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With Penny Gore.

Mozart Flute Quartet in G, K285a - Andreas Blau, Members of the Amadeus Quartet

6.45 Part Fratres - Gidon Kremer (violin), Keith Jarrett (piano)

7.20 Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp - Wolfgang Schulz (flute), Wolfram Christ (viola), Margit-Anna Suss (harp)

7.40 Chopin Three Mazurkas, Op 59 - Martha Argerich (piano)

8.15 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 - La Stravaganza, director Siegbert Rampe

8.50 Ravel Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs) - Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

With Donald Macleod.

In May 1830 Mendelssohn set out on a journey which would last almost three years and would take in Weimar, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Florence, Vienna and Rome.

Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor - Murray Perahia, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Song without Words, Op.19 No 6 - Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) - LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Jonathan Swain.

Sullivan Overture: The Mikado - Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent

10.15 Haydn Cello Concerto in D - Emanuel Feuermann, orchestra conducted by Malcolm Sargent

10.41 Vaughan Williams Five Tudor Portraits - Elizabeth Bainbridge (soprano), John Carol Case (baritone), Bach Choir, New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor David Willcocks

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

The third of five programmes this week featuring performances by six musicians from Radio 3's New Generation Artists scheme. Presented by Verity Sharp in conversation with the artists.

Britten Cello Sonata, Op 65 - Natalie Clein, Charles Owen (piano)

Francis George Scott Songs - Lisa Milne (soprano), Iain Burnside (piano)

Kopytman String Quartet No 3 - Jerusalem Quartet

Schumann Symphonic Studies, Op 13 - Francois-Frederic Guy (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Verity Sharp
Cellist:
Natalie Clein
Pianist:
Charles Owen
Soprano:
Lisa Milne
Pianist:
Iain Burnside
Musicians:
Jerusalem Quartet
Pianist:
Francois-Frederic Guy

From Ripon Cathedral.

Introit: Gaudete Omnes (Sweelinck).
Office Hymn: Come, Gracious Spirit (Hawkhurst).
Responses (Millington).
Psalm 108 (Allcock, Hurford).
First Lesson: Ezekiel 34, vv 1-16.
Canticles: Third Service (Tomkins).
Second Lesson: John 10, vv 7-16.
Anthem: Vox Dicentis: Clama (EW Naylor).
Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold).
Organ Voluntary: Allegro
Maestoso (Sonata Celtica) (Stanford).

Contributors

Director of Music:
Kerry Beaumont
Assistant Organist:
Andrew Bryden

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.10 Various Variations on an Elisabethan Theme played by the Guildhall String Ensemble directed by Robert Salter; at 6.00 Puccini's Chi il Bel Sogno di Doretta (La Rondine) performed by Amanda Roocroft (soprano) and the LPO conducted by Franz Welser-Most; and at 6.35 Elgar's Wand of Youth Suite No 2, played by the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera conducted by Charles Mackerras.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sean Rafferty

Live from the London Coliseum.

The first night of Mark-Anthony Turnage's powerful new opera The Silver Tassie.

Based on Sean O'Casey's play, it tells of a group of young men and their families during the First World War. At the centre of the story is Harry Heegan, footballing hero and darling of all the young women, whose goals help his team to win the cup - the Silver Tassie itself.

English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel

Mark-Anthony Turnage The Silver Tassie

Acts 1 and 2

8.30 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett is joined by actress Fiona Shaw and critic and broadcaster Stephen Johnson to review recent books on music, including Igor Stravinsky: a Creative Spring by Stephen Walsh, Michael Chanan's From Handel to Hendrix and Concerto Conversations by Joseph Kerman.

8.50 Acts 3 and 4

Brian Kay: Music, page 50

Contributors

Composer:
Mark-Anthony Turnage
Based on the play by:
Sean O'Casey
Musicians:
English National Opera Orchestra
Singers:
English National Opera Chorus
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Harry Heegan:
Gerald Finley (baritone)
Susie Monican:
Sarah Connolly (mezzo)
Mrs Foran:
Vivian Tierney (soprano)
Teddy Foran:
David Kempster (baritone)
Barney Bagnal:
Leslie John Flanagan (baritone)
Jessie Tate:
Mary Hegarty (soprano)
Mrs Heegan:
Anne Howells (mezzo)
Sylvester Heegan:
John Graham-Hall (tenor)
Dr Maxwell:
Mark Le Brocq (tenor)
The Croucher:
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Corporal:
Jozik Koc (baritone)
Staff Officer:
Bradley Daley (tenor)
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Ivan Hewett
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Fiona Shaw
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Stephen Johnson

With Jonathan Swain.

12.05am Milton Barnes Three Folk Dances

12.10 Daniel Roth Compositions on the Magnificat

12.15 Anon Heiliges Land

12.20 Glazunov The Seasons

1.00 A recital of organ music by Widor, Schumann, Bach, Franck and Dupre.

1.55 JCF Bach Trio in C

2.05 Brahms Serenade in D, Op 11

2.50 Bizet Au Fond du Temple Saint (The Pearl Fishers)

3.00-5.00 BBC Schools
3.00 Time and Tune
3.20 Together: an Assembly for Schools
3.40 Dance Workshop
4.00 Singing Together: Celebrate!
4.20 Scottish Resources 10-12
4.40 Talking Points

5.00 Tchaikovsky Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

5.05 Schumann Fugue No 4 on BACH, Op 60b

5.10 Bach Oboe Sonata in G minor, BWV1030b

5.20 Goldberg Sonata in C minor

5.35 Chabrier Espana

5.40 Liszt Les Preludes

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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