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With Penny Gore.
Mozart Six German Dances, K571
6.40 Debussy Images, Book 1
7.00 Bach Furchte Dich Nicht, Ich Bin Bei Dir, BWV228
7.45 Alwyn Naiades: Fantasy-Sonata for flute and harp
8.00 Wagner Forest Murmurs (Siegfried)
8.35 Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op 33

2: Leipzig. Following the success of his first symphony, Gade was invited by Mendelssohn to join him in Leipzig as assistant conductor of the Gewandhaus
Orchestra. Donald Macleod discusses the influence Gade's move to Germany had upon his music with the Danish composer and conductor Bo Holten.
RitterFruhling Musica Ficta , conductor Bo Holten
Octet in F, Op 7 Kontra Quartet
Cantata: Comala (finale) Anne Margrethe Dahl (soprano), Hitomi Katagiri (tenor),
Canzone Choir, Sonderylland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Frans Rasmussen

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Bo Holten.
Conductor:
Musica Ficta
Conductor:
Bo Holten
Unknown:
Anne Margrethe
Soprano:
Hitomi Katagiri
Conductor:
Frans Rasmussen

With Jonathan Swain.
Re-issue of the Week: Bach Preludes and Fugues: in F, BWW880; in B flat minor,
BWV891 (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2) Edwin Fischer (piano)
10.18 Nielsen Symphony No 3 (Sinfonia
Espansiva) Kirsten Hermansen (soprano), Erik Sjoberg (baritone), Danish RSO , conducted Thomas Jensen
10.54 Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in Eflat, K41 7Dennis Brain , Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Walter Susskind
11.08 Bartok Contrasts Melos Ensemble

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Piano:
Edwin Fischer
Soprano:
Kirsten Hermansen
Baritone:
Erik Sjoberg
Baritone:
Danish Rso
Unknown:
Thomas Jensen
Unknown:
Dennis Brain
Conductor:
Walter Susskind

Music In Education
Today's programme features contemporary music, gospel, Indian classical music and samba recorded at the Birmingham
Conservatoire's Music X-tra Festival in March. Plus guitar music and tabla from one of two open days held at Symphony Hall by Birmingham Music Services and Baroque music from the Britten-Pears Baroque
Orchestra recorded at the Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Presented by Sarah Walker.
Other music in the programme includes: Messiaen L 'AbTme des Oiseaux (Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps)
Peter Glenville (clarinet)
Liz Johnson Towards the Sea
Thallein Ensemble
Telemann St Matthew Passion (excerpt) Soloists, Britten-Pears ChamberChoir and Baroque Orchestra, director Richard Egarr

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Clarinet:
Peter Glenville
Clarinet:
Liz Johnson
Soloists:
Britten-Pears Chamberchoir
Director:
Richard Egarr

A recital from St David's Hall , Cardiff, given by another past finalist of the Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Introduced by Susan Sharpe. Gwyn Hughes Jones (tenor) Ingrid Surgenor (piano)
Bellini Vaga Luna Che Inargenti; Ma Rendi Pur Contento; Dolente Immagine di Fille Mia; Vanne, 0 Rosa Fortunata
Respighi Nevicata; Pioggia; Nebbie
Meirion Williams Gwynfyd; YLlyn; Pan ddaw'rNos
Tosti Ideale; A Vucchela; Non T'amo Piu Tirindelli 0 Primavera!

Contributors

Unknown:
St David'S Hall
Introduced By:
Susan Sharpe.
Tenor:
Gwyn Hughes Jones
Piano:
Ingrid Surgenor
Unknown:
Meirion Williams

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Bizet Overture: Djamileh Conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Debussy Prélude a I 'Apres-midi d 'un Faune Conductor Tadaaki Otaka Ravel Tzigane
Jane Peters (violin), conductor Rumon Gamba
Ravel Ballet: Daphnis etChloe Conductor Mark Wigglesworth Bizet Symphony in C
Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Contributors

Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Violin:
Jane Peters
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka

The darker recesses of the human mind as displayed in songs influenced by Sigmund Freud's ideas. From the psychodramas of Bergand Schoenberg to Kurt Weill's Lady in the Dark and the less reverential treatments of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. Presented by Iain Burnside. (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Iain Burnside

Music and arts news, including a preview of this year's Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music, which hosts a glittering line-up, including the Cardinall 's Musick, the Gabrieli Consort, I Fagiolini, St James 's
Baroque Players and countertenor Michael Chance. Introduced by Sean Rafferty.

Contributors

Unknown:
St James
Unknown:
Michael Chance.
Introduced By:
Sean Rafferty.

Verdi's brilliant final masterpiece returns to English National Opera to mark the centenary of the composer's death.
Andrew Shore leads a fine ensemble cast as the fat and lecherous knight of Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor.
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Paul Daniel
Part 1
8.55 Twenty Minutes: Verdi and Boito
A dramatisation by Jules Mascarenhas.
After an estrangement of 16 years, Verdi and Boito were persuaded to collaborate on Otello and Falstaff. But how did Verdi make his peace with the hot-headed man who had once described his music as defiling the altar of art like the wall of a brothel?
(R)
9.15 Part 2

Contributors

Musicians:
English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Writer (Verdi and Boito):
Jules Mascarenhas
Sir John Falstaff:
Andrew Shore (bass-baritone)
Alice Ford:
Yvonne Kenny (soprano)
Ford:
Ashley Holland (baritone)
Mistress Quickly:
Rebecca de Pont Davies (soprano)
Nanetta:
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Fenton:
Toby Spence (tenor)
Meg Page:
Alice Coote (mezzo)
Dr Caius:
Stuart Kale (tenor)
Bardolph:
Richard Roberts (tenor)
Pistol:
Clive Bayley (bass)
Master of Ceremonies:
Harry Nicoll (tenor)
Verdi:
John Woodvlne
Signora Verdi:
Jennie Stoller
Faccio:
Denys Hawthorne
Boito:
Thomas Arnold
Ricordi:
Stephen Critchlow

More music specially recorded at
London's Urban Beats project alongside choral music by Palestrina, Philip Glass and John Tavener , and slow music by Henry Purcell and Howard Skempton. Introduced by Fiona Talkington.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tavener
Music By:
Henry Purcell
Music By:
Howard Skempton.
Introduced By:
Fiona Talkington.

With Susan Sharpe.
Muthel Polonaise in G 12.10 Brahms
Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 101 12.25 Fasch Sonata in D minor 12.35 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
1.00 Pieter van Maldere Sinfonias: in Gminor, Op 4 No 1; in D, Op 5 No 1; in A; in
2.00 Grainger Danish Folk Song Suite
2.20 Arensky Suite No 1 in F, Op 15
2.35 Eigar Sea Pictures, Op 37
3.00-4.30 BBC Schools
3.00 Time to Move 3.20 First Steps in Drama 3.35 Tales from Europe
3.50 Let's Move 4.10 Time and Tune
4.30 Faure Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 74
4.35 Rudolf Matz Young Stringplayers
4.50 Ambrosius Suite 5.00 Hellendaal
Concerto Grosso in E flat, Op 3 No 4
5.20 Handel Perche Viva il Caro Sposo (Rodrigo) 5.35 Johan Roman 13 pieces from "Drottingholmsmusiquen"

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Muthel Polonaise
Unknown:
Handel Perche Viva
Unknown:
Caro Sposo
Unknown:
Johan Roman

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