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This week Penny Gore presents music inspired by swans, and recordings by Emma Kirkby.
7.00-8.30: Bartok Six Romanian Folk Dances Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Gibbons The Silver Swan Hilliard Ensemble Walton Variations on a theme by Hindemith Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell
8.30-10.00: Handel Laudate Pueri Emma
Kirkby (soprano), Taverner Choir and Players, conductor Andrew Parrott Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2 Dmitri Alexeev , English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Kirkby.
Piano:
Zoltan Kocsis
Conductor:
George Szell
Unknown:
Pueri Emma
Soprano:
Taverner Choir
Conductor:
Andrew Parrott Shostakovich
Unknown:
Dmitri Alexeev
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk

With Jonathan Swain.
This week featuring choral and orchestral music by Holst, and recordings by cellist Maurice Gendron Holst Beni Mora, Op 29 No 1 LPO, conductor Adrian Boult
10.19 Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor Maurice Gendron, LPO, conductor Bernard Haitink
10.59 Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op 26 No 3 Purcell Singers, Osian Ellis (harp), conductor Imogen Holst
11.12 Listener request: Cherubini String Quartet No 3 in D minor Quartetto David
11.44 Holst Psalm 86
Ian Partridge (tenor), Purcell Singers, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Imogen Holst

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain
Cellist:
Maurice Gendron
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Vocalists:
Purcell Singers
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Harpist:
Osian Ellis
Conductor:
Imogen Holst
Tenor:
Ian Partridge

1/5. Two of a Kind
This week Donald Macleod surveys the work of two leading composers of the 15th century: Guillaume Dufay (c 1400-1474) and Gilles Binchois (c 1400-1460). Today, a look at
Dufay's early career, and his musical response to the political upheavals through which he lived. Binchois Adieu, Mon Amoreuse Joye
Gothic Voices , director Christopher Page Dufay Flos Florum ; Vergene Bella Hilliard Ensemble
Vasilissa Ergo Gaude
Huelgas Ensemble, director Paul van Nevel Resvellies Vous et Faites Chiere Lye
Ensemble Unicorn, director Michael Posch
Apostolo Glorioso ; Alleluia (Missa S Jacobi); Rite Majorem/Arcibus Summis; Offertory (Missa S Jacobi)
Binchois Consort , director Andrew Kirkman Quel Fronte Signorille ; La Dolce Vista
Ensemble Unicorn, director Michael Posch
Producer Michael Surcombe Repeated Sunday 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Guillaume Dufay
Unknown:
Gilles Binchois
Unknown:
Mon Amoreuse Joye
Unknown:
Gothic Voices
Director:
Christopher Page
Director:
Dufay Flos Florum
Director:
Paul van Nevel
Director:
Resvellies Vous
Director:
Michael Posch
Director:
Apostolo Glorioso
Unknown:
Binchois Consort
Director:
Andrew Kirkman
Director:
Quel Fronte Signorille
Director:
Michael Posch
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

Live from the Victoria and Albert Museum , London. Following his appearance in last night's Prom, Pinchas Zukerman isjoined by colleagues from the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Toronto, where he is music director, for two chamber music classics. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Pinchas Zukerman and Jessica Linnebach
(violins), Donnie Deacon (violin/viola), Jethro Marks (viola), Amanda Forsyth (cello) Schubert String Trio in B flat, D471
Mozart String Quintet in C, K515 Rptd sat 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Museum
Unknown:
Pinchas Zukerman
Presented By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Presented By:
Pinchas Zukerman
Violins:
Jessica Linnebach
Violins:
Donnie Deacon
Viola:
Jethro Marks
Viola:
Amanda Forsyth

Blue Peter Prom - Beating Drums, Dancing Lions
Blue Peter presenters Liz Barker and Simon Thomas introduce this year's Prom for the younger audience - an exotic and colourful programme that conjures up the spectacular sights of the Far East. Presented by Sarah Walker. City of Birmingham Youth Chorus,
BBC Philharmonic, conductors Gianandrea Noseda and Jason Lai
Hope Barnacle Bill (Theme: Blue Peter)
Strauss Also sprach Zarathustra (excerpt)
Tchaikovsky Ballet: The Nutcracker (excerpts) Beatles, arr Willmott Medley
Stravinsky The Firebird (excerpt)
Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu School perform the Lion Dance
Adams Short Ride in a Fast Machine;
Kagemusha Taiko perform a Japanese taiko drumming piece
Ravel Bolero (abbreviated version)
Traditional, arr Neaum, orch Willmott Sakura Traditional, arr Latham Oh Soldier, Soldier
Williams Hedwig 's Theme (Film Score: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)
Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1 in D Hope Barnacle Bill (Theme: Blue Peter)

Contributors

Presenters:
Liz Barker
Presenters:
Simon Thomas
Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Conductors:
Gianandrea Noseda
Conductors:
Jason Lai
Conductors:
Hope Barnacle Bill
Unknown:
Willmott Medley
Unknown:
Williams Hedwig
Unknown:
Harry Potter

Reprise: Angela Lansbury
1/2. Another chance to hearthe singer/actress Angela Lansbury in conversation with Edward Seckerson about her remarkable career on Broadway and in Hollywood, and her roles in shows such as Sondheim's Anyone Can Whistle and Herman's Mame.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Lansbury
Unknown:
Angela Lansbury
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Louise Fryer.
Catherine Ennis (organ), Andreas Haefliger
(piano), BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Taverner In Nomine (organ solo)
Maxwell Davies Rrst Fantasia on an In Nomine of John Taverner
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
8.25 Twenty Minutes: Past Masters of the Queen's Music Roderick Swanston reflects on the changing role of the royal composer, a post initiated in 1625 at the court of Charles I, who appointed Nicholas Lanier at a salary off200, plus livery of £16 2s 6d.
8.45 Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor Repeated on Friday at 2pm
This concert is televised on BBC4 at 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Presented By:
Catherine Ennis
Piano:
Andreas Haefliger
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Unknown:
Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
John Taverner
Music:
Roderick Swanston
Unknown:
Nicholas Lanier

Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor. Op 38; Clarinet Sonata in E flat. Op 120 No 2; Trio in A minor, Op 114 2.10 Sary Pebble Playing in a Pot 2.20 Sumera Symphony No 2
2.40 Liszt Années de Pelerinage, Année 2 (Suisse)
3.30 Mozart Trio in E flat, K498 (Kegelstaty
3.50 Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 in G. Op 61 (Mozartiana)
4.10 Stravinsky Three Easy Pieces 4.15 Rossini Sonata a Quattro No 6 in F(arr Berr for wind quartet) 4.30 Bach Fantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV906 (unfinished)
4.35 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in F, Op 3 No 6
4.50 Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 6 in D flat
5.00 Jamefelt Kanteletar 5.05 Brahms, arr Joachim
Hungarian Dance No 11 in A minor 5.15 Valerius Engels Malsims; Mrs Mary Hofmans Almand 5.20 Szymanowski Prelude and Fugue in C sharp minor 5.25 Wikander An
Evening Early in Spring 5.30 Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor 5.55 Moniuszko Country Lyrist
6.05 Frescobaldi, arr Kraus Aria ; Canzona Seconda
6.05 Pylkkanen Oboe Suite. Op 32 6.15 Beethoven Six Bagatelles, Op 126 6.35 Grieg Holberg Suite. Op 40

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Bach Fantasia
Unknown:
Jamefelt Kanteletar
Unknown:
Mrs Mary Hofmans Almand
Unknown:
Kraus Aria
Unknown:
Grieg Holberg Suite.

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