Johann Strauss (son)
(1825-99) With Donald Macleod.
An exploration of Johann Strauss 's brilliant careerfrom its humble beginnings in a Vienna suburb to worldwide fame.
Herzenslust, Op 3 (Heart's Content)
Slovak State PO, conductor Alfred Walter Sinngedichte Waltz , Op 1 (Poems of the Mind) Vienna PO, conductor Willi Boskovsky Die Jungen Wiener , Op 7; Geisselhiebe Polka, Op 60 (Whiplashes)
Slovak State PO, conductor Alfred Walter Demolition Polka, Op 269
Vienna PO, conductor Willi Boskovsky arr Berg Wine, Woman and Song
Alban Berg Quartet, Alfred Mitterhofer
(harmonium), Heinz Medjimorec (piano) Overture: Carnival in Rome; Wiener Blut Waltz, Op 354 Vienna PO, conductor Willi Boskovsky Producer Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Conductor:
Alfred Walter
Conductor:
Sinngedichte Waltz
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Conductor:
Die Jungen Wiener
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Song:
Alban Berg
Unknown:
Alfred Mitterhofer
Piano:
Heinz Medjimorec
Unknown:
Wiener Blut
Conductor:
Willi Boskovsky
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

With Peter Hobday , featuring chamber music by Elgar and vintage recordings of the Philharmonia Orchestra in the 1950s. Rameau Overture: Platée Les Talents
Lyriques, conductor Christophe Rousset
10.11 Eigar Violin Sonata in E minor Midori, Robert McDonald (piano)
10.37 Copland Quiet City
Crispian Steel-Perkins (trumpet), Helen McQueen (cor anglais), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
10.49 Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan Producer Arthur Johnson

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hobday
Conductor:
Christophe Rousset
Piano:
Robert McDonald
Unknown:
Helen McQueen
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Producer:
Arthur Johnson

Bath Mozart Festival
Graeme Kay presents performances given recently at the Bath Mozart Festival. Mozart String Quartet in E flat, K428 Vermeer Quartet
Schumann Piano Trio No 3 in G minor, Op 110 Florestan Trio
Mozart String Quartet in G, K387 Quatuor Mosaïques

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Kay

Stephanie Hughes presents a recital live from the Wigmore Hall, London. Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Markus Ma rkl (piano)
Purcell Music fora While; Sweeter than Roses
Blow Of All the Torments (Amphion Anglicus) Bach Brunnquell aller Gutter, Kommt Seelen dieser Tag; Bist Du bei Mir
Bach Prelude and Fugue in F (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)
Handel Cantata: Nel Dolce Tempo

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Kommt Seelen

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
This week featuring 20th-century violin concertos.
Ilia Gringolts (violin), conductor
OsmoVanska Sibelius Pohjola 's Daughter
Beethoven Symphony No 1 in C Sibelius Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

Contributors

Violin:
Ilia Gringolts
Conductor:
Osmovanska Sibelius Pohjola

The third of six programmes in which
Stephen Johnson rediscovers some great opera performers. 2: TheoAdam. The
German bass-baritone Theo Adam made his name at the Bayreuth Festival as one of the great Wagnerians. But he has also shone in 20th-century roles such as Prospero in Luciano Berio 's Un Re in Ascolto. I Producer Michael Surcombe !

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Bass-Baritone:
Theo Adam
Unknown:
Luciano Berio
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

To celebrate St Cecilia's Day, Sean Rafferty explores the remarkable life of the patron saint of music and the myths that surround her. And conductor David Shallon and violist Tabea Zimmermann discuss married life in the world of international music making. Music includes at 5.35 Bach's Toccata in C minor, BWV911, played by Martha Argerich (piano); at 6.30 Britten's Hymn to St Cecilia performed by King's College Chapel Choir conducted by Stephen Cleobury ; and after 7.00 another chance to hear Radio 3's Disc of the Week.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Conductor:
David Shallon
Unknown:
Tabea Zimmermann
Played By:
Martha Argerich
Conducted By:
Stephen Cleobury

Eva Mei (soprano), Sonia Ganassi
(contralto), Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor), lldebrando d'Arcangelo (bass),
Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome, conductor Myung-Whun Chung
Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers Battisteiii Suite: Le Mille e una Notte Rossini Stabat Mater

Contributors

Soprano:
Sonia Ganassi
Contralto:
Giuseppe Sabbatini
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung

Isabel Hilton talks to Picasso biographer ' John Richardson , who lived forten years in Provence with the great collector of cubist art Douglas Cooper. In his new book, The
Palace of a Thousand Columns, Richardson describes how Braque, Graham Sutherland , Somerset Maugham and Anthony Blunt came to call. Plus the first of a new series exploring the history of attempts to set up Utopian Communities. Producer Jane Graham

Contributors

Talks:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
John Richardson
Unknown:
Douglas Cooper.
Unknown:
Graham Sutherland
Unknown:
Anthony Blunt
Producer:
Jane Graham

Caribbean Week. In the first of a week of programmes focusing on musicians from the Caribbean, Alyn Shipton remembers Jamaican band leader and trumpeter Leslie "Jiver" Hutchinson, who was killed in a car crash 40 years ago today. Producer Terry Carter

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Producer:
Terry Carter

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Corrette Concerto Comique: Les Sauvages et la Furstemberg

12.15 Biber Sonata XII a 8

12.20 Frank Martin Cello Concerto

12.50 Szymanowski Two Mazurkas, Op 62

1.00 Shostakovich Piano Trio No 1 Rennert Crossing the Bar- FrakturXIII Breit
Schibboleth Shostakovic h Piano Trio No 2

2.20 Brahms Symphony No 3 in F

2.55 Mendelssohn Etude in F, Op 104b No 2

3.00-5.00 Schools
3.00 Music Box

3.15 Something to Think About

3.30 The Song Tree

3.45 Stories and Rhymes

4.00 Rnd Out 4.15 Maths Challenge 2

4.30 Hopscotch

4.45 Scottish Resources 7-9 !

5.00 Durante Concerto No 5 in A

5.10 Jamefelt Korsholma

5.30 Monteverdi Lamento d'Arianna La Cour Ave Maria

5.35 Mozart Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat, K207

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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