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With Penny Gore. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Chopin Polonaise in A flat, Op 53 (Heroic) Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp Osian Ellis (harp), Melos Ensemble
8.30-10.00: Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Orchestra of St Luke's, conductor David Zinman Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Benny Goodman (clarinet), Columbia Jazz Combo conducted by the composer
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor
Earl Wild, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jascha Horenstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Chopin Polonaise
Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Conductor:
David Zinman
Clarinet:
Benny Goodman
Conductor:
Jascha Horenstein

With Jonathan Swain.
Sermisy TantQue Vivray
Dowland What if I Never Speed?; Fine Knacks for Ladies
Hugues Cuenod (tenor), Joel Cohen (lute)
10.13 Listener request:
Haydn Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle) Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Eduard van Beinum
10.36 Faure Mirages, Op 113
Hugues Cuenod (tenor), Martin Isepp (piano)
10.51 Listener request:
Haydn Symphony No 104 in D (London) Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
11.20 Listener request:
Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40 Mstislav Rostropovich, Dmitri Shostakovich (piano)
11.50 Monteverdi Se / Languidi Miei Sguardi (Lettera Amorosa) (Madrigals, Book 7)
Hugues Cuenod (tenor), Joel Cohen (lute)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Tenor:
Joel Cohen
Conductor:
Eduard van Beinum
Tenor:
Martin Isepp
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Piano:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Tenor:
Joel Cohen

5/5. In the early 1890s Brahms completed what he believed would be his last work and began to put his affairs in order. Then he encountered the clarinettist Richard Muhlfeld , whose exceptional playing inspired him to begin composing again. Donald Macleod introduces one of the chamber works inspired by Muhlfeld, the piano work Clara played for
Brahms on his last visit to her before her death, and the group of songs which he wrote for
Clara when he knew her death was inevitable. Da unten im Tale (Deutsche Volkslieder)
Edith Mathis (soprano), Karl Engel (piano) Trio in A minor, Op 114 Michael Collins (clarinet), Steven Isserlis (cello), Stephen Hough (piano)
Intermezzo in E flat minor, Op 118 No 6 Stephen Kovacevich (piano) Vier Ernste Gesange , Op 121
Olaf Bar (baritone), Helmut Deutsch (piano) Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Clarinettist:
Richard Muhlfeld
Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Edith Mathis
Soprano:
Karl Engel
Clarinet:
Michael Collins
Clarinet:
Steven Isserlis
Piano:
Stephen Hough
Piano:
Stephen Kovacevich
Piano:
Vier Ernste Gesange
Baritone:
Helmut Deutsch

BBC Symphony Orchestra
The BBCSO anticipates its weekend of Finnish music at the Barbican (see Performance on 3 at 7.10) with music by Sibelius and Magnus Lindberg. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Brahms Tragic Overture Conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Sibelius Tapiola
Lindberg Concerto for Orchestra Sibelius Symphony No 6
Conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Contributors

Unknown:
Magnus Lindberg.
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Sibelius Tapiola
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste

Kaiku: A Celebration of Finnish Music
The BBCSO performs the first of two concerts given as part of a festival of Finnish music and film taking place this weekend at the Barbican Centre, London. Introduced by Martin Handley. Gabriel Suovanen (baritone), Nicolas Hodges (piano),
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste Raitio Fantasia Poetica
Sibelius Orchestral songs: Song of the Spider (King Christian II); To Evening, Op 17 No 6 (arr Kaipainen); The Silent City, Op 50 No 5; Spring Is Flying, Op 13 No 4; In the Held a Maiden Sings, Op 50 No 3; The Rapids-Shooter's Brides, Op 33
8.00 Twenty Minutes: Cruickshank and Aalto Dan Cruickshank travels to Finland to see the work of Alvar Aalto, one of the masters of modern architecture.
8.20 Hakola Piano Concerto
Another concert in this season will be broadcast on Sunday

Contributors

Introduced By:
Martin Handley.
Baritone:
Gabriel Suovanen
Piano:
Nicolas Hodges
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Conductor:
Raitio Fantasia Poetica
Unknown:
Dan Cruickshank

Paul Allen and historian Tristram Hunt visit Liverpool to explore the rise and fall of the Victorian city - the subject of Hunt's latest book BuildingJerusalem. Plus a first-night review of Faust at the Royal Opera House with Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu singing the lead roles. Producer Kirsty Pope

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
Tristram Hunt
Unknown:
Roberto Alagna
Unknown:
Angela Gheorghiu
Producer:
Kirsty Pope

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present an eclectic mix of musical styles. They are joined by author, musician and theorist David Toop , whose new book Haunted Weather Music and Silence examines the way in which music has been affected by the digital revolution.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
David Toop

With Louise Fryer.

Mahler Symphony No 7

2.15 Schumann Impromptus on a Theme by Clara Wieck, Op 5

2.25 Praetorius Vater Unser im Himmelreich

2.40 De Monte Missa Benedicta Es Caelorum

3.10 Bach Lute Suite in E, BWV1006a

3.30 Paganini Violin Concerto No 1 in D

4.05 Verdi, arr Liszt Paraphrase: Rigoletto

4.10 Verdi Il Lacerato Spirito (Simon Boccanegra)

4.15 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia

4.25 Stadlmayr Ave Maris Stella

4.30 Chopin Preludes, Op 28 Nos 21-24

4.35 J. Strauss (son), arr Schoenberg Waltz: Emperor, Op 437

4.50 Wagner Pilgrims Chorus (Tannhauser)

5.00 Tchaikovsky Marche Slave, Op 31

5.05 Behr, transcr Rachmaninov Polka de WR

5.10 Tartini Violin Concerto in D minor

5.30 Mozart Ei Parte: Per Pieta, Ben Mio (Cosi Fan Tutte)

5.40 Ravel Trois Chansons

5.50 Hindemith Cello Sonata

6.10 Beethoven, arr anon Wellingtons Sieg, Op 91

6.25 Brahms Schicksalslied, Op 54

6.45 Strauss Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Fryer

BBC Radio 3

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