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Malcolm Arnold's move from Cornwall to Dublin was the beginning of some difficult times in his life. In the last of this week's programmes, Donald Macleod and Piers Burton-Page discuss some of Malcolm Arnold's most heart-wrenching music.

A Flourish for Orchestra, Op 112 BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
Fantasy on a Theme of John Field , Op 116 John Lill (piano) Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
String Quartet No 2, Op 118 McCapra Quartet

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Piers Burton-Page
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Piano:
John Lill
Conductor:
Vernon Handley

With Jonathan Swain.
Strauss Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier, Act 2)
Sena Jurinac and Hilde Gueden
(sopranos), Vienna Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Erich Kleiber
10.20 Suk Meditation on the Old Czech
Chorale "St Wenceslas ", Op 35a Czech PO, conductor Karel Sejna
10.29 Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor, HXVI 44 Andras Schiff
10.43 Suk The Ripening, Op 34
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor LiborPesek

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Sena Jurinac
Sopranos:
Hilde Gueden
Conductor:
Erich Kleiber
Conductor:
Karel Sejna
Unknown:
Andras Schiff

From the South West
Petroc Trelawny presents a typically diverse and colourful programme from the Plush Festival, Dorset, including the unique overtone singing of GarethLubbe. Barriere Sonata No 10 in G for two cellos
Alexander Baillie and Adrian Brendel
Janacek Fairy Tale
Adrian Brendel (cello), Paul Lewis (piano) Stravinsky Suite : The Soldier's Tale
Matthew Hunt (clarinet), Scott Dickinson (viola), Tim Horton (piano)
Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K563 Anthony Marwood (violin), Lawrence Power (viola), Adrian Brendel (cello)

Contributors

Cellos:
Alexander Baillie
Cellos:
Adrian Brendel
Cello:
Adrian Brendel
Cello:
Paul Lewis
Piano:
Stravinsky Suite
Clarinet:
Matthew Hunt
Clarinet:
Scott Dickinson
Viola:
Tim Horton
Piano:
Mozart Divertimento
Violin:
Anthony Marwood
Violin:
Lawrence Power
Viola:
Adrian Brendel

Penny Gore presents another in this series of performances of the complete
Beethoven violin sonatas recorded at last year's City of London Festival. Today's concert is from St Olave's Church.
Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (piano) Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 4 7 (Kreutzer)
Debussy Violin Sonata (R)

BBC Philharmonic
The BBC Philharmonic and Rumon Gamba are joined by Jennifer Galloway for a performance of Arnold's pastoral oboe concerto. Presented by Paul Guinery.
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps; Fantasia on a Theme by Tallis
Conductor Yan Pascal Tortellier
Arnold Oboe Concerto Jennifer Galloway , conductor Rumon Gamba
Parry Invocation to Music
Eileen Hulse (soprano), Jean Rigby
(mezzo), David Rendall (tenor),
Gerald Finley (baritone), Leeds Festival Chorus, conductor Simon Wright
Bax Tintagel Conductor Edward Downes

Contributors

Unknown:
Rumon Gamba
Unknown:
Jennifer Galloway
Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Conductor:
Jennifer Galloway
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Soprano:
Eileen Hulse
Soprano:
Jean Rigby
Tenor:
David Rendall
Tenor:
Gerald Finley
Conductor:
Simon Wright
Conductor:
Edward Downes

Horace Silver
Julian Joseph reviews the career of this influential American pianist and composer, who forged an original style from blues, gospel and funk influences that became the basis for a new genre in jazz: hard bop.

Contributors

Unknown:
Horace Silver
Unknown:
Julian Joseph

Join Linton Kwesi Johnson and Andy Kershaw take a journey through a most remarkable region, discovering its people, its music and its history.

Jamaica
Linton Kwesi Johnson returns to the island of his birth to find out what nearly 40 years of independence has meant for the island and its people.

Get Up, Stand Up
A studio discussion assessing the realities of life in the English-speaking Caribbean since independence.

8.10 Montserrat: the Shadow of the Volcano
Andy Kershaw searches for signs of musical life after the devastation of the 1997 volcanic eruption, in this once thriving centre of the music industry.

8.30 Dominican Republic
Playwright and poet Chiqui Vicioso tours the colonial quarter of the capital city Santo Domingo.

In America's Backyard? A studio discussion on the cultural and political impact of the USA on the Caribbean.

9.00 French Caribbean
A specially commissioned short story by a French-Caribbean writer.

Vive la Caribbean
A studio discussion on the relationship between France and the Caribbean, looking at Martinique and Gaudeloupe in particular.

9.30 Drama: A Parandero Is Missing
A new radio play by Trinidadian Christopher Rodriguez.
The death of a mandolin player heralds the end of an old mixed community.

10.00 Trinidad
Andy Kershaw samples the increasingly popular sound of "chutney", the Asian appropriation of soca music.

10.20 Curacao
Novelist Frank Martinus Arion tours around Willemstad, the capital of the former Dutch colony.

Lost in Translation
A studio discussion on Caribbean literature and the problems of translation.

11.00 Trinidad and Tobago
Linton Kwesi Johnson speculates on the future of the whole Caribbean region.

No Caribbean, No Cry
A panel tries to imagine a world without the food, music, literature and spirit of the Caribbean?

11.40 Jamaica
Andy Kershaw looks at the musical legacy of Jamaica - from ska through to nyabingi drummers.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Unknown:
Andy Kershaw
Unknown:
Chiqui Vicioso
Writer:
Christopher Rodriguez

Wallace Roney
Trumpeter Wallace Roney with long-time collaborators Gary Bartz (saxophone), Lenny White (drums), Clarence Seay
(bass) and Adam Holzman (keyboards). Producers Steve Shepherd and Kathryn Willgress

Contributors

Unknown:
Wallace Roney
Unknown:
Trumpeter Wallace Roney
Unknown:
Gary Bartz
Unknown:
Lenny White
Bass:
Clarence Seay
Bass:
Adam Holzman
Producers:
Steve Shepherd
Producers:
Kathryn Willgress

With Susan Sharpe.
Haydn Symphony No 6 in D (Le Matin) Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor
2.05 Vieme Cello Sonata, Op 27
2.30 Druschetsky Sextet in E flat
2.45 Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
3.20 Wagner Gotterdammerung
(excerpts) 4.10 Purcell, arr Memelsdorff and Staier Toccata in A; Ground in A minor (The Plaint) 4.35 Groneman Flute Sonata in D 4.50 Suppe Overture: Light Cavalry
5.00 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K166
5.10 Schubert Totengraber-Weise , D869
5.20 Debussy Images No 1
5.45 Auber Overture: Marco Spado

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Schubert Totengraber-Weise
Unknown:
Marco Spado

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