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With Tommy Pearson.

Dvorak Nocturne in B Op 40 - Czech Philharmonic, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

6.40 Bach Concerto in F for harpsichord, two recorders and strings, BWV1057 -
Christophe Rousset (harpsichord), Rachel Beckett and Marion Scott (recorders), Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood

7.10 Allegri Miserere Mei - A Sei Voci, director Bernard Fabre-Garrus

7.45 Moeran Fantasy Quartet - Sarah Francis (oboe), Members of the English String Quartet

8.00 Haydn The Heavens Are Telling the Glory of God (The Creation) - Sylvia McNair (soprano), Michael Shade (tenor), Gerald Finley (bass), Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

8.25 Tchaikovsky Suite: The Nutcracker - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson

With Donald Macleod.

Berlioz was obliged to spend two years at the Villa Medici after winning the coveted Prix de Rome. Despite his initial reluctance, his stay in Italy turned out to be fruitful, and Italy became an important source of inspiration to him.

Overture: Roman Carnival - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Harold in Italy (excerpt) - Nobuko Imai (viola), John Alldis Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis

Lelio, ou Le Retoura a la Vie, Op 14b (excerpt) - Jean-Louis Barrault (narrator), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez

Overture: King Lear - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Stephanie Hughes.

Mozart Piano Sonata in minor, K310 - Gyorgy Cziffra

10.24 Arnold Divertimento for flute, oboe and clarinet, Op37 - Nash Ensemble

10.32 Martinu Three Madrigals - Bohuslav Matousek (violin), Jan Peruska (viola)

10.49 Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

Humphrey Burton talks to Yo-Yo Ma about his life and music and plays some of his recordings from the BBC archives.

Bach Cello Suite in E flat, BWV1010

Mozart Piano Trio in G, K564 - With Young Uck Kim (violin), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25 - With Young Uck Kim (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola), Emanuel Ax (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Burton
Guest:
Yo-Yo Ma

This week's Tchaikovsky theme continues with the second piano concerto, performed here in its original version.

Janacek Taras Bulba - Conductor Jiri Belohlavek

Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 2 in G - Peter Donohoe, conductor Alexander Lazarev

Prokofiev Symphony No 5 - Conductor Manfred Honeck

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Pianist:
Peter Donohoe
Conductor:
Alexander Lazarev
Conductor:
Manfred Honeck

From the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.
Responses (Ebdon).
Psalm 51: Miserere Mei (Allegri).
First Lesson: Isaiah 1, vv 10-18.
Antiphon: Non in Solo Pane.
Canticles: Farrant Short Service.
Second Lesson: Luke 15, vv 11-32.
Anthem: Ne Irascaris Domine (Byrd).
Hymn: Lord Jesus, Think on Me (Southwell).
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude and Fugue "O Traurigkeit, O Herzeleid" (Brahms).

Contributors

Director of Music:
Christopher Robinson
Organ student:
Christopher Whitton

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.35 Dvorak's Miniatures played by Erich Hobarth and Peter Matzka (violins) and Thomas Riebl (viola); at 6.00 Vaughan Willlams's Silent Noon (The House of Life) performed by Ian Bostridge (tenor) and Julius Drake (piano); and at 6.05 Copland's Clarinet Concerto played by Martin Frost with the Malmo Symphony Orchestra under Lan Shui.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sean Rafferty

A concert given earlier this month in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester.

Mikhail Rudy (piano), BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony; Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor

Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy

Contributors

Pianist:
Mikhail Rudy
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky

Do the world's cities suffer from sameness? If so, why should we care?
Philip Dodd explores the changing nature of urban life with the sociologist and writer Richard Sennett. Plus a reassessment of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange, and the third in this week's series of foreign fiction recommendations.

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd
Guest:
Richard Sennett

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Glinka Kamarinskaya

12.10 Quantz Duet for two flutes, Op 2

12.25 Prokofiev Symphony No 7

1.00 Dohnanyi Symphonic Minutes, Op 36; Piano Quintet in C minor, Op 1 Weiner Hungarian Suite

2.15 Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer Suite No 4 in D minor (Le Journal du Printemps)

2.25 J.C.F. Bach Pygmalion Cantata

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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