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With Tommy Pearson.

6.20 Schumann Marchenbilder, Op 113 - Lars Anders Tomter (viola), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

6.50 Bach, orch Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV537 - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka

7.00 A Scarlatti Ferma Omai - Brian Asawa (countertenor), Arcadian Academy, conductor Nicholas McGegan

7.20 Leo Weiner Serenade in F minor, Op 3 - Budapest Festival Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti

8.00 Verdi Overture: La Forza del Destino - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

8.50 Scott Joplin Solace (A Mexican Serenade) - Itzhak Perlman (violin), Andre Previn (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson

With Donald Macleod.

Berlioz described his first visit to the theatre to see Shakespeare as the most important artistic discovery of his life. Donald Macleod examines the influences of literature in the composer's work.

Le Roi de Thule (Eight Scenes from Faust) - Francoise Pollet (soprano), Cord Garben (piano)

Elegie (Irlande, Op2) - Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

La Fuite en Egypte (L'Enfance du Christ, Op 25) - La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysees, conductor Philippe Herreweghe

Sara La Baigneuse - Francoise Pollet (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano)

Romeo et Juliette (Finale) - Gilles Cachemaille (bass-baritone), Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Stephanie Hughes.

Elgar Harmony Music No 1 - Athena Ensemble

10.10 Schumann Symphonic Studies, Op 13 - Gyorgy Cziffra (piano)

10.43 Wagner Prelude, Act 3: Die Meistersinger - London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult

10.51 Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G - Czech PO, conductor Vaclav Talich

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 C minor, BWV1011

Messiaen Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus (Quartet for the End of Time) - With Kathryn Stott (piano)

Wilde The Cello of Sarajevo

Britten Cello Symphony, Op 68 - With the ECO, conductor Jeffrey Tate

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Burton
Cellist:
Yo-Yo Ma
Pianist:
Kathryn Stott
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate

Cellist Ralph Kirshbaum introduces the first of four programmes looking at the solo repertoire of the cello. Today's programme looks at music from the 18th century and features performances by Pablo Casals, Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier, Leonard Rose, Anner Bylsma and Steven Isserlis.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Producer:
Chris Wines

With Sean Rafferty.

Music includes at 5.40 Berkeley's Serenade for Strings, Op 12, played by the Academy of St Martin in the Fields directed by Kenneth Sillito; at 6.00 Strauss's Overture: Die Fledermaus performed by the Berlin Philharmonic under Nikolaus Harnoncourt; and at 6.30 Vivaldi's Flute Concerto in F, Op 10 No 1 (La Tempesta di Mare), played by Patrick Gallois and the Orpheus CO.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sean Rafferty

Chris de Souza introduces the first of three concerts which mark the end of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Towards the Millennium series. Every year since 1991 the CBSO has moved through the 20th century decade by decade performing significant works in a celebration of the last 100 years. These three final concerts combine works composed in the last ten years with new works commissioned to mark the millennium.

John Scofield (guitar), Martin Robertson (saxophone), Peter Erskine (drums), City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Magnus Lindberg Gran Duo (first performance)

7.55 Twenty Minutes: Book of the Month
Steve Connor explores Daniel Pick's new book Svengali's Web, which explores the 19th-century fear of the irrational and its legacy in our own time.

8.15 Mark-Anthony Turnage Blood on the Floor

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Guitarist:
John Scofield
Saxophonist:
Martin Robertson
Drummer:
Peter Erskine
Musicians:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Steve Connor

Patrick Wright considers the role of the writer and critic John Ruskin in shaping modern taste, as the exhibition Ruskin, Turner and the Pre-Raphaelites opens at the Tate in London. Plus a conversation with Paul Theroux, who discusses his new book Fresh-Air Fiend, and the fourth of this week's series on international fiction.

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Wright
Guest:
Paul Theroux

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Lalo Two Aubades

12.15 Sibelius Masonic Ritual Music

12.35 JC Bach Quintet in D for flute, two violins, cello and harpsichord

12.50 Palestrina Motet: Ad Te Levavi Oculos Meos

1.00 Charles Dutoit conducts the NHK Symphony Orchestra in a concert given in Tokyo in 1998. With Timothy Hutchins (flute).

Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole

Lowell Liebermann Flute Concerto, Op 39

Sibelius Symphony No 2

2.30 Paganini Sonata Concertata in A for violin and guitar

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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