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With Edward Seckerson.
Lumbye Polonaise
6.20 Paderewski Piano Concerto in A minor
7.00 Weber Overture: Oberon
7.20 Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D minor, Op 49
8.00 Bartok Two Portraits
8.40 Verdi TeDeum (Four Sacred Pieces)

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson.
Unknown:
Lumbye Polonaise

Bach Cantata No 29: Wir Danken Dir, Gott, WirDanken Dir(excerpts) Collegium
Vocale, conductor Philippe Herreweghe
9.05 Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No 10 Tatiana Nikolaieva (piano)
9.15 Hoist A Fugal Concerto
New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
9.30 Wolf-Ferrari Suite: The Jewels of the Madonna Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
9.45 Kreisler Prelude and Allegro in the style ofPugnani Rainer Kuchl (violin), Andre Previn (piano)
9.50 Krommer Partita, Op 45 No 1 Collegium Musicum Pragense
10.15 Coleridge-Taylor Onaway! Awake Beloved (Hiawatha's Wedding Feast) Webster Booth (baritone), Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent
10.25 Grieg Two religious choruses Danish National Radio Choir, conductor Jesper Grove Jorgensen
10.35 Ibert Concertino da Camera for alto saxophone and 11 instruments Sohre Rahbari (saxophone), BRT
Philharmonic, conductor Alexandre Rahbari
10.55 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 57 (Appassionata) Wilhelm Kempff
11.30 Purcell Benedicite in B flat
Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the King's Consort, director Robert King
11.50 Tippett Concerto for double string orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Contributors

Conductor:
Philippe Herreweghe
Piano:
Tatiana Nikolaieva
Conductor:
Nicholas Braithwaite
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Violin:
Rainer Kuchl
Piano:
Andre Previn
Conductor:
Malcolm Sargent
Conductor:
Jesper Grove Jorgensen
Unknown:
Sohre Rahbari
Conductor:
Alexandre Rahbari
Unknown:
Wilhelm Kempff
Unknown:
Purcell Benedicite
Director:
Robert King
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

Ivan Hewett visits the new music venue
Ocean, which aims to regenerate one of London's most deprived boroughs. Plus a report on Vienna's millennium project-the House of Music - is it another victim of the millennium curse?

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett

Hans Werner Henze
This year sees the 75th birthday of composer Hans Werner Henze, whose music was much recorded by the BBC during the sixties and seventies.
David Huckvale explores the recorded archive, which includes works such as the Lucy Escott Variations, and also Henze's collaborations with WHAuden- The
Bassarids and Elegy for Young Lovers.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Huckvale

Don Carlos , set in Spain at the time of the Inquisition, is one of Verdi's most magnificent achievements. Originally written forthe Paris Opera, Verdi later translated and adapted the work for performance in Italy. British bass-baritone Robert Lloyd discusses his approach to the opera with Rodney Milnes and examines the pros and cons of singing it in French or Italian.

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Carlos
Bass-Baritone:
Robert Lloyd
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes

An interview with reclusive Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami , author of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Underground, an account of the Tokyo gas attack. Can Murakami the virtuoso storyteller help readers find themselves? And why does he feel responsible for the dead people he has known? With contributions from Professor
Hayao Kawai , Kawasaki Kenko and Professor Motoyuki Shibata.

Contributors

Unknown:
Haruki Murakami
Unknown:
Hayao Kawai
Unknown:
Kawasaki Kenko
Unknown:
Professor Motoyuki Shibata.

By Jackie Kay. Two women who share a fascination with the American blues singer Bessie Smith meet on a delayed train. In conversation they begin to reveal more and more about themselves and the life of Bessie Smith. As the journey progresses, Bessie gradually takes them over.
Music performed by Suzanne Bonnar and Paul Harrison. Director Susan Roberts

Contributors

Unknown:
Jackie Kay.
Singer:
Bessie Smith
Unknown:
Bessie Smith.
Unknown:
Suzanne Bonnar
Unknown:
Paul Harrison.
Director:
Susan Roberts
Georgia:
Gerda Stevenson
Cathy:
Suzanne Bonnar
Train announcer:
James Nickerson

Chris de Souza introduces a recital given by the cellist Mats Lidstrom and pianist Bengt Forsberg at St George's Bristol in 1999. Ture Rangstrom Rite of Spring Tor Ahlberg Sonata
Jacob Adolf Hagg Sonata in E minor, Op 1; Andante (R)

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris de Souza
Unknown:
Jacob Adolf Hagg

Paul Guinery presents a portrait of the BBC Symphony Chorus, director Stephen Jackson , which is seen and heard by millions at the Last Night of the Proms but also maintains a busy schedule of concerts and broadcasts throughout the year. Stephen Jackson conducts the BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra in an all-British programme, featuring works from the early 20th century, including: Hoist Ode to Death, Op 30 Bridge A Prayer
Dyson Hierusalem

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Director:
Stephen Jackson
Unknown:
Stephen Jackson

Chris de Souza introduces a choral recital given at St George's Bristol in 1999. Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton. Urmas Sisask Benedictio
Veljo Tormis Childhood Memory
Mari Vihmand Laudate Dominum; Veni Sancte Spiritus
Veljo Tormis Autumn Landscapes
Einojuhani Rautavaara Hymn of Praise, Irmos IX, Final Blessing ( Vigil ia) Veljo Tormis St John's Song (R)

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephen Layton.

With Jonathan Swain. Rudolf Escher Le
Vrai Visage de la Paix; Ciel, Air et Vents;
Songs of Love and Eternity: Three poems by WH Auden 1.50 Morawetz Divertimento
2.00 Guilmant Symphony No 1 in D minor
2.20 Wagner Prelude: Tristan and Isolde
2.35 Mahler Symphony No 8 (Symphony ol Thousand) 3.55 Beethoven Piano Sonata in G, Op 14 No 2 4.10 Baranovic Suite:
Gingerbread Heart 4.40Suriani Harp Partita
4.50 Tobias Prelude and Fugue in D minor
5.00 Bach, arrSchoenberg Chorale
Prelude, BWV654 5.10 Eugene Goossens Concertino for double string orchestra
5.25Satie Trois Petites Pieces Montées
5.30 Grieg Jesus Christ Is Risen; In Heaven, Op 74 5.45 Lars-Erik Larsson Pastoral Suite, Op 19

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Eugene Goossens

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