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With Penny Gore.
6.10 Faure Pelleas et Melisande
Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Zinman
6.35 Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No 2 PieterWispelwey, Paul Komen (piano)
7.10 Janacek Suite for strings
Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, conductor Neville Marriner
7.35 Bach Concerto in C for two keyboards, BWV1061 Andras Schiff and Peter Serkin (pianos), Camerata Bern
8.00 Rachmaninov Symphony in D minor (Youth) Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy
8.45 Britten Suite on English Folk Tunes (A Time There Was ...)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Contributors

Unknown:
Faure Pelleas
Conductor:
David Zinman
Piano:
Paul Komen
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Andras Schiff
Pianos:
Peter Serkin
Pianos:
Camerata Bern
Conductor:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Donald Macleod and Robert Lloyd discuss Rossini's opera buffa with particular attention to The Barber of Seville.
Miei Rampolli Femminini (La Cenerentola) Paolo Montarsolo (bass),
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Largo al Factotum (/I Barbiere di Siviglia) Leo Nucci (baritone),
Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra, conductor Giuseppe Patane
La Calunnia; Contro un Cor Che Accende Amore ; Bella Voce ! Bravissima!... Cosa Veggo!; Finale to Act 1 (II Barbiere di
Siviglia) Agnes Baltsa and Sally Burgess (mezzos), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Thomas Allen and DomenicoTrimarchi (baritones), Robert Lloyd (bass), Ambrosian Opera
Chorus, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Robert Lloyd
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Baritone:
Leo Nucci
Unknown:
Accende Amore
Unknown:
Bella Voce
Unknown:
Agnes Baltsa
Unknown:
Sally Burgess
Tenor:
Francisco Araiza
Tenor:
Thomas Allen
Bass:
Robert Lloyd
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

With Jonathan Swain.
Rawsthome Overture: Street Corner
Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
10.05 Franck Les Plaintes d'une Poupee Stephen Hough (piano)
10.08 Berg Violin Concerto HenrykSzeryng,
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
10.34 Listener Request: Gesualdo
Moro Lasso al Mio Duolo Deller Consort
10.39 Franck Chorale No 2 in B minor
Marcel Dupre (organ)
10.53 Elgar Variations on an Original
Theme (Enigma) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
11.24 Novacek Moto Perpetuo , Op 5 No 4 Henryk Szeryng (violin), Charles Reiner (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Franck Les Plaintes
Piano:
Poupee Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Unknown:
Franck Chorale
Unknown:
Marcel Dupre
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Novacek Moto Perpetuo
Violin:
Henryk Szeryng
Piano:
Charles Reiner

Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music Lucie Skeaping introduces further performances from this year's festival, including a harpsichord suite by Rameau played by Mitzi Meyerson , vocal music by Cavalli and D'lndiafrom soprano Maria Cristina Kiehr and Concerto Soave, and the second part of Handel's oratorio L 'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, with the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra conducted by Ivor Bolton.

Contributors

Played By:
Mitzi Meyerson
Soprano:
Maria Cristina Kiehr
Conducted By:
Ivor Bolton.

Leamington Festival 2003
Tommy Pearson introduces another concert from the Leamington Festival earlierthisyear. Peter Hill (piano)
Brahms Intermezzo in B flat minor
Schoenberg Three Piano Pieces, Op 11 Mozart Rondo in A minor, K511
Schoenberg Five Piano Pieces, Op 23 Webem Variations, Op 27

Contributors

Introduces:
Tommy Pearson
Piano:
Peter Hill
Piano:
Brahms Intermezzo
Unknown:
Mozart Rondo

Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom. Introduced by Louise Fryer. Nelson Goerner (piano),
BBC Philharmonic, conductors HKGruber and Vassily Sinaisky
Gruber Dancing in the Dark
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor Revised 6.30pm

Contributors

Introduced By:
Louise Fryer.
Piano:
Nelson Goerner
Piano:
Vassily Sinaisky

For the Feast of the Transfiguration, from the Cathedral of the Transfiguration, St Petersburg, in the 300th anniversary of the city's founding. The service is led by the Archpriest, Father Boris Glebov , and the Cathedral Choir, directed by Vladimir Lvov , sings music by Allemanov, Smolensky, Burmatin, Tretyakov, Zakharov and Tchesnokov. The Gospel is Luke 9, vv 28-36. Father Vladimir Fyodorov gives the homily and the commentator is Canon Michael Bourdeaux.

Contributors

Unknown:
Father Boris Glebov
Directed By:
Vladimir Lvov
Unknown:
Father Vladimir Fyodorov
Unknown:
Canon Michael Bourdeaux.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Featuring Sally Beamish's new trumpet concerto, which was commissioned by tonight's orchestra and is played by the trumpeter to whom it is dedicated. Presented by Tommy Pearson.
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet),
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Cecil Coles Overture: A Comedy of Errors
Sally Beamish Trumpet Concerto

8.05 Twenty Minutes: Britain's First Film-Maker Robert Paul is almost forgotten today, but in 1894 he launched the moving-picture business in Britain and became a major film-maker and equipment manufacturer for 15 years.
Film historian Ian Christie pieces together the puzzle of this pioneering career. (R)

8.25 Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat

(Repeated on Saturday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson
Trumpeter:
Hakan Hardenberger
Musicians:
National Youth Orchestra of Scotland
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Subject (Twenty Minutes):
Robert Paul
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Ian Christie

Max Stafford-Clark reassesses the career of actor David Garrick, who revolutionised the way plays were acted in the 18th century and, as manager of the Theatre Royal Drury Lane, was instrumental in installing Shakespeare as the national bard. (R)

Contributors

Presenter:
Max Stafford-Clark

Fiona Talkington presents songs for male-voice choir by Rautavaara and a set from the Miles Davis Quintet , live at Chicago's Plugged Nickel in 1965. Plus a session by Scottish Highlands band Cliar.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Miles Davis Quintet

With John Shea.
Andriessen Miroir de Peine
12.20 Clemens non Papa Carole Magnus Eras 12.25 Mendelssohn Sextet in D, Op 110 1.00 Tchaikovsky Fantasy
Overture: Romeo and Juliet Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird (1919) Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4 in F minor
2.20 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K563
3.05 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante in E flat, Op 22
3.25 Beethoven Violin Sonata in F, Op 24 (Spring) 3.50 Haydn Symphony No 100 in G (Military) 4.10 Grainger To a Nordic
Princess 4.20 Trad, arr Wikander Spread Your Fragrance Lilac White 4.30 Telemann Concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba 4.45 Rossini Overture: La Gazza
Ladra 5.00 Spohr Fantasie and Variations in B minor on a Theme ofDanzi, Op 81
5.05 Stenhammar Spring Night
5.15 Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op 39 No 2 5.20 Handel Saro Qual Vento Che Nell Incendio Spira
(Alessandro) 5.25 Durante Concerto per Quartetto No 3 in E flat 5.35 Beethoven Six Variations in F, Op 34 5.50 Prokofiev Cinderella's Waltz (Cinderella: Suite No 1)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Andriessen Miroir
Unknown:
Papa Carole Magnus
Unknown:
Chopin Andante Spianato
Unknown:
Grande Polonaise Brillante
Unknown:
Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau
Unknown:
Handel Saro

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