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Donald Macleod wonders why, with Bellini's charm and good looks, he never married. Sognod'lnfancia Veronika Kineses (soprano), LorantSzucs (piano) Final Scene (Bianca e Fernando)
Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra, conductor Andrea Licata
Beatrice di Tenda (Act 1, Scene 3)
LSO, conductor Richard Bonynge / Puritani (Act 1, Scene 3)
Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Philharmonia, conductor Riccardo Muti

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Veronika Kineses
Conductor:
Andrea Licata
Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Bianca:
Young Ok Shin (soprano)
Fernando:
Gregory Kunde (tenor)
Carlo:
Aurio Tomlcich(bass)
Filippo:
Haljing Fu (baritone)
Clemente:
Armando Caforlo (bass)
Beatrice:
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Filippo:
Cornellus Opthof (barltone)
Elvira:
Montserrat Caballe (soprano)
Arturo:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Enrichetta:
Julia Hamarl (mezzo)
Giorgio:
Agostino Ferrin (bass)
Gualtiero:
Stefan Elenkov (bass)

With Rob Cowan.
Listener Request:
Massenet Overture: Phedre
Detroit SO, conductor Paul Paray
10.10 Massenet Don Quichotte (Act 5) Olive Kline (soprano), Fyodor Chaliapin (bass), orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10.20 Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
10.35 Rubinstein The Turbulent Waters of Kur FyodorChaliapin (bass), orchestra conducted by Lawrance Collingwood
Glinka Doubt Fyodor Chaliapin (bass),
Cedric Sharpe (cello), Ivor Newton (piano) Glinka The Night Review
Fyodor Chaliapin (bass), orchestra conducted by Eugene Goossens
10.49 Schubert Symphony No 5 in B flat, D485 Vienna PO, conductor Georg Solti
11.19 Listener Request:
Chopin Etudes: in C sharp minor, Op 10
No 4; in F, Op 10 No 8 Claudio Arrau (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Paul Paray
Soprano:
Fyodor Chaliapin
Conducted By:
Rosario Bourdon
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Lawrance Collingwood
Bass:
Fyodor Chaliapin
Cello:
Cedric Sharpe
Cello:
Ivor Newton
Bass:
Fyodor Chaliapin
Conducted By:
Eugene Goossens
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Piano:
Claudio Arrau

Artist in Focus: Janet Baker
Brian Kay talks to the distinguished mezzo about her career and musical passions in the year of her 70th birthday. Illustrated with recordings from the BBC archives. Haydn Arianna a Naxos
With John Constable (piano)
Strauss Morgen , Op 27 No 4; Befreit,
Op 39 No 4 With Paul Hamburger (piano) Britten Phaedra , Op 93
With the English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Steuart Bedford
Chausson Poeme de I'Amouretde la Mer, Op 19 With the London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Baker
Talks:
Brian Kay
Unknown:
Haydn Arianna
Piano:
Strauss Morgen
Piano:
Paul Hamburger
Piano:
Britten Phaedra
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov

Another chance to hear a series of concerts from Cardiff Castle's Banqueting Hall, introduced by Nicola Heywood Thomas. Father, Son, Godfather
Florilegium present a programme pegged on the relationships between three composers of the Baroque period.
JS Bach, arr Debretzeni Trio Sonata No 1 in E flat, BWV525
CPE Bach Duet in E minor for flute and violin, Wql40
Telemann Quartet in E minor (Paris Quartet No 6, 1738)
CPE Bach Trio Sonata in C, Wql4 7

Contributors

Introduced By:
Nicola Heywood Thomas.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra Romantic Concertos
Featuring a concerto of 1907 by Jeno Hubay , whose music has only recently been revived. Presented by Sarah Walker. Schubert, orch Liszt Wandererfantasie , D760 Martin Roscoe (piano), conductor Christian Gansch
Jeno Hubay Violin Concerto No 3 in G minor Hagai Shaham , conductor Martyn Brabbins Brahms Symphony No 3 in F Conductor David Porcelijn

