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This week Penny Gore celebrates the centenary of Liverpool Anglican Cathedral and features the French orchestral suite.
7.00-8.30: Gigout Grand Choeur Dialogue
Ian Tracey (Liverpool Anglican Cathedral organ) Kabalevsky Piano Rhapsody on the theme of the song School Years, Op 75 Anatoly Sheludiakov , Russian Cinematographic SO, conductor Walter Mnatsakanov Brahms Academic Festival Overture Berlin PO, conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Bizet L 'Arlesienne:
Suite No 1 RPO, conductor Thomas Beecham
8.30-10.00: Massenet Suite No 4 (Scenes Pittoresques) Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Widor Symphony No 6 in G, Op 42 No 2
Ian Tracey (Liverpool Anglican Cathedral organ)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Tracey
Unknown:
Anatoly Sheludiakov
Conductor:
Walter Mnatsakanov
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Bizet
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Unknown:
Ian Tracey

With Jonathan Swain. Featuring music by Giovanni and Andrea Gabrieli and recordings by the Allegri Quartet.
A Gabrieli, arr Ghedini Aria della Battaglia New York PO, conductor Guido Cantelli
10.12 Haydn Quartet in F minor, Op 55 No 2 (Razor) Allegri Quartet
10.35 G Gabrieli 0 Domine Jesu Christe
Gabrieli Festival Choir and Orchestra, conductor Edmond Appia Sonata con tre violini;
Canzon VIII a 8 Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, director August Wenzinger (treble viol)
10.52 Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Stephen Roberts (baritone), Westminster Cathedral Choir, City of London Sinfonia, conductor James O'Donnell
11.13 G Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni Eastman Wind Ensemble, conductor Frederick Fennell
G Gabrieli , arr Stokowski Sonata Pian' e Forte LSO, conductor Leopold Stokowski
11.27 Walton String Quartet in minor Allegri Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Andrea Gabrieli
Conductor:
Guido Cantelli
Unknown:
G Gabrieli
Conductor:
Edmond Appia Sonata
Unknown:
Stravinsky Canticum Sacrum
Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Tenor:
Stephen Roberts
Conductor:
James O'Donnell
Conductor:
G Gabrieli Canzon
Conductor:
Frederick Fennell
Conductor:
G Gabrieli
Conductor:
Leopold Stokowski

1/5. At the time of Grieg's birth, Norwaywas taking pride in its own traditional tales and music. Donald Macleod explores Grieg's part in the resulting explosion of artistic creativity. In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Norwegian Dances, Op 35 No 4 Eva Knardahl and Kjell Ingebretsen (piano duet)
Norwegian Peasant Dances, Op 72 Nos 13-17 7 Einar Steen-Nokleberg (piano)
12 Songs byAO Vinje, Op 33 (excerpts)
Monica Groop (mezzo), Roger Vignoles (piano) Homage March, Op 56 No 3 Gothenburg
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi Producer Cath McGhee Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Music:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Piano:
Einar Steen-Nokleberg
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Producer:
Cath McGhee

Another chance to hear last Friday's opening Prom. Presented by Martin Handley.
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (mezzo), Martin Neary (organ), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin

Bach, arr Henry Wood Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Elgar The Music Makers

Holst Suite: The Planets

(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Mezzo:
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Organist:
Martin Neary
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

Listeners have been asked to suggest the playlist for this week's show, and they've come up with an eclectic selection, ranging from Cole Porterto Meredith Wilson. Presenter
Edward Seckerson talks to those responsible for some of the more intriguing suggestions.

Contributors

Talks:
Edward Seckerson

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London, a celebration of three great British composers who all died in 1934. Featuring Hoist's setting of an enigmatic Byzantine hymn, Delius's tale of grief and loss to verse by the American poet Wait Whitman , and two of Elgar's most abiding works. Presented by Sandy Burnett. Thomas Hampson (baritone),
Choir of St Paul 's Cathedral, Bach Choir ,
BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) Delius Sea Drift
7.40 Twenty Minutes: Summer of '34 Valentine Cunningham surveys the British cultural scene in the summer of 1934.
8.00 Hoist Hymn of Jesus, Op 3 7
Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma) Repeated on Wednesday at 2pm
This concert is televised on BBC4 at 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Wait Whitman
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Unknown:
St Paul
Unknown:
Bach Choir
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Valentine Cunningham

Professor David Wallace visits Northumbria in search of the 8th-century saint and historian, the Venerable Bede, and uncovers a culture as advanced as any in contemporary Europe. With readings by Kevin Whately. Producer Paul Quinn

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor David Wallace
Unknown:
Kevin Whately.
Producer:
Paul Quinn

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
John Shea presents a concert marking the 70th birthday of Harrison Birtwistle and the centenary of Luigi Dallapiccola's birth.
Roderick Williams (baritone), Martin Allen (percussion), BBC Singers, Endymion, conductor Stephen Cleobury Dallapiccola Canti di Prigionia
Ockeghem, arr Birtwistle Ut Heremita Solus Birtwistle The Ring Dance of the Nazarene (first UK performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle
Baritone:
Roderick Williams
Baritone:
Martin Allen
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury

With Jonathan Swain.

Bach Chaconne (Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1 004)

Grieg Violin Sonata No 3 in C minor, Op 45

Stravinsky Suite Italienne

2.00 Stradella L'Anime del Purgatorio

2.40 Schubert Octet in F, D803

3.40 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor

4.05 Zelenski, arr Maklakiewicz Two Choral Songs

4.15 Couperin Musette de Choisy

4.15 Pandolfi Mealli Violin Sonata in C, Op 3 No 6 (La Sabbatina)

4.25 Tonnis Autumn Landscapes

4.35 Chaminade Automne, Op 35 No 2

4.40 Vladigerov Elegie d'Automne, Op 15

4.50 Sibelius Luonnotar

5.00 Milhaud Three Rag Caprices, Op 78

5.05 Moniuszko To the Niemen River; Dumka

5.15 Chopin Rondo in C minor, Op 1

5.20 Chopin Marche Funebre (Sonata in B flat minor, Op 35)

5.30 Gotovac Dance of Grief and Dignity from the Mountain Dinara, Op 24

5.40 Telemann Trio No 8 in B flat (Essercizii Musici)

5.50 Meder Sinfonia in E flat, Op 1 No 4

6.00 Castaidi Augelletti Lascivetti

6.05 Grieg Three songs

6.10 Prokofiev Scythian Suite, Op 20

6.35 Le Febure Venit Michael Archangelus

Saint-Georges Violin Concerto in D, Op 3 No 1

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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