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With Penny Gore.
6.10 Schubert, orch Webem German Dances, D820
Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Pierre Boulez
6.30 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 5 (Appassionata) Daniel Barenboim
7.00 Corelll Concerto Grosso in F Op 6 No 2 English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock
7.40FaureDo//ySu/te
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa
8.00 Vivaldi Magnificat, RV610a The King's Consort, director Robert King
8.50 Schumann Overture: Genoveva London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

Contributors

Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Trevor Pinnock
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Director:
Robert King

Verdi in Paris
With Donald Macleod.
Overture; Ballet Music (Les Vêpres Siciliennes)
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
0 Toi Que 'Ai Chérie (Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Act 4)
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor),
Orchestra of the Teatro alia Scala, conductor Claudio Abbado
Merci, Jeunes Amies (Les Vêpres Siciliennes, Act 5)
Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Michel Plasson

With Stephanie Hughes.

Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor - RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski

10.15 Liszt Kling Leise, Mein Lied - Margaret Price (soprano), Cyprien Katsaris (piano)

10.20 Ives Symphony No 2 - New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein

11.00 Copland Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives) - Charles Fierro (piano)

11.07 Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy - New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

Artist In Focus: Steven Isserlis
Solo Cello. Humphrey Burton presents performances from the BBC archive by cellist Steven Isserlis. Today's programme features works for solo cello.
Bach Cello Suite No 6 in D, BWV1012 Tavener Sviati (0 Holy One) Kiev Chamber Choir, director Mykola Gobdych
Carl Vine Inner World for cello and tape Britten Suite No 3 for solo cello, Op 8 7 Rachmaninov Piece in D
With Peter Evans (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Cello:
Humphrey Burton
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis.
Unknown:
Tavener Sviati
Director:
Mykola Gobdych
Piano:
Peter Evans

From Tuesday to Friday this week there are four concerts from St George's Brandon Hill, presented by Chris de Souza, which were first broadcast as part of Sounding the Century. The concerts concentrate on French 20th-century repertoire. Today the brilliant young French pianist
Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays music by two of the most important figures in piano writing of this century - Debussy and Ravel.
Debussy Preludes Book 2: Brouillards; Feuilles Mortes; La Puerta del Vino; Les Fees Sont d'Exquises Danseuses; Bruyeres; Feux d'Artifice
Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte; Jeux d'Eau; Le Tombeau de Couperin (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Pianist:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Mozart Overture; Chaconne; Pas Seul (Idomeneo)
Conductor Grant Llewellyn Janacek Sinfonietta
Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 Stephen Hough , conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Contributors

Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Conductor:
Janacek Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka

lain Burnside introduces a programme of songs inspired by Goethe. Sarah Connolly (contralto), Gerald Finlay (bass), Julius Drake (piano).
Schubert Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt; Grenzen der Meinschheit; Der
Rattenfanger; Prometheus; Gretchens Bitte; Ganymed
Wolf Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt; Grenzen der Meinschheit; Der
Rattenfanger; Prometheus; Gretchens Bitte; Ganymed

Contributors

Contralto:
Goethe. Sarah Connolly
Bass:
Gerald Finlay
Piano:
Julius Drake
Piano:
Schubert Nur Wer

Ian Bostridge at Wigmore Hall
The celebrated tenor gives the British premiere of a new work written for him by Hans Werner Henze , in a recital given last week at the Wigmore Hall, London. Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano)
Mahler Liedereines Fahrenden Gesellen
Henze Six Songs from the Arabian

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Bostridge
Unknown:
Hans Werner Henze
Tenor:
London. Ian Bostridge
Piano:
Julius Drake

Ricard Coles explores the theological and artistic legacy of perhaps the most controversial book in the Christian canon, the Book of Revelation. Plus the second of this week's specially commissioned essays on shifting notions of identity at the close of the century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ricard Coles

Fiona Talkington presents a Latin American selection of late-night listening, with music from Ruben Gonzalez , Javier Alvarez , Tomas de Torrejon and others.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Ruben Gonzalez
Unknown:
Javier Alvarez
Unknown:
Tomas de Torrejon

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in D, Op 1 No 12

12.10 Szymanowski Sheherazade (Masques)

12.20 Ernest Pingoud The Face of the City

12.45 Franck Prelude, Fugue and Variations

1.00 Mozart Mass in C, K31 (Coronation); Ave Verum Corpus in D, K618; Symphony No 29 in A; Exsultate Jubilate, K165

2.10 Messiaen Theme and Variations

2.20 Sibelius Rakastava, Op 14

2.30 Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

3.05 Scriabin Sonata No 4

3.25 Caldara Dunque, Giasone Ingrato (Medea in Corintho)

3.45 Grieg Lyric Piece No 4 (Evening in the Mountains)

3.55 Rautavaara Cello Concerto

4.10 Holmboe Benedic Domino

4.25 Prokofiev Pensees, Op 62

4.40 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)

5.00 Hotten Nordic Suite Det

5.10 Ravel La Valse

5.25 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95

5.45 Strauss Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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