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With Donald Macleod.
In the Place du Chatelet in Paris stands what was once known as the Theatre-Lyrique.
The company formed here in 1851 was one of the most important rivals to the two state-subsidised opera companies, the Opera and the Opera Comique. Today
Donald Macleod visits this historic theatre, now known as the Theatre de la Ville.
Au Fond du Temple Saint (Les Pecheurs de Perles, Act 1) John Aler (tenor) Gino
Quitico (baritone) Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
Me voila Seule dans la Nuit.... Comme Autrefois dans la Nuit ('Les Pecheurs de Perles, Act 2) Martha Angelici (soprano). Orchestra of the National Theatre of the Opera Comique, conductor Andre Cluytens Je Fremis, Je Chancelle.... Entends au Loin Ce Bruit de Fete ('Les Pecheurs de
Perles, Act 3) Ileana Contrubas (soprano), Guillermo Sarabia (baritone) Roger Soyer (bass). Paris Opera Orchestra. conductor Georges Pretre
Serenade (la Jolie Fille du Perth, Act 2,) Heddie Nash (tenor)
Tra La La!... Quand la Flamme (La jolie fille du Perth, Act 2.) Jose van Dam (bass), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre
Nuit d'Amour et Fole Ivresse (La Jolie Fille du Perth, Act 3) June Anderson (soprano), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Gino Quitico
(baritone), Gabriel Bacquier (bass), Radio France Chorus. New Philharmonia
Orchestra, conductor Georges Pretre

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacIeod.
Tenor:
John Aler
Baritone:
Gino Quitico
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Soprano:
Martha Angelici
Conductor:
Andre Cluytens
Soprano:
Ileana Contrubas
Baritone:
Guillermo Sarabia
Bass:
Roger Soyer
Conductor:
Georges Pretre
Tenor:
Heddie Nash
Bass:
Jose van Dam
Soprano:
June Anderson
Tenor:
Alfredo Kraus
Bass:
Gabriel Bacquier

With Jonathan Swain.

Handel Water Music: Suite No 2 in 0, WtW349: Suite No 3 in G. HWV350 Franz Liszt CO. director Janos Roiia

10.25 Barber Dover Beach
Samuel Barber (baritone). Curtis Quartet

10.34 Dvorak Piano Trio No 4 in F minor
(Dumky) Emanuel Ax (piano), Young Uck Kim (violin). Yo-Yo Ma (cello)

11.07 Honegger Pacific 231
Le Grand Orchestre Symphonique, conducted by the Composer

11.14 Bach Concerto in D minor. BtW.t060 Nigel Kennedy (violin), Albrecht Mayer (oboe). Berlin Philharmonic

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

Stephen Johnson introduces performances given by the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra under their chief conductor, including a Mozart serenade directed from the clarinet.

Sibelius Tapiola

Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita)

Ravel Sheherazade

With Valdine Anderson (soprano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephen Johnson
Musicians:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor/Clarinettist:
Osmo Vanska
Soprano:
Vaidine Anderson

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Conductor Alexander Titov
Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale Conductor Martyn Brabbins
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor
Paul Watkins. conductor Alexander Titov Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor Conductor Alexander Titov

Contributors

Conductor:
Alexander Titov
Conductor:
Martyn Brabb
Conductor:
Paul Watkins.
Conductor:
Alexander Titov

Live from Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Introit: With All Our Hearts (Tallis).
Responses (Morley).Psalm 2 (Tallis). First Lesson: 2 Samuel 6. vv 1-15.
Canticles: Great Service (Byrd). Second Lesson: Matthew 9. vv 35-end: 10, vv 1-4. Anthem: See, See the Word is incarnate (Gibbons). Hymn: Morning Glory, Starfit
Sky (Song 13). Organ Voluntary: Fantasia in C (Byrd). Director of music Stephen Dartington. Sub-organist David Goode.

Contributors

Music:
Stephen Dartington
Unknown:
David Goode

Live from the Barbican Hall, London, a concert from the London Symphony
Orchestra's Bohemian Spring season, featuring works by Martinu and Dvorak.
Paul Silverthorne (vioia), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Martinu Concerto for double string orchestra: Rhapsody-Concerto for viola and orchestra
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Book of the Month Steve Connor presents an extended review of one of this month's significant publications, in his new biography of Laurence Sterne, Ian Campbell Ross maintains that Sterne was not only the author of one of the most influential novels ever - Tristram Shandy - but one of the first authors to engineer his own celebrity.
8.35 Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor Bohemian Spring
Music: page 54

What has philosophy to do with art? And has the study of aesthetics had any impact on the practice of artists? Philip Dodd debates the links between philosophy and art and our changing understanding of the aesthetic. Pius the story of a song that sent people onto the streets, Strange Fruit, written by a Jewish communist schoolteacher, sung by Billie Holliday.

Contributors

Presenter:
Philip Dodd

With Jonathan Swain.
Chopin Cello Sonata in G minor. Op 65

12.25 Fodor Symphony No 2 ;n G

12.50 Mozart Abendempfindung , K523

1.00 Chopin Piano Concertos: No .1 in F minor; No 2 in F minor

2.10 CPE Bach Quartet No :t in A minor. Wq93

2.25 John Stanley Trumpet Voluntary

2.35 Bach Cantata No 35; Ge<sf und Seele Wird Verwirret

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Mozart Abendempfindung

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