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: Rossini
Overture: Robert Bruce ; Hymne a Napoléon III et a Son Vaillant Peuple lldar Abdrazakov (baritone), Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, conductor Riccardo Chailly www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview EMAIL: cdreview@bbc.co.uk
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Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Bruce
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly

Michael Berkeley 's guest is the writer and scholar Jane Stevenson , Reader in English at the University of Aberdeen. She is currently working on a fictional trilogy set in 17th-century Europe, of which the first two parts, Astraea and The Pretender, have been widely praised as "worthy of the highest traditions of English fiction". She is keenly interested in early music and her choices today include songs by Campion, Johnson and Purcell, a drinking song from the original Carmina Burana, a nocturne by John Field , and music from South America. Repeated tomorrow 3pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Reader:
Jane Stevenson
Unknown:
John Field

Humphrey Carpenter introduces listeners' requests, including:
Cyril Scott Early One Morning - John Ogdon (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bernard Herrmann
Adrian Jack Zig-zag - Cambridge New Music Players, conductor Paul Hoskins
Purcell Come Ye Sons of Art - Early Music Ensemble of London, conductor David Munrow
Address: Listeners' Choice, [address removed] Phone: [number removed] Email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Humphrey Carpenter

A special session with Mercury Award nominee Guy Barker and his International Septet, featuring previously unheard tracks from his "Soundtrack" project, special guests, and award-winning Italian alto saxophonist Rosario Giuliani talking about his new release Mr Dodo, out on Dreyfus in October. Presented by Claire Martin.
EMAIL: jazzlineup@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Guy Barker
Unknown:
Rosario Giuliani
Unknown:
Mr Dodo
Presented By:
Claire Martin

Mr Gone: The Wayne Shorter Story
4: High Life. Since the demise of Weather Report in 1985, Shorter has continued to write challenging, forward-looking music. With his latest quartet formed of young virtuosi, Shorter has returned to his acoustic roots, revisiting and transforming his earlier compositions. The group's concerts and recordings have been universally acclaimed and their appearance at the Royal Festival Hall was the highlight of last year's London Jazz Festival.

Edinburgh International Festival 2002
The UK premiere of George Enescu 's little performed but masterly and mighty opera which charts the life, times and destiny of Oedipus. This tragedy in four acts was given in a concert performance at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh and is sung in French. Presented by Donald MacLeod. Enescu Oedipe
Edinburgh Festival Chorus, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Cristian Mandeal

Contributors

Unknown:
George Enescu
Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Conductor:
Cristian Mandeal
Oedipe:
John Relyea (bass)
Antigone:
Janice Watson (soprano)
Jocasta:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Sphinx:
Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo)
Merope:
Anna Burtbrd (mezzo)
Shepherd:
Marius Brenciu (tenor)
Laios:
Norman Shankle (tenor)
Thesee:
Norman Shankle (tenor)
Creon:
Jonathan Lemalu (baritone)
Tiresias:
Neal Davies (bass)
Watchman:
Ionel Pantea (baritone)
High Priest:
Tim Mirfln (baritone)
Phorbas:
Tim Mirfln (baritone)

Ian McMillan hosts a special edition of Radio 3's word cabaret recorded at this year's Edinburgh Festival. There's performance from Linton Kwesi Johnson , a new poetry sequence by John Burnside , storytelling from India and an interactive fantasy adventure by Steve Jackson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
Linton Kwesi Johnson
Unknown:
John Burnside
Unknown:
Steve Jackson.

Composer Portrait: Gavin Bryars
Gavin Bryars joins Alwynne Pritchard to discuss and introduce his musical loves and influences. Featuring a new double bass concerto recently composed for Duncan McTier. Recorded last week at
Tramway, Glasgow.
Duncan McTier (double bass), Dunedin Consort, BBC Scottish Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins Bryars One Last Bar, Then Joe Can Sing Part If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper Bryars The Porazzi Fragment
Takemitsu How Slow the Wind
Bryars Double Bass Concerto (Farewell to St Petersburg) (first performance, BBC commission)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gavin Bryars
Unknown:
Gavin Bryars
Unknown:
Alwynne Pritchard
Unknown:
Duncan McTier.
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

With Jonathan Swain.

Janacek The Fiddler's Child; Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor

2.20 Brahms 28 Variations on a theme by Paganini, Op 35

2.45 Paganini Caprices for solo violin, Op 1: Nos 1-6

3.05 Cavalli Plainsong Antiphon and Magnificat

3.25 Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 135

3.50 Dittersdorf Piano Concerto in A

4.10 Bach Oboe Concerto in G minor, BWV1056

4.20 Liszt Hymne de l'Enfant Son Reveil

4.30 Glinka Overture: Ivan Susanin

4.40 Mozart, arr Grieg Piano Sonata in C, K545

4.50 Cavalli No Ho Piu Core (Giasone)

5.05 Verdi Ecco l'Orrido Campo... Ma dall'Arido (Un Ballo in Maschera)

5.15 Poulenc Capriccio for two pianos

5.25 Vladimir Ruzdjak 5 Folk Tunes

5.35 Bach Orchestral Suite No 3 in D, BWV1068

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

BBC Radio 3

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