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With Martin Handley.
Bizet L 'Arlesienne: Suite No 2
6.35 Poulenc Suite: Les Animaux
7.00 Boyce Symphony No 4 in F
7.10 Britten Temporal Variations
8.05 Debussy Pour le Piano
8.35 Beethoven Ballet music: The
Creatures of Prometheus (excerpts)

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.

Stephanie Hughes presents some of the best music from festivals and concerts across Europe. Plus arts news from the Sunday papers with Cathy Packe. Nielsen Overture: Maskarade
Aarhus SO, conductor James Loughran
9.35 Bizet Carmen (excerpts)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Carlo Felice
Theatre, conductor Michel Plasson
10.05 A tribute to Mahalia Jackson with the Joan Orleans Gospel Singers and Band.
10.35 Telemann Introduzzione a 3 (Der Getreue Music-Meister)
Freiburg Consort Baroque Orchestra
11.15 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) Neubrandenburg Philharmonic, conductor Stefan Malzew
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Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Cathy Packe.
Conductor:
James Loughran
Unknown:
Carlo Felice
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Unknown:
Mahalia Jackson
Conductor:
Stefan Malzew
Carmen:
Sonia Ganassi (mezzo)
Don Jose:
Cesare Cantani (tenor)
Escamillo:
Franck Ferrari (baritone)

Ivan Hewett attends rehearsals for Glyndebourne's new production of Carmen with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role for the first time. Plus a survey of the extraordinary range of early music from Spain, which is the focus of this year's York Early Music Festival, and a review of a new book, The Second Sense: Language, Music and Hearing, which explores the way we listen to music. E-MAIL: [email address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Anne Sofie von Otter

The Magic Box. Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from the Wigmore Hall in London, featuring music from
Cameroon, Madagascar, South Africa,
Cape Verde, Zaire and Senegal, played by John Williams (guitar), Paul Clarvis (hand drums), John Etheridge (steel-string guitar), Richard Harvey (flutes, whistles) and Chris Laurence (double bass).

Contributors

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

Carlo Maria Giulini. In the first of two programmes looking at the recorded legacy of Giulini in the BBC archives, Stephen Johnson explores the conductor's recordings of religious music. including excerpts from Schubert's Mass in Eflatand Beethoven's Missa Solemnis.

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlo Maria Giulini.
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson

3: Christ Stopped at Eboli
Broadcaster, writer and film-maker Dennis Marks continues his journey along the first super-highway of the western world. This week he leaves the chaotic and hedonistic city of Naples and passes through the ancient towns of Capua and Benevento on his way to Basilicata, scene of Carlo Levi 's remarkable memoir of the Fascist years,
Christ Stopped at Eboli. Producer Dennis Marks.

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Marks
Unknown:
Carlo Levi
Producer:
Dennis Marks.

A double bill of new drama, linked by poetry by Shamshad Khan.

"Mera Des"
By Gurpreet Bhatti. Believing all her life that her mother died shortly after she was born in India, a young British Asian woman discovers the startling truth.
Director Pauline Harris

"A Second Chance"
By Tanika Gupta.
When 16-year-old Raz is sent to stay with his grandfather Shafiq following his release from a young offenders unit they both get more than they bargained for.
Director Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Director:
Pauline Harris
Unknown:
Tanika Gupta.
Director:
Nadia Molinari
Jinder:
Parminder Nagra
Sunny:
Baddi Uzzaman
Mary:
Sorcha Cusack
Mandy:
Nisha Nayar
Dawn:
Patsy Palmer
Raz:
Nabil Elouahabi
Shafiq:
Vincent Ebrahim
Laila:
Lolita Chakrabarti
Iqbal:
Shiv Grewal
Munera:
Asha Kahlon
Ola:
Chris Jackson
Ali:
Emil Marwa
Saff:
Sean Cemow
Zubin:
Asif Seth

Paul Guinery presents a performance of Elgar's oratorio The Kingdom recorded in May 2001 in Leeds Town Hall.
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Jane Irwin
(mezzo), Robin Leggate (tenor), Anthony Michaels-Moore (bass), Leeds
Philharmonic Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins Elgar The Kingdom

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Guinery
Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Soprano:
Jane Irwin
Tenor:
Robin Leggate
Tenor:
Anthony Michaels-Moore
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

A musical recreation of the England team's journey through this year's World Cup.
Michael Nyman's musical drama mixes leitmotifs for the individual players with match commentaries and crowd actuality from Japan/South Korea 2002. Featuring the voices of commentators John Motson and Alan Green, pundits Gary Lineker and Mark Lawrenson, players Beckham and Owen and original music by Michael Nyman played by the Duke Quartet.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Nyman
Producer:
Alan Hall
Producer:
Julian Mayers

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a final concert selection from the Meltdown Festival, featuring Senor Coconut's Latin arrangements of Kraftwerk and the songs of Mercury Rev.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Robert Sandall

With Jonathan Swain.
CFE Horneman Overture: Aladdin
12.15 Szymanowski Songs of the Infatuated Muezzin, Op 42
12.25 Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)
1.00 Monteverdi Magnificat (Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610)
G Gabrieli Exaudi Me Domini; Domine, Dominus Noster Monteverdi Beatus Vir
G Gabrieli In Ecclesiis; Sancta et Immaculata Virginitas Monteverdi Gloria (Selva Morale e Spirituale, 1640)
2.00 Respighi Vetrate di Chiesa
2.25 Sibelius 13 Pieces for piano, Op 76
2.45 Jan van Gilse Nonet
3.20 Mozart Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat. K595
3.50 Weber Grand Duo Concertant for clarinet and piano, Op 48
4.15 Willaert A la Fontaine du Prez
4.30 Saint-Saens, transcr d' Albert Danse Macabre
4.40 J Hasse Organ Concerto in D
4.50 Arthur Benjamin Overture to an Italian Comedy
5.00 Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
5.15 Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, K165
5.30 Berlioz Overture: King Lear, Op4
5.50 Zelenka Six Horserider Fanfares

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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