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With Tommy Pearson.
Bach Italian Concerto, BWV971
Laurence Cummings (harpsichord)
6.15 Berwald Grand Septet in B flat Nash Ensemble
7.20 Chopin Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 4 7 Shura Cherkassky (piano)
7.35 Chopin Water Goblin, Op 10 Czech PO, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
8.00 Haydn Symphony No 20 in C
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conductor Adam Fischer
8.45 Bruch Schon Ellen
Claudia Braun (soprano), Thomas Laske (baritone), Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke , Wuppertal Symphony Orchestra, conductor George Hanson

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Harpsichord:
Laurence Cummings
Piano:
Shura Cherkassky
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Adam Fischer
Conductor:
Bruch Schon Ellen
Soprano:
Claudia Braun
Soprano:
Thomas Laske
Baritone:
Kantorei Barmen-Gemarke
Conductor:
George Hanson

(1902-79). With Donald Macleod and Adrian Edwards.
1: Looking for a Lyricist, Looking for
Librettist. Richard Rodgers was one of the most consistently successful composers of Broadway musicals, in partnership with his childhood friend Lorenz Hart and later with Oscar Hammerstein II. Music includes the last song Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote together, sung by Bryn Terfel , a number from Heads Up! sung by Dawn Upshaw , plus selections from The Boys from Syracuse (based on Shakespeare's Two Gentlemen of Verona) and Pal Joey. Producer Andrew Lyle See also 4pm
A tribute to Richard Rodgers : page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Adrian Edwards.
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Lorenz Hart
Unknown:
Oscar Hammerstein Ii.
Sung By:
Bryn Terfel
Sung By:
Dawn Upshaw
Sung By:
Pal Joey.
Producer:
Andrew Lyle See
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers

With Rob Cowan. This week featuring
Martinu symphonies and recordings of cellist Andre Navarra.
Weill Blues Potpourri
(Die Dreigroschenoper) Palast Orchestra, conductor Heinz Karl Gruber
10.07 Gluck Dance of the Blessed
Spirits; Diese Auen Sind Seligem Frieden und der Ruhe nurgeweiht (Orphee et
Eurydice, Act 2) Maria Stader (soprano),
Berlin Motet Choir, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
10.20 Martinu Symphony No 2 Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claus Peter Flor
10.46 Purcell Hark! the Echoing Air Howard Crook (tenor), Capriccio Stravagante , director Skip Sempe (harpsichord)
10.50 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 André Navarra , Prague RSO, conductor Frantisek Stupka

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Andre Navarra.
Conductor:
Heinz Karl Gruber
Soprano:
Maria Stader
Conductor:
Ferenc Fricsay
Conductor:
Claus Peter Flor
Tenor:
Howard Crook
Tenor:
Capriccio Stravagante
Harpsichord:
Skip Sempe
Unknown:
André Navarra
Conductor:
Frantisek Stupka

Parts In the Springtime
Sean Rafferty , taking his cue from Cole Porter , spends a week in the French capital exploring some of its musical sights and sounds. Today's itinerary includes the Paris Conservatoire.
Massenet Parade Militaire Ulster
Orchestra, conductor Emmanuel Plasson Debussy Prélude a I 'Apres-midi d 'un Faune Frankfurt RSO, conductor Hugh Wolff Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Philippe Auguin Milhaud String Quartet No 12, Op 252 Parisii Quartet
Dutilleux Cello Concerto (Tout un Monde Lointain)Truls Mork , Radio France
Philharmonic Orchestra/Myung-Whun Chung

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Cole Porter
Conductor:
Hugh Wolff
Piano:
Barry Douglas
Conductor:
Philippe Auguin
Unknown:
Truls Mork

The Magic Box. Live from the Wigmore Hall in London, a programme of music from Cameroon, Madagascar, South Africa,
Cape Verde, Zaire and Senegal, performed by John Williams (guitar), Paul Clarvis
(hand drums), John Etheridge (steel-string guitar), Richard Harvey (flutes, whistles) and Chris Laurence (double bass). Repeated Sunday 1pm

Contributors

Guitar:
John Williams
Guitar:
Paul Clarvis
Unknown:
John Etheridge
Guitar:
Richard Harvey
Guitar:
Chris Laurence

Richard Rodgers (b 28 June 1902; d 30 December 1979). Edward Seckerson presents the first of two centenary tributes in conversation with Richard Rodgers 's daughter Mary Rodgers. This week they explore masterpieces from the composer's first major songwriting partnership with lyricist Lorenz Hart , including On Your Toes and Pal Joey.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen. Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive Glasgow. G128DG E-MAIL: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk
A tribute to Richard Rodgers : page 35

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers
Unknown:
Mary Rodgers.
Unknown:
Lorenz Hart
Unknown:
Pal Joey.
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive
Unknown:
Richard Rodgers

Sean Rafferty presents a special edition from Orkney's St Magnus Festival. Guests include composer Peter Maxwell Davies and Alan Plater who presents a preview of his new community play Barriers, inspired by the story of the building of Orkney's
Italian Chapel. Timothy West and Prunella Scales come to literary blows through the words of Oscar Wilde and live music comes from Sinfonia 21, the Dunedin
Consort, pianist Ronald Brautigam and the Grand Union Orchestra.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Prunella Scales
Unknown:
Oscar Wilde
Pianist:
Ronald Brautigam

Aldeburgh Festival
Chris de Souza introduces a piano recital by Alfred Brendel recorded on Saturday in the Snape Maltings Concert Hall. Mozart Piano Sonata in D, K311
Schubert Piano Sonata in C minor, D958 Brahms Four Ballades, OplO
Mozart Sonata in F, K533/494

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Brendel

Isabel Hilton talks to John Lanchester about his new novel Fragrant Harbour, which explores the history and culture of Hong Kong from the 1930s through
Japanese occupation to becoming a way-station for the laundering of dirty money.
Plus the second of the "Seven Wonders of the Modern World" series.

Contributors

Talks:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
John Lanchester

With Jonathan Swain.
Glazunov Chant duMenestrel, Op 71
12.10 Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 in F, Op 10212.35 Schenck Sonata in A minor, Op 9 No 2 (L 'Echo du Danube)
1.00 Walton Violin Sonata
Shostakovich Violin Sonata, Op 134
2.00 Haydn Variations on "Gott Erhalte
2.10 Pal Esterhazy Harmonia Caelestis (excerpts) 2.35 Strauss Das Rosenband, Op36Nol;GluckesGenug, Op 3 7 No 1; Standchen, Op 17 No 2; Ein Obdach
Gegen Strum undRegen, Op 46 No 1; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; In Goldener Fülle, Op 49 No 2 2.55 Wolf String Quartet in D minor3.40 Schubert Scherzo No 1 in B flat, D593 3.45 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op 61
4.10 Bizet Au Fond du Temple Saint (Les Pécheurs de Perles) 4.20 Durante
Concerto No 2 in G minor4.30 Chopin Ballade No 2 in F. Op 3S4.45 Bizet, compiled Guirand L 'Arlesienne: Suite No 2
5.00 Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di
Tito 5.10 JE Bach Meine Seele Erhebt den
Herrn 5.25 Martinu Clarinet Sonatina
5.40 Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night S.50 Daniel Binelli Candombe : Llamada de Tambores

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Schenck Sonata
Unknown:
Gott Erhalte
Unknown:
Chopin Ballade
Unknown:
Daniel Binelli Candombe

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