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With Edward Seckerson.

Grainger Early One Morning

6.20 Haydn Piano Concerto in G, H XVIII 4

7.00 Rorem For Poulenc

7.05 Delius Paris (The Song of a Great City)

8.03 Herbert March of the Toys (Babes in Toyland)

8.30 Humperdinck Suite: Hansel and Gretel

Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Seckerson

Thomas Overture: Raymond = Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet

9.20 Bruch Kol Nidrei - Mischa Maisky (cello), Paris Orchestra, conductor Semyon Bychkov

9.35 Elgar Suite: The Crown of India - RLPO, conductor Charles Groves

10.05 Handel Concerto Grosso in D, HWV335a - London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras

10.15 Albeniz, transcr Marshall Navarra - Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)

10.20 Saint-Saens Caprice Andalous, Op 122 - Olivier Charlier (violin), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow

10.30 Bach Cantata No 42: Am Abend aber Desselbigen Sabbats - Barbara Schlick (soprano), Gerard Lesne (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, director Philippe Herreweghe

10.55 Chabrier Espana - Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

11.05 Haydn Piano Sonata in G, H XVI 44 - Emanuel Ax

11.25 Purcell Verse Anthem: My Beloved Spake - James Bowman (countertenor), Charles Daniels (tenor), Robert Evans and Michael George (basses), Choir of New College, Oxford, the King's Consort, director Robert King

11.40 Copland Ballet Suite: Appalachian Spring - Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

Ivan Hewett investigates whether the widespread Gypsy nation sustains a living culture, as a celebration of Gypsy Music and Arts opens at the Barbican Centre. Plus a report on a music project tackling racism among football supporters at Charlton Athletic.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ivan Hewett
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

Today Geoffrey Smith focuses on Stokowski in England and his connections with the BBC Proms.

Falla El Amor Brujo - Gloria Lane (mezzo), BBC Symphony Orchestra (1964)

Havergal Brian Symphony No 28 - New Philharmonia Orchestra (1973)

Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy - New Philharmonia Orchestra (1968)

(Leopold Stokowski is featured in the BBC Legends series. CDs available now from music outlets)

Contributors

Presenter:
Geoffrey Smith
Subject:
Leopold Stokowski
Producer:
Edwina Wolstencroft

Valentine Cunningham explores how the poet and dramatist John Dryden used his position as Poet Laureate during the Restoration to promote an idea of English cultural nationalism which is still central to today's debate about English identity.

Contributors include Christopher Logue, Peter Porter, Andrew Motion and Christine Gerrard.

Contributors

Presenter:
Valentine Cunningham
Interviewee:
Christopher Logue
Interviewee:
Peter Porter
Interviewee:
Andrew Motion
Interviewee:
Christine Gerrard
Producer:
Rob Ketteridge

By William Shakespeare.

Richard Eyre introduces a new production starring Samuel West in the title role. The play raises the questions as to whether Richard is the "heinous" king, the spendthrift who surrounds himself with toadying cronies, or whether he is noble and misunderstood. It explores whether his deposition and murder is a tragedy which sparks off the bloody conflict of the Wars of the Roses, or whether it is a just punishment for his excesses.

BBC Radio Collection cassettes and CDs of As You Like It, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Romeo and Juliet, Twelfth Night, The Merchant of Venice, Richard II, Henry IV, Parts One and Two are available now

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Presenter:
Richard Eyre
Music composed by:
Sylvia Hallett
Adapted by/Director:
Jeremy Mortimer
King Richard II:
Samuel West
Duchess of Gloucester:
Janet Suzman
John of Gaunt:
Joss Ackland
Henry Bolingbroke:
Damian Lewis
Duke of York:
Ronald Pickup
Duke of Aumerle:
Toby Jones
Earl of Northumberland:
James Laurenson
Henry Percy:
Jamie Bamber
Bishop of Carlisle:
Philip Voss
Gardener:
Timothy Bateson
Queen Isabella:
Sophie Okonedo
Duchess of York:
Margot Leicester
Thomas Mowbray/Sir Piers of Exton:
Stephen Critchlow
Lord Marshal/Stephen Scroop:
Ioan Meredith
Duke of Surrey:
Sean Baker
Lord Willoughby/Fitzwater:
Bruce Alexander
[Actor]:
Tim Treloar
[Actor]:
Tom George
[Actor]:
Christopher Kelham
[Actor]:
Barry Farrimond
[Actress]:
Beth Chalmers
[Actress]:
Fiona Clarke

Paul Guinery and his guest Colin Mawby present a musical portrait of the Choir of Westminster Cathedral.

Britten Kyrie (Missa Brevis)

Mawby Ave Verum Corpus

Palestrina Laudate Pueri

Victoria Ave Maris Stella; Sancta Maria

Guerrero Magnificat

Frank Martin Mass for double choir

Janacek Kyrie (Mass in E flat)

Stravinsky Sanctus (Mass)

Poulenc Agnus Dei (Mass in G)

Howells Salve Regina

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Guinery
Guest:
Colin Mawby
Singers:
Choir of Westminster Cathedral

The first of two programmes this week featuring Alan Rawsthorne's film music.

BBCPO, conductor Rumon Gamba

Rawsthorne, arr Schurmann Main Titles and Emergency (Lease of Life); Saraband and Carnival (Saraband for Dead Lovers)

Rawsthorne, arr Philip Lane Three Dances (The Dancing Fleece); Suite: Uncle Silas

(See also tomorrow 8.55pm)

Contributors

Composer:
Alan Rawsthorne
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba

With Jonathan Swain.

1.00 Berlioz Romeo and Juliet

2.40 Chan Ka Nin Four Seasons Suite

2.55 Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38

3.20 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C

4.00 Bach Cantata No 47: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben

4.35 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K166

4.50 Strauss Love Scene (Feuersnot)

5.05 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3 No 2

5.10 Debussy Syrinx

5.15 Clerambault Cantata: L'Isle de Delos

5.45 Franz Doppler Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op 26

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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