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With Sandy Burnett.
Rossini Overture: La Scala di Seta Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
6.45 Sarasate Fantaisie de Concert, Op 25 (Carmen)
Gil Shaham (violin),
Rohan de Silva (piano)
7.00 Chopin Fantasia in A on Polish Airs, Op 13 Idil Biret (piano),
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic, conductor Robert Stankovsky
7.45 Ravel Three Poemes de Stephane Mallarme Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Bengt Forsberg (piano)
8.00 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 2 in D minor Steven Isserlis ,
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
8.45 Borodin Overture: Prince Igor LSO , conductor Georg Solti

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett.
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Sarasate Fantaisie
Violin:
Gil Shaham
Piano:
Rohan de Silva
Piano:
Chopin Fantasia
Conductor:
Robert Stankovsky
Unknown:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Piano:
Bengt Forsberg
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor:
Prince Igor Lso
Conductor:
Georg Solti

Donald Macleod concludes the story of the Scarlattis and examines the enormous influence that they exerted on European musical life.
D Scarlatti Sonata in D, Kk492; Sonata in Fminor, Kk239
Scott Ross (harpsichord) PurnelSonnoAlmen
Cyrille Gersthenhaber (soprano), XVIII-21, Musique des Lumieres, director Jean-Christophe Frisch
A Scariatti Concerto da Camera No 7 in D
Judith Linsenburg (recorder), Musica Pacifica
D Scarlatti Sonata in D, Kk430; Sonata in G, Kkl3 Glenn Gould (piano) (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Harpsichord:
Scott Ross
Soprano:
Cyrille Gersthenhaber
Director:
Jean-Christophe Frisch
Unknown:
Judith Linsenburg
Unknown:
Scarlatti Sonata
Piano:
Glenn Gould

With Rob Cowan.
Enescu Decet, Op 14
Ensemble of the Bucharest George Enescu Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Cristian Mandeal
10.25 Prokofiev 12 Visions Fugitives Artur Rubinstein (piano)
10.39 Bax Symphony No 3
Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Cristian Mandeal
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Conductor:
John Barbirolli

Artist in Focus: Bernard Haltink With Humphrey Burton.
5: Mahler. Bernard Haitink talks about his love of Mahler's music.
Mahler Symphony No 2 (Resurrection) (lstmvt) Concertgebouw Orchestra Symphony No 3 (3rd mvt) BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No 6 (finale)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Haltink
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton.
Talks:
Bernard Haitink

Another chance to hear Wednesday's Prom. Presented by Graeme Kay.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano),
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach

Esa-Pekka Salonen Insomnia
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor)
8.55 Brahms Symphony No 2 in D

Contributors

Presenter:
Graeme Kay
Pianist:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Musicians:
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach

Duke Ellington: Meditation
Julian Joseph and Brian Priestley present the last part of their survey of the great American pianist, composer and bandleaderwho died in 1974. Selections include It's Freedom from the Second
Sacred Concert, Blood Count, written by Billy Strayhorn , Portrait of Mahalia Jackson from the New Orleans Suite, and La Plus Belle Africaine, recorded at the Warsaw Jazz Festival in 1971.

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
Brian Priestley
Written By:
Billy Strayhorn
Unknown:
Mahalia Jackson

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Lennox Berkeley's moving setting of the Magnificat is performed by the three cathedral choirs that gave its premiere in 1968. It is framed by Ravel's exquisite fairy-tale ballet and Franck's only symphony. Presented by Chris de Souza.
St Paul's Cathedral Choir, Westminster Abbey Choir, Westminster Cathedral
Choir, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Ravel Ballet: Ma Mère rOye
Lennox Berkeley Magnificat, Op 71
8.00 Twenty Minutes: The Cor Anglais
Victoria Wood once boasted that she held
Grade 8 on the cor anglais. Player Geoffrey Browne mounts a robust defence of this sometimes disparaged instrument.
8.20 Franck Symphony in D minor Repeated next Monday at 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
Chris de Souza.
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Victoria Wood
Unknown:
Geoffrey Browne
Unknown:
Franck Symphony

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Louise Fryer. The Clerks' Group,
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, director Edward Wickham (singer) Isaac Angel i Archangel
Busnoys Fortuna Desperata
Josquin des Prez Missa Fortuna Desperata Robert Saxton Five Motets (BBC commission: first performance)
Tye and Byrd Four "In Nomine settings Josquin des Prez Illibata Dei Virgo Nutrix

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Majestys Sagbutts
Singer:
Edward Wickham
Unknown:
Robert Saxton

Oren Marshall/Food
Jez Nelson presents another chance to hear a session double bill - a solo set from tuba maverick Oren Marshall, and saxophonist lain Ballamy's Anglo-
Scandinavian group, Food. Featuring Arve Henriksen (trumpet), Tomas Stronen (drums) and Mats Eilertsen (bass). (R)

With Jonathan Swain.
Nielsen Pan and Syrinx, Op 49
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor
2.20 Bach Cantata No 14 7: Herz und
Mund und Tat und Leben
2.50 Groneman Flute Sonata in G
3.05 Boulogne Violin Concerto in G, Op 3 No 1 3.25 Boccherini String Quintet in E flat, Op 12 No 2
3.45 Boieldieu Harp Concerto in C
4.05 Thomas Elle Ne Croyait Pas (Mignon)
4.10 Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole
4.35 Benoit Rorate Coeli
4.30 Mozart Ach, Ich Fuhl 's, Es 1st Verschwunden (DieZauberflote)
4.35 Abel Symphony in E, Op 10 No
4.50 Chopin Preludes, Op 28: No 1 in C; No 2 in A minor; No 3 in G
5.00 Bernstein Overture: Candide
5.05 Beethoven 12 Variations on Mozart's
Ein Madchen Oder Weibchen, Op 66
5.15 Fesch Concerto in B flat fortwo violins, Op 10 No 2 5.25 Palestrina Peccantem
Me Quotidie 5.30 Brahms Rhapsody No 2 in G minor, Op 79 5.35 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Thomas Elle
Unknown:
Benoit Rorate Coeli
Unknown:
Ich Fuhl
Unknown:
Abel Symphony

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