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With Edward Seckerson.

Faure Dolly Suite - Kathryn Stott and Martin Roscoe (pianos)

6.30 Hasse Flute Sonata in B minor, Op 2 No 4 - Nancy Hadden, Erin Headley (viola da gamba), Malcolm Proud (harpsichord)

7.00 Puccini Preludio Sinfonico - La Scala Philharmonic, conductor Riccardo Muti

7.40 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 - Dmitri Alexeev, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

8.30 Liszt Apres une Lecture de Dante - Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

8.45 Gounod Faust (final scene) - Paris Opera Choir and Orchestra, conductor Andre Cluytens

Full details of Morning on 3's music are posted at [web address removed] a few days before transmission

Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Seckerson

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Andrew Manze recommends a version of Eigar's Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82, from the currently available versions, including recordings by Yehudi Menuhin ,
Maxim Vengerov , Tasmin Little and Daniel Hope.
10.30 Michael Oliver reviews recent choral releases, including Nikolaus Harnoncourt 's recording of Franz Schmidt 's apocalyptic oratorio The Book with Seven Seals, John Nelson 's recording of the Berlioz TeDeum and Myung-Whun Chung 's recording of Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces.
11.00 An interview with violinist Viktoria
Mullova about Tchaikovsky, leaving a Strad in Finland, the challenge of Bach and her new CD Through the Looking Glass.
11.30 Radio 3's Disc of the Week. Julius Reubke 's Sonata on the 94th Psalm performed by Gillian Weir on the Aeolian-
Skinner organ of the First Church of Christ, Scientist, Boston, Massachusetts. Producers Andrew LyleandMark Lowther
WEB SITE: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview E-MAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
DISC DETAILS: call the Radio 3 Information Line on [number removed] or consult CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Andrew Manze
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Unknown:
Maxim Vengerov
Unknown:
Tasmin Little
Unknown:
Daniel Hope.
Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Unknown:
Franz Schmidt
Unknown:
John Nelson
Unknown:
Myung-Whun Chung
Unknown:
Julius Reubke
Unknown:
Gillian Weir
Producers:
Andrew Lyleandmark Lowther

Michael Berkeley 's guest is the anthropologist Hugh Brody , whose books include The People's Land, Living Arctic,
Maps and Dreams, and most recently The Other Side of Eden, an exploration of the mysteries of language and culture, based on his experiences in the Arctic Circle. His musical choices range from traditional I nuit throat singing to chamber works by Beethoven, a Bach violin concerto, part of Mozart's Requiem, and songs by Leonard Cohen and Tom Lehrer.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow at 6.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Hugh Brody
Songs By:
Leonard Cohen
Songs By:
Tom Lehrer.
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

Humphrey Carpenter introduces this week's selection of listeners' requests, including: Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis Nicholas Marshall Carousel
Alison Wells (soprano), John Turner (recorder), Keith Swallow (piano)
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44
Aleksandar Madzar (piano), Takacs Quartet Producer Christina Pritchard. ADDRESS: Listeners' Choice. BBC Birmingham, B5 7QQ. PHONE: [number removed] E-MAIL: listeners.choice@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Introduces:
Humphrey Carpenter
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Nicholas Marshall
Soprano:
Alison Wells
Soprano:
John Turner
Piano:
Aleksandar Madzar
Producer:
Christina Pritchard.

Claire Martin reports on who is touring in the UK at the moment and Brian Morton listens to some recent CDs.
Producer: Keith Loxam.
ADDRESS: JazzLine-Up. Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow, G12 8DG E-MAIL:jazziineup@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Claire Martin
Unknown:
Brian Morton
Producer:
Keith Loxam.
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Live from the Met: Manon
Massenet's opera, based on Abbe Prevost 's sensational novel of 1728, tells the tragic love story of the young Chevalier des Grieux and the beautiful but fickle
Manon, whose restless pursu it of pleasure and amusement takes her from the dizzy heights of first love to jealousy, betrayal and degradation. Even a final reconciliation with des Grieux comes too late to save her and she dies in her lover's arms. During the interval Rodney Milnes continues his series Opera Snaps - a sideways glance at each of this season's Met operas. Massenet Manon
New York Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Julius Rudel Act
7.15 Interval: My Recollections
The colourful life and times of Jules Massenet , in his own words.
7.30 Opera Snaps
7.40 Act 2
8.30 Interval: Talking to Gotham
Miles Warde continues his interviews with leading figures from New York's cultural life. Today's subject is Englishman
Clive Barnes , one of the most respected drama critics on Broadway. At the age of 73 he still goes to the theatre seven times a week.
9.00 Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Abbe Prevost
Unknown:
Chevalier Des Grieux
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Conductor:
Julius Rudel
Unknown:
Jules Massenet
Unknown:
Clive Barnes
Manon Ruth:
Ann Swenson (soprano)
Chevalier des Grieux:
Giuseppe Sabbatini (tenor)
Lescaut:
Roberto De Candia (baritone)
Comte des Grieux:
Paul Plishka (bass)
Poussette:
Danielle De Niese (soprano)
Javotte:
Jennifer Dudley (mezzo)
Rosette:
Jossie Perez (soprano)
Guillot de Morfontaine:
Michel Sénéchal (tenor)
De Bretigny:
Kim Josephson (bass)

From Dingwalls in Camden Town, London, Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present I ive sets by electronics duo Magnétophone, improvising trio Konk Pack and local band Quickspace.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Konk Pack

Gail Brand's Lunge
In another exclusively recorded session Jez Nelson introduces free-form trombonist Gail Brand with her band
Lunge, which features the pianist
Pat Thomas , Phil Durrant on keyboards and electronics, and Mark Sanders on drums. Plus the best of the new CD releases. Producers Steve Shepherd and Kathryn Willgress

Contributors

Introduces:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Gail Brand
Pianist:
Pat Thomas
Pianist:
Phil Durrant
Pianist:
Mark Sanders
Producers:
Steve Shepherd
Producers:
Kathryn Willgress

With Jonathan Swain.

Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a (St Anthony); Violin Concerto in D; Symphony No 3 in F

2.40 Rachmaninov Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17

3.05 Roussel Suite: Le Festin de I 'Arraignee

3.25 Spohr String Sextet in C, Op 140

3.50 Palestrina Motet: Tu Es Petrus

3.55 Vivaldi Cello Concerto in E minor, RV409

4.10 Couperin Les Fastes de la Grande et Ancienne Menestrandise (Livres de Clavecin, Book 2)

4.30 Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1

4.40 Couperin Treizieme Concert

4.50 Humperdinck Dream scene (Hansel and Gretel)

5.00 Bree Concert Overture in B minor

5.15 Brahms Three Songs, Op 42

5.25 Stradella Sinfonia in D minor

5.35 Palestrina Stabat Mater

5.45 Heino Eller Three Pieces

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Couperin Les Fastes
Unknown:
Palestrina Stabat Mater
Unknown:
Heino Eller

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