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With Penny Gore .
Cherubini String Quartet No 6 in A minor Melos Quartet
6.45 Bach Chorale-prelude: Nun Komm derHeiden Heiland Ton Koopman (organ)
7.00 Haydn Symphony No 78 in C minor Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7.30 Beethoven March in E flat, Op 45 No 2 Isabel Beyer and Harvey Dagul (piano)
8.00 Stravinsky Ballet: Jeu de Cartes LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.45 Shostakovich Jazz Suite No 1
Russian State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dmitri Yablonski

Contributors

Unknown:
Penny Gore
Unknown:
Isabel Beyer
Piano:
Harvey Dagul
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Dmitri Yablonski

Donald Macleod looks at the character of Couperin and discovers how he found a harmonious amalgam of the French and Italian styles in a composition in memory of the incomparable Lully.
Suite in F(Troisieme Livre de Clavecin, 18eme Ordre)
Kenneth Gilbert (harpsichord) Apothéose de Lully
English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Harpsichord:
Kenneth Gilbert
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner

With Jonathan Swain.

Purcell Trumpet Sonata in D - Dennis Egan, Philomusica of London, conductor Anthony Lewis

10.05 Listener Request: Haydn Symphony No 39 in G minor - English Concert, conductor Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)

10.24 Listener Request: Sor Duo in E, Op 34 (L 'Encouragement) - Julian Bream and John Williams (guitars)

10.39 Handel Semele (Act 3, Scenes 2 and 3) - St Anthony Singers, New Symphony Orchestra, conductor Anthony Lewis

11.08 Listener Request: Chausson Poeme, Op 25 - Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Paris Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Enescu

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Dennis Egan
Conductor:
Anthony Lewis
Conductor:
Trevor Pinnock
Unknown:
Julian Bream
Guitars:
John Williams
Conductor:
George Enescu
Semele:
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Jupiter:
William Herbert (tenor)

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BBC Concert Orchestra
A concert given in London's Royal Festival Hall last Sunday as part of the Jubilee celebrations. Presented by Paul Guinery. Lionel Steuart Fotheringham (organ),
Janice Watson (soprano), John Graham Hall (tenor), Leigh Melrose (baritone),
Guildford Choral Society, City of London Choir, Children of the Chapel Royal, Choristers ofTonbridge School, BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Hilary Davan Whetton
Dove In Praise of London
Walton Coronation Te Deum Parry / Was Glad
Elgar Suite: Crown of India Orff Carmina Burana

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Presented By:
Lionel Steuart Fotheringham
Soprano:
Janice Watson
Soprano:
John Graham Hall
Tenor:
Leigh Melrose
Conductor:
Hilary Davan Whetton

Lucie Skeaping introduces a concert of 16th- and 17th-century works by Byrd, Gibbons, Dowland, Purcell and others given in St Peter Mancroft church in Norwich by Concordia as part of this year's Norfolk and Norwich Festival.

Contributors

Introduces:
Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Peter Mancroft

The BBC Symphony Orchestra's season closes with a concert of works by two great Viennese composers.
Petra Lang (mezzo), Keith Lewis (tenor), BBCSO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht Mahler Das Lied von derErde

Contributors

Unknown:
Petra Lang
Tenor:
Keith Lewis
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht
Conductor:
Mahler Das

Patrick Wright talks to Christopher Hitchens about his newly published defence of one of the most influential writers of the 20th century in Why Orwell Matters. Hitchens talks about
George Orwell 's reputation and the legacy of his writing, and to what extent he sees parallels between Orwell and himself.

Contributors

Talks:
Patrick Wright
Unknown:
Christopher Hitchens
Unknown:
George Orwell

Childminders. By Glyn Maxwell. A child. A star child. A child with the luxury of three childminders. And a toy that emits warning words. But what can the threat be?
Glyn Maxwell 's richly evocative poetic play, set in a godless suburb, examines the corruptibility of innocence and of language.
Director Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Glyn Maxwell.
Unknown:
Glyn Maxwell
Director:
Peter Kavanagh
Sylvie:
Louisa Milwood-Haigh
Trace:
Olivia Williams
Myrtle:
Posy Brewer
Lawrence:
James Fleet
Reader:
Peter Marinker

Fiona Talkington looks forward to the weekend with Myrtle and Mint- Steve Mackey 's retelling of the tales of Hans Christian Andersen. Plus night music from Bartok and football music from Brazil.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Steve MacKey
Unknown:
Hans Christian Andersen.

With Susan Sharpe. Berio Folk Songs
12.25 Grainger Rustic Dance
12.30 Igor Kuljeric Marimba Concerto
1.00 Jurriaan Andriessen Berkshire Symphonies; Flute Concerto; Piano Concerto
2.15 Brahms String Sextet No 2 in G, Op 36

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Igor Kuljeric Marimba
Unknown:
Jurriaan Andriessen

Tzigane 4.40 Corelli Sonate da
Chiesa in B flat, Op 1 No 5 Josquin Desprez Scaramella; La Bernardina; In Te Domine Speravi; El Grillo 5.00 Schumann
Overture: Genoveva 5.10 Liszt Legende No 1: St Francois Prechant aux Oiseaux
5.20 Fritz Kreisler Preludium and Allegro (A la Pugnani) 5.35 Josip Stolzer Four Folk Tunes 5.50 Toivo Kuula Satukuva 3 (A Fairytale Vision)

Contributors

Unknown:
El Grillo
Unknown:
Fritz Kreisler Preludium
Unknown:
Josip Stolzer
Unknown:
Toivo Kuula Satukuva

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