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With Penny Gore.
Bach Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV1055
6.30Turina Circulo Arensky Trio
6.45 Rodrigo Three Old Dance Airs
7.40 Eigar Overture: Froissart
8.35 Britten Blues Quartet (Paul Bunyan )
8.45 Howells Pageantry

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Bunyan

(1916-83). Donald Macleod presents a week of programmes about the life and career of Alberto Ginastera.
1: Argentine Foundations. The Argentine composer begins his career. Arriero, Canta!
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Impresiones de le PunaAnna Noakes (flute), Richard Friedman and Mark Denman (violins), Kate Musker (viola), Justin Pearson (cello) Danzas Argentinas
Alberto Portugheis (piano)
Panambi (excerpts) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Gisele Ben-Dor Lamentations of Jeremiah
BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury Producer Johannah Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Alberto Ginastera.
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Flute:
Richard Friedman
Flute:
Mark Denman
Violins:
Kate Musker
Cello:
Justin Pearson
Piano:
Alberto Portugheis
Conductor:
Gisele Ben-Dor
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Producer:
Johannah Smith

Michael Grandage , associate director of the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield, talks about his latest production - Richard III , with Kenneth Branagh in the title role. Producer Anne-Marie Cole

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Grandage
Unknown:
Richard Iii
Unknown:
Kenneth Branagh
Producer:
Anne-Marie Cole

With Jonathan Swain.
Featuring Rossini overtures and performances by Victor de Sabata. Rossini Overture: La Gazza Ladra Philharmonia, conductor GuidoCantelli
10.15 Boccherini Guitar Quintet No 4 Narcisco Yepes (guitar), Melos Quartet
10.33 Mozart Symphony No 29 in A, K201 English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Benjamin Britten
10.59 Respighi Feste Romane
Berlin PO, conductor Victor de Sabata

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Victor de Sabata.
Conductor:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Victor de Sabata

Artists in Focus: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Chris de Souza presents highlights from the orchestra's recent concerts, and talks to some of its founding members.
Muffat Concerto Grosso No 12 in G
(Propitia Sydera) Director Monica Huggett Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F. BWV104 7 Director Andrew Manze
Rameau Suite: Hippolyte et Aricie Director Monica Huggett
Vivaldi Violin Concertos, Op 8 Nos 1-4 (Four Seasons)
Director Monica Huggett (violin)

Contributors

Director:
Monica Huggett
Director:
Bach Brandenburg
Director:
Andrew Manze
Director:
Monica Huggett
Violin:
Monica Huggett

Live from the Wigmore Hall in London.
I Verity Sharp presents a concert featuring Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski , a BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op 24
Schubert, transcr Liszt Die Forelle; Standchen
Chopin Scherzi: No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39; No 4 in E, Op 54 Repeated Sunday lpm

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Pianist:
Simon Trpceski

Ulster Orchestra
Mine's 's Double. A series focusing on double concertos. Presented by Paul Guinery.
Finghin Collins and Hugh Tinney (pianos), conductor Janos Furst
Martinu Double Concerto for two string orchestras, piano and timpani
Mozart Concerto in E flat for two pianos, K365
Part Summa
Nielsen Symphony 4 (Inextinguishable)

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Presented By:
Finghin Collins
Pianos:
Hugh Tinney
Conductor:
Janos Furst

Sean Rafferty introduces a selection of music and arts news. Plus a preview of this week's Baltic season on Radio 3 and live music from pianist Michel Beroff and violinist Philip Quint.

Contributors

Introduces:
Sean Rafferty
Pianist:
Michel Beroff
Violinist:
Philip Quint.

Culture and Identity. Christopher Cook introduces an evening exploring the ancient and new cultures of the three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
7.30 The Idea of the Baltic: Central, Northern or Eastern Europe? Christopher Cook's guests - one from each country - introduce themselves and discuss what the Baltic means to them.
7.35 Baltic Identity Do the Baltic nations see anything in the idea of Baltic fraternity? Presented by Christopher Cook with contributions from Anatol Lieven, Vytautas Landsbergis, Jaan Kaplinski and others.
8.00 The defector's story from guest leva Lesinka and a postcard presented by Lavinia Greenlaw from the Riga Song Festival.
8.10 Peteris Vasks Latvia's leading composer discusses his work, including a performance of one of his most powerful pieces given in Riga's Great Guild by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Vasks Message
8.40 Live conversation, plus a postcard from Riga.
9.00 The Baltic Sea Presented by Lavinia Greenlaw , with contributions from wild cranes on Sareemaa in Estonia and music by the Livonian band Tulli Lum.
9.25 Discussion and live folk song from Estonian Jaak Johansson. Plus a postcard from Riga's Richard Wagner Street.
9.40 The Jewish Baltic and the Legacy of Collaboration
Introduced by Christopher Cook from Paneriai, the forest outside Vilnius where 70,000 Lithuanian Jews were killed in the Second World War. With novelists Dan Jacobson and Howard Jacobson, and critic Stephen Greenblatt.
10.00 Live conversation and a postcard from Tallinn.
10.15 Lithuanian composer Mindaugas Urbaitis introduces his music: Meiles Daina Irlssiskyrimas/Love Song and Farewell.
10.30 Lands of Ice, Lands of Light
Live conversation and a postcard from Vilnius.

Contributors

Introduces:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Presented By:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Anatol Lieven
Unknown:
Vytautas Landsbergis
Unknown:
Jaan Kaplinski
Presented By:
Lavinia Greenlaw
Presented By:
Lavinia Greenlaw
Unknown:
Tulli Lum.
Unknown:
Jaak Johansson.
Introduced By:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Dan Jacobson
Unknown:
Howard Jacobson
Unknown:
Stephen Greenblatt.
Introduces:
Mindaugas Urbaitis
Music:
Meiles Daina

With Jill Anderson

Judith Lang Zaimont Impronta Digitale

12.15 Piazzolla Le Grand Tango

12.25 Mozart String Quartet in D minor, K421

1.00 Haydn Piano Sonata in A. HXVI 5
Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 7
Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor, D958
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, Op 36
Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44

2.50 A Scarlatti Motet: Jam Sole Clarior

3.00 JB Vanhal Concerto for two bassoons

3.20 Mozart Symphony No 25 in G minor

3.45 Liszt St Francis's Sermon to the Birds

4.00 Paganini Cantabile in D for violin and guitar

4.15 John Wilbye Draw On Sweet Night

4.25 Berlioz Overture: Beatrice et Benedict

4.4O Chopin Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45

4.50 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV577 (per J'Orchestra di Dresda)

5.00 Jan Blockx Flemish Dances

5.10 Schubert 12 Waltzes, D969

5.25 Corelli Violin Sonata in A, Op 5 No 6

5.45 Karlowicz Four Songs

5.55 F. Dunkler Jr Gravenhaagsche Spoorweggalop

Contributors

Presenter:
Jill Anderson

BBC Radio 3

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