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With Tommy Pearson.
Rameau Les Incas du Perou (Les Indes
Galantes) Orchestra of the 18th Century, director Frans Bruggen
6.20 Part Magnificat
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, conductor Tonu Kaljuste
7.00 Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
Pinchas Zukerman (violin),
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
7.45 Veracini Sonata in D minor, Op 2
No 7 (Sonate Accademiche) Locatelli Trio
8.05 Dvorak Polonaise in A
Heinrich Schiff (cello),
Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)
8.40 Rimsky-Korsakov Piano Concerto in C sharp minor
Malcolm Binns (piano),
English Northern Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Director:
Frans Bruggen
Conductor:
Tonu Kaljuste
Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Cello:
Heinrich Schiff
Piano:
Elisabeth Leonskaja
Piano:
Malcolm Binns
Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones

Donald Macleod traces the young
Brahms's relationship with the Schumann family, in particular his close friendship with Clara Schumann which intensified after Robert Schumann had attempted suicide by jumping into the Rhine. Volks-Kinderlieder (excerpts)
Edith Mathis (soprano), Karl Engel (piano) Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor
Maurizio Pollini ,
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Clara Schumann
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Soprano:
Edith Mathis
Soprano:
Karl Engel
Unknown:
Maurizio Pollini
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

With Jonathan Swain.
Franck Symphony in D minor
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch
10.42 Vivaldi Concerto in C for multiple instruments, RV558
New York Philharmonic Orchestra, director Leonard Bernstein (harpsichord)
10.54 Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto Neil Black , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
11.13 Barber Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Op 23a Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Franck Symphony
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Harpsichord:
Leonard Bernstein
Oboe:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Neil Black
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Charles Munch

St Magnus Festival
Linda Ormiston introduces more highlights of Orkney's midsummer festival from the medieval cathedral in Kirkwall, including some traditional music from local schools.
Orlando Gibbons In Nomine London Brass
Vaughan Williams Four Songs from "Ten Blake Songs "John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Gareth Hulse (oboe)
Schubert Octet in F, D803 Nash Ensemble

Contributors

Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Oboe:
Gareth Hulse

BBC new generation artist
James Rutherford celebrates two musical relationships in his recital recorded last month at the Buxton Festival.
Robert Schumann 's five settings from 1840, based on poems by Hans Christian Andersen, are paired with six songs composed in 1842 by his wife Clara. And the second of Gerald Finzi 's five collections of Thomas Hardy settings is prefaced by a song from his first teacher Ernest Farrar. Presented by Petroc Trelawny . James Rutherford (baritone), Simon Lepper (piano)
Schumann Five Songs, Op 40
Clara Schumann Six Songs, Op 13 Farrar Brittany, Op 21 No
Finzi Earth and Air and Rain, Op 16

Contributors

Artist:
James Rutherford
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Unknown:
Hans Christian
Unknown:
Gerald Finzi
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy
Unknown:
Ernest Farrar.
Presented By:
Petroc Trelawny
Baritone:
James Rutherford
Piano:
Simon Lepper

Another chance to hear Friday night's concert from the Royal Albert Hall. Joshua Bell (violin),
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier Varese Arcana
Bernstein Serenade
Bernstein, orch Brohn Suite: West Side Story Ravel Bolero (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall.
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor:
Varese Arcana
Conductor:
Bernstein Serenade

From York Minster. Introit: 0 Lord, the Maker of All Thing (William Mundy ).
Responses (Jackson). Psalms 41, 42, 43 (Soaper. SS Wesley, arr Bairstow). First Lesson: Proverbs 4, wl-13. Canticles: Howells in B minor. Second Lesson:
Luke 19, wll-27. Anthem: My Soul There Is a Country (Parry). Hymn: Light's Abode, Celestial Salem (Regent Square). Organ
Voluntary: Prelude and Fugue in B (Dupre). Director of the girls'choir
Jonathan Wainwright. Organist John Scott Whiteley.

Contributors

Unknown:
William Mundy
Organist:
Jonathan Wainwright.
Organist:
John Scott Whiteley.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
This year marks the 200th anniversary of Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, with its libretto based on James Thomson 's pastoral epic of 1726-8. Haydn paints a picture of a year in the life of a small rural community, with reflections on the weather and on those key periods in the country year such as sowing, tilling and harvest. Presented by Paul Guinery.
Susan Gritton (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Neal Davies (bass), Wiener Singakademie ,
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra , conductor Helmuth Rilling Haydn The Seasons Parti
8.10 Twenty Minutes: Slow
In the first of our series looking at life in the slow lane, veteran travel writer Eric Newby recalls the 1200-mile journey on India's holy river which he captured in his book Slowly Down the Ganges.
8.30 Part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
James Thomson
Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Soprano:
John Mark
Tenor:
Neal Davies
Bass:
Wiener Singakademie
Conductor:
Haydn Orchestra
Conductor:
Helmuth Rilling
Unknown:
Eric Newby

Verity Sharp introduces Webern's Six Bagatelles for string quartet,
Franz Koglmann 's take on Jean Cocteau , and the haunting sounds of Arawi - the Contemporary Orchestra of Native
Instruments, from La Paz in Bolivia. :

Contributors

Introduces:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Franz Koglmann
Unknown:
Jean Cocteau
Unknown:
La Paz

With Jonathan Swain.
Rossini Largo al Factotum (The Barber of Seville)
12.10 Haydn Piano Trio in A, HXV18
12.30 Schumann Dichterliebe, Op 48
1.00 A concert of Estonian music.
Heino Eller Romance: Dance: A Homeland Tune Eugen Kapp Ballet: Kalevipoeg (excerpts) Artur Kapp
Graves Evald Aav Life 2.20 Telemann Sonata in A minor2.30 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1 in C, Op 153.10 Franck Symphony in D minor3.45 Hendrik Andriessen
Variations on a theme ofCouperin
4.05 Pieter van Maidere Sinfonia in A
4.20 Joachim van den Hove Lute music
4.30 CPE Bach Quartet No 3 in G. Wq95
4.50 Fesch Concerto in D. Op 5 No 1
5.10 Durante Concerto No 1 in F minor for strings 5.25 Bach Cantata No 51: Jauchzet Gott in Allen Landen
5.50 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Music:
Heino Eller
Unknown:
Eugen Kapp
Unknown:
Artur Kapp
Unknown:
Hendrik Andriessen
Unknown:
Pieter van Maidere
Unknown:
Joachim van Den Hove
Unknown:
Allen Landen

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