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With Penny Gore.

JC Bach Symphony No 6 in G minor - Hanover Band, conductor Anthony Halstead

6.50 Part Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten - Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi

7.05 Gounod Ballet Music: Faust - Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa

7.30 Rachmaninov Two Pieces, Op 2 - Lynn Harrell (cello), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

8.00 Haydn Violin Concerto in A, H Vila 3 - Thomas Zehetmair, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra

8.40 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol - Rotterdam PO, conductor David Zinman

Contributors

Conductor:
Anthony Halstead

Donald Macleod and Elizabeth Norman
McKay continue their exploration of Schubert's formative years. In one prolific year he wrote 13 of his 16 string quartets and 100 songs.
String Quartet in E, D353 (excerpts) Coull Quartet
Die Mutter SuchtlhrLeibes Kind; Welche Nacht Hab ' Ich Erlebt (Die Burgschaft, D435) Elly Ameling (soprano), two boy sopranos from the Helmond Concert
Choir, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart
Ganymede, D544 Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D583 Thomas Hampson (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
An die Musik, D54 7 Edith Wiens
(soprano), Rudolph Jansen (piano) An die Nachtigall, D497 Lucia Popp (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Seligkeit, D433 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)
Violin Sonata in A, D574 Alexander Schneider , Peter Serkin (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Elizabeth Norman
Soprano:
Elly Ameling
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Soprano:
Edith Wiens
Soprano:
Rudolph Jansen
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Soprano:
Graham Johnson
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone:
Gerald Moore
Unknown:
Alexander Schneider
Piano:
Peter Serkin

With Rob Cowan.

Mozart Piano Concerto No 16 in D, K451 - Rudolf Firkusny, South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ernest Bour

10.29 Musorgsky, rev Rimsky-Korsakov Boris Godunov (Act IV, excerpts) - Boris Christoff (bass), Royal Opera House Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Issay Dobrowen

10.42 Bartok Music for strings, percussion and celesta - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky

11.10 Janacek In the Mists - Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Rob Cowan

San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Presented by Geoffrey Smith. Gershwin An American in Paris
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Orff Carmina Burana
Soloists, San Francisco Symphony Chorus, conductor Alasdair Neale

Contributors

Presented By:
Geoffrey Smith.
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Orff Carmina Burana
Conductor:
Alasdair Neale

Chris de Souza introduces another concert from St George's Bristol, this week featuring music for piano duet by Shostakovich and works by other Russian composers.
Jennifer Micallef and Glen Inanga (pianos) Rachmaninov Suite No 2 for two pianos, Op 17
Shostakovich Concertino for two pianos, Op 94
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka

Contributors

Introduces:
Chris de Souza
Unknown:
St George
Unknown:
Jennifer Micallef
Pianos:
Glen Inanga

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Piers Lanejoinsthe BBCSSOfora rare performance ofTheodor Kullak's piano concerto, one of many Romantic treasures this orchestra has dusted off and brought back into the repertory. Presented by Louise Fryer.
Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute Conductor Joseph Swensen
Kullak Piano Concerto in C minor, Op 55 Piers Lane, conductor Niklas Willen
Schubert Symphony No 9 in C (Great) Conductor Joseph Swensen

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Conductor:
Joseph Swensen
Conductor:
Niklas Willen
Conductor:
Joseph Swensen

An Elizabethan House. Lucie Skeaping visits Wollaton Hall in Nottingham to find out what kind of music-making would have gone on there in Elizabethan times. She talks to musicologist and organist John Morehen about the Willoughby family who built the house in the 16th century. Plus music from the manuscript associated with the Hall - the Willoughby Lute Book - recorded specially for the programme by Morehen and lutenist Jacob Heringman.

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucie Skeaping
Expert:
John Morehen
Lutenist:
Jacob Heringman

Live from the City Halls in Newcastle.
Northern England's chamber orchestra perform Beethoven's fifth symphony alongside masterpieces of the French and Swiss repertory, directed by one of Europe's most exciting young conductors. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes. Northern Sinfonia, conductor Thierry Fischer
Mllhaud Le Boeufsurle Toit
Frank Martin Concerto for Seven Winds
8.30 Twenty Minutes: Bridging the Tyne Julia Hankin discovers how the line of innovative bridges that cross the Tyne, culminating in the new Gateshead Millennium Bridge, illuminate the continuing story of Newcastle on the north bank and Gateshead on the south.
8.50 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor

Contributors

Introduced By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Thierry Fischer
Unknown:
Frank Martin
Unknown:
Tyne Julia Hankin

Patrick Wright marks the 75th birthday of the late French writer and philosopher
Michel Foucault and reviews The Pledge-the new film from actor/director Sean
Penn - a subtle exploration of obsession.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Wright
Unknown:
Michel Foucault

Robert Sandall showcases music from around the world played on accordion and otherfree reeds, including performances from Evelin Petrova with Slava Guyvoronsky , and the Franco-Argentinian Gotan Project. Plus music from Frederic Galliano ,
Bill Evans and Persian vocalist SussanDeyhim.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Evelin Petrova
Unknown:
Slava Guyvoronsky
Unknown:
Frederic Galliano
Unknown:
Bill Evans

With Jonathan Swain. Pezel Intradas,
Nos 1, 2 and 3 12.10 Vlskl Violin Concerto
12.45 Tchaikovsky Tatiana 's Letter
Scene (Eugene Onegin ) 1.00 Perlea Don Quixote; Symphony forviolin and orchestra Enescu Symphony No 12.30 Schoeck, arr Delfs Suite: Penthesilea

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Tchaikovsky Tatiana
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin
Unknown:
Perlea Don

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