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With Penny Gore, including:
6.05 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D
(Haffner) English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate
6.45 Giovanni Gabriell Magnificat a 14 Taverner Choir,
London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, director Andrew Parrott
7.00 Salnt-Saens The Nightingale and the Rose Natalie Dessay (soprano), Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Schonwandt
7.10 Francaix Octet
Ensemble Carl Stamitz
8.00 Grainger Zanzibar Boat Song
Penelope Thwaites and Wayne Marshall (pianos)
8.45 Handel The King Shall Rejoice (Coronation Anthem, HWV260) Choir of New College, Oxford, the King's Consort, director Robert King

Contributors

Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Conductor:
Giovanni Gabriell Magnificat
Director:
Andrew Parrott
Soprano:
Natalie Dessay
Conductor:
Michael Schonwandt
Unknown:
Carl Stamitz
Song:
Penelope Thwaites
Pianos:
Wayne Marshall
Director:
Robert King

With Donald Macleod and Adrian Edwards.
5: Rodgers through Others' Eyes. The last of five programmes this week features the music of Richard Rodgers as interpreted by jazz and popular artists: including Mel Torme , Mary Martin , Peggy Lee , Bix
Beiderbecke, Jack Whiting and the Savoy Hotel Orpheans, Chet Baker and the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, Bing Crosby ,
Frank Sinatra , Stephen Hough , George Shearing and Ernestine Anderson , Ella Fitzgerald , and Erroll Garner.

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Adrian Edwards.
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Mel Torme
Unknown:
Mary Martin
Unknown:
Peggy Lee
Unknown:
Jack Whiting
Unknown:
Chet Baker
Unknown:
Gerry Mulligan
Unknown:
Bing Crosby
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Stephen Hough
Unknown:
George Shearing
Unknown:
Ernestine Anderson
Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Erroll Garner.

With Stephanie Hughes.

Dieupart Piccolo Concerto in A minor - Wolfgang Dey, Musica Antiqua Koln, director Reinhard Goebel

10.10 Hasse Salve Regina in E flat - Barbara Bonney (soprano), Bernarda Fink (mezzo), Musica Antiqua Koln, director Reinhard Goebel

10.26 Liszt Unstern: Sinistre-Disastro - Maurizio Pollini (piano)

10.33 Strauss An Alpine Symphony - Dresden State Orchestra, conductor Karl Bohm

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

Berlioz and Beyond
5: The Lonely Obsessive
The latter part of Berlioz's life was overshadowed by his increasing bitterness at the lack of recognition for his work, particularly for his great opera The Trojans. in today's programme, given live by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, lain Burnside traces that last period in Berlioz's life, ending with a performance of his most famous work, which more than any other sums up the unique individuality of this most romantic of composers.
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk
Berlioz Overture: Beatrice et Benedict; Overture: The Flight into Egypt (L 'Enfance du Christ);
Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans); Symphonie Fantastique

Contributors

Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk

BBC Philharmonic
Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger Conductor Harry Christophers Hindemith Symphonia Serena Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Kathryn Stott , conductor Harry Christophers Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Conductor Harry Christophers

Contributors

Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor:
Kathryn Stott
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Conductor:
Harry Christophers

Lucie Skeaping introduces an exotic selection of music associated with the Crusades, including songs and dances performed by the medieval ensemble Joglaresa, recorded at a recent BBC Invitation Concert. Producer Lindsay Kemp

Contributors

Introduces:
Lucie Skeaping
Producer:
Lindsay Kemp

Sean Rafferty presents guests, arts news and music, including at 5.00 Wagner's
Prelude, Act 3: Lohengrin performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Barenboim ; at 5.45 Handel's Concerto
Grosso in C (Alexander's Feast. HWV318) played by Collegium Musicum 90 under Simon Standage ; and at 6.40 Vaughan
Williams's English Folk Song Suite played by the Royal Northern College of Music Wind Band under Timothy Reynish.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Daniel Barenboim
Played By:
Collegium Musicum
Unknown:
Simon Standage
Unknown:
Timothy Reynish.

r From the Victoria Hall, Hanley. Petroc
Trelawny introduces a concert given by the BBC Philharmonic.
Steven Isserlis (cello), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Prokofiev Waltz ; Midnight (Cinderella) Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 2
8.40 The Legend of the Holy Drinker Nigel Anthony readsthe final part of Joseph Roth 's fantastic tale, translated by Michael Hoffman , which asks: how would we spend unlimited amounts of money?
9.00 Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker (Act 2)

Contributors

Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Prokofiev Waltz
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Unknown:
Joseph Roth
Translated By:
Michael Hoffman

As the countdown to the millennium continues, Paul Allen explores the changing experience of time in the modern world and considers how technological development will affect the way we experience time in the next century. Plus scandal, politics and the monarchy - Simon Russell Beale and Zoe Wanamaker play George IV and Queen Caroline in Nick Stafford 's new play, Battle Royal. Night Waves reviews its opening at the National Theatre.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Simon Russell Beale
Unknown:
Zoe Wanamaker
Unknown:
Nick Stafford

In the last of three programmes from the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Sarah Walker introduces highlights from the second weekend, including the Avanti Chamber Orchestra's portrait concert of Finnish electroacoustic composer Kaija Saariaho - in which soprano Dwan Upshaw gives the first UK performance of Lonh for voice and electronics - plus Ensemble Recherche's concert of Renaissance-related new music by Charles Wuorinen, Oliver Knussen, Colin Matthews and young British composers.

Contributors

Introduces:
Sarah Walker
Music By:
Charles Wuorinen
Music By:
Oliver Knussen
Music By:
Colin Matthews

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Auber Overture: Le Cheval de Bronze

12.15 Mielczewski Missa super O Gloriosa Domina

12.40 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42

1.00 Gounod Faust (Acts 4-5)

2.35 Saint-Saens Oboe Sonata in D, Op 166

2.50 Eckhard Keyboard Sonata in F, Op 2 No 1

3.05 Rontgen Symphony

3.20 Sandstrom Surge Aquilo

3.30 Eustache de Caurroy 11 Fantasias on 16th-century Songs

4.00 Abel Flute Concerto in E minor, Op 6 No 2

4.15 Ravel String Quartet

4.50 Mozart Overture: Lucio Silla

5.00 Rossini Overture: The Thieving Magpie

5.15 Debussy Estampes

5.25 Pierre Max Dubois Quartet for flutes

5.40 Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

BBC Radio 3

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