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With Martin Handley.
Dvorak Slavonic Dance in B, Op 72 No 1
6.33 Rachmaninov Suite No 1 for two pianos, Op 5 (Fantaisie Tableaux)
7.00 Vivaldi Concerto in B minor for four violins, RV580
7.40 Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat,
K495
8.10 Schumann Papillons , Op 2
8.40 Ravel Bolero
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Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.
Unknown:
Schumann Papillons

Andrew McGregor plays new CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Stephen Johnson recommends a recording of Beethoven's first Razumovsky quartet (Op 59 No 1).
10.15 A look at some recent re-issues.
10.30 Penelope Thwaites has been listening to new piano recordings including those by young pianists "presented by Martha Argerich ".
11.00 An interview with bass Willard White.
11.30 Disc of the Week:
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms Monteverdi Choir, LSO, conductor John Eliot Gardiner www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview EMAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
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Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Penelope Thwaites
Presented By:
Martha Argerich
Bass:
Willard White.
Unknown:
Stravinsky Symphony
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner

Michael Berkeley talks to the experienced war correspondent Robert Fox. His love of Mediterranean culture informs some of his musical choices, which include works by Victoria, Vivaldi, Cimarosa, Mozart,
George Butterworth and Leonard Cohen. Repeated tomorrow 3pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Robert Fox.
Unknown:
George Butterworth
Unknown:
Leonard Cohen.

Live from Covent Garden,
Richard Strauss 's Ariadne auf Naxos, in a new production by Christof Loy , is conducted by Antonio Pappano in his first appearance as the new music director of the Royal Opera. In the Prologue, preparations are underway at the home of the richest man in Vienna for the performance of a new opera to be followed by a comedy. But time is short and the major-domo announces that both entertainments have to take place simultaneously, with spectacular effect. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conductor Antonio Pappano Parti
1.40 Interval: Into the Garden
Michael Oliver talks to Antonio Pappano, who has just taken up his new post at Royal Opera House. And at 2.00 Close
Encounters Poet Ruth Padel offers some thoughts on the relationship between Ariadne - the archetypal abandoned woman - and boozer Bacchus.
2.10 Part 2

Contributors

Production By:
Christof Loy
Conducted By:
Antonio Pappano
Presented By:
Christopher Cook.
Prima Donna:
Petra Lang (mezzo)
Composer:
Sophie Koch (mezzo)
Music master:
Thomas Allen (baritone)
Dancing master:
John Graham Hall (tenor)
Wig maker:
D'Arcy Blelker (bass-Baritone)
Lackey:
Dean Robinson (bass)
Tenor:
Robert Brubaker (tenor)
Bacchus:
Robert Brubaker (tenor)
Zerbinetta:
Marlis Petersen (soprano)
Harlequin:
Nathan Gunn (baritone)
Scaramuccio:
Timothy Robinson (tenor)
Truffaldino:
Jeremy White (bass)
Brighella:
Barry Banks (tenor)
Officer:
Edgaras Montvidas (tenor)
Naiad:
Lisa Larsson (soprano)
Dryad:
Alice Coote (mezzo)
Echo:
Rachel Nicholls (soprano)
Major-domo:
Christopher Quest (speaker)

Presented by Claire Martin.
Sarah Cropper talks to Al Jarreau about his career and about the release of his new album Alii Got on GRP Records.
EMAIL: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presented By:
Claire Martin.
Talks:
Sarah Cropper
Unknown:
Al Jarreau
Unknown:
Alii Goton

Jez Nelson continues his four-part profile of the influential saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
After he left Miles Davis, Shorter teamed up with keyboard player Joe Zawinulto form the jazz-fusion group Weather Report. Fans of Shorter's earlier work often have misgivings about the band, feeling that it became increasingly dominated by Zawinul. However, in this programme, Weather Report drummer Peter Erskine reveals some intriguing facts about how the creative partnership really worked.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jez Nelson
Interviewee:
Peter Erskine

Edinburgh International Festival 2002 A rare concert performance, sung in Italian, of Donizetti's opera
Maria Stuarda , based on Schiller's play about the life and death of Mary Queen of Scots. Introduced by Donald Macleod.
Chorus of Scottish Opera,
Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras

Contributors

Unknown:
Maria Stuarda
Introduced By:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Maria Stuarda:
Barbara Frittoli (soprano)
Elisabetta:
Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano)
Anna Kennedy:
Rachel Hynes (soprano)
Roberto:
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)
Conte di Leicester:
Paul Charles Clarke (tenor)
Lord Guglielmo Cecil:
Christopher Purves (baritone)
Giorgio Talbot:
Jonathan Lemalu (bass)

The cabaret of language returns with Ian McMillan introducing the best in new writing, performance and the hot topics of contemporary speech. Tonight Jan Morris explains how the age has changed and her time for writing has passed; poetry dances at the edge of song with the Rommi Smith Band; William Fiennes judges the competition to write the opening of a travel book and talks about the role of the imagination in travel writing; and Ian McMillan goes in search of a writer Zola described as "greater than my master, Flaubert", Portuguese novelist Eca de Quieros.

Contributors

Presenter:
Ian McMillan
Interviewee:
Jan Morris
Musicians:
Rommi Smith Band
Interviewee/Judge:
William Fiennes
Writer:
Eca de Quieros

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales makes its annual visit to the Vale of Glamorgan Festival with a programme of works centred on Baltic composers. The orchestra, conducted by Petri Sakari, is joined by soloists David Geringas (cello) and David Pyatt (horn). The programme also includes recordings of works byTakemitsu.

Peteris Vasks Viatore

Erkki-Sven Tuur Cello Concerto

Magnus Lindberg Campana in Aria

Einojuhani Rautavaara Symphony No 8

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor:
Petri Sakari
Cellist:
David Geringas
Horn player:
David Pyatt

With John Shea.
Mahler Kindertotenlieder; Symphony No 5
2.30 Rudolf Tobias Motet: Ostern Vorspiel
2.35 Brahms Horn Trio in E flat, Op 40
3.00 Anon The Bordesholm Lament of Virgin Mary 3.30 Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219 4.05 Arensky Suite No 4 fortwo pianos, Op 62 4.20 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in D, Op 1 No 12
4.30 Poulenc Litanies a la Vierge Noire
4.45 Frano Parac Sarabande for orchestra
4.55 Verrijt Flammae Divinae: Quae Habitas in Hortis, Op 5 No 3
5.05 Brahms Der Tod , Das 1st die Kuhle Nacht 5.15 Sweelinck Regina Coeli
5.25 Aare Merikanto Fantasia for orchestra
5.45 Telemann Domenica, TWV42, D7 (Pyrmonter Kurwoche)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Rudolf Tobias
Unknown:
Virgin Mary
Unknown:
Parac Sarabande
Unknown:
Brahms Der Tod
Unknown:
Sweelinck Regina Coeli

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