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With Penny Gore.

Purcell Three Parts upon a Ground in D - Risa Browder (violin), Purcell Quartet

6.35 Beethoven Trio in B flat, Op 11 - Emanuel Ax (piano), Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

7.15 Veljo Tormis Singing aboard Ship - Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tonu Kaljuste

7.25 Haydn Piano Concerto in G, HXVIII 4 - Leif Ove Andsnes, Norwegian CO

8.00 Barber Overture: The School for Scandal - Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

8.45 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 - Earl Wild (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

With Donald Macleod.

In 1610 Monteverdi published a collection of sacred music - a sudden departure for the master of the madrigal and opera. It seems now that this was an attempt to show potential employers in Rome and Venice that he could also write masses, motets - and vespers.

Deus in Adjutorium: Domine ad Adjuvandum (Vespers) - Robert Tear (tenor), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Missa in Illo Tempore - The Sixteen, conductor Harry Christophers

Magnificat 7 (Vespers) - Jill Gomez (soprano), Felicity Palmer (soprano), James Bowman (countertenor), Robert Tear (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Stephanie Hughes.

Schumann Overture - Manfred Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

10.18 Britten Serenade - Robert Tear (tenor), Dale Clevenger (horn), Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini

10.44 Holst Suite: The Planets - LSO, conducted by the Composer

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

Graeme Kay introduces performances given at music festivals in Europe by some of the great artists of our time.

Haydn Deh Soccori un 'Infelice (La Fedelta Premiata) - Bernarda Fink (soprano), New Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Trevor Pinnock

Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 - Mischa Maisky (cello), Daria Hovora (piano)

Grandjany Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn - Nora Koch (harp)

Dvorak Moravian Duets Nos 1-4 - Edita Gruberova (soprano), Vesselina Kasarova (mezzo), Friedrich Haider (piano)

Mozart Symphony No 38 in D (Prague) - New Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Trevor Pinnock

Contributors

Presenter:
Graeme Kay
Soprano:
Bernarda Fink
Musicians:
New Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Trevor Pinnock
Cellist:
Mischa Maisky
Pianist:
Daria Hovora
Harpist:
Nora Koch
Soprano:
Edita Gruberova
Mezzo:
Vesselina Kasarova
Pianist:
Friedrich Haider

Linda Ormiston presents a recital given last year as part of the BBC Music Live festival in Glasgow.

Louise Winter (mezzo), Nancy Cooley (piano)

Haydn Arianna a Naxos
Duparc Romance de Mignon; Elegie; Au Pays Ou Se Fait la Guerre

Poulenc Metamorphoses
Wolf Er Ist's; Im Fruhling; Das Verlassene Magdlein; Nimmersatte Liebe; Verborgenheit; Begegnung (Morike Lieder)
(R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Linda Ormiston
Mezzo:
Louise Winter
Pianist:
Nancy Cooley

Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis - Conductor Harry Christophers

Walton Symphony No 1 - Conductor George Hurst

Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor - Robert Cohen (cello), conductor Harry Christophers

Walton Symphony No 2 - Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Conductor:
George Hurst
Cellist:
Robert Cohen
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier

From Chichester Cathedral.

Introit: Bow Down Thine Ear. Responses (Sumsion).
Psalm 78: (Oakeley, Ouseley, Crotch, Goss, Atkins, Howells, Finzi, Mann). First Lesson: Genesis 24, vv 29-end.
Canticles - Short Service (Amner).Second Lesson: Galatians 2, vv 11-end. Anthem: Hear, O Heavens (Humfrey). Hymn: Lord, in This Thy Mercy's Day (St Philip).
Organ Voluntary: Adagio (Bridge).

Contributors

Organist and Master of Choristers:
Alan Thurlow
Assistant Organist:
Mark Wardell

Chris de Souza introduces the second of three concerts which mark the end of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra's Towards the Millennium series. These final concerts combine works composed in the last ten years with new works commissioned to mark the millennium.

City of Birmingham Youth Chorus, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Weir We Are Shadows (first performance)

8.00 Twenty Minutes: Philosophical Inquiries: 2: A World beyond Death
Three talks by distinguished thinkers.
Professor Andrew Benjamin of the University of Warwick explores the connection between philosophy and death and develops a way of thinking beyond that tradition.

8.20 Messiaen Eclairs sur l'Au-Dela

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Singers:
City of Birmingham Youth Chorus
Singers:
City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
Professor Andrew Benjamin

A man finds a hole in the wall which enables anybody who walks through it to enter the head of John Malkovich. This is the surreal idea behind Being John Malkovich, a film by Spike Jones which has taken America by storm. Sarah Dunnant asks what this comedy tells us about American obsessions with technology and voyeurism.

Contributors

Presenter:
Sarah Dunnant

With Susan Sharpe.

12.05am Mozart Sonata in D for two pianos, K381

12.15 Lassus Quo Properas; Musica Dei Donum; Certa Fortiter; In Hora Ultima

12.25 Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20

1.00 Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV548; Chorale Prelude: An Wasserflussen Babylon, BWV653

Monica Melcova Improvisation

Julius Reubke Organ Sonata in C minor on Psalm 94

1.55 Mozart Symphony No 29 in A

2.20 Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52

2.35 Szymanowski String Quartet No 1, 0p37

2.50 Dvorak Slavonic Dance, Op 46 No 2

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 Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune

5.10 Falla Sonata Romantica

5.35 Wienlawski Polonaise No 1 in D, Op 4

5.40 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

BBC Radio 3

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