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With Penny Gore.
Purcell In Guilty Night (Saul and the Witch ofEndor)
Susan Gritton (soprano), Roger Covey -Crump (tenor), Michael George (bass), Choir of the King's Consort, conductor Robert King
6.30 Lalo Cello Concerto in D minor
Matt Haimowitz ,
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor James Levine
7.00 Bernstein Gabey , the Great Lover (On the Town)
On the Town Orchestra conducted by the Composer
7.30 De Lalande Venite ,
Exultemus Carolyn Samson (soprano), Paul Agnew and James Gilchrist (tenors),
Jonathan Gunthorpe and James Mustard (basses), Ex Cathedra. conductor Geoffrey Skidmore
8.00 Copland Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
8.31 Boismortier Ballets de Village, Op 52 No 1
Le Concert Spirituel, director Herve Niquet

Contributors

Soprano:
Susan Gritton
Soprano:
Roger Covey
Tenor:
Michael George
Conductor:
Robert King
Unknown:
Matt Haimowitz
Conductor:
James Levine
Conductor:
Bernstein Gabey
Unknown:
Lalande Venite
Soprano:
Exultemus Carolyn Samson
Soprano:
Paul Agnew
Soprano:
James Gilchrist
Tenors:
Jonathan Gunthorpe
Tenors:
James Mustard
Conductor:
Geoffrey Skidmore
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Director:
Herve Niquet

Donald Macleod presents a week of programmes on the great American composer and musician.

Breakfast in the Little White Dream House (Trouble in Tahiti) - Nancy Williams (mezzo), Julian Patrick (baritone), Columbia Wind Ensemble conducted by the Composer

Piano Sonata - Alexander Frey

I Can Cook Too (On The Town) - Nancy Walker (singer), unnamed orchestra conducted by the Composer

I Hate Music - Jennie Tourel (mezzo) accompanied by the Composer (piano)

Clarinet Sonata - David Oppenheim accompanied by the Composer (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Producer:
Kerry Chapman

With Rob Cowan.
Featuring Schubert impromptus and recordings by Isaac Stern. Ravel Tzigane
Isaac Stern (violin), Philadelphia
Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy
10.10 Schubert Impromptu in C minor, D899 No 1 Edwin Fischer (piano) Impromptu in E flat, D899 No 2 Alfred Brendel (piano)
10.24 Listener Request:
Rossini Una Voce Poco Fa (II Barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1)
Amelita Galli-Curci (soprano), unnamed orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10.29 Barber Violin Concerto, Op 14 Isaac Stern , New York Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
10.53 Listener Request:
Bach, arr Loussier Fugue No 16 in G minor (Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1) Jacques Loussier Trio

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Isaac Stern.
Violin:
Isaac Stern
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor:
Schubert Impromptu
Piano:
Edwin Fischer
Soprano:
Amelita Galli-Curci
Conducted By:
Rosario Bourdon
Unknown:
Isaac Stern
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Jacques Loussier

Edinburgh International Festival Live from the Queen's Hall.
Presented by Sandy Burnett.
JanineJansen (violin), KathrynStott (piano) Mozart Violin Sonata in A, K526
Faure Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Op 13
11.50 Twenty Minutes: Only Connect Chris Dolan makes a political and symbolic journey through Islamic, Christian, Sikh, Hindu and pagan horticultural traditions as he meets the artists behind the Tramway Theatre's Hidden Garden in Glasgow.
12.10 Prokoflev Violin Sonata No 2, Op 94a EMAIL: edinburghon3@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Unknown:
Chris Dolan

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
The fist instalment of Berlioz's masterpiece. Presented by Martin Handley.
Berlioz Les Troyens (Part 1: The Capture of Troy)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Acts land 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Aeneas:
Ben Heppner(tenor)
Cassandra:
Petra Lang(mezzo)
Corebus:
William Dazeley(baritone)
Panthus:
Tigran Martisrossian(bass)
Priam:
Clive Bayley(bass)
Ascanius Pamela:
Helen Stephen(mezzo)
Ghost of Hector:
Jonathan Lemalu(bass-Barttone)
Hecuba:
Anna Burford(mezzo)

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The second part of Berlioz's opera tells the tragic tale of Aeneas in North Africa as he seeks to found a new Troy. Presented by Martin Handley.

Berlioz Les Troyens (Part 2: The Trojans at Carthage)
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis Acts 3 and 4

8.50 Interval: Homeric Encounters
Adrian Lester reads the story of the reconciliation between Priam and Achilles. Poet U.A. Fanthorpe and scholar Penelope Murray discuss its contemporary resonance with Ruth Padel.

9.20 Act 5

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Musicians:
London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Reader:
Adrian Lester
Speaker:
U.A. Fanthorpe
Speaker:
Penelope Murray
Presenter (Interval):
Ruth Padel
Dido:
Michelle de Young (mezzo)
Aeneas:
Ben Heppner (tenor)
Anna:
Sara Mingardo (contralto)
Narbal:
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Iopas:
Kenneth Tarver (tenor)
Hylas:
Toby Spence (tenor)
Panthus:
Tigran Martirossian (bass)
Ascanius:
Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo)

With Jonathan Swain.
Solage Le Basile 12.10 Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041
12.25 Noordt Psalm Six 12.35
D Scadatti Stabat Mater 1.00 Nielsen
String Quartet No 1, Op 13Shostakovich String Quartet No 7, Op 108 Britten String Quartet No 3, Op 94 2.10 Eespere Sub Specie Quietatis; Ritus 2.25 Mahler
Symphony No 13.25 Brahms Piano Trio No 3 in C minor, Op 1013.40 Bach
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV9033.55 Palestrina Missa Sine Nomine 4.10 Visée Lute Suite in F sharp minor4.20 Corelli Sonata da Chiesa in E minor, Op 3 No 54.30 K Forster Beatus V/r4.40 Liszt Soirées de Vienne No 6 in A minor4.45 Bizet Pres des Remparts de Seville (Seguedille) (Carmen) 4.50 Belioz Overture: Beatrice et Benedict 5.00 Richard Rodney Bennett Aubade
5.10 Debussy Images, Set 15.25
Grandjany Rhapsodie 5.35 Tormis Spring Sketches 5.40 Gershwin Lullaby
5.50 Casella Sicilienne and Burlesque

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Scadatti Stabat Mater
Unknown:
Grandjany Rhapsodie
Unknown:
Casella Sicilienne

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