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With Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert von Karajan
Ravel Valses Nobles et
Sentimentales Alexandre Tharaud (piano)
8.00-9.00: Vivaldi Concerto in G, RV151 (Alia Rustica) Tafelmusik, conductor
Jeanne Lamon Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 Philippe Entremont , Alban Berg Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley.
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Piano:
Jeanne Lamon Schumann
Unknown:
Philippe Entremont
Unknown:
Alban Berg

Rob Cowan presents some of his favourite recordings, together with regular features, including The Innocent Ear, and a Bargain Hunter CD recommendation. Plus music from the vintage artist featured on this week's CD Masters, and the recording of Debussy's Jeux recommended on yesterday's CD Review. Music also includes: Strauss Overture: Die Fledermaus
Halle Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli Paganini Introduction and Variations on Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento, Op 38 Vasa Prihoda (violin)
Bach Cantata No 67: Halt im Gedachtnis
Jesum Christ Soloists, Gachinger, Stuttgart Bach Collegium, conductor Helmut Rilling Mozart Rondo in D, K382
Carl Seemann (piano), Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Lehmann
Dvorak Serenade in E for Strings, Op 22 Bavarian RSO, conductor Rafael Kubelik Vivaldi, arr Casella Concerto in C, RV558 Members of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
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Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Violin:
Vasa Prihoda
Conductor:
Helmut Rilling
Conductor:
Mozart Rondo
Piano:
Carl Seemann
Conductor:
Fritz Lehmann
Conductor:
Dvorak Serenade
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein

Michael Berkeley meets the artist and illustrator, particularly of children's books, Quentin Blake. His musical choices include string quartets by Beethoven and Janacek, and songs by Dowland, Britten, Offenbach and Georges Brassens.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Quentin Blake.
Unknown:
Georges Brassens.

Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert given in the Royal Festival Hall earlierthis year by Italian pianist Maurizio Pollini.
Chopin Two Nocturnes.Op 32; Ballade No 3 in A flat, Op 4 7; Two Nocturnes, Op 55;
Berceuse in D flat, Op 5 7; Scherzo No 3 in C sharp minor, Op 39
Debussy Preludes, Book 2

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Pianist:
Maurizio Pollini.

The first in an occasional series in which
Loyd Grossman visits the homes of famous composers to evoke the atmosphere in which they lived and worked. Today, the house in Mayfairwhere Handel lived for over 30 years and where he wrote and rehearsed some of his most celebrated music. Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Loyd Grossman
Producer:
Kate Bolton

This week's listeners' requests include the Choir of Westminster Cathedral singing
Palestrina, Viennese dance music through Hungarian eyes in Dohnanyi's music from The Veil of Pierrette, and Vivaldi and Albinoni recorded by the Venice Baroque Orchestra earlier this year. And listeners vote on who the greatest interpreters of Berlioz are. ADDRESS: Three for All, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2YQ Phone: [number removed]

Norman Lebrecht talks to a leading cultural figure and invites questions from listeners. Send your questions in advance by email to lebrecht.live@bbc.co.uk or phone the audience line on [number removed]. Producer Tony Cheevers

Contributors

Talks:
Norman Lebrecht
Producer:
Tony Cheevers

Live from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge. Advent Prose (Lloyd).
Processional Hymn: 0 Come, 0 Come
Emmanuel. Bidding Prayer. Carol: Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Poston).
The Message of Advent: Antiphons: 0
Sapientia; 0 Adonai. First Lesson: Isaiah 11, wl-5. Carol: A Spotless Rose (Howells). Anthem: The Clouded Heaven (Bingham). Second Lesson: 1 Thessalonians 5, wl-11. Carol: There Is a Rower (Rutter).
The WordofGod: Antiphons: 0 Radix Jesse; 0 Clavis David. Third Lesson: Micah 4, wl-4. Motet: Richte Mich Gott (Mendelssohn). Carol: Advent Calendar (Ledger). Fourth Lesson: Luke 4, wl4-21.
Hymn: Come Thou Long Expected Jesus.
The Prophetic Call: Antiphons: 0 Oriens; 0 Rex Gentium. Gabriel's Message (arr Hone). I Sing of a Maiden (Hadley). Fifth Lesson: Malachi 3, wl-7. Motet: Ad Te Levavi
(Patrick Gowers ). Sixth Lesson: Matthew 3, wl-11. Hymn: On Jordan's Bank.
The Christ-Bearer: Antiphon: 0 Emmanuel. Motet: Ave Maria (Mendelssohn). Seventh Lesson: Micah 5, w2^1. Magnificat: St
John's Service (Howells). Eighth Lesson: Revelation 22, wl-7. Carol: Tomorrow
Shall Be My Dancing Day (Gardner). Hymn: Lo! He Comes. Blessing. Organ Voluntary: Chorale Prelude: Wachet Auf!, BWV645 (Bach). Director of music David Hill.
Organists Jonathan Vaughn , John Robinson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Clavis David.
Unknown:
Richte Mich Gott
Unknown:
Patrick Gowers
Organists:
David Hill.
Organists:
Jonathan Vaughn
Organists:
John Robinson.

By James Whyle. The true story of Rejoice Mpofu, a South African man with two-tone shoes and a taste for liquor and ladies.
Transmitted on the eve of World Aids Day.
Director Claire Grove

Contributors

Unknown:
James Whyle.
Director:
Claire Grove
Rejoice:
Peter Mashigo
Orchard:
Errol Ndotho
Susan:
Jennifer Steyn
Warren:
Mark Faith
Harmony:
Juanita Watennan

3: Soren Kierkegaard. As a young man in 1841, Soren Kierkegaard , now regarded as the first existentialist, went to Berlin in part to escape a failed romance. In the last of the series, Jonathan Ree travels to Berlin to discoverwhy Kierkegaard found the city SO inspirational. Producer Dave Edmonds

Contributors

Unknown:
Soren Kierkegaard
Unknown:
Jonathan Ree
Producer:
Dave Edmonds

With Louise Fryer.
Enescu Isis; Piano Sonata No 3, Op 24; Symphony No 4 (orch Bentoiu)
2.10 Constantin Silvestri Harp Sonata
2.30 JM Kraus Sinfonie in D
2.50 Dvorak Serenade in E flat, Op 22
3.20 Franck Prelude , Chorale and Fugue
3.40 Debussy Cello Sonata
3.50 Diepenbrock Die Nacht
4.10 Faure Pelleas et Melisande
4.25Schipizky Elegy for harp 4.30 Liszt Hymne de I'Enfant a Son Revei/4.45
Mozart Overture: Der Schauspieldirektor, K486 4.50 Casella Barcarola e Scherzo
5.00 Albeniz, orch Arbos Iberia 5.30
Schubert Impromptu No 2 in A flat, D935
5.35Bobescu Three Symphonic Pieces
5.50 Alessandrescu Autumn Dawn
6.00 Porumbescu Ballad 6.05
Jora Sonatine , Op 44 6.15 Andricu Sinfonietta No 13, Op 123 6.25 Lipatti Concerto in the Ancient Style 6.40 Enescu Seven Songs ofClemont Marot, Op 15

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Fryer.
Harp:
Constantin Silvestri
Unknown:
Franck Prelude
Unknown:
Faure Pelleas
Harp:
Liszt Hymne
Unknown:
Casella Barcarola
Unknown:
Porumbescu Ballad
Unknown:
Jora Sonatine

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