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With Martin Handley.
ByrdDom/neDeusOmn/potensCardinall's Musick, director Andrew Carwood
6.45 Delius The Walk to the Paradise
Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) Vienna PO, conductor John Barbirolli
7.00 Haydn Notturno in C, H 1132 Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli
7.35 Hoist Prelude and Scherzo, Op 52 (Hammersmith) European Winds, conductor Geoffrey Brand
8.00 JC Bach Overture: La Calamita de
Cuori Hanover Band, conductor Anthony Halstead
8.30 Mozart Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K414 Malcolm Bilson , English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.
Director:
Andrew Carwood
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Haydn Notturno
Conductor:
Geoffrey Brand
Conductor:
Anthony Halstead
Unknown:
Malcolm Bilson
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner

This week Stephanie Hughes presents orchestral performances from Antwerp, Ravenna and Frankfurt, a piano recital from Cesky Krumlov Castle and part of a reconstruction of a mass by the Hilliard Ensemble. Plus arts news from the Sunday papers with Cathy Packe.

Ives The Unanswered Question - Frankfurt RSO, conductor Hugh Wolff

9.30 Mozart Symphony No 19 in E flat Vienna Concentus Musicus, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt

9.45 Sibelius Tapiola , Op 112
Frankfurt RSO, conductor Hugh Wolff

10.05 Isaac Motet : Virgo Prudentissima Hilliard Ensemble

10.10 Dvorak Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 82 (excerpts) Igor Ardasev (piano)

10.45 Strauss Till Eulenspiegels Lustige Streiche, Op 28 Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor James Levine

11.10 Martinu Three Czech Dances - Igor Ardasev (piano)

11.30 Janacek Sinfonietta Swedish RSO, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Producer Anthony Sellors.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Hilliard Ensemble.
Unknown:
Cathy Packe.
Conductor:
Hugh Wolff
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conductor:
Hugh Wolff
Conductor:
Isaac Motet
Piano:
Igor Ardasev
Conductor:
James Levine
Piano:
Igor Ardasev
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Producer:
Anthony Sellors.

Ivan Hewett talks to conductor
Marin Alsop about her plans forthe Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, choreographer
Siobhan Davies explains how she is helping the young dancers of the future, and a report on Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road project.

Contributors

Talks:
Ivan Hewett
Conductor:
Marin Alsop
Unknown:
Siobhan Davies

Halle Orchestra
Stephen Johnson continues his survey of BBC archive recordings of the Halle
Orchestra with a look at its approach to modern music. With seventies recordings of Bruno Maderna conducting Webern and Charles Groves conducting Lennox Berkeley's Symphony No 3.

Contributors

Unknown:
Halle Orchestra
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Bruno Maderna
Unknown:
Charles Groves

Ronald Binge's saxophone concerto performed by Aage Voss and the South German Radio Orchestra, conducted by the composer. Plus music by Eric Coates , Archibald Joyce and Richard Rodney
Bennett, and a selection of melodies from Lehar's The Merry Widow.

Contributors

Unknown:
Aage Voss
Music By:
Eric Coates
Music By:
Archibald Joyce
Music By:
Richard Rodney

Iceland. Since the Second World War
Iceland has experienced a blossoming of native literature. Julian Evans talks to
Gudberger Bergsson , Olafur Gunnarsson and others about how Icelanders relate to their epic medieval sagas and to the dominating influence of the late Nobel Prize-winning novelist Halldor Laxness.

Contributors

Talks:
Julian Evans
Unknown:
Gudberger Bergsson
Unknown:
Olafur Gunnarsson

Let the Peoples Sing
Radio 3 hosts the grand final of the European Broadcasting Union competition for amateur choirs, live from the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London. Featuringtenof the finest choirs in Europe and Canada, plus the participation of choirs in Budapest, Toronto, Warsaw and Vienna. Introduced by Paul Guinery.
Children's Choirs: Cantata Junior Choir
(UK), conductor Michael Kibblewhite ;
Szczygielki (Poland), conductor Dagmara Matysik. Youth Choirs: Newfoundland Symphony Youth Choir (Canada), conductor Susan Knight ; Cantate Youth Choir (Hungary), conductor
Ferenc Sapszon ; Latvian Music Academy Choir (Latvia), conductor Arvids Platpers
7.30 Twenty Minutes
Paul Guinery chairs a mini-debate about the world of choral singing with guests Susan Knight , James O'Donnell and Robin Gritton.
7.50 Adult Choirs: Chorus Sine Nomine
(Austria), conductor
Johannes Hiemetsberger ; Exultate Chamber Singers (Canada), conductor John Tuttle ; Coro
Misto (Denmark), conductor Soren Birch ; the Gents (Netherlands), conductor Peter Dykstra ; Akademski Pevski ZborTone
Tomsic (Slovenia), conductor Sojan Kuret Before the final result is announced, the Norwegian choir Embla, prize winners at the competition in 1999, perform live.

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall
Introduced By:
Paul Guinery.
Conductor:
Michael Kibblewhite
Conductor:
Dagmara Matysik.
Conductor:
Susan Knight
Conductor:
Ferenc Sapszon
Conductor:
Arvids Platpers
Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Unknown:
Susan Knight
Unknown:
James O'Donnell
Unknown:
Robin Gritton.
Conductor:
Johannes Hiemetsberger
Conductor:
John Tuttle
Conductor:
Soren Birch
Conductor:
Peter Dykstra
Conductor:
Akademski Pevski Zbortone
Conductor:
Sojan Kuret

By Terence Davies. The stunning radio debut of leading film-maker
Terence Davies : a haunting portrait of four elderly people in a hospital ward, where they pass their last few days living on their memories.
Director Terence Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Davies.
Unknown:
Terence Davies
Director:
Terence Davies
Pop:
Nicholas Amer
Rosie:
Marjorie Yates
Miss Jordon:
Jane Lapotaire
Annie Gaffney:
Colette O'Neil
Staff nurse:
Marlene Sidaway
Narrator 1:
Martyn Read
Narrator 2:
David Bamber
Nurse:
Christine Roberts
Doctor:
Philip Voss
Pop's mother:
Elaine Claxton
Mr Gaffney:
Sean Brosnan
Tommy:
Gordon Langford-Rowe

Today Robert Sandall and Mark Russell talk to Dutch sampling artist Solex, aka Elisabeth Esselink , who finds inspiration for her compositions in all manner of pi aces.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Elisabeth Esselink

With Susan Sharpe. Gesualdo 0 Vos Omnes
12.15 Dvorak Trio in E minor, Op 90
(Dumky) 1.00 Gesualdo Tribulationem et Dolorem /wen/Soriano Dixit Dominus Palestrina, arr Soriano Missa Papae
Marcelli Gesualdo Tenebrae Responses for Good Friday2.25 Debussy Images
2.40 Lipatti Aubade 3.05 Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 (Rhenish)
3.40 Mozart String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt) 4.05 Bizet Parle-moi de Ma Mere (Bizet) 4.15 Albero Recercata , Fugaand Sonata in G4.30 Graf Flute Sonata in E minor4.50 Auric, arr Lane Suite: The
Lavender Hill Mob 5.00 Anon Kyrie Eleison
5.10 Paganini Cantabile 5.25 Forster Dulcis Amore Jesu 5.35 Bach Violin
Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
5.50 Trad, arr Vasyl Podadyuk Carpathian Ornaments and Poltavan Polka

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Dvorak Trio
Unknown:
Gesualdo Tribulationem
Unknown:
Dixit Dominus
Unknown:
Soriano Missa Papae
Unknown:
Marcelli Gesualdo Tenebrae
Unknown:
Albero Recercata
Unknown:
Fugaand Sonata

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