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With Penny Gore.
Vanhal Symphony in C (II Comista) Concerto Koln
6.50 Taverner Dum Transisset Sabbatum
Tallis Scholars , conductor Peter Phillips
7.00 Warlock Serenade Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
7.45 CPE Bach Grande Symphonie in E flat, Wql83 No 2
Berlin Academy for Ancient Music
8.00 Strauss Horn Concerto No 1 in Eflat
David Pyatt (horn), Britten Sinfonia , conductor Nicholas Cleobury
8.35 Rebecca Clarke Piano Trio
Andrew Watkinson (violin),
David Waterman (cello), Martin Roscoe (piano)

Contributors

Conductor:
Tallis Scholars
Conductor:
Peter Phillips
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Horn:
David Pyatt
Horn:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury
Piano:
Rebecca Clarke
Violin:
Andrew Watkinson
Violin:
David Waterman
Cello:
Martin Roscoe

Malcolm Arnold wrote scores for more than 100 films, including The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, Whistle Down the Wind, Hobson 's Choice, and The Bridge on the River Kwai, for which he won an Oscar.
Today Donald Macleod and Piers Burton -Page discuss Arnold's music for film. Overture: Roots of Heaven BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba Machines, Op30BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Ballade (Stolen Face) (arr Philip Lane)
Philip Dyson (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Fantasy on Christmas Carols (The Holly and the Ivy) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Ballet: Homage to the Queen, Op 42 (excerpt) Philharmonia, conductor Robert Irving

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Arnold
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Piers Burton
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Robert Irving

With Jonathan Swain.
Bach Bute Sonata in E, BWV1035
William Bennett (flute), Michael Evans (cello), George Malcolm (harpsichord)
10.18 LP of the Week:
Respighi // Tramonto
Sena Jurinac (soprano), Barylli Quartet
10.37 Suk Fantasy, Op 24
Josef Suk (grandson) (violin),
Czech PO. conductor Karel Ancerl
11.03 Mozart Quintet in E flat, K452
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe), Bernard Walton
(clarinet). Cecil James (bassoon), Dennis Brain (horn), Walter Gieseking (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Flute:
William Bennett
Flute:
Michael Evans
Cello:
George Malcolm
Unknown:
Josef Suk
Conductor:
Karel Ancerl
Conductor:
Mozart Quintet
Oboe:
Sidney Sutcliffe
Oboe:
Bernard Walton
Clarinet:
Cecil James
Bassoon:
Dennis Brain
Horn:
Walter Gieseking

From the South West
Today Petroc Trelawny is in his home county for the first of two visits to the International Musicians Seminar. Set on the Cornish coast, this remarkable enterprise was founded in 1972 by Hungarian violinist Sandor Vegh, whose intention was to provide musicians with an environment of pure musical idealism in which to explore the repertoire. Bartok Folk Dances
Lorand Fenyves (violin), Connie Shih (piano) Vaughan Williams Romance Thomas Riebl (viola),
Gretel Dowdeswell (piano)
Britten Cello Suite No 3 Steven Isseiiis
Shostakovich String Quartet No 3
Krysia Osostiwicz and Elissa Lee (violins), Elisabeth Smalt (viola), Alice Neary (cello)

Contributors

Violin:
Connie Shih
Piano:
Vaughan Williams
Viola:
Thomas Riebl
Piano:
Gretel Dowdeswell
Unknown:
Steven Isseiiis
Violins:
Elissa Lee
Viola:
Elisabeth Smalt
Viola:
Alice Neary

A recital by Welsh-born flautist
Emily Beynon and pianist Andrew West recorded last week at Belfast's Waterfront Hall.
Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op 35b Milhaud Sonatina , Op 76 Auric Imaginées No 1 Poulenc Flute Sonata

Contributors

Unknown:
Emily Beynon
Pianist:
Andrew West
Presented By:
Sean Rafferty.
Unknown:
Milhaud Sonatina

BBC Philharmonic
Malcolm Arnold Symphony Cycle
The BBC Philharmonic continues its series celebrating the composer's 80th birthday. Today, Arnold's conflict-ridden seventh symphony, composed in Dublin in 1973, and displaying the influence of the folk music he heard there.
Bax In Memoriam; Concerto for piano (left hand) Margaret Fingerhut (piano), conductor Vernon Handley Arnold Symphony No 7
Conductor Rumon Gamba
Stanford Te DeumCarys Lane (soprano), Susan Bickiey (mezzo), James Gilchrist (tenor), Michael George (bass). Leeds Philharmonic Chorus, conductor Harry Christophers

Contributors

Piano:
Margaret Fingerhut
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Soprano:
Susan Bickiey
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Tenor:
Michael George
Conductor:
Harry Christophers

Last Songs lain Burnside explores the theme of death as it appears in the world of song. The figure of Death the Grim Reaper captured the Romantic imagination from Schubert to Mahler but it has also produced a wealth of black humour in the songs of Tom Lehrer. Stephen Sondheim and Jacques Brel.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tom Lehrer.
Unknown:
Stephen Sondheim
Unknown:
Jacques Brel.

Richard Hickox and the BBC NOW continue their cycle of Dvorak's symphonies with the ever-popular ninth symphony, together with an evocation of the Slovakian landscape by Dvorak's pupil Vitezslav Novak, recorded last weekend at the Swansea Festival. Presented by Chris de Souza.
Thomas Bowes (violin), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Novak In the Tatra Mountains, Op 26
Metcalf Paradise Haunts
Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 11
Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)
See also Thursday at 7.30pm

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Violin:
Thomas Bowes
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

Tonight Patrick Wright reviews "the americans.new art." -the largest exhibition of contemporary American art in Britain for a generation - and asks what parallels can be drawn between the American and British art scene today. Plus Bonnie Honig 's new book. Democracy and the Foreigner, which draws on sources such as the Book of Ruth from the bible and the Wizard ofOz to explore the notion offoreigness in society.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Wright
Unknown:
Bonnie Honig

With Jonathan Swain.
Satie Gymnopedie No 1 12.10 Mozart Serenade in C minor, K388
12.35 Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 in G. Op 61 (Mozartiana) 1.00 Music by Machaut and Satie. 2.00 Telemann Suite in G (Bourlesque de Quixotte) 2.20 Brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25 3.00 Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
3.25 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 184.20 CPE Bach Sinfonia No 2 in B flat 4.30 JS Bach Singet dem Herrn ein Neues Lied, BWV225
4.45Sarasate RomanzaAndaluza, Op 22 No 14.50 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV5 7 7 5.00 Strauss Four Last Songs
5.15 Isabella Leonarda Sonata. Op 16 No 1
5.30 Purcell Trumpet Suite (The Duke of Gloucester's Birthday Ode) 5.45 Richard Addinsell Warsaw Concerto

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Mozart Serenade

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