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Overture: Calm Sea andProsperous Voyage 5.10 Britten
Passacaglia (Peter Grimes ) 5.25 Milhaud Three Psalms of David, Op 339 5.35
Wassanaer Concerto No 2 in B flat 5.50
Bach, transcr M Howe Sheep May Safely Graze: Gigue (Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Grimes

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In the last of this week's programmes, Donald Macleod introduces Rachmaninov's final orchestral work, the Symphonic Dances. Rachmaninov composed the piece in an airy studio overlooking Long Island Sound in the USA, where he lived while recovering from a minor operation.

Tchaikovsky, arr Rachmaninov Lullaby, Op 16 No 1
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy
Blessed Art Thou, Lord (Vespers) St Petersburg Cappella, director Vladislav Chernushenko
Bach, arr Rachmaninov Prelude, Gavotte and Gigue
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)

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Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod

With Jonathan Swain.
Salnt-Saens Morceau de Concert, Op 154 Marielle Nordmann (harp),
Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow
10.20 Loewe DerLetzte Ritter , Op 124 Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Cord Garben (piano)
10.47 Schumann Symphony No 2 in C New York Stadium Concerts Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Harp:
Marielle Nordmann
Conductor:
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Conductor:
Loewe Derletzte Ritter
Baritone:
Andreas Schmidt
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein

Artist in Focus: Mitsuko Uchida
Humphrey Burton talks to the distinguished Japanese pianist about her life and career and introduces performances drawn from the BBC archives. In the final programme she returns to Mozart, but not before she has explored some of her favourite 20th-century music.
Mitsuko Uchida (piano)
Mozart Rondo in A minor, K511
Berg Sonata for Piano, Op 1
Bartok Piano Concerto No 1
Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Mozart Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K466
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Burton
Pianist/Interviewee:
Mitsuko Uchida
Musicians:
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate

Another programme in which Alyn Shipton invites musicians to make their own selections from the BBC'sjazz archive. Today he talks to the vocalist Norma Winstone , whose selections include recordings by John Surman , lain Ballamy and Kenny Wheeler.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Norma Winstone
Unknown:
John Surman
Unknown:
Kenny Wheeler.

n Live from the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and its principal guest conductor Joseph Swensen present the first in an occasional series pairing works by two great. late-Romantic symphonists: Mahler and Sibelius. The concert also includes music from Sibelius's fellow Finn Ahti Karjalainen , featuring
BBCNOW's principal oboist David Cowley. David Cowley (oboe),
BBCNOW, conductor Joseph Swensen Sibelius Pelleas etMelisande
Ahti Karjalainen Summer Pictures
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Book of the Month An extended review of one of the month's most interesting new publications. Soul
Mountain is an account of a physical and spiritual journey of more than 15,000 kilometers made by Chinese novelist, playwright and painter Gao Xingjian , who was last year awarded the Nobel Prize.
8.30 Mahler Symphony No 1 in D

Contributors

Conductor:
Joseph Swensen
Unknown:
Finn Ahti Karjalainen
Unknown:
David Cowley.
Oboe:
David Cowley
Conductor:
Joseph Swensen
Conductor:
Sibelius Pelleas
Unknown:
Gao Xingjian

Paul Allen discusses the way every building tells a story, with the help of Margaret Visser , author of A Building Remembers.
He also talks to poet and playwright Simon Armitage about his latest play, a reworking of the Heracles legend.

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Margaret Visser
Unknown:
Simon Armitage

A concert recorded earlier this evening in Studio One, Glasgow, focusing on new music from Germany. Presented by Verity Sharp in conversation with Detlev Glanert , Iris ter Schiphorst and Rebecca Saunders. BBCSSO , conductor Martyn Brabbins Detiev Glanert Mahler Skizze
Iris ter Schiphorst Hundert Komma Null Rebecca Saunders G and E on A
Detiev Glanert Symphony No 3

Contributors

Presented By:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Detlev Glanert
Conductor:
Rebecca Saunders.
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

With Susan Sharpe. Sibelius Rondino for cello and piano 12.10
Mozart Divertimento in B flat, K229 12.20
Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides
(Fingal's Cave) 12.50 Byrd Browninga5 ; Content Is Rich 1.00 Schnittke Moz-art Haydn Cello Concerto in D, H Vllb 2
Webern Variations for Orchestra, Op 30 Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543
2.25 Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat, Op 97 (Archduke) 3.05 Caurroy 11 fantasias
3.30 Haydn Kleine Orgelmesse 3.50
Weber Clarinet Concertino in E flat 4.00
Szymanowksi Polish Dances 4.10
Richard Charlton Dances of the Rainbow
Serpent 4.20 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in G minor4.35 Biber Scordatura Sonata
4.55 Palestrina Laudate Dominum
5.00 Smetana Overture: The Bartered
Bride 5.10 Albicastro Violin Sonata, Op 9 No 12 (La Follia) 5.20Dohnanyi
Symphonic Minutes 5.35 Schubert Impromptu No 4 in A flat, D899
5.50 Schubert Overture: Fierrabras

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Sibelius Rondino
Piano:
Mozart Divertimento
Unknown:
Byrd Browninga5
Unknown:
Kleine Orgelmesse
Unknown:
Richard Charlton Dances

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