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With Penny Gore.

Dag Wiren Serenade, Op 11 - Stockholm Sinfonietta, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen

6.30 Mozart Piano Sonata in A, K331 - Claudio Arrau

7.05 Hummel Piano Trio in G, Op 35 - Beaux Arts Trio

7.45 Zavaterl Violin Concerto (Tempesta di Mare) - Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, director Gottfried von der Goltz (violin)

8.00 Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point - LPO, conductor Leonard Slatkin

8.45 Saint-Saens Africa, Op 89 - Laura Mikkola (piano), conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

Donald Macleod explores Chabrier's passion for Wagner, through his Saxon opera Gwendoline, and the unfinished obsession of his final years - Briseis. Souvenirs de Munich
Georges Rabol and Sylvie Dugas (pianos) Overture: Gwendoline Toulouse Capitole Orchestre, conductor Michel Plasson Gwendoline: Act 1 (excerpt)
Cast includes Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Toulouse Capitole Orchestre, conductor Michel Plasson
Gwendoline: Acts 1 and 2 (excerpts)
Adriana Kohutkova (soprano), Didier Henry (baritone), Gerard Garino (tenor), Slovak Philharmonic Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jean-Paul Penin
Briseis: Scene 1 (excerpt) Mark Padmore (tenor), Joan Rodgers (soprano), Scottish Opera Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Jean-Yves Ossonce Joyeuse Marche (Marche Frangaise) RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Pianos:
Sylvie Dugas
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Soprano:
Barbara Hendricks
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Soprano:
Adriana Kohutkova
Soprano:
Didier Henry
Baritone:
Gerard Garino
Conductor:
Jean-Paul Penin
Tenor:
Mark Padmore
Tenor:
Joan Rodgers
Conductor:
Jean-Yves Ossonce
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham

With Stephanie Hughes. Stravinsky Concerto in D
ECO, conductor Colin Davis
10.19 Bach French Suite No 6 in E,
BWV81 7 Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
10.37 Schumann 6 Gedichte und
Requiem, Op 90 Christine Schafer (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
10.56 Debussy Suite: Children's Corner Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
11.13 Svendsen Carnival in Paris
Trondheim SO, Ole Kristian Ruud

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Soprano:
Christine Schafer
Soprano:
Graham Johnson
Piano:
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Unknown:
Ole Kristian Ruud

Symphonic Variations of Europe
Tommy Pearson presents the last programme of highlights from Berlin's festival of youth orchestras. Today's performances include:
Ravel La Valse French Youth Orchestra, conductor Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Prokofiev Symphony No 5 Young Israel Philharmonic, conductor Zeev Dorman

Contributors

Conductor:
Zeev Dorman

Mahler's great song-cycle was a symphony in all but name. Already ill, the composer wished to avoid writing a ninth symphony because of the connotations this held.

Sibelius Karelia Suite - Conductor Michael Schoenwandt

Sibelius Violin Concerto - Pekka Kusisto (violin), conductor Paavo Berglund

Mahler Das Lied von der Erde - Anne Sophie von Otter (mezzo), Jeffrey Lawton (Tenor), conductor Andrew Davis

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Michael Schoenwandt
Violinist:
Pekka Kusisto
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Mezzo:
Anne Sophie von Otter
Tenor:
Jeffrey Lawton
Conductor:
Andrew Davis

James P Johnson. Julian Joseph pays tribute to James P Johnson , often heralded as the father of Harlem stride, a piano style popular in New York during the twenties.
Johnson was a major force in the evolution of jazz piano from ragtime and influenced many other great players, including Fats Waller , Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Thelonious Monk.

Contributors

Unknown:
James P Johnson.
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
James P Johnson
Unknown:
Fats Waller

Music includes after 5.00 Sibelius's Suite for Violin and String Orchestra, Op 117, played by Dong-Suk Kang with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra under Osmo Vanska; at 5.45 Weber's Polonaise Brillante (orch Liszt) performed by Louis Lortie (piano) with the Hague Residentie Orchestra conducted by George Pehlivanian; and at 6.40 Pichl's Symphony in D (Diana) played by the London Mozart Players under Matthias Bamert.

The opening concert in the BBC National Orchestra of Wales's new season welcomes Richard Hickox to St David 's
Hall in Cardiff in his new post as principal conductor. Tonight's live broadcast features two powerful landmarks of the 20th century, which explore the themes of persecution, oppression and redemption. Lillian Watson (soprano), Sally Burgess (mezzo), Neil Jenkins (tenor), Eric Owens (bass), Richard Hickox Singers,
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Gershwin, arr Robert Russell Bennett Concert Suite from "Porgy and Bess"
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Philosophical Lives The last of a series in which Jonathan Ree talks to philosophers about theirwork.
3: French philosopher Paul Ricouertalks about the impact of 20th-century history on his thinking, and the relationship between philosophy and religion.
8.30 Tippett A Child of Our Time

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
St David
Soprano:
Lillian Watson
Soprano:
Sally Burgess
Tenor:
Neil Jenkins
Tenor:
Eric Owens
Bass:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Robert Russell Bennett
Talks:
Jonathan Ree
Unknown:
Paul Ricouertalks

Winston Churchill called it the first world war, and it spread from North America to central Europe, West Africa and India. Paul Allen and guests discuss The Crucible of War, historian Fred Anderson 's reassessment of the lasting impact of the Seven Years' War.

Contributors

Unknown:
Winston Churchill
Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Fred Anderson

Verity Sharp introduces performances from a concert given last month at the Palais de la Musica as part of the Strasbourg Musica festival.
BBC Singers, Ensemble Modern, conductor Robert de Leeuw
Wolfgang Rihm Concerto for string quartet and orchestra
Pascal Dusapin La Melancholia

Contributors

Introduces:
Verity Sharp
Conductor:
Robert de Leeuw
Conductor:
Wolfgang Rihm

With Jonathan Swain.

Saint-Saens Havanaise

12.10 Sibelius Piano Sonatina in F sharp minor, Op 6 No 1

12.20 Ernst Mielck Quintet in F, Op 3

12.45 Debussy Images (Set 2)

1.00 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor

Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ)

2.10 Widor Suite for flute and piano, Op 34

2.25 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke)

3.10 Weber Bassoon Concerto in F

3.25 Nicolai Mass in D

3.55 Chopin Scherzo No 2 in B flat, Op 31

4.05 JC Bach Quintet in B flat, Op 11 No

4.30 Liszt Fantasy on Halevy's "La Juive"

4.45 Jacques Halevy Quand de la Nuit L'Epais Nuage (L'Eclair)

4.50 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in C, RV88

5.00 Kuhlau Overture: The Magic Harp

5.15 Leonardo de Lorenzo Capriccio Brillante, Op 31

5.30 Francesco Geminiani Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 7 No 2

5.45 D Scarlatti Sonata in E, Kk380

5.50 Dvorak Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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