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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Medtner Fairy Tale, Op 25 No 1
Geoffrey Tozer (piano) Villa-Lobos Fantasia for soprano saxophone, horns and strings Theordore Kerkesoz (saxophone),
Philharmonia, conductor Martyn Brabbins
8.30-10.00: Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op 88 Martha Argerich (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin), Mischa Maisky (cello) Finzi Eclogue, Op 10 Piers Lane (piano), Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor
Vernon Handley Guilmant Symphony No 1 inDminor Ian Tracey (organ), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Piano:
Geoffrey Tozer
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Piano:
Martha Argerich
Piano:
Gidon Kremer
Cello:
Mischa Maisky
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Unknown:
Ian Tracey
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier

With Jonathan Swain.
Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV1067 Leopold Stastny (flute), Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt
10.28 Ornstein A la Chinoise, Op 39 Cowell Vestiges
Crawford Seeger Piano Study in Mixed Accents Alan Feinberg (piano)
10.40 Bach Cantata No 4: Christ lag in Todesbanden Soloists, Vienna Boys' Choir, Chorus Viennensis, Vienna Concentus
Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt
11.02 Cage Sonatas for prepared piano, Nos 1, 2, 6 and 7 John Tilbury and Joanna MacGregor (prepared pianos)
11.12 Bach Musikalisches Opfer , BWV1079 (excerpts) Vienna Concentus Musicus, director Nikolaus Harnoncourt
11.30 Elliott Carter Piano Sonata
Peter Lawson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Director:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Piano:
Alan Feinberg
Unknown:
Vienna Concentus
Director:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Director:
Cage Sonatas
Director:
John Tilbury
Director:
Joanna MacGregor
Pianos:
Bach Musikalisches Opfer
Director:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Piano:
Elliott Carter
Unknown:
Peter Lawson

3/5. Donald MacLeod looks at Gustav Holst's relationship with the village of Thaxted, Essex, and relates the story of the reputed first performance of Saturn (from The Planets suite) - during a harmony lesson at St Paul's Girls' School in Hammersmith, where Holst taught for most of his adult life.
St Paul's Suite, Op 29 No 2 St Paul Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood Saturn (The Planets) Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
This Have I Done for My True Love, Op 34 No 1 Sian Menna (mezzo), BBC Singers, conductor Justin Doyle
The Hymn of Jesus, Op 37 St Paul's Cathedral Choristers, London Symphony Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
Repeated on Tuesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
St Paul
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Unknown:
Sian Menna
Conductor:
Justin Doyle
Conductor:
Charles Groves

Fiona Talkington presents a recital given in April at the Wigmore Hall, London.
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano) Bach Violin Sonata No 1 in B minor, BWV1014 Prokofiev Violin Sonata No 1, Op 80 John Adams Road Movies

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Violin:
Leila Josefowicz
Violin:
John Novacek

BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Introduced by Sarah Walker.
Weber Overture: Der Freischutz
Hoddinott Trombone Concerto Mark Eager (trombone), conductor Grant Llewellyn
Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor Conductor Tadaaki Otaka

Contributors

Introduced By:
Sarah Walker.
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka

Live from Lincoln Cathedral.
Responses: Clucas. Office Hymn: Most Holy Lord and God of Heaven (Caeli Deus
Sanctissime). Psalm: 86 (Goss). First Reading: 2 Samuel 5, wl-5. Canticles: Collegium
Regale (Tavener). Second Reading: Acts 18, wl8-28. Anthem: Our Father (Janacek). Final Hymn: Thanks to God Whose Word Was Spoken (St Helen). Organ voluntary: Symphony No 8 (1st mvt: Allegro Risoluto)(Widor). Director of music Aric Prentice. Organist Charles Harrison.

Contributors

Organist:
Charles Harrison.

UstenUp!
Petroc Trelawny presents a choral concert given on Saturday at Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, thatjuxtaposes Verdi's sacred music with operatic excerpts.
Nuccia Focile (soprano), Leeds Festival Chorus, Halle Choir and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Verdi Overture: Luisa Miller :
Ballet Music (Macbeth); Ave Maria (Otello); Overture: La Forza del Destino;
Madre, Pietosa Vergine (La Forza del Destino); Stabat Mater ; Prelude: La Traviata, Act 1; Prelude: Aida, Act 1; Te Deum

Contributors

Unknown:
Halle Choir
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Unknown:
Luisa Miller
Unknown:
Pietosa Vergine
Unknown:
Stabat Mater

With music from Tunisian oud player
Anouar Brahem , Turkish folk from Kardes Turkuler , and Armenian music played on the duduk by Djivan Gasparian. Presented by Verity Sharp.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anouar Brahem
Unknown:
Kardes Turkuler
Unknown:
Djivan Gasparian.
Presented By:
Verity Sharp.

of the Week:
The Court of Louis XIV
4/5. At Versailles entertainment and extravagance was a way of life, but this everyday magnificence was surpassed by Louis XIV's grands divertissements.
Donald Macleod describes the overwhelming effect of these massive celebrations of the King's glory. Repeated from Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod

With Susan Sharpe.
Tchalkovsky Concert Fantasia in G, Op 56: Piano Concerto No 2 in G: Piano Concerto No 3 in E flat Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vassil Stefanov
2.15 Elgar To Her beneath Whose Steadfast Star
2.20 Brahms Schicksalslied , Op 54 2.35 Wagner Schlafst du, Gast (Die Walkure) 2.55 Glick Oboe Sonata
3.15 Walters Divertimento for Strings 3.30 Fodor
Symphony No 3 in C minor 4.00 Beethoven Five Scottish and Irish Folk Songs 4.15 Gotovac Ode to the Homeland
4.20 Dufay Revellies Vous 4.25 Serqueira de Uma Ay Misera de TiJerusalen! 4.30 CPE Bach Quartet No 1 in A minor for flute, viola, keyboard and continuo, Wq93
4.50 Vivaldi Violin Sonata in D minor, RV63 (La Follia)
5.00 Mozart Overture: Cosi Fan Tutte 5.05 Schreker Symphonic Interlude (The Treasure Seeker)
5.20 Verdi ESognooRealta?(Falstaff) Tobias Werwill; Vivit 5.30 Scheidt Christe Qui Lux Es et Dies
5.45 Forster Repleta Est Malis 5.55 Hellendaal Cello
Sonata, Op 5 No 1 6.05 Bach Partita No 1 in B flat, BWV825
6.25 Mozart Clarinet Quintet in A, K581

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Piano:
Mikhail Pletnev
Conductor:
Vassil Stefanov
Unknown:
Brahms Schicksalslied

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