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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Ravel, orch Grainger La Vallée des Cloches Philharmonia, conductor Geoffrey Simon Tallis Spem in Alium Chapelle du Roi, director Alistair Dixon Benjamin Britten Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes ) Royal Opera
House Orchestra conducted by the composer
8.30-10.00: Part Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Parvo Jarvi
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Stravