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With Penny Gore.
Debussy L 'Isle Joyeuse Tamas Vasary (piano)
6.40 Haydn String Quartet in C, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird) The Lindsays
7.00 Barber Agnus Dei
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, director Richard Marlow
7.30 Respighi Trittico Botticelliano
I Solisti Veneti , conductor Claudio Scimone
8.00 Berlioz Overture: Benvenuto Cellini
Staatskapelle Dresden , conductorColin Davis
8.30 Graham Fitkin Hard Fairy Simon Harem (saxophone),
Graham Fitkin and Ruth Wall (pianos)

Contributors

Director:
Richard Marlow
Conductor:
Solisti Veneti
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Unknown:
Benvenuto Cellini
Unknown:
Staatskapelle Dresden
Unknown:
Conductorcolin Davis
Unknown:
Graham Fitkin
Unknown:
Simon Harem
Unknown:
Graham Fitkin
Pianos:
Ruth Wall

(1797-1828). This week Donald Macleod isjoined by Schubert biographer Elizabeth Norman McKay to explore the composer's early years. Todaythey examine
Schubert's schooldays and his songs and operatic endeavours in 1813-14. Overture: Des Teufels Lustschloss
English Sinfonia, conductor Charles Groves Was Kummert Mein ein Sumpfig' Land; Ich Lach ', Ich Wein ' (Des Teufels Lustschloss) Edda Moser (soprano), Nicolai Gedda
(tenor), Walter Berry (bass), Bavarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor Thomas Unger DerGeistertanz, D116
Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano)
Schafers Klagelied , D121 Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano) Symphony No 1 in D
BBC NOW, conductor Nicholas Kraemer Producer Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Elizabeth Norman McKay
Unknown:
Ich Lach
Unknown:
Ich Wein
Soprano:
Edda Moser
Soprano:
Nicolai Gedda
Tenor:
Walter Berry
Conductor:
Thomas Unger
Unknown:
Brigitte Fassbaender
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Piano:
Schafers Klagelied
Baritone:
Malcolm Martineau
Conductor:
Nicholas Kraemer
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

With Rob Cowan. This week featuring concertos by Bela Bartok and recordings by Czech pianist Rudolf Firkusny.
Mendelssohn String Symphony No 1 in C Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Mazur
10.17 Bartok Violin Concerto No 1
Josef Suk , Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Janos Ferencsik
10.40 Bartok Un Grotesque (Two Portraits, Op 5 No 2) Berlin RIAS
Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
10.43 Schubert Auf dem WasserZu
Singen, D774 Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Erik Werba (piano)
10.48 Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 Rudolf Firkusny , Czech PO, conductor Rafael Kubelik

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Bela Bartok
Pianist:
Rudolf Firkusny.
Conductor:
Kurt Mazur
Unknown:
Josef Suk
Conductor:
Janos Ferencsik
Conductor:
Ferenc Fricsay
Soprano:
Irmgard Seefried
Piano:
Erik Werba
Unknown:
Rudolf Firkusny
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Smith presents recent concert performances by the San Francisco SO. Haydn Symphony No 22 in E flat (Philosopher)
Conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
Gershwin Rhapsody No 2
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Beethoven Symphony No 3 in E flat
(Eroica) Conductor Herbert Blomstedt

Contributors

Conductor:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Conductor:
Gershwin Rhapsody
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London.
New Generations. Verity Sharp presents another in this series of recitals featuring Radio 3's New Generation Artists.
Alice Coote (mezzo), Julius Drake (piano) Schubert Am Bach im Fruhling, D361; Du BistdieRuh ', D776;DerZwerg, D771 Debussy Chansons de Bilitis
Schumann Frauenliebe und -leben, Op 42 Repeated next Sunday at lpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Artists:
Alice Coote
Piano:
Julius Drake
Unknown:
Du Bistdieruh

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Another chance to hear a highlight of the 1997 Proms, which celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Schubert and the centenary of the death of Brahms. Presented by Louise Fryer.
Rosa Mannion (soprano), Stella Doufexis (mezzo), Toby Spence (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone),
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Brahms Song of the Fates, Op 89
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Schubert Mass No 5 in A flat, D678

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Soprano:
Rosa Mannion
Soprano:
Stella Doufexis
Tenor:
Toby Spence
Tenor:
Nathan Berg
Bass-Baritone:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Brahms Song

Blue Peter's Simon Thomas and Matt Baker play more music for younger listeners. Today you can discover music about dinosaurs and what they became - fossils. If you don't want to become extinct check out the Making Tracks website: [web address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Simon Thomas
Presenter:
Matt Baker

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican The BBCSO's new Barbican series opens with a programme influenced by Ancient
Greece. Plus a work by Swedish composer Jan Sandstrom , based on the Buddhist ideal of unity.
Fiona Shaw (narrator), Susan Bickley (mezzo), Kim Begley and Timothy Robinson (tenors), Tigran Martirossian (bass-baritone), Jeremy White (bass),
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste Dukas Fanfare: La Péri
Sandstrom Acintyas
Ravel Daphnis et Chloe: Suite No 2 Stravinsky Oedipus Rex

Contributors

Unknown:
Jan Sandstrom
Narrator:
Fiona Shaw
Narrator:
Susan Bickley
Unknown:
Kim Begley
Tenors:
Timothy Robinson
Tenors:
Tigran Martirossian
Bass-Baritone:
Jeremy White
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Unknown:
Sandstrom Acintyas
Unknown:
Ravel Daphnis

Isabel Hilton talks to Czech novelist Ivan Klima about his new book, No Saints or Angels, set in contemporary Prague, spanning three generations from the Second World War to the post-Communist era. She also considers the relationship between artists and museums; what is the position of the museum at the beginning of the 21st century? Is it a cathedral or a mausoleum for art?

Contributors

Talks:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
Ivan Klima

Robert Sandall marks the birthdays of the late Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu and Norwegian composer and ethnomusicologist Eivind Groven. Plus music from guitarist Marc Ribot , Bjork and David Bowie.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Toru Takemitsu
Unknown:
Eivind Groven.
Guitarist:
Marc Ribot
Unknown:
David Bowie.

With Jonathan Swain.
Liszt Piano Concerto No 2 in A
12.25 Jardanyi Fantasy and Variations on a Hungarian Folksong12.40 Brahms
Hungarian Dances (excerpts) 12.50 Part Magnificat 1.00 Silvestri Flute Sonata, Op 23 No 2; Concert Piece, Op 25 No 2
Perlea Violin Sonata Silvestri Harp Sonata
2.05 Shostakovich Symphony No 1
2.40 Martinu Flute Sonata

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.

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