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With Fiona Talkington.
Goldmark String Quartet in B flat, Op 8 Fourth Dimension Quartet
6.10 Rodrigo Fantasia para un
Gentilhombre Craig Ogden (guitar), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Sachio Fujioka
7.00 Weber Overture: Peter Schmoll und seine Nachburn Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan
7.35 Bax Ballet: Between Dusk and Dawn London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
8.00 Rutter As the Bridegroom to His Chosen LibbyCrabtree (soprano), Polyphony, Sinfonia of London, conductor Stephen Layton
8.40 Beethoven An die Feme Geliebte , Op 98 Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Heinrich Schmidt (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington.
Unknown:
Rodrigo Fantasia
Guitar:
Craig Ogden
Unknown:
Peter Schmoll
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Conductor:
Stephen Layton
Unknown:
Feme Geliebte
Tenor:
Fritz Wunderlich
Tenor:
Heinrich Schmidt

From the Radio Theatre, Broadcasting
House. As a celebration of his last Sunday morning programme, Brian Kay hosts live music from pianist George Shearing , Sally Matthews (soprano) with lain Burnside (piano), the King's Singers and the London Salon Ensemble. Plus a last selection of listeners' requests on disc and a reminder of some of his previous signature tunes.
Free tickets available from the BBC Ticket
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Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Kay
Pianist:
George Shearing
Soprano:
Sally Matthews

In the last edition before the summer break,
Ivan Hewett hears about ancient Greek water-organs, a pair of remarkable dramatic sisters and the building works in progress at the Royal Albert Hall. He also celebrates yesterday's centenary of Gerald Finzi.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Albert Hall.
Unknown:
Gerald Finzi.

David Munrow
Stephen Johnson presents the second of two programmes featuring BBC archive recordings by the early-music pioneer and broadcaster David Munrow , who died 25 years ago at the age of 33. Today a look at Munrow's spare-time job as a radio presenter, and at his influence on contemporary composers. The programme also features recordings of music by Dufay and Bach.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Munrow
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
David Munrow

The Art of Baroque Violin. The last of four programmes in which violinist Andrew Manze takes a look at some of the national differences in styles of playing the Baroque violin.
4: England. Featuring violinists Simon Standage , Rachel Podger and John Holloway playing music by Telemann, Vivaldi and Bertali. (R)

Contributors

Violinist:
Andrew Manze
Violinists:
Simon Standage
Violinists:
Rachel Podger
Violinists:
John Holloway

Inspired by Lawrence Durrell 's sojourns around the Mediterranean, present-day travel writer Rory Maclean swims, drinks and reflects on the changing faces of Corfu, Rhodes and Cyprus, in conversation with former aquaintances of Durrell and with fellow travel writers Colin Thubron and Lucy Irvine.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lawrence Durrell
Unknown:
Rory MacLean
Unknown:
Colin Thubron
Unknown:
Lucy Irvine.

By Kay Adshead. Performed by Noma Dumezweni. Last autumn Kay Adshead , the committed and highly regarded political playwright, shocked and challenged Edinburgh Festival audiences with her searingly truthful account of the experiences of ayoung woman seeking asylum in Britain. In this new production for Radio 3, the writer and director have worked with sound designer
Leon Chambers to provide the young Nigerian actress Noma Dumezweni , who gives a tour-de-force solo performance, with a dramatic soundscape in which she can convincingly play all the parts in the story. Director Lisa Goldman

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Adshead.
Unknown:
Noma Dumezweni.
Unknown:
Kay Adshead
Designer:
Leon Chambers
Unknown:
Noma Dumezweni
Director:
Lisa Goldman

In the final programme before the summer break, Paul Guinery introduces a concert of English and Welsh anthems and organ preludes. Featuringorganist Stephen Farr and the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Stephen Parti ngton, recorded last month in Swansea.
Eigar Give Unto the Lord, Op 74 (Psalm 29) James Macmillan A New Song
Vaughan Williams Prelude on Rhosymedre Finzi Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice
Hoddinott Canwych Newydd Gan ("Sing a New Song")
Stanford Magnificat in B flat, Op 164 Hoist Nunc Dimittis
William Mathias Toccata Giocosa, Op 36 No 2; YNefoedd Syddyn Datga Gogoniant Duw (The Heavens Declare the Glory of God) (Psalm 19)
Finzi God Is Gone Up

Contributors

Introduces:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Featuringorganist Stephen Farr
Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Syddyn Datga Gogoniant

A concert from last year's festival.
Clio Gould , David Alberman (violins),
Rolf Hind (piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Nono No HayCaminos, HayQue Caminar.... Andrej Tarkovskij
Nono "Hay Que Caminar" Sonando Kurtag Quasi una Fantasia
Stuart MacRae Stirling Choruses

Contributors

Unknown:
Clio Gould
Violins:
David Alberman
Piano:
Rolf Hind
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Unknown:
Andrej Tarkovskij
Unknown:
Stuart MacRae

With Susan Sharpe.
Kreisler Preludium and Allegro
12.15 Shostakovich Symphony No 1
12.50 Howard Cable The Banks of Newfoundland
1.00 A choral concert recorded at the Oliver Messiaen Hall , Paris, earlierthis year, featuring the Radio France Chorus, conducted by Donald Palumbo , and organist Denis Comtet. Mendelssohn My God, My God, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?, Op 78 No 3 (Psalm 22) Bruckner Libera Me; Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Verdi Ave Maria (Quatro Pezzi Sacri ); Pater NosterPizzetti Requiem Mass
2.10 Beethoven Piano Sonata in A flat,
Op 110 2.30 Strauss Suite: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
3.05 Kilpinen Spielmannslieder , Op 77
3.20 Frank Martin Sonata da Chiesa
3.35 Copland Lincoln Portrait
3.55 Wolf-Ferrari Suite Concertino in F,
Op 16 4.15 Mouret Cantata: Andromede etPersee
4.30 Beethoven Horn Sonata in F. Op 17
4.55 Herbert, arr Otto Langey March of the Toys (Babes in Toyland)
5.05 Kuchar Fantasia in D minor
5.15 Telemann Lunedi (Pyromonter Kurwoche)
5.25 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2
5.35 Tchaikovsky Suite: The Sleeping Beauty

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Kreisler Preludium
Unknown:
Oliver Messiaen Hall
Conducted By:
Donald Palumbo
Organist:
Denis Comtet.
Unknown:
Bruckner Libera
Unknown:
Ecce Sacerdos Magnus
Unknown:
Verdi Ave Maria
Unknown:
Quatro Pezzi Sacri
Unknown:
Kilpinen Spielmannslieder
Unknown:
Kuchar Fantasia

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