Programme Index

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With Penny Gore, including:
Beethoven Rondino in E flat for Wind Octet, WoO25 Wind Soloists of the Chamber
Orchestra of Europe
6.30 Weber Symphony No 1 in C Academy of St Martin in the Reids/Neville Marinner
7.35 Warlock Bethlehem Down Choir of Guildford Cathedral, conductor Barry Rose
7.40 Moeran String Quartet in E flat Maggini Quartet
8.00 Mozart Regina Coeli , K108
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Westminster Cathedral Boys' Choir, Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
8.55 Will Gregory Hoe Down Apollo Saxophone Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Beethoven Rondino
Conductor:
Barry Rose
Unknown:
Mozart Regina Coeli
Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood

Verdi In Paris
With Donald Macleod.
Ballet Music (Otello, Act 3)
BBCPO, conductor Edward Downes A Terra!... e Piangi! (Otello, Act 3)
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conductor Mark Elder
Aida: Sinfonia (1872) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Edward Downes
Aida (Act 2, Scene 2)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Rome Opera, conductor Georg Solti

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Otello:
Charles Craig (tenor)
Desdemona:
Rosalind Plowright (soprano)
Emilia:
Shelagh Squires (mezzo)
Roderigo:
Stuart Kale (tenor)
Cassio:
Bonaventura Bottone (tenor)
Lodovico:
Sean Rea (bass)
lago:
Neil Howlett (baritone)
Ramfis:
Giorgio Tozzi (bass)
II Red Egitto:
Plinio Clabassi (bass)
Radames:
Jon Vickers (tenor)
Aida:
Leontyne Price (soprano)
Amneris:
Rita Gorr (mezzo)
Amonasro:
Robert Merrill (baritone)

With Stephanie Hughes.
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Hamlet New York Stadium Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski
10.25 Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Kathleen Battle (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor Andre Previn
10.41 Barber Canzone
Gil Shaham (violin), Andre Previn (piano)
10.46 Ives Holidays Symphony
Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Leopold Stokowski
Soprano:
Kathleen Battle
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Violin:
Gil Shaham
Violin:
Andre Previn
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas

Artist In Focus: Steven Isserlis Russia. Steven Isserlis is half-Russian and so is drawn to the repertoire. Humphrey Burton presents performances from the BBC archives.
Balakirev Romance
With Leslie Howard (piano)
Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme With BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Rubinstein Cello Sonata in D, Op 18 With Leslie Howard (piano)
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
With BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Contributors

Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth

BBC National Orchestra of Wales Sibelius Rnlandiajfadaaki Otaka
Sibelius Symphony No 7/Mark Wigglesworth Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A, K622 Martin Frost (basset clarinet), conductor Mark Wigglesworth Lutoslawski Symphony No 4
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth
Mozart Symphony No 41 in C (Jupiter) Conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Contributors

Clarinet:
Wigglesworth Mozart
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth

The Thrissil and the Flour-de-Lys. A concert by Ensemble Clement Janequin with Dominique Visse (countertenor/director) and Mhairi Lawson (soprano). The programme features 16th-century
Scottish and French sacred and secular music celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Scots poet Alexander Montgomerie and his links with Ronsard, Janequin and other French poets and musicians. Producer Anthony Sellors

Contributors

Unknown:
Clement Janequin
Unknown:
Dominique Visse
Soprano:
Mhairi Lawson
Unknown:
Alexander Montgomerie
Producer:
Anthony Sellors

Sean Rafferty presents guests, arts news and music, including at 5.00
Tchaikovsky's Marche Slave performed by the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra under Leonard Bernstein ; at 5.35 Mozart's Horn Concerto No 3 in E flat, K44 7, played by Barry Tuckwell with the Academy of St
Martin in the Fields conducted by Neville Marriner ; and at 6.45 Vaughan Williams's Toward the Unknown Region performed by the Choirof Winchester Cathedral, the Waynflete Singers and the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra under David Hill.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Played By:
Barry Tuckwell
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
David Hill.

Live from the Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, a performance of Berlioz's rarely heard oratorio. Berlioz L "Enfance du Christ Part 1
BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Stephen Cleobury.
8.15 Interval David Cairns discusses his biography of Berlioz.
8.30 L 'Enfance du Christ Part 2

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
David Cairns
Virgin Mary:
Susan Bickley (soprano)
Narrator:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Joseph:
Stephen Roberts (baritone)
Father:
Stephen Varcoe (baritone)
Herod:
Roderick Earie (bass)
Polydorus:
Graham Titus (barttone)
Centurion:
Andrew Murgatroyd (tenor)

Paul Allen explores the life and legacy of the esoteric Armenian thinker Gurdjieff. Fifty years after his death, Paul Allen reassesses Gurdjieff's work. Was he the charlatan some claim or a figure of more lasting influence? Plus the final essay on notions of identity at the close of the century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Paul Allen

Verity Sharp presents a portrait of Lou is Andriessen in his 60th birthday year. The BBC Symphony Orchestra perform his original score to Peter Greenaway 's film M Is for Man, Music and Mozart, plus the UK premiere of De Tijd.
Christina Zevelloni (soprano), BBCSO, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Louis Andriessen Film Music; De Tijd (first UK performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Peter Greenaway
Soprano:
Christina Zevelloni
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductor:
Louis Andriessen

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Bizet Prelude and Seguidilla (Carmen)

12.15 Erkel Duo Brillant

12.35 Mozart Wind Serenade in C minor, K388

1.00 Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Lyudmila

Tchaikovsky Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)

Dvorak Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

Puccini O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

2.25 Rameau Nouvelles Suites de Pieces de Clavecin ou Seconde Livre

2.45 Beethoven Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring)

3.10 Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor

3.55 Schafer Minnelieder

4.25 Martin, orch Ansermet Ballade

4.30 Glazunov Concert Waltz No 1 in D

4.40 Sibelius Malinconia

4.55 Puccini Nessun Dorma (Turandot)

5.00 Mendelssohn Overture: Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage

5.10 Franck 11 Miniatures

5.25 Wolf Intermezzo in E flat

5.35 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2

5.50 Nielsen, arr Dyrst Maria Sat on Hay and Straw

Niels La Cour Hodie Christus Natus Est

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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