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With Edward Seckerson.

Glazunov Elegy in G minor, Op 44 - Nobuko Imai (viola), Roland Pontinen (piano)

6.30 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34 - Vienna Chamber Ensemble

7.00 Debussy Study in Compound Arpeggios (12 Studies) - Maurizio Pollini (piano)

7.35 Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings - Mikhail Rudy (piano), Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Mariss Jansons

8.00 Handel The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) - London Horn Sound

8.30 Tchaikovsky Swan Lake (Final Scene) - LSO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Seckerson

Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV580 - Soloists of Australia, conductor Ronald Thomas

9.15 Grainger English Dance - BBCPO, conductor Richard Hickox

9.25 Malcolm Williamson Procession of Palms - The Mastersingers, Darius Battiwalla (organ), conductor Alan Simmons

9.40 Chaminade Flute Concertino - Susan Milne, City of London Sinfonia/Richard Hickox

9.55 Gossec Symphony in D - London Mozart Players, conductor Matthias Bamert

10.10 Joseph Horovitz Diversions on a Familiar Theme - Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Gwenneth Prior (piano)

10.15 Berners Incidental Music: Nicholas Nickleby - RLPO, conductor Barry Wordsworth

10.30 Bach Closing Chorus; Sinfonia (Cantata No 208: Was Mir Behagt, Ist Nur die Muntre Jagd (Hunt) - Soloists, Parley of Instruments, conductor Roy Goodman

10.45 Carlos Chavez Sinfonia India - New World SO, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas

11.00 Reicha Wind Quintet in E flat, Op 88 No 2 - Academia Wind Quintet of Prague

11.30 Pergolesi Stabat Mater (excerpts) - Soloists, the King's Consort/Robert King

11.55 Tavener The Protecting Veil (1st mvt) - Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

A special service given last month in the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge.

Hymn: Ride On! Ride On in Majesty (descant Robinson). Reading: The Coming (RS Thomas). Gospel: Mark 14, vv 32-50 (Plainsong). Emendemus in Melius (Byrd). O Saviour of the World (Howells). Almighty God, the Fountain of All Wisdom (Tomkins). O Sacred Head Sore Wounded. Reading: Job 30, vv 13-23. Gospel: Matthew 27, vv 11-26 (Plainsong). In Monte Oliveti; Tristis Est Anima Mea; Ecce Videmus Eum (Rubbra). Hymn: When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (descant Guest). Reading: Black Grain from "The Garden of Slender Trust" (Christiana Whitehead). Gospel: John 19, vv 16-42 (Plainsong). Jesu, Grant Me This, I Pray (Robinson). Agnus Dei (Barber). Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude on "O Mensch, Bewein' Dein' Sunde Gross", BWV622 (Bach).

Contributors

Director of Music:
Christopher Robinson.
Organist:
Robert Houssart

Today Simon Heighes focuses on recordings made by the Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter.

Schubert Moment Musical in C, D780 No 1 (Royal Festival Hall, 1979)

Schumann Bilderaus Osten, Op 66 (piano duet with Benjamin Britten, 1966)

Debussy Preludes, Book 1 (Royal Festival Hall, 1961)

Sviatoslav Richter is featured in the BBC Legends series, available now from music outlets

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Heighes
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

Jonathan Swain explores Bach's St Matthew Passion through recordings from the 1940s to the present day. Legendary interpretations include Otto Klemperer's monolithic 1961 recording, Nikolaus Harnoncourt's ground-breaking 1971 version and an extraordinary performance conducted by Vaughan Williams at the end of his life.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

A new monthly ten-part series in which Julian Evans travels through modern-day Europe exploring the literary connections that spread from country to country.

Today he explores Spain and Don Quixote by Cervantes, considered by many to be the first modern novel. Contributors include author Camilo Jose Cela, Eduardo Mendoza, Javier Marias, Carmen Martin Gaite, Rosa Regas and Antonio Munoz Molina.

Programme of the Week: page 119

Contributors

Presenter:
Julian Evans
Interviewee:
Camilo Jose Cela
Interviewee:
Eduardo Mendoza
Interviewee:
Javier Marias
Interviewee:
Carmen Martin Gaite
Interviewee:
Rosa Regas
Interviewee:
Antonio Munoz Molina
Producer:
Richard Bannerman

By Henrik Ibsen, translated and adapted for radio by Helen Cooper.

Hedda is so exasperated with her acceptance of a narrow bourgeois marriage that she makes a drastic decision about her life.
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Contributors

Author:
Henrik Ibsen
Translated and adapted by:
Helen Cooper
Music composed by/Music performed by:
Julie Cooper
Music performed by:
Justin Pearson
Director:
Eoin O'Callaghan
Hedda:
Harriet Walter
Judge Brack:
Corin Redgrave
Tesman:
Nicholas Farrell
Lovberg:
Michael Feast
Mrs Elvstead:
Julie Legrand
Julia Tesman:
Jill Balcon
Bertha:
Merelina Kendall

Paul Guinery and his guest Lewis Foreman explore the choral works of George Dyson.

Magnificat - Choir of St Catharine's College, Cambridge, conductor Owen Rees

In Honour of the City; The Wife of Bath; The Poor Parson of a Town (The Canterbury Pilgrims) - Yvonne Kenny (soprano), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Hickox

St Paul's Journey to Melita - BBC Singers, BBC Concert Orchestra/Simon Joly

The Blacksmith - Royal College of Music Chamber Choir, David Nettle and Richard Markham (pianos), RPO/David Willcocks

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Guinery
Guest:
Lewis Foreman

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00 A recital of music by Bach, Brahms and Bruckner.

2.15 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt)

2.50 Kodaly, arr Goldstone Dances of Galanta

3.05 Sari To the Memory of Bartok

3.20 Janacek The Wolf's Trail; Piano Sonata 1 X1905

3.40 Liszt Fantasy on "Szozat"

3.50 Mahler Symphony No 1

4.50 Machaut Piourez Dames; Sans Coeur Doyens; Dis et Sept Cinq (Le Voir Dit)

5.05 Tartini Sonata No 6 (Sento lo Mare); Movimento Isolato

5.15 Milhaud La Creation du Monde

5.35 Piazzolla Las Cuatro Estanciones Portenas

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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