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This week Tommy Pearson celebrates the 150th birthday of John Philip "the march king" Sousa. Music today includes:
7.00-8.00: Sousa March: The Liberty Bell
Eastman Wind Ensemble/Fennell Bruch Violin Concerto No 2 in D minor Itzhak Perlman , Israel PO/Mehta Leopold Mozart Sinfonia Burlesca Orfeo Baroque Orchestra/Gaigg
8.00-9.00: Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV903 Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) Verdi La Peregrina (ballet music from Don Carlos , Act 3) Giovanni Adamo (violin),
Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra/Chailly Sousa, arr Horowitz March: The Stars and Stripes Forever Vladimir Horowitz (piano) Full details of Morning on 3'5 music are posted at www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/playlists on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] email: morningon3@bbc.co.uk
Address: Morning on 3. BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Unknown:
John Philip
Unknown:
Itzhak Perlman
Piano:
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Unknown:
Don Carlos
Violin:
Giovanni Adamo
Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz

Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's classical music CD releases.
9.30 Building a Library: Sarah Walker recommends a recording of Charles Ives 's
Concord Sonata from those currently available.
10.15 A round-up of recent reissues.
10.45 Graeme Kay reviews new discs of organ music, including works by Percy Whitlock performed by John Scott , Durufle from Friedhelm Flamme , and Gillian Weir 's recital on the Bach organ at St Thomas's Church, Leipzig.
11.15 An interview with conductor
Sakari Oramo about his relationship with the CBSO and their new recording of music by John Foulds.
11.45 The Listening Booth: Your chance to request some of the latest CD releases from the list on the programme website .
12.30 Disc of the Week:
Schumann Lieder (excerpts) Matthias Goerne (baritone), Eric Schneider (piano)
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed] email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed] Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1. page 651

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Sarah Walker
Unknown:
Charles Ives
Unknown:
Graeme Kay
Unknown:
Percy Whitlock
Unknown:
John Scott
Unknown:
Friedhelm Flamme
Unknown:
Gillian Weir
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Music By:
John Foulds.
Baritone:
Matthias Goerne
Baritone:
Eric Schneider

Andrew Carwood of the Cardinall's Musick joins Catherine Bott in exploring music that was written about the infamous Gunpowder Plot of 1605 around the time that it took place. Featuring a concert given in Warwick by the Cardinall's Musick as part of the Early Music Network Showcase in September.

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Carwood
Unknown:
Catherine Bott

A preview of this year's London Jazz Festival, which starts next Friday, including a rare UK appearance from composer-arranger Lennie Niehaus , who performs with the BBC Big Band. Presented by Stacey Kent.

Contributors

Unknown:
Lennie Niehaus
Presented By:
Stacey Kent.

La Forza del Destino
One of Verdi's most complex and tuneful operas, live from the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, with Salvatore Licitra making his house debut in one of the most difficult tenor roles in the repertoire. Leonora's elopement with her lover goes horribly wrong when her father is shot trying to prevent it.
Hoyal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonio Pappano Acts 1 and 2 7.20 Interval: Opera Box Stephanie Hughes talks to Professor Roger Parker about Verdi's "opera of ideas", and Sarah Lenton explores the passionate Spanish culture in this opera.
7.50 Act 3
8.50 Twenty Minutes: A Sorrowful
Knowledge Paul Bailey explores the haunted, elegiac world of the novels of Giorgio Bassani , author of The Garden of the Finzi Continis.
9.10 Act 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Salvatore Licitra
Talks:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Professor Roger Parker
Unknown:
Sarah Lenton
Unknown:
Paul Bailey
Unknown:
Giorgio Bassani
Don Alvaro:
Salvatore Licitra (tenor)
Leonora:
Violeta Urmana (soprano)
Don Carlo di Vargas:
Ambrogio Maestri (baritone)
Padre Guardiano:
Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)
Preziosilla:
Marie-Ange Todorovitch (mezzo)
Fra Melitone:
Roberto de Candia (baritone)
Marchese di Calatrava:
Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Mastro Trabuco:
Peter Bronder (tenor)
Curra:
Liora Grodnikaite (mezzo)
Alcalde:
Jonathan May (bass)
Medico:
Thomas Barnard (bass)

Project Jericho
"When the priests blew their trumpets, Joshua said unto the people, Shout; for the Lord hath given you the city and with a great shout the wall fell down flat, and they took the city."
Dramatist Gregory Whitehead uncovers the latest attempts to harness sound as a weapon as he decodes the sonic meaning of Jericho. Producers Mark Burman and Gregory Whitehead

Contributors

Dramatist:
Gregory Whitehead
Producers:
Mark Burman
Producers:
Gregory Whitehead

Lontano Double Portrait Concert
Music by Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin and her German contemporary
Heiner Goebbels performed at the Warehouse in London, presented by Sarah Walker . Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez
Elena Kats-Chemin Skeletons in the Cupboard; Vitalia's Steps: Torque With Clelia Iruzun (piano) Heiner Goebbels Red Run; La Jalousie With Neil MacKenzie (speaker)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elena Kats-Chernin
Unknown:
Heiner Goebbels
Presented By:
Sarah Walker
Conductor:
Odaline de la Martinez
Conductor:
Elena Kats-Chemin
Piano:
Clelia Iruzun
Piano:
Heiner Goebbels
Unknown:
Neil MacKenzie

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