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With Penny Gore.
Brahms Three Intermezzi, Op 117 Radu Lupu (piano)
6.40 Mozart Duo in G, K423
Mark Lubotsky (violin), Nobuko Imai (viola)
7.10 Piacentino Flute Concerto in G
James Galway , I Solisti Veneti ,
I conductor Claudio Scimone i 7.40 Schumann Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op 105 Pinchas Zukerman , Marc Neikrug ( piano)
8.00 Eigar Overture: Froissart, Op 19 London Philharmonic, conductor Bryden Thomson
8.40 Ibert Divertissement
Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit

Contributors

Piano:
Radu Lupu
Violin:
Mark Lubotsky
Violin:
Nobuko Imai
Unknown:
James Galway
Unknown:
Solisti Veneti
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Unknown:
Pinchas Zukerman
Piano:
Marc Neikrug
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit

(1882-1937). Donald Macleod presents a week of music by Chopin's spiritual successor.
1: Young Poland. The battle for a new Polish music and art, which
Karol Szymanowski was to carryto new heights." Prelude, Op 1 No 8 Martin Jones (piano) Etude in B flat minor, Op 4 No 3 Witold Malcuzynski (piano)
Three Fragments from Poems by Jan Kasprowicz
Teresa Zylis-Gara (soprano), Jerzy Marchwinksi (piano)
Violin Concerto No 1, Op 35
Wanda Wilkomirska , Warsaw National PO, conductor Witold Rowicki

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Karol Szymanowski
Soprano:
Teresa Zylis-Gara
Piano:
Jerzy Marchwinksi
Unknown:
Wanda Wilkomirska

With Stephanie Hughes. This week featuring Rachmaninov piano music and recordings by the Amadeus Quartet.
Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 The Composer (piano)
10.10 Mozart String Quartet in C, K465 (Dissonance) Amadeus Quartet
10.38 Berg Seven Early Songs, Op 2 Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado
10.55 Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 23 Earl Wild (piano)
THE NEW CHINA

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes.
Unknown:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

China Week
A week of programmes that contrast works by contemporary Chinese composers with music from the west inspired by China. The programmes feature performances by a younger generation of Chinese artists.
Today Christopher Cook looks at musical cross-currents between China and the west.
1: East Meets West j Xu Zhen Min Overture: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China China Youth Symphony Orchestra and Central Conservatory of Music, conductor Yu Feng
Chopin Nocturne in C sharp minor, Opposth FouTs'ong(piano)
Mahler, arrSchoenberg Das Uedvon derErde Lilli Paasikivi (mezzo), Tom Nyman (tenor), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Lilli Paasikivi
Tenor:
Tom Nyman

This week featuring Mahler symphonies. BBC Philharmonic
Dvorak Overture: Carnival Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in Cminor
John Lill , conductor Martyn Brabbins Mahler Symphony No 1
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Contributors

Conductor:
John Lill
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky

Blue Peter's Simon Thomas chooses some favourite tracks for younger listeners, including folk music from
Ireland, a waltz by Tchaikovsky and a dance for Australian wild dogs! EMAIL: making.tracks@bbc.co.uk
WEBSITE:bbc.co.uk/radio3/makingtracks

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Thomas

Sean Rafferty with arts news, music and guests. Music includes at 5.00 Chopin's
Mazurka in A flat, Op 17 No 3, played by Leif Ove Andsnes (piano); at around 5.45
Hamilton Harty 's Three Pieces for oboe and piano performed by Sarah Francis and Peter Dickinson ; and at around 6.40
Bruckner's Adagio (String Quintet) (arr Fritz Oeser) played by the Deutsche
Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin, conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Played By:
Leif Ove Andsnes
Unknown:
Hamilton Harty
Unknown:
Sarah Francis
Unknown:
Peter Dickinson
Conducted By:
Vladimir Ashkenazy.

The last in the autumn series of concerts from Glasgow's City Hall exploring British and Nordic masterworks. Tonight, orchestral music inspired by Arthurian legend and by Finnish folklore. Jennifer Koh (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Bax Tintagel
Nielsen Violin Concerto
Sibelius Lemminkainen Legends, Op 22
THENEWCHINA

Contributors

Violin:
Jennifer Koh

As part of Radio 3's New China season Isabel Hilton investigates the phenomenal growth of China's cities.
Over the past 20 years some 250 million Chinese have moved from the countryside to the city and it is estimated that 150 brand-new cities are needed to cope with the continuing migration. What kind of cities are the Chinese creating? What will be the impact on the social, economic and cultural life of the people who live in them?

Contributors

Unknown:
Isabel Hilton

Fiona Talkington introduces the unique sound of the Nashville Mandolin
Ensemble, music from Kimmo Pohjonen and Herbert Howells 's haunting memorial for his nine-year-old son. Plus, throughout the week, the golden voice of Africa, Salif Keita , from performances given at the London Jazz Festival.

Contributors

Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Kimmo Pohjonen
Unknown:
Herbert Howells
Unknown:
Salif Keita

With Susan Sharpe.
Schubert Seligkeit , D433;
Fruhlingsglaube, D686; Lachen und Weinen, D777
12.10 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 15
12.50 Forster Sonata a 3 in G
1.00 Mozart String Quartet in D, K421
Szymanowski String Quartet No 2, Op 56 Shostakovich Piano Quintet, Op 57
2.25 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Suite No 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Schubert Seligkeit
Unknown:
Forster Sonata

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