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With Martin Handley.
Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat Maurice Andre ,
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, conductor Janos Rolla
6.45 Haydn Te Deum English Concert Choir, English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
7.00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G, BWV1049
Virtuosi of England, conductor Arthur Davison
7.35 Debussy Nocturnes
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
8.00 Chopin Waltz in Eflat, Op 18 Peter Katin (piano)
8.35 Poulenc Organ Concerto Simon Preston (organ),
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Seiji Ozawa

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.
Unknown:
Maurice Andre
Conductor:
Janos Rolla
Director:
Trevor Pinnock
Director:
Bach Brandenburg
Conductor:
Arthur Davison
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Chopin Waltz
Piano:
Peter Katin
Unknown:
Simon Preston
Conductor:
Seiji Ozawa

Stephanie Hughes presents highlights from the Stavanger Festival in Norway, and talks to the artistic director
Truls Mork. And at 9.30 the programme goes to the Festival fortheir morning concert, live from the Utstein Monastery. Music includes:
Byrd La Virginella; Fantasia a 4; Rejoice unto the Lord; My Mistress Had a Little
Dog; Ye Sacred Muses; Though Amaryllis Dance in Green
Mona Julsrud (soprano), Phantasm Nils Henrik Asheim String Sextet
Grieg String Quartet No 2 in F (Unfinished) Mila Georgieva and Mari Silje Samuelsen Andersen (violins), Henning Kraggerud and Lawrence Power (violas), Truls Mork and Haakon Samuelsen Andersen (cellos) Email your comments to: sunday.live@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Director:
Truls Mork.
Unknown:
Utstein Monastery.
Soprano:
Mona Julsrud
Unknown:
Mila Georgieva
Unknown:
Mari Silje Samuelsen
Violins:
Henning Kraggerud
Violas:
Truls Mork
Violas:
Haakon Samuelsen Andersen

Edward Seckerson revisits some of the recordings that have been recommended in CD Review's "Building a Library" during the past season. Including:
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer , Op 53
Barbara Bonney (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Kurt Streit (tenor), Olaf Bar (baritone), Helmut Deutsch and Bengt Forsberg (pianos)
Tchaikovsky Serenade for strings, Op 48 New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, conductor Paavo Berglund

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer
Soprano:
Barbara Bonney
Soprano:
Anne Sofie Von
Tenor:
Kurt Streit
Tenor:
Olaf Bar
Baritone:
Helmut Deutsch
Baritone:
Bengt Forsberg
Pianos:
Tchaikovsky Serenade
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund

Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Piers Lane introduces some BBC archive recordings of the Polish pianist
Mieczyslaw Horszowski playing at the end of his long career, including performances of music by Schumann and Chopin.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mieczyslaw Horszowski

Brian Kay 's hour of light music includes
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs 's Miniature Dance Suite and John Williams and the Boston
Pops Orchestra paying tribute to the great choreographer Jerome Robbins in Sid Ramin 's medley Gotta Dance.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Kay
Unknown:
Cecil Armstrong Gibbs
Unknown:
John Williams
Unknown:
Jerome Robbins
Unknown:
Sid Ramin

Arnold Bax , Master of the King's
Music, and DermotO'Byrne, friend of revolutionaries in the 1916 Easter Rising and a poet whose work was banned as seditious, were one and the same man.
Petroc Trelawny explores Bax's Ireland and reveals the enigma of this establishment figure who felt happiest there. Producer Marie-Claire Doris

Contributors

Unknown:
Arnold Bax
Producer:
Marie-Claire Doris

Richard Rodney Bennett Songs Before Sleep Jonathan Lemalu (baritone), Britten Sinfonia
Bolcom Black Max ; Waiting;
George Jonathan Lemalu accompanied by the Composer (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Baritone:
Jonathan Lemalu
Baritone:
Britten Sinfonia
Baritone:
Bolcom Black Max
Unknown:
George Jonathan Lemalu

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

One of Britain's leading period ensembles and a distinguished line-up of soloists perform Handel's poignant and dramatic biblical oratorio. Presented by Penny Gore.

Handel Saul - Gabrieli Consort and Players, conductor Paul McCreesh

Act 1

8.15 Twenty Minutes: The Low Down
The bass voice has a profound role in many cultures worldwide, but what makes it so powerful? Neal Davies, Robert Lloyd, a laryngologist and other experts explore.

8.35 Act 2

9.25 Twenty Minutes: Sounds Divine
Musical commentator Nicholas Spice, composer John Tavener and Dr Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, consider the depiction of God in music.
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9.45 Act 3

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore
Unknown:
Gabrieli Consort
Conductor:
Paul McCreesh
Unknown:
Neal Davies
Unknown:
Robert Lloyd
Saul:
Neal Davies (bass)
David:
Andreas Scholl (countertenor)
Jonathan:
Mark Padmore (tenor)
Merab:
Susan Gritton (soprano)
Michal:
Deborah York (soprano)
High Priest/Witch of Endor:
Paul Agnew (tenor)
Ghost of Samuel:
Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone)
Abner:
Tom Phillips (tenor)
Doeg:
Julian Clarkson (bass)
An Amalekite:
Angus Smith (tenor)
Epinicion and Elegy:
Susan Hemington Jones (soprano)

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall with an eclectic mix of musical styies and influences, including an interview with pioneering electronic composer Basil Kirchin.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Basil Kirchin.

With Jonathan Swain.
Morten There's a Time for Everything
12.15 Liszt Sonetto del Petrarca No 123
(L "Vidi in Terra Angelici Costumi)
12.20 Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor
1.00 Sorensen Four Songs Orvad Vega Holten Night (The Marriage of Heaven and Hell) Rasmussen Engfuhrung
Rautavaara Evening Hymn 1.55 Lipatti Aubade for wind quartet2.15 Enescu Violin Sonata No 3 in A minor, Op 25
2.40 Blacher Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op 262.55 Paganini Violin
Concerto No 1 in D3.30 Chopin Mazurkas (excerptsj3.50 Grieg Suite: Holberg, Op 40
4.10 Gibbons What Is Our Life?
4.20 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D minor, Kk141 4.25 Gotovac Dance of Grief and Dignity from the Mountain
Dinara, Op 24 4.35 Verdi Pater Noster
4.40 Beethoven Nine Variations on "Quanf e Piu Bello Wo0694.50 Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, RV577 (per
I 'Orchestra di Dresda) 5.00 Offenbach
C'estune Chanson d'Amour(Les Contes d'Hoffman) 5.10 Poulenc Un Soirde
Neige 5.15 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV104 7 5.35 Holmboe
Benedic Domino Anima Mea, Op 59a
5.45 Bach Keyboard Concerto No 5 in Fminor, BWV1056

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Songs:
Orvad Vega
Unknown:
Rasmussen Engfuhrung
Unknown:
Lipatti Aubade
Unknown:
Verdi Pater Noster
Unknown:
Piu Bello

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