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With Penny Gore.

Faure Ballade in F sharp, Op 19 - Kathryn Stott (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

6.40 Mozart Symphony No 14 in A, K114 - Vienna Concertus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt

7.00 Brahms Scherzo in C minor (FAE Sonata) - Isaac Stern (violin), Yefim Bronfman (piano)

7.35 Haydn Piano Sonata in F flat, HXW 52 - Alfred Brendel

8.05 Telemann Concerto in D for three horns, violin and orchestra - Anthony Halstead, Christian Rutherford and Raul Diaz (horns), Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage (violin)

8.40 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) - BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

With Donald Macleod.

Johanh Adolf Hasse provided an opera for the court every year for 34 years. The first of these was Cleofide, a story of regal clemency and romantic entanglements.

Hasse Cleofide (excerpts) - Rheinische Kantorei Dormagen, Capella Coloniensis, director William Christie

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Cleofide:
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Poros:
Derek Lee Ragin (alto)
Eryxene:
Agnes Mellon (soprano)
Alexander:
Dominique Visse (alto)
Timagenes:
David Cordier (alto)

With Jonathan Swain.

Enescu Romanian Rhapsody, Op 11 No 1 - New York Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein

10.19 Granados Danzas Espanolas, Op37 Nos 1-6 - Eduardo del Pueyo (piano)

10.46 Villa-Lobos Samba Classico: Dedejo; Xango - Teresa Berganza (mezzo), Juan Antonio Alvarez Parejo (piano)

10.55 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 - Benny Goodman, Berkshire Quartet

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

Tommy Pearson visits the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow, with its newly opened Opera School and talks to students on its courses, including the unique BA degree in Scottish music.

Haydn The Creation (excerpts) - Rachel Little and Clarie Bessent (sopranos), John Heuzenroeder (tenor), James Cleverton (bass-baritone), John Mackenzie (baritone), RSAMD Chamber Choir and Orchestra, conductor Philip Ledger

Rebel Suite: Les Flemens - RSAMD Early Music Players, conductor Catherine Mackintosh

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor - Marina Nadiradze, RSAMD Symphony Orchestra, conductor Stephen Barlow

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson
Soprano:
Rachel Little
Soprano:
Clarie Bessent
Tenor:
John Heuzenroeder
Bass-baritone:
James Cleverton
Baritone:
John Mackenzie
Singers:
RSAMD Chamber Choir
Musicians:
RSAMD Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Philip Ledger
Musicians:
RSAMD Early Music Players
Conductor:
Catherine Mackintosh
Pianist:
Marina Nadiradze
Musicians:
RSAMD Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Stephen Barlow

Berlioz Overture, 'Beatrice and Benedict' Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Debussy La Mer Conductor Adrian Leaper

Berlioz Harold in Italy - Bruno Pasquier (viola), conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ) - David Goode (organ), conductor Marin Alsop

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor:
Adrian Leaper
Violist:
Bruno Pasquier
Organist:
David Goode
Conductor:
Marin Alsop

Humphrey Carpenter explores the musical journey of film-maker Stanley Kubrick and asks how much we owe Beethoven and Elgar, Shostakovich and Richard Strauss for cinematic masterpieces such as 2001 and A Clockwork Orange.

Music includes at 5.35 Mendelssohn's String Symphony No 10 in B minor played by Concerto Koln: at 5.50 Granados's Allegro de Concerto performed by Martin Jones (piano): and at 6.50 Alexandre Gulimant's Morceau Symphonique, Op 88 played by trombonist Christian Lindberg with the Bamberg SO conducted by Leif Segerstam.

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter

Chris de Souza introduces a concert from St George's, Bristol, given by the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment as part of their BBC residency there.

Lorna Anderson (soprano), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Andrew Manze

Eybler Symphony in C

Haydn Cantata: Berenice, Che Fai?

8.05 Twenty Minutes: Four Chekhov Comedies: 3: In the Dark and He Quarrelled with his Wife
Alistair McGowan reads from the comic short stories of Anton Chekhov.

8.25 Schubert Salve Regina in A, D676

Mozart Symphony No 36 in C (Linz)

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Soprano:
Lorna Anderson
Musicians:
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Music Director:
Andrew Manze
Reader (Twenty Minutes):
Aiistair McGowan

Patrick Wright examines the way a spate of architectural projects hopes to transform the face of Belfast and asks to what extent new buildings can he!p regenerate the city. And Roger Michell, director of the hit film Notting Hill, turns to tougher issues in Blue/Orange, Joe Penhall's new play set in a London mental hospital. Night Waves reports from tonight's opening at the National Theatre.

Contributors

Presenter:
Patrick Wright

With Susan Sharpe.

Dvorak Carnival Overture

12.15 John Carmichael, arr Hurst A Country Fair

12.25 David Diamond Rounds

12.35 Paganini Cantatbile, Op 17

12.40 Berlioz Overture: King Lear

1.00 A performance of Vaughan Williams's Symphony No 1 (A Sea Symphony) given in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, in January 1998. With Janice Watson (soprano), William Dazeley (baritone), and the Netherlands Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra conducted by Simon Halsey.

2.05 Dohnanyi Symphonic Minutes, Op 36

2.20 Sterkel Duet No 1

2.30 Cavalli Giasone (excerpts)

2.40 Brahms Symphony No 2 in D

3.20 Bach Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV535

3.30 Busoni Suite No 2, Op 34a

3.55 Chausson Poeme for violin and orchestra, Op 25

4.15 Hess Suite in B flat

4.30 Daetwyler Concerto No 1 for alphorn and orchestra

4.50 Gotovac Symphonic Dance, Op 12

5.00 Flotow Overture: Martha

5.10 Handel Suite No 6 in G minor, HWV439

5.30 Ferrabosco Pavan and Fantasie

5.40 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 3

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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