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With Edward Seckerson.

Haydn Symphony No 2 in C - Hanover Band, director Roy Goodman

6.30 Brahms Clarinet Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2 - Michael Collins, Mikhail Pletnev (piano)

7.00 Svendsen Norwegian Rhapsody No 1 - Bergen SO, conductor Karsten Andersen

7.30 Copland Clarinet Concerto - Richard Stoltzman, LSO/Michael Tilson Thomas

8.00 Waxman City Montage - Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg (violin), LSO/Andrew Litton

8.30 Gershwin An American in Paris - LSO, conductor Andre Previn

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Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Seckerson

With Andrew McGregor, who plays some of this month's newest releases.

9.30 Building Library
William Mival recommends a version of Schumann's Piano Concerto in A minor.

10.35 David Benedict reviews recordings of musicals, including Candide by Leonard Bernstein, Pal Joey, The Boys from Syracuse and Babes in Arms by Rodgers and Hart, and Kiss Me, Kate by Cole Porter.

11.00 An interview with conductor Philip Pickett, who talks about the Musicians of the Globe and his new recording of Bach's Christmas Oratorio.

11.30 Radio 3's Disc of the Week: Schubert Prometheus, D674; Grenzen der Menschheit, D716 - Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Neal Davis (bass), Graham Johnson (piano)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
Presenter (Building a Library):
William Mival
Reviewer:
David Benedict
Interviewee:
Philip Pickett
Producer:
Clive Portbury
Producer:
Andrew Lyle
Producer:
Susan Kenyon

Michael Berkeley's guest today is Christopher Frayling, rector of the Royal College of Art in London, where he is also professor of cultural studies. Among his many interests is the spaghetti western and he has just published a book on the film director Sergio Leone. His musical choices include excerpts from operas by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Gluck and Mozart, part of Shostakovich's Symphony No 7 (Leningrad), The Ballad of Mack the Knife from Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera, and music by Ennio Morricone for Leone's film For a Few Dollars More.

(Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Michael Berkeley
Guest:
Christopher Frayling
Executive Producer:
Wendy Thompson

Another chance to hear Monday's recital from the Wigmore Hall, London. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Justus Zeyen (piano)

Brahms Nine Lieder, Op 32

Liszt Three Petrarch Sonnets; Die Loreley; Es Muss ein Wunderbares Sein

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Contributors

Presenter:
Fiona Talkington
Baritone:
Thomas Quasthoff
Pianist:
Justus Zeyen

Humphrey Carpenter introduces listeners' requests, including:

Bartok Four Dirges - Gyorgy Sandor (piano)

Walter Leigh Harpsichord Concertino - Trevor Pinnock, LPO, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite

Beethoven Trio in B flat, Op 11 - Geoffrey Haydock (clarinet), Penelope Smith (piano), Alexander Volpov (cello)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter
Producer:
Christina Pritchard

A new series reflecting what's happening on the jazz scene today. Andy Sheppard, one of the UK's leading saxophone players, performs in the studio and talks to Claire Martin about his latest project. Plus a roundup of what's on in the UK this month.

Brian Kay on Radio 3's jazz revamp: page 46

Contributors

Presenter:
Claire Martin
Saxophonist/Interviewee:
Andy Sheppard
Producer:
Lindsay Pell

Alyn Shipton presents the first programme in a new five-part series exploring the life and music of Ornette Coleman to celebrate the saxophonist's recent 70th birthday.

Coleman's ideas revolutionised jazz in the 1950s. His far-reaching changes to the way musicians improvise are examined by composers Gunther Schuller and George Russell with the help of Coleman himself.

Other contributors include Dewey Redman, Paul Bley and Charlie Haden.

Contributors

Presenter:
Alyn Shipton
Subject/Interviewee:
Ornette Coleman
Interviewee:
Gunther Schuller
Interviewee:
George Russell
Interviewee:
Dewey Redman
Interviewee:
Paul Bley
Interviewee:
Charlie Haden
Producer:
Terry Carter

In the second part of the Met's Ring cycle - which concentrates on the mortals - Sieglinde has been forced into a loveless marriage with Hunding. A man collapses on the floor of their forest hut. He turns out to be none other than her long-lost brother, Siegmund. They fall passionately in love.

Chorus and Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera, conductor James Levine

Act 1

7.35 Surviving Wagner: 1: Fricka Finds Her Freedom
Three female survivors from the Ring step out of character and speak their minds.
A proto-Wagnerian monologue by Graeme Fife.
Fricka is in a state of shock after finding her chariot immobilised by a flat battery. With Geraldine McEwan as Fricka.

8.05 Act 2

9.40 The Met Opera Quiz
Martin Bernheimer puts listeners' questions to students from the Houston, Washington DC and New York City areas.

10.15 Act 3

Contributors

Singers:
Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Musicians:
Orchestra of the New York Metropolitan Opera
Conductor:
James Levine
Brunnhilde:
Jane Eaglen (soprano)
Sieglinde:
Deborah Voigt (soprano)
Fricka:
Hanna Schwarz (mezzo)
Siegmund:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Wotan:
James Morris (bass)
Hunding:
Eric Harfvarson (bass)
Helmwige:
Adrienne Dugger (soprano)
Gerhilde:
Marjorie Elinor Dix (soprano)
Ortlinde:
Janet Hopkins (soprano)
Siegrune:
Jane Bunneil (mezzo)
Waltraute:
Victoria Livengood (mezzo)
Grimgerde:
Mary Ann McCormick (mezzo)
Rossweisse:
Jill Grove (mezzo)
Schwertleite:
Birgitta Svenden (mezzo)
Writer (Fricka Finds Her Freedom):
Graeme Fife
Fricka:
Geraldine McEwan
Presenter (The Met Opera Quiz):
Martin Bernheimer

Jez Nelson introduces an explosion of Latin, Brazilian and Afro-Cuban jazz rhythms. Master drummer, percussionist and composer Don Alias leads an all-star line-up through a mesmerising set played at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall. And on the 30th anniversary of the recording of the Miles Davis album A Tribute to Jack Johnson, drummer Billy Cobham looks back over his illustrious career.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jez Nelson
Drummer/Percussionist:
Don Alias
Speaker:
Billy Cobham
Producer:
Steve Shepherd

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Chaminade Theme Varie, Op89

Catoire Quatre Morceaux, Op 12

Godowsky Six Etudes after Chopin

Dukas Piano Sonata in E flat minor

Massenet Mad Waltz

Godowsky Etude after Chopin for left hand, Op 10 No 6

2.25 Brahms Piano Trio in C minor, Op 101

2.40 Pierre de la Rue Missa Sancta Job

3.15 Handel Suite in F, HWV348 (Water Music)

3.50 Groneman Flute Sonata in E minor

4.00 Saint-Saens Celto Concerto No in A minor

4.25 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)

4.50 Schubert Heidenroslein, 0257

5.00 Musorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain

5.10 Bartok Rhapsody No 1

5.20 Holmboe Benedic Domino

5.30 Hans Krasa Overture for chamber orchestra

5.45 Marcel Tournier Images, Op 35

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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