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With Tommy Pearson.
Schubert Heidenroslein , D257 Bryn Terfel (baritone),
Malcolm Martineau (piano)
6.50 Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert, Op 94 Michael Thompson (horn), Philip Fowke (piano)
7.00 Sibelius Academic March
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. conductor Neeme Jarvi
7.50 Granados Allegro de Concierto Martin Jones (piano)
8.00 Buffardin Flute Concerto in E minor
Wilbert Hazelzet , MusicaAntiquaKoln, conductor Reinhard Goebel
8.40 Grainger Suite: In a Nutshell
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Unknown:
Schubert Heidenroslein
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Piano:
Saint-Saens Morceau
Horn:
Michael Thompson
Piano:
Philip Fowke
Unknown:
Granados Allegro
Unknown:
Wilbert Hazelzet
Conductor:
Reinhard Goebel
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

This week Donald Macleod examines five significant periods in the life and work of Tchaikovsky. 4: 1878-84
Tchaikovsky's years of wandering in the wake of his disastrous marriage, his love of Orthodox liturgy and a tribute to his teacher Nikolai Rubinstein.
Don Juan 's 's Serenade, Op 38 No 1 Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Oleg Boshniakovich (piano)
Serenade in C, Op 48 Orpheus CO Legend (16 Children's Songs)
Boys' and Men's Choirs of Moscow Choral Academy, director Victor Popov
Piano Trio in A minor, Op 50 (1st mvt) Jascha Heifetz (violin),
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello), Artur Rubinstein (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Nikolai Rubinstein.
Unknown:
Don Juan
Baritone:
Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Piano:
Oleg Boshniakovich
Piano:
Victor Popov
Violin:
Jascha Heifetz
Cello:
Gregor Piatigorsky
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein

With Stephanie Hughes. Debussy Nocturnes
Paris Choir and Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
10.33 Pergolesi Salve Regina in A minor Barbara Bonney (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, conductor Christophe Rousset
10.49 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1 in Fminor Karl Leister ,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
11.11 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133 Budapest Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Pergolesi Salve Regina
Soprano:
Barbara Bonney
Conductor:
Christophe Rousset
Unknown:
Fminor Karl Leister
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor:
Beethoven Grosse Fuge

Artist in Focus: Kyung-Wha Chung
Humphrey Burton talks to the Korean violinist Kyung-Wha Chung and introduces a selection of her performances from the BBC archives.
Bach Trio Sonata in G, BWV1039
With James Galway (flute), Moray Welsh (cello), Philip Moll (harpsichord) Ravel Violin Sonata
With Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Stravinsky Duo Concertant With Itamar Golan (piano) Sibelius Violin Concerto
With the Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Contributors

Unknown:
Kyung-Wha Chung
Talks:
Humphrey Burton
Violinist:
Kyung-Wha Chung
Cello:
Philip Moll
Piano:
Stephen Kovacevich
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Lucie Skeaping explores the early days of concert life in London, held in venues such as York Buildings in Villiers Street and the Hanover Square Rooms - home of the famous Bach-Abel concerts. Including music by Veracini, Handel and JC Bach.
Producer Christina Pritchard

Contributors

Producer:
Christina Pritchard

Sean Rafferty presents music and takes a look at events in the arts world. Music includes at 5.00 Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D, BWV850, played by pianist Artur Schnabel ; at 5.40 Beethoven's Choral Fantasia in C minor, Op 80 performed by pianist Maurizio Pollini with the Vienna State Opera Chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Claudio Abbado ; and at 6.40 Rameau's Prologue (Les Indes Galantes) played by the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century conducted by Frans Briiggen.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Pianist:
Artur Schnabel
Pianist:
Maurizio Pollini
Conducted By:
Claudio Abbado
Conducted By:
Frans Briiggen.

Chris de Souza introduces the last of the live concerts given by the Borodin String Quartet at this year's festival. They continue their Beethoven and Shostakovich quartet cycle with some of the composers' last and greatest music.

Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132

8.50 Twenty Minutes: A Sound Read
Ivan Hewett is joined by Professor Roy Porter of the Wellcome Institute and composer William Mival to review recently published books on music. This month's edition features a new biography of Schubert by Christopher Gibbs, Critical Entertainments by Charles Rosen and A Brahms Reader by Michael Musgrave.

9.10 Shostakovich String Quartet No 15, Op 144

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Musicians:
Borodin String Quartet
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Ivan Hewett
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Professor Roy Porter
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
William Mival

As more and more people live into their eighties, nineties and beyond,
Laura Cumming ask if it is time to rethink our understanding of old age. She discusses a new account of old age in English history and changing views of the elderly in contemporary culture. Plus news of tonight's world premiere of James MacMillan 's Mass given in Westminster Cathedral.

Contributors

Unknown:
Laura Cumming
Unknown:
James MacMillan

With Jonathan Swain.

Debussy Danse Sacree et Danse Profane

12.15 Dukas Villanelle

12.20 Tourmemire Choral Improvisation sur le Victimae Paschali

12.30 Poulenc Sept Chansons

12.45 Buffardin Concerto a 5 in Eminor

1.00 A concert of works by Messiaen and Bruckner given earlier this year at the Konzerthaus in Berlin by the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra under Michail Jurowsky.
Messiaen Concert a Quatre; Bruckner Symphony No 1 in C minor

2.15 Wagner Schlafst Du (Die Walkure)

2.40 Maya Le Roux-Obradovic Ballade de la Vallee Magique

3.00-4.35 BBC Schools
3.00 Music Workshop
3.20 Let's Move!
3.40 Words Alive!
3.55 First Steps in Drama
4.10 Listen and Write

4.35 Mendelssohn Overture: Die Schone Melusine, Op 32

4.50 Joaquin Turina Fiesta at San Juan de Aznalfarache (Sinfonia Sevilliana, Op 23)

5.05 Tchaikovsky March; Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy; Russian Dance Trepak (Suite: The Nutcracker, Op 71a)

5.25 Rossi Cor Mio Deh Non Languire

5.35 Beethoven Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

BBC Radio 3

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