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With Tommy Pearson.
Mendelssohn Hora Est
Herve Dearbre (organ),
Groupe Vocale de France, conductor John Poole
6.50 Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel
7.00 Dvorak Overture: My Homeland Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Libor Pesek
7.45 Marcello Concerto No 3 in B minor (La Cetra) Collegium Musicum 90, director Simon Standage (violin)
8.00 Infante Danses Andalouses
Katia and Marielle Labeque (piano)
8.40 Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K41 7 No Koster (natural horn),
Tafelmusik, conductor Bruno Weil

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Unknown:
Groupe Vocale
Conductor:
John Poole
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Conductor:
Libor Pesek
Violin:
Simon Standage
Violin:
Infante Danses Andalouses
Conductor:
Bruno Weil

4: 1852-3. As the 1850s progressed,
Schumann's health began to deteriorate: his conducting became less decisive, he became obsessed with the spirit world and table-turning, and he began to have aural disturbances. Yet the music he wrote in these years betrays little of his mental turmoil. With Donald Macleod.
Overture: Hermann und Dorothea
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
Des Sangers Fluch (excerpts)
Soloists, Danish National Radio Choir and Orchestra, conductor Michael Schonwandt Dies Irae; Liber Scriptus ; Qui Mariam Absolvisti (Requiem in D flat)
Soloists, Choir of the Dusseldorf Friends of Music, Dusseldorf Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Bernhard Klee
Marchenerzahlungen Gervase de Peyer (clarinet), Cecil Aronowitz (viola),
Lamar Crowson (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Conductor:
Michael Schonwandt
Unknown:
Liber Scriptus
Unknown:
Qui Mariam
Conductor:
Bernhard Klee
Conductor:
Marchenerzahlungen Gervase
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Piano:
Lamar Crowson

With Jonathan Swain.
Grieg / Wish I Had a Sweetheart, Op 60 No 5 Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
10.07 Listener Request: Faure Piano Trio in D minor, Op 120 Augustin Dumay
(violin), Frederic Lodeon (cello), Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)
10.29 Puccini In Questa Reggia (Turandot, Act 2 conclusion)
Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Erich Leinsdorf
10.55 Stravinsky Divertimento: Le BaiserdelaFee
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
11.20 Sieczynski Wien du Stadt Meiner Traume Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Violin:
Augustin Dumay
Violin:
Frederic Lodeon
Piano:
Jean-Philippe Collard
Conductor:
Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Conductor:
Sieczynski Wien
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Turandot:
Birgit Nilsson (soprano)
Liu:
Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
Prince Calaf:
Jussi Bjorling (tenor)
Emperor Altoum:
Alessio De Paolis (tenor)

New Generation Artists
Verity Sharp introduces studio recordings made specially for this week's programmes by five of Radio 3's New
Generation Artists: viola player Lawrence Power , mezzo Alice Coote , soprano Emma Bell , pianist Simon Trpceski and the Karol Szymanowski Quartet. Music includes: Prokofiev Five Melodies
Piazzolla Meditango
Vieuxtemps Viola Sonata
Schumann Etudes Symphoniques

Contributors

Introduces:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Lawrence Power
Soprano:
Alice Coote
Soprano:
Emma Bell
Pianist:
Simon Trpceski

Stephanie Hughes introduces the period instrument quartet from the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. Quatuor Mosafques: Erich Hobarth and Andrea Bischof (violins), Anita Mitterer (viola), Christophe Coin (cello)
Beethoven String Quartets: in A, Op 18 No 5; in F, Op 135

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Erich Hobarth
Violins:
Andrea Bischof
Viola:
Christophe Coin

BBC Philharmonic
Paul Watkins is the soloist in EJ Moeran's Cello Concerto, and Paavo Jarvi revives a little known one-act opera by Sibelius. Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Richard Rodney Bennett Far from the Madding Crowd Conductor Rumon Gamba Moeran Cello Concerto Paul Watkins , conductor Rumon Gamba
Sibelius The Maiden in the Tower Solveig Kringelborn (soprano),
Lilli Passikivi (mezzo), Lars-ErikJonsson
(tenor), Garry Magee (baritone), Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, conductor Paavo Jarvi

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Watkins
Unknown:
Paavo Jarvi
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Presented By:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Paul Watkins
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Soprano:
Solveig Kringelborn
Soprano:
Lilli Passikivi
Tenor:
Garry Magee
Conductor:
Paavo Jarvi

Europa Galante , director Fabio Biondi Sammartini Sinfonia
Geminiani La Follia (transcription of Corelli's Sonata, Op 5)
Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 4 Vivaldi The Four Seasons

Contributors

Unknown:
Europa Galante
Director:
Fabio Biondi
Director:
Sammartini Sinfonia
Director:
Geminiani La Follia

Strings Attached
The final concert in Glasgow's celebration of the art of the violin features Elisabeth Batiashvili , regarded as one of the most talented musicians of her generation. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Osmo Vanska
Brahms Violin Concerto in D
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Elisabeth Batiashvili
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Violin:
Elisabeth Batiashvili
Conductor:
Osmo Vanska

In 1945, the German city of Breslau lay in ruins. It was taken over by Polish migrants and became Polish Wroclaw.
Patrick Wright considers a new book by Norman Davies and Roger Moorhouse , Microcosm: Portrait of a Central European City, which explores the history of the region.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Wright
Book By:
Norman Davies
Book By:
Roger Moorhouse

With Jonathan Swain.
Liszt Reminiscences on Mozart's
Don Giovanni 12.20 Janacek String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters) 12.50 Part
Magnificatl.00 Mozart Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453; Divertimento in D, K334; Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat, K595 2.40 Stravinsky Octet

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Unknown:
Stravinsky Octet

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