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With
Tommy Pearson . Haydn Symphony No 31 in D (Hornsignal) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conductor Adam Fischer
6.30 Eigar Serenade for strings in E minor London Philharmonic Orchestra. conductor Vernon Handley
7.00 Beethoven Rondo in B flat, Wo06 Robert Levin (piano), Orchestre RevolutionnaireetRomantique , conductor John Eliot Gardiner
7.50 Sarasate Zigeunerweisen Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), French National Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa
8.00 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conductor Eduardo Mata
8.50 Torke Bright Blue Music
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Conductor:
Adam Fischer
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Beethoven Rondo
Piano:
Robert Levin
Piano:
Orchestre Revolutionnaireetromantique
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa
Conductor:
Eduardo Mata
Conductor:
David Zinman

Donald Macleod explores music from Victoria's 12th collection, which he published in 1600. Victoria Missa pro Victoria The Cardinall's Musick, director Andrew Carwood
Victoria Magnificat sexti toni a 12 The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers Victoria Missa Laetatus Sum
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Victoria Missa
Director:
Andrew Carwood
Director:
Victoria Magnificat
Director:
Harry Christophers
Director:
Victoria Missa Laetatus
Director:
Harry Christophers

With Rob Cowan.
Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
10.12 CPE Bach Weihnachtslied , Wql97 Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Jorg Demus (tangent piano)
10.12 Brahms 6 Klavierstucke, Op 118 Wilhelm Backhaus (piano)
10.36 Faure Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11 Chorus and Orchestra of French
Radio, conductor Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
10.43 Strauss Don Quixote
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello),
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Kirill Kondrashin

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Unknown:
Bach Weihnachtslied
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Baritone:
Jorg Demus
Piano:
Wilhelm Backhaus
Conductor:
Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
Conductor:
Strauss Don Quixote
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich

Cardiff International Festival of Musical
Theatre
For over 50 years, Cy Coleman has been one of the biggest names in American popular music. A prolific composer of many famous pop standards and film scores, he is also the creator of hit musicals such as Sweet Charity and Barnum. Edward Seckerson
presents highlights from his festival show and a selection of symphonic music from Broadway's greatest songwriters, including specially recreated scores from the archive of Hollywood arranger Nelson Riddle.

Contributors

Unknown:
Cy Coleman
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Nelson Riddle.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Conductor Mark Wigglesworth Presented by Martin Handley. Rossini Overture: William Tell
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat
(Emperor) With Leif Ove Andsnes
Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)

Contributors

Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth
Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Unknown:
William Tell

The Incomparable Monsieur Lully
Lucie Skeaping looks at the music and influence of Jean-Baptiste Lully , who effectively monopolised French music during the second half of the 17th century. Including excerpts from Lully's Armideand Isis, and music by Charpentier and Purcell.

Contributors

Unknown:
Monsieur Lully
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Jean-Baptiste Lully

The BBC marks 80 years of broadcasting with a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra from Symphony Hall in Birmingham. In traditional BBC SO style, there's a world premiere - a "classical" piano concerto for acclaimed Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt, written by Dominic Muldowney, a sparkling opener by Samuel Barber, and Elgar's First Symphony.
Angela Hewitt (piano), Thomas Trotter (organ), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Barber Toccata Festiva
Dominic Muldowney Piano Concerto No 2

8.10 Twenty Minutes: Pinter at the BBC
In the last of three programmes from the radio archive, Paul Allen introduces one of Harold Pinter's 1960s radio sketches, Trouble in the Works, and Pinter performs Monologue, first broadcast in 1975.

8.30 Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat

Contributors

Pianist:
Angela Hewitt
Written By:
Dominic Muldowney
Unknown:
Samuel Barber
Piano:
Angela Hewitt
Piano:
Thomas Trotter
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Introduces:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Harold Pinter

A new wave of radio artists exploring drama and narrative. Tricycles
Colin Teevan 's impressionistic and fast-moving drama dips in and out of everyday lives in Belfast to create a picture of a city and its people as they seek to make their dreams a reality. A suspected meningitis outbreak turns lives and routines on their heads, perhaps for years to come.
With DarioAngelone, Richard Dormer , Roger Jennings , Stella McCuskerand Oisin Teevan Director Toby Swift

Contributors

Unknown:
Colin Teevan
Unknown:
Richard Dormer
Unknown:
Roger Jennings
Director:
Toby Swift
Kate:
Laura Hughes
Tom:
Conleth Hill
Susan:
Cathy White
Andrea:
Abigail McGibbon
Sinead:
Nikke Doherty
Pintuji:
Darran Williams
Kevin:
Packy Lee
Lucy:
Hannah R Gordon

Verity Sharp with songs from the South Pacific islands of Eastern Polynesia recorded by David Fanshawe in the early 1980s, and sparse piano sounds from James Clapperton , who plays his piece Long Journey Back.

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
David Fanshawe
Unknown:
James Clapperton

With Susan Sharpe.
Erik Tulindberg String Quartet No 3 in C
12.25 Rautavaara Departure
12.35 Carl Smulders Piano Concerto in A
1.00 A concert given by Virtuosi di Kuhmo conducted by Peter Csaba at Kuhmo Church, Finland, in July 2001.
Suk Serenade in E flat for string orchestra, Op 6 Tchaikovsky Serenade in C, Op 48
2.00 Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Tafelmusik Chamber Choir and Baroque Orchestra, conductor Jeanne Lamon

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Erik Tulindberg
Piano:
Carl Smulders
Unknown:
Virtuosi Di Kuhmo
Conducted By:
Peter Csaba
Unknown:
Tchaikovsky Serenade
Unknown:
Purcell Dido
Conductor:
Jeanne Lamon
Dido/Sorceress:
Jennifer Lane (mezzo)
Aeneas:
Russell Braun (baritone)
Belinda:
Ann Monoylos (soprano)
Woman 2/Witch 1:
Sharl Saunders (soprano)
Witch 2/Spirit:
Meredith Hall (soprano)

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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