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Penny Gore presents a selecton of music, this week featuring Bach's orchestral suites. Music also includes:
7.00-8.00: Clementi Study No 14 in F (Gradus adParnassum, Op 44; Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Rossini Overture: La Cenerentola Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.00-9.00: Dvorak Scherzo Capriccioso Oslo PO, conductor Mariss Jansons
Bliss String Quartetin Maggini Quartet
9.00-10.00: Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066 La Petite Bande, director Sigiswald Kuijken Britten American Overture BBC Philharmonic, conductor Richard Hickox

Contributors

Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Unknown:
Quartetin Maggini
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring Mendelssohn string quartets and recordings by Thomas Beecham. Sibelius Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Legends, Op 22) LPO, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.06 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op 13 Guarneri Quartet
10.37 Delius The Walk to the Paradise
Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham
10.45 Listener request: Beethoven
Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 Annie Fischer
11.04 Listener request: Britten
The Prince of the Pagodas, Act 1 London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
11.42 Wagner Tristan und Isolde, Act 2 (excerpt)
LPO, conductor Thomas Beecham

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Thomas Beecham.
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Annie Fischer
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Isolde:
Kirsten Flagstad (soprano)
Tristan:
Laurttz Melchior (tenor)

This week Donald Macleod travels to the French capital to explore the rich musical heritage of the city's churches and cathedrals.
The remarkable story of Louis Vierne, one of a long line of musicians who went to Paris's pioneering school for the blind.

Vierne Symphony No 2 (Final) - Olivier Latry (organ)

Tantum Ergo - Westminster Cathedral Choir, Joseph Cullen (organ), conductor James O'Donnell

Berceuse (24 Pieces en Style Libre, Op 31 No 19) - Peter Hurford (organ)

Toumemire, transcr Durufle Improvisation sur le Te Deum - Jane Watts (organ)

Vierne Etoile du Soir, Op 54 No 3 - Daniel Chorzempa (organ)

Messe Solennelle, Op 16 - Westminster Cathedral Choir, Joseph Cullen and Andrew Reid (organs), conductor James O'Donnell

(Rptd Sun 12 midnight)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

Live from the Wigmore Hall, London, introduced by Fiona Talkington. Steven Osborne (piano)
Liszt Invocation, Ave Maria; Pensees des Morts (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses)
Messiaen Regard de la Croix; Noel:
Regards du Silence; Par Lui Tout a Et6 Fait (Vingt Regards surl'Enfant Jesus)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Fiona Talkington.
Piano:
Steven Osborne

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Schumann and Friends
Sarah Walker presents a week of music by Schumann and some of the composers whose music was important to him.
Schumann Requiem for Mignon, Op 98b Soloists, conductor Richard Hickox Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring) Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Mendelssohn Symphony No 2 in B flat (Hymn of Praise) Soloists, conductor Richard Hickox

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
Penny Gore presents a concert given in London on Saturday featuring Finnish soprano Karita Mattila singing Strauss's Four Last Songs and a miniature masterpiece by her countryman Sibelius. Karita Mattila (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16 Strauss Four Last Songs
Sibelius Autumn Eve, Op 38 No 1; Symphony No 4

Contributors

Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Susan Hitch and guests discuss
Dylan Thomas 's legacy 50 years after his death. Plus a journey into the wonderful world of William Heath Robinson , as an exhibition of his drawings goes on display at the Dulwich Picture gallery. Producer AasiyaLodhi

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Hitch
Unknown:
Dylan Thomas
Unknown:
William Heath Robinson

Verity Sharp presents music from countertenor Daniel Taylor 's Theatre of Early Music, Peggy Lee with the Quincy Jones Orchestra, Afghani singer Mahwash, and tracks from Manecas Costa's debut album Paraiso di Gumbe.
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Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Unknown:
Daniel Taylor
Music:
Peggy Lee

With Louise Fryer.
Mozart Violin Sonata in B flat, K454
Beethoven Violin Sonata in G, Op 30 No 3 Brahms Cello Sonata No 1 in E minor, Op 38
2.05 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 6 in B minor (Pathetique) 2.55 Mendelssohn Piano Sextet in D. Op 110 3.20 Bach Cantata No 35: Geist und Seele Wird
Verwirret, BWV35 3.45 Rozycki Anheli ,
Op 22 4.05 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas: in E, Kkl36: in E, Kk380 4.10Schafer Piano Quintet, Op 5 (excerpt)
4.20 Diepenbrock Ecoutez la Chanson Bien Douce 4.25 Kuula Chanson sans
Paroles 4.30 Telemann Concerto in B flat for three oboes 4.40 Samuel Wesley Air and Gavotte in F; Introduction and Fugue in 04.45 Rutter What Sweeter Music
4.50 Rachmaninov Etude-Tableau in F sharp minor, Op 39 No 3 5.00 Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
5.10 Robert Johnson Full Fathom Five; Where the Bee Sucks 5.15 Halvorsen
Triumphal Entry of the Boyars 5.20 Eisner Polonaise in E flat 5.25 Handel Oboe
Sonata in F, Op 1 No 5 5.35 Palestrina
Lamentations for Holy Saturday 6.00 Krek Sonatina for strings 6.15 Ciurlionis De Profundis 6.25 Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Rozycki Anheli
Unknown:
Bien Douce
Unknown:
Kuula Chanson
Oboes:
Samuel Wesley Air
Unknown:
Robert Johnson
Unknown:
Eisner Polonaise

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