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Fantasia (from R Dowland's "A Varietie of Lute Lessons")

5.05 Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 543

5.15 Beethoven Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133

5.30 Schubert Impromptu No 4 in A flat, D899

5.40 Mozart Ch 'lo Mi Scordi di Te...? Non Temer, Amato Bene, K505

5.55 Lassus Bonjour, et Puis Quelles Nouvelles?

With Tommy Pearson.
Quantz Flute Concerto in A
6.35 Mozart Symphony No 28 in C, K200
7.00 Glazunov The Sea, Op 28
7.45 Brahms Hungarian Dances (excerpts)
8.00 Hamilton Harty A Comedy Overture
8.15 Mendelssohn Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream) (arrRachmaninov for piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Unknown:
Hamilton Harty

With Donald Macleod.
5: The Years in France
Frederic Delius spent the majority of his life in France. There he met his future wife and subsequently moved with her to the artists' colony of Grez-sur-Loing, near
Fontainebleau. Sadly, he was to suffer a long descent into illness and total paralysis, a torment slightly eased by the arrival at Grez of Eric Fenby , a young Yorkshireman who came to work as Delius's assistant in his last years. Violin Sonata in B (1st mvt)
Tamsin Little, Piers Lane (piano)
Le Ciel Est, Par-dessus le Toit (Two Songs, 1895) Felicity Lott (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor),
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Eric Fenby
In a Summer Garden (first version) BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Ashley Lawrence Violin Sonata No 3
Tamsin Little, Piers Lane (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod.
Unknown:
Eric Fenby
Piano:
Piers Lane
Soprano:
Felicity Lott
Soprano:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conductor:
Eric Fenby
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence

With Jonathan Swain.
Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto
Julian Bream , London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
10.20 Haydn Piano Sonata in C, HXVI 50 Mikhail Pletnev
10.39 Rachmaninov Symphony No 3 in A minor, Op 44 Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
11.16 Granados La Maja de Goya; Danza Espagnola No 5 Julian Bream (guitar)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Julian Bream
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Unknown:
Mikhail Pletnev
Unknown:
Granados La Maja
Unknown:
Danza Espagnola

Music and Arts Week
5: Soviet Socialist Realism
Christopher Cook visits the Print Room of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London with historian David Crowley to examine how pressure to comply with Stalinist ideology affected both poster design and music written in the early years of the Soviet Union.
Shostakovich Ballet Suite: The Age of Gold BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Mosolov Songs on Newspaper
Advertisements James Rutherford (bass-baritone), William Fong (piano) Roslavets Piano Sonata No 5
AshleyWass (piano)
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1
Ilya Gringolts (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Matthew Rose
Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th
Anniversary of the October Revolution (excerpt) Philharmonia Chorus,
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Mosolov The Iron Foundry BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
Albert Museum
Unknown:
David Crowley
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Baritone:
William Fong
Violin:
Ilya Gringolts
Conductor:
Matthew Rose
Conductor:
Prokofiev Cantata
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

Petroc Trelawny introduces a recital recorded last year at the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, given by Serbian pianist Aleksander Madzar, who performs a richly romantic programme of virtuosic music.

Schubert Allegretto in C minor, D915

Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin

Liszt Valse Oubliee No 1; Les Jeux d'Eau a la Villa d'Este (Annees de Pelegrinage, Book 3); Mephisto Waltz Nolm

Contributors

Presenter:
Petroc Trelawny
Pianist:
Aleksander Madzar

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Alan Opie (baritone), conductor Richard Hickox
BBC NOW has recently been exploring the world of Czech music on a series of "Bohemian Journeys" taken with their principal conductor Richard Hickox.
Today's all-Czech concert was recorded in Cardiff's St David 's Hall last April. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Martinu Czech Field Mass
Suk Fantastic Scherzo
Dvorak Symphony No 8 in G Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast)

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Richard Hickox.
Unknown:
St David
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.

Ray Brown
Julian Joseph pays tribute to the great
American double bass player Ray Brown , who died earlier this year. Selections include his work with Dizzy Gillespie , Ella Fitzgerald and Oscar Peterson. Plus an archive interview from 1996.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Brown
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
Ray Brown
Unknown:
Dizzy Gillespie
Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Oscar Peterson.

Edinburgh International Festival 2002
A double bill performed as part of the late-night Usher Hall series at the Edinburgh Festival last month.
Alfred Brendel (piano), Belcea Quartet Beethoven String Quartet in B flat.
Op 130; Grosse Fuge in B flat, Op 133;
33 Variations on a Waltz by Diabelli, Op 120

Contributors

Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Unknown:
Grosse Fuge

Paul Allen talks to Zadie Smith about her follow-up novel to the prize-winning White Teeth. The Autograph Man tells the story of Alex-Li Tandem, a collector, seller and occasional faker of autographs, who gives people what they want: a little piece of fame.

Contributors

Talks:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Zadie Smith

Recorded in May at London's Conway Hall, the last of two programmes featuring highlights from this year's Freedom of the City Festival. Dedicated to presenting the best in free playing and improvisation, the festival features musicians from a great range of nationalities and ages who are all part of London's vibrant creative music scene. Part of this week's programme focuses on performances by maverick saxophonist Lol Coxhill to mark his 70th birthday earlier this week.

Contributors

Producer:
Kath Willgress
Producer:
Robert Abel

With John Shea.
Rameau Platée (complete performance)
3.15 Franck Organ Chorale in B minor
3.30 Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 3.55 Stankovich 0 God, You Are Our Own 4.10 Madetoja Ballet Suite:
Okon Fuoco , Op 584.20 Chopin Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39 4.35 Bach Viola da Gamba Sonata No 1 in G,
BWV1027 4.50 Sances Lagrimosa Belta
5.00 Mozart Exsultate , Jubilate, K165
5.25 Grainger Hill Song No
5.40 Upatti Improvisation for piano trio
5.45 Martinu Clarinet Sonata

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Okon Fuoco
Unknown:
Mozart Exsultate
Unknown:
Grainger Hill

BBC Radio 3

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