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeno Hubay
Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Unknown:
Liszt Wandererfantasie
Piano:
Martin Roscoe
Conductor:
Christian Gansch
Violin:
Jeno Hubay
Conductor:
Hagai Shaham
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductor:
David Porcelijn

Live from Peterborough Cathedral. Introit: Hear My Prayer (Purcell).
Responses: Shephard. Psalms: 12, 13,
14 (Walmisley, Vann, Mann). First Reading: 2 Samuel 18, wl-16, 24-33. Office
Hymn: 0 Kind Creator, Bow Thine Ear (Audi Benigne). Canticles: Weelkes Service for Trebles. Second Reading: Matthew 11, wl-6. Anthem: When David Heard that
Absalom Was Slain (Tomkins). Final Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Kingsfold). Organ Voluntary: Adagio in E (Bridge). Assistant master of the music
Mark Duthie. Assistant organist Oliver Waterer.

Contributors

Music:
Mark Duthie.
Organist:
Oliver Waterer.

Madama Butterfly
A new production of Puccini's tragedy of betrayed innocence, from the team of Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser. tells the story of a younggeisha girl who is loved and left by a feckless young American.
Presented by lain Burnside , live from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano Actl
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Butterflies AS Byatt is introduced to the Natural
History Museum's collection of Japanese butterflies by keeper Dick Vane-Wright .
8.45 Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Moshe Leiser.
Presented By:
Lain Burnside
Conductor:
Antonio Pappano
Unknown:
Dick Vane-Wright
Cio-Cio-San:
Cristina Gallardo-Domas (soprano)
Lieutenant BF Pinkerton:
Marco Berti (tenor)
Sharpless:
Lucio Gallo (baritone)
Goro:
Peter Hoare (tenor)
Suzuki:
Enkelejda Shkosa (mezzo)
The Bonze:
Jonathan Velra (bass-Baritone)
Prince Yamadori:
Quentin Hayes (baritone)
Imperial Commissioner:
Grant Doyle (baritone)
Official Registrar:
John Bemays (baritone)
Kate Pinkerton:
Katija Dragojevlc (mezzo)

Verity Sharp introduces music from the "Greeks and Indians" collaboration, the Afro-Cuban sounds of Ouza from Senegal, wedding songs from Rajasthan, James MacMillan 's After the Tryst, and Jeff Buckley 's take on Benjamin Britten.

Contributors

Introduces:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Jeff Buckley
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten.

With Jonathan Swain. Gombert Benedicto
Mensae 12.15 JA Hasse Organ Concerto in D 12.25 Fodor Symphony No 2 in G
12.50 Rene Eespere Ritus 1.00 A recital of organ music by Sweelinck. 1.50 Strauss
An Alpine Symphony2.45 Dora Pejacevic Piano Quintet in B minor, Op 40
3.10 Dohnanyi Konzertstuck in D, Op 12
3.30 Schenck Viola da Gamba Sonata in D (L 'Echo du Danube, Op 9 No 1) 3.45
Purcell Birthday Ode for Mary II: Come Ye Sons of Art Away 4.15 Telemann Sabbato (Pyrmonter Kurwoche) 4.25 Gounod Ah LeveToi Soleil (Romeo et Juliette) 4.35
Mozart Symphony No 23 in D, K181 4.50 Nicolal Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor 5.00 Suk Elegy, Op 23 (arr for piano trio) 5.10 Albinoni Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op 9 No 2 5.25 Otto Dutsch Overture: The Croatian Girl 5.35 Mozart, arr Danzi Voi Che Sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro) 5.45 Herrmann Suite: Vertigo

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Rene Eespere Ritus
Piano:
Dora Pejacevic
Unknown:
Dohnanyi Konzertstuck
Unknown:
Schenck Viola
Unknown:
Otto Dutsch

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