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With Tommy Pearson.
6.10 Ravel Sonatine
6.40 Schultz Four Choral Songs
7.05 Boismortier Second Serenade
7.45 Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
8.05 Hummel Octet-Partita in E flat
8.35 Haydn Symphony No 88 in G (Letter V)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Unknown:
Hummel Octet-Partita

Corelli is credited with being the first violin virtuoso. Yet he appears not to have been interested in dazzling display, preferring instead to concentrate on the beauty of the sound. Giuseppe Tartini - no mean player himself- refused to teach his own students anything until they had studied Corelli's violin sonatas.
Ave Verum Corpus Pembrokeshire Youth Choir, Westward Chamber Orchestra, conductor John S Davies
Concerto Grosso in F, Op 6 No 2 Brandenburg Consort, director Roy Goodman
Violin Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 5 Locatelli Trio
Trio Sonata in E minor, Op 2 No 4 London Baroque
Concerto Grosso in C, Op 6 No 10 Ensemble 415

Contributors

Unknown:
Giuseppe Tartini
Conductor:
John S Davies
Violin:
Roy Goodman

With Jonathan Swain.
Ligeti Six Bagatelles for wind quintet London Winds
10.17 Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25 Julius Katchen (piano), LPO, conductor Adrian Boult
10.43 Anon 0 Pulcherrima Mulierum; Girum Coeli Circuivi Binchois Consort, conductor Andrew Kirkman
10.51 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 1, Op 80 David Oistrakh (violin), Frida Bauer (piano)
11.20 Chopin Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No 2 Dinu Lipatti (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Piano:
Julius Katchen
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Andrew Kirkman
Violin:
David Oistrakh
Violin:
Frida Bauer

RNCM Manchester International Cello
Festival
As well as concerts and recitals, the fivedayfestival included masterclasses, workshops and a competition designed to encourage the craft of cello and bow making. Petroc Trelawny looks at some of this year's entries and introduces performances, including: Bernstein Meditation
Gary Hoffman (cello), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Janos Furst
Robert Stem Recitative (Yom Teruah)
(festival commission, first performance) Matt Haimowitz (cello)
Bach Cello Suite No 6 in D, BWV1012 Christophe Coin (cello)
Hindemith Cello Concerto
Boris Pergamenschikov (cello), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Janos Furst
REMAKING THE PAST

Contributors

Cello:
Gary Hoffman
Conductor:
Janos Furst
Cello:
Matt Haimowitz
Cello:
Boris Pergamenschikov
Conductor:
Janos Furst

In the first of two illustrated lectures the distinguished American pianist and author Charles Rosen demonstrates how Mozart and Beethoven were influenced by the music of the past - especially that of Bach and Handel - and performs Beethoven's late Piano Sonata in A flat, Op 110.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Rosen

BBC Philharmonic
Sibelius Lemminkainen's Return
(Lemminkainen Suite); Symphony No 4 Conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Artu r
Pizzaro, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier Sibelius Symphony No 7
Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies

Contributors

Conductor:
Peter Maxwell Davies

Monteverdi's Venice. Lucie Skeaping explores some of the Venetian locations associated with Monteverdi, including the site of the palace where the first performance of Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda was given. The programme features a performance of this work specialty recorded by the Gabrieli Consort directed by Paul McCreesh. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabrieli Consort
Directed By:
Paul McCreesh.

Sean Rafferty presents a selection of music and news from the arts world. His guests include clarinettist
Andrew Marriner as he prepares to perform Finzi's clarinet concerto at the Barbican Hall in London next week - part of a concert celebrating the composer's centenary. REMAKING THE PAST

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Clarinettist:
Andrew Marriner

Live from the BBC's Maida Vale Studios a concert which reflects the music of three different eras: Pfitzner's three preludes are taken from the opera which tells the story of the composition of Palestrina's
Missa Papae Marcelli ; Maxwell Davies 's Prolation harks back to medieval times: and Robert Simpson 's fourth symphony is a dramatic homage to Beethoven. Introduced by Anthony Burton. BBCSO, conductor Nicholas Kok Pfltzner Preludes (Palestrina) Maxwell Davies Prolation
8.15 Twenty Minutes: Remaking the Past A look at the life of composer
Robert Simpson and his advocacy fortraditional musical forms, especially the symphony and the music of Beethoven.
8.35 Robert Simpson Symphony No 4 (revised version)

Contributors

Unknown:
Missa Papae Marcelli
Unknown:
Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Robert Simpson
Introduced By:
Anthony Burton.
Conductor:
Nicholas Kok
Unknown:
Maxwell Davies Prolation
Unknown:
Robert Simpson
Unknown:
Robert Simpson

Isabel Hilton and guests give their verdict on Joel Schumacher 's latest film Tigerland, and France's most highly acclaimed young writer, Marie Darrieussecq , talks about her new novel Breathing Underwater. And as part of Radio 3's season Remakingthe Past Isabel Hilton explores the way today's visual artists are repainting the past.

Contributors

Unknown:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
Joel SchumacHer
Talks:
Marie Darrieussecq
Unknown:
Isabel Hilton

The last of this week's late-night selections features Jamaican guitarist
Ernest Ranglin , Ainu-Japanese tonkori player Oki Kano, film music by Giya Kancheli and a new album from Tibor Szemso inspired by the writings of Hungarian thinker Bela Hamvas. Presented by Verity Sharp.

Contributors

Guitarist:
Ernest Ranglin
Music By:
Giya Kancheli
Unknown:
Tibor Szemso
Unknown:
Bela Hamvas.
Presented By:
Verity Sharp.

With Susan Sharpe.
Dohnanyi Konzertstuck in D, Op 12
12.25 Hildegard of Bingen 0 Clarissima Mater 12.35 Brahms Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108 1.00 Mozart Piano
Concerto No 17 in G, K453 Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
1.55 Shostakovich, arr T Kaln The Age of Gold Polka 2.00 Kodaly Duo, Op 7
2.25 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A
(Italian) 2.55 Vincenzo Petrall Marcia per Dopo la Mesa

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Dohnanyi Konzertstuck
Unknown:
Clarissima Mater
Unknown:
Vincenzo Petrall Marcia

11 Landler, D366
4.40 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen , Op 20
5.00 Vatroslav Lisinski Overture: Porin
5.10 Weber Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat, Op 74 5.30 PieterHellendaal Cello Sonata, Op 5 No 7 5.50 Stravinsky Ragtime

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarasate Zigeunerweisen
Unknown:
Vatroslav Lisinski

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