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With Penny Gore.
Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat, K495 Christian Lindberg (trombone), Tapiola Sinfonietta, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow
6.45Butterworth Six songs from "A
Shropshire Lad" Thomas Allen (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
7.00 Locatelli introduttione Teatrale in D, Op 4 No 5 Raglan Baroque Players, director Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
7.40 Alwyn Autumn Legend
Nicholas Daniel (cor anglais), City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
8.10 Strauss Serenade for 13 wind instruments London Winds, director Michael Collins
8.40 Milhaud Suite: Le Bouefsurle Toit
Stephen Coombs and Artur Pizzarro (pianos)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christian Lindberg
Conductor:
Jean-Jacques Kantorow
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Violin:
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Unknown:
Nicholas Daniel
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Strauss Serenade
Director:
Michael Collins
Unknown:
Stephen Coombs
Pianos:
Artur Pizzarro

An exploration of the life of Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Although he showed an early aptitude and deep love of classical music, Villa-Lobos was often to be found playing guitar with his friends in street bands known as choro, or on expeditions to the rainforests of the great Brazilian interior. Introduced by Donald Macleod.
Choros No 1 for solo guitar Turibio Santos Pequena Suite (excerpt)
Rebecca Rust (cello), David Apter (piano) Amazonas Simon Bolivar Symphony
Orchestra of Venezuela, conductor Enrique Arturo Diemecke
A Prole do Bebe, Suite No 1 (excerpts) Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Viola Quebrada (Cances Tipicas Brasileiras)
Olga Maria Schroeter (soprano)
Samba Classico; Xango (Cances Tipicas Brasileiras) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) Sexteto Mistico
Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Producers Andrew Lyle and Geraldine Marshall

Contributors

Introduced By:
Donald MacLeod.
Cello:
Rebecca Rust
Cello:
David Apter
Conductor:
Enrique Arturo Diemecke
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Soprano:
Olga Maria Schroeter
Unknown:
Teresa Berganza
Unknown:
Sexteto Mistico
Unknown:
Geraldine Marshall

A daily series in which artists talk about theircurrentwork. Theatre director Yvonne Brewster is working on a new play by Kwame Dawes about Jamaica in the seventies.
The script calls for dancers, musicians and a DJ on stage. Can it be done? Producer Tim Dee

Contributors

Director:
Yvonne Brewster
Play By:
Kwame Dawes
Producer:
Tim Dee

With Rob Cowan. This week the conclusion of the Beethoven symphony cycle and music from Spanish cellist Pabio Casals. Smetana Scherzo (Festive Symphony in E)
Czech Philharmonic, conductor Karel Sejna
10.16 Trad Catalan, arr Casals The Song of the Birds Prades Festival Orchestra, director Pablo Casals (cello)
10.20 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Andre Cluytens
11.03 Re-issue of the Week:
Bach Cello Suite in C minor, BWV1011 Pablo Casals (cello)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Karel Sejna
Cello:
Pablo Casals
Conductor:
Andre Cluytens
Cello:
Pablo Casals

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam was established as one of the great orchestras of the world underthe baton of Willem Mengelberg. Recent music directors Bernard Haitink and present incumbent Riccardo Chailly both feature in a week of performances recorded live in the orchestra's own hall, the Concertgebouw. Today's programme features 20th-century music, including a new Dutch work. Presented by Jonathan Swain. Webern Im Sommerwind
Conductor Riccardo Chailly VeibeyAlliage(1997) Conductor Hans Vonk
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
Conductor Bernard Haitink

Contributors

Unknown:
Willem Mengelberg.
Directors:
Bernard Haitink
Unknown:
Riccardo Chailly
Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor:
Hans Vonk
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink

From the Wigmore Hall in London.
Presented by Fiona Talkington. Miah Persson (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Schubert Suleika 1; Lied derMignon; Ganymed; Suleika 2
Debussy Nuit d'Etoiles; Zéphyr;
Aimons Nous et Dormons; Fetes Galantes; Pierrot Grieg God Morgen; Det Forste Mode;
Solveigs Sang; Verldens Gang; En Drom Repeated Saturday 1pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Fiona Talkington.
Soprano:
Miah Persson
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Piano:
Schubert Suleika
Unknown:
Aimons Nous

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Sibelius Pohjola's Daughter Conductor Osmo Vanska
Nielsen Symphony No 1 Conductor Osmo Vanska
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
Artur Pizzarro , conductor Martyn Brabbins Nielsen Symphony No 2 (Four
Temperaments) Conductor Osmo Vanska

Contributors

Conductor:
Artur Pizzarro
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

Fantasy Opera: Fidelio
Michael White assembles a dream-team cast for Beethoven's only opera, including Kirsten Flagstad , Jon Vickers , Walter Berry , Elisabeth Schwarzkopfand Otto
Klemperer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kirsten Flagstad
Unknown:
Jon Vickers
Unknown:
Walter Berry
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopfand Otto

A concert given on Saturday at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, introduced by Petroc Tre lawny. Lars Vogt (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductors Vassily Sinaisky and Peter Maxwell Davies Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival
Maxwell Davies Roma, Amor Conducted by the Composer
8.20 Twenty Minutes: The War against Cliche
Three essays from the new collection by Martin Amis. 1: The Force of Love
The author's incisive and amusing take on Jane Austen 's Pride and Prejudice. Read by Bill Nighy.
8.40 Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491
Respighi The Pines of Rome

Contributors

Conductors:
Vassily Sinaisky
Unknown:
Martin Amis.
Unknown:
Jane Austen
Read By:
Bill Nighy.

Tonight's arts and culture magazine features a profile of one of Britain's leading dancers and choreographers, Akram Khan. whose work combines modern dance with classical Asian forms. Introduced by Richard Coles.

Contributors

Unknown:
Akram Khan.
Introduced By:
Richard Coles.

The si ide guitar of Ry Cooder from the soundtrack to Paris, Texas, and Lin
Xiangting playing the qin - a seven-stringed Chinese zither. Plus Gillian Welch with Only One And Only from her album Revival. Introduced by VeritySharp.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ry Cooder
Unknown:
Gillian Welch

With Susan Sharpe.
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
12.30 Andriessen Miroir de Peine
12.45 Petraii Versetti per il Gloria
1.00 Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 Shostakovich Violin Sonata,
Op 134 1.55 Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Le Coq d'Or 2.20 Strauss Was Erblicke ich? (Daphne) 2.30 Mahler Symphony No 6
4.00 Mozart, arr Grieg Piano Sonata in C, K545 4.15 Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903 4.40
Roger Matton L 'Escauoutte 4.50 Howard Cable, arrWJ Duthoit Quebec Folk Fantasy
5.00 Verdi Alzira (excerpts) 5.25 Schutz Vater Abraham Erbarme Dich Mein, SWV4 77
5.40 Haydn Sonata IV (Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, HXXlb)
5.55 Lassus Motet: Omnes de Saba j Venient i

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Andriessen Miroir
Unknown:
Petraii Versetti
Unknown:
Strauss Was Erblicke
Unknown:
Roger Matton
Unknown:
Verdi Alzira

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