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With Tommy Pearson.

Guerrero Magnificat Octavi Toni - Choir of Westminster Cathedral, His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, conductor James O'Donnell

6.20 Haydn Horn Concerto No 1 in D - Timothy Brown, Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood

7.00 Chabrier Espana Toulouse - Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson

7.20 Arensky Suite No 1 in F, Op 15 - Stephen Coombs and Ian Munro (pianos)

8.00 Beethoven String Quartet in F (after Piano Sonata, Op 14 No 1) - Tokyo Quartet

8.50 Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine - CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson

Berlioz was born in La Cote-St-Andre, a small town between Lyon and Grenoble, but Paris became his home, and he once remarked that he could never consider living anywhere else. Today Donald Macleod explores Berlioz's association with the city.

Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale (Finale) - Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit

Symphonie Fantastique (excerpt) - Cleveland Orchestra/Pierre Boulez

Overture: Le Corsaire - BBCPO, conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Benvenuto Cellini (excerpt) - Nicolai Gedda (tenor), BBCSO, conductor Colin Davis

Dies Irae (Grande Messe des Morts) - Ernst Senff Choir, Berlin Philharmonic, conductor James Levine

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Stephanie Hughes.

Stravinsky Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks) - St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood

10.21 Franck Symphonic Variations - Gyorgy Cziffra (piano), Budapest SO, conductor Gyorgy Cziffra Jr

10.38 Britten Quartet of the Defeated (Paul Bunyan, Act 1) - Leah-Marian Jones (mezzo), Timothy Robinson (tenor), Peter Coleman-Wright (baritone), Jeremy White (bass), Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Richard Hickox

10.43 Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World) - Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Rafael Kubelik

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

The last of five programmes this week in which Humphrey Burton talks to cellist Yo-Yo Ma about his life and approach to music.

Today Yo-Yo Ma performs two Bach suites and a famous Romantic concerto.

Bach Cello Suite in G, BWV1007

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor

Bach Cello Suite in D minor, BWV1008

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Burton
Cellist/Guest:
Yo-Yo Ma

Soprano Catherine Bott talks to Lucie Skeaping and introduces highlights of a concert given during last year's Suffolk Villages Festival in which she was joined by Pavlo Beznosiuk and Mark Levy (vielles) and Frances Kelly (harp) in a programme of medieval songs by Dufay, Landini and others.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucie Skeaping
Soprano:
Catherine Bott
Vielles player:
Pavlo Beznosiuk
Vielles player:
Mark Levy
Harpist:
Frances Kelly
Producer:
Lindsay Kemp

Sean Rafferty presents a special edition to mark World Book Day.

Music includes at 5.00 Slbelius's Prelude: The Tempest performed by the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra under Neeme Jarvi; at 6.00 Offenbach's Overture: Robinson Crusoe (excerpt) played by the Royal Philharmonic under Alun Franics; and at 6.40 Ravel's Suite: Ma Mere L'Oye performed by Jean-
Philippe Collard and Michel Beroff (pianos).

Contributors

Presenter:
Sean Rafferty

A concert given last Sunday by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as part of their BBC residency at St George's in Bristol.

Rachel Beckett (flute), Anthony Robson (recorder), Matthew Hargreaves (baritone), James Rutherford (baritone). Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Nicholas Kraemer

Telemann Suite: Don Quixote

8.00 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett is joined by actress Jenny Agutter and critic and broadcaster Rob Cowan to review recently published books on music. This month's edition features Big Bangs by Howard Goodall, Tosca's Rome by Susan Vandiver Nicassio, and Alma Rose - Vienna to Auschwitz by Richard Newman.

8.20 Telemann Overture: Alster; Concerto for flute and recorder in E minor

Contributors

Musicians:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Flautist:
Rachel Beckett
Recorder player:
Anthony Robson
Baritone:
Matthew Hargreaves
Baritone:
James Rutherford
Musical Director:
Nicholas Kraemer
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Ivan Hewett
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Jenny Agutter
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Rob Cowan

Lalo Schifrin Old Laces - The composer (piano), Ernie Royal (trumpet), Jerome Richardson (flute), Richard Davis (bass), Gene Beroncini (guitar), Grady Tate (drums)

Contributors

Pianist:
Lalo Schifrin
Trumpeter:
Ernie Royal
Flautist:
Jerome Richardson
Bassist:
Richard Davis
Guitarist:
Gene Beroncini
Drummer:
Grady Tate

Paul Allen marks World Book Day with a discussion on changing interpretations of some of the most influential writers in history with Oliver Taplin, editor of a new collection of essays Literature in the Greek and Roman Worlds. And contemporary British writers recommend the foreign fiction that has inspired them.

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Allen
Guest:
Oliver Taplin

Verity Sharp presents three works by Julian Anderson and music by one of his teachers, French specialist Tristan Murail.

Julian Anderson Diptych - BBCSO, conductor Oliver Knussen

Tristan Murall Allegories - Dominique My (electric piano), Ensemble FA

Julian Anderson The Crazed Moon - BBCSO, conductor Oliver Knussen

Tristan Murall Territoires de l'Oubli - Dominique My (piano)

Julian Anderson Stations of the Sun - BBCSO, conductor Oliver Knussen.

Contributors

Presenter:
Verity Sharp

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Debussy, orch Ravel Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne)

12.10 Salzedo Variations sur un Theme dans le Style Ancien

12.20 Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op 50 No 1

12.45 Britten Lachrymae

1.00 Haydn Symphony No 65 in A

Bernstein Serenade

Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

2.40 Weiss Suite No 21 in G minor

3.00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV1049

3.15 Purcell King Arthur (excerpts)

3.30 Vanhal Symphony in A minor

3.50 Kuhnau Der Streit zwischen David und Goliath

4.00 Schumann Davidsbundlertanze, Op 6

4.45 Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat

5.00 Rosenmuller Sinfonia a 4

5.10 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat, Op 22

5.25 Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D

5.35 Britten Five Flower Songs

5.45 Mozart Serenade in D, K239 (Serenata Notturna)

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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