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With Penny Gore.
Isaac 0 Decus Ecclesiae Fretwork
6.15 Ravel String Quartet Belcea Quartet
7.00 Verdi Stornello Margaret Price (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
7.15 Mozart Bute Concerto in G, K313 Emmanuel Pahud , Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.00 Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture New York Philharmonic, conductor Andre Kostelanetz
8.20 J Strauss (son), arrSchuIz Evler
Concert Arabesque on themes from "On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Frederic Chiu (piano)

Contributors

Soprano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Unknown:
Emmanuel Pahud
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Andre Kostelanetz
Piano:
Frederic Chiu

With Donaid Macleod. Struggle has been central to Arvo Part's evolution as a composer. Initially he faced practical problems from a hostile Russian bureaucracy, but most of all he became haunted by profound doubts about his work. In response to this personal crisis he has evolved an extraordinary musical style which stands in contrast to the orthodoxy of the religious beliefs which have sustained him.
Credo Boris Berman (piano),
Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Tabula Rasa GidonKremerandTatjana Grindenko (violins), Alfred Schnittke
(prepared piano), Lithuanian Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Saulius Sondeckis Fratres for eight cellos I Fiammingi

Contributors

Unknown:
Donaid MacLeod.
Piano:
Boris Berman
Violins:
Alfred Schnittke
Conductor:
Saulius Sondeckis

With Rob Cowan.

Bernstein Divertimento
Israel PO, conducted by the Composer
10.20 Brahms Feldeinsamkeit, Op 86 No 2; 0 Wusst Ich Doch den Weg Zuruck, Op 63 No 8
Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
10.29 Bach Cantata No 199: Mein Herze Schwimmt im Blut Elly Ameling (soprano), Berliner Capella, German Bach Soloists, conductor Helmut Winschermann
10.56 Ravel Piano Concerto for the left hand
Samson Francois, Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society
Orchestra, conductor Andre Cluytens
11.15 Re-issue of the week: Musorgsky Death scene (Boris Godunov, Act 4)
Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Dorothea Siebert (soprano), Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eugen Jochum

Contributors

Presenter:
Rob Cowan
Musicians:
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Bass-baritone:
Hans Hotter
Pianist:
Gerald Moore
Soprano:
Elly Ameling
Singers:
Berliner Capella
Musicians:
German Bach Soloists
Conductor:
Helmut Winschermann
Pianist:
Samson Francois
Musicians:
Paris Conservatoire Concerts Society Orchestra
Conductor:
Andre Cluytens
Soprano:
Dorothea Siebert
Musicians:
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Eugen Jochum

Artist in Focus: James Galway
Sean Rafferty talks to the distinguished flute player and introduces performances drawn from the BBC archives, including the first performance of Lennox Berkeley's flute sonata in 1979. Bach Rute Sonata in G minor, BWV1020 Christopher O'Reilly (piano)
Berkeley Flute Sonata Philip Moll (piano) Poulenc Flute Sonata
Christopher O'Reilly (piano) Berkeley Flute Sonatina
Philip Moll (piano) Musgrave Orfeo II English Chamber Orchestra, conductor David Atherton

Contributors

Unknown:
James Galway
Talks:
Sean Rafferty
Piano:
Christopher O'Reilly
Piano:
Philip Moll
Piano:
Christopher O'Reilly
Piano:
Philip Moll
Piano:
Musgrave Orfeo
Conductor:
David Atherton

A recital given by the 1985 Cardiff Singer of the World at St David's Hall, Cardiff.
David Malis (baritone), Ingrid Surgenor (piano)

Duparc L'Invitation au Voyage; La Vie Anterieure
Tosti Malia ; Tristezza
Barber The Desire for Hermitage Sondheim I Remember
Verdi E Sogno O Realta? (Falstaff)

Contributors

Baritone:
David Malis
Pianist:
Ingrid Surgenor

Ulster Orchestra
Rossini Overture: William Tell
Conductor Jacek Kaspszyk
Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 in G (Mozartiana) Conductor Matthias Bamert
Mozart Piano Concerto No 19 in F. K459 Hugh Tinney , conductor Jacek Kaspszyk Respighi Suite : Rossiniana Conductor Matthias Bamert

Contributors

Conductor:
Jacek Kaspszyk
Conductor:
Matthias Bamert
Conductor:
Hugh Tinney
Conductor:
Jacek Kaspszyk
Conductor:
Respighi Suite
Conductor:
Matthias Bamert

Simon Thomas and Matt Baker from
Blue Peter present music foryounger listeners, including folk music from Canada, a track written by a composerfor his mother and music for a film about a bouncing bomb.

Contributors

Unknown:
Simon Thomas
Unknown:
Matt Baker
Unknown:
Blue Peter

LA Confidential
An exploration of Los Angeles, the home of west coast rap and the film musical, and the refuge of European emigres such as Schoenberg, Eisler and Korngold. Using songs from and about Los Angeles, lain
Burnside attempts to cast some light on this most voyeuristic of cities.

Humphrey Carpenter presents arts news and music, including at 7.00 a work by another ofthisyear's Masterprize semi-finalists, Anthony Girard 's DeuxPrieres pour la Rn de la Guerre, played by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland conducted by Gerhard Markson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Girard
Conducted By:
Gerhard Markson.

A concert given last Friday at London's Barbican Centre, the last in a series celebrating the friendship between Britten and Shostakovich.
Steven Isserlis (cello),
BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra; Cello Symphony
Shostakovich Symphony No 10

Contributors

Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

What can a new biography add to the understanding of Immanuel Kant? Richard Coles and guests discuss the life and work of one of the towering figures of western philosophy. And Paul Muldoon reads from his newly published Poems 1968-98, which draws on the eight major collections that have made him one of the most significant poets of recent decades.

Contributors

Presenter:
Richard Coles
Poet/Reader:
Paul Muldoon

Tonight's programme features SE Rogie from Sierra Leone in collaboration with British bassist DannyThompson, Karen Tanaka 's At the Grave of Beethoven performed by the Brodsky Quartet and tracks from a new album by Austrian saxophonist Max Nagl , inspired by the work of cult writer and illustrator Edward Gorey.

Contributors

Unknown:
Karen Tanaka
Unknown:
Max Nagl
Unknown:
Edward Gorey.

With Jonathan Swain.
CPE Bach Concerto in Ffor two harpsichords, Wq46 12.35 Strauss
Suite: DerRosenkavalier 1.00 Bach, arr Manze Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV565; Orchestral Suite No 3 in D,
BWV1068 Pandolfi Mealli Violin Sonata No 6, Op 3 (La Sabbatina) Bach Concerto in C minor for violin and harpsichord,
BWV1060 1.55 Mielczewski Missa super 0 Gloriosa Domina 2.10 Padre David da Bergamo La Vera Piva Montanara 2.20
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Violin:
Pandolfi Mealli
Unknown:
Mielczewski Missa

Musorgsky Where Art Thou, Little Star?

4.40 Ravel Tzigane

4.50 Faure Nocturne No 4 in E flat, Op 36

5.05 Liszt St Francis de Paul Walking on the Water (Legends)

5.15 Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 1

5.35 Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks

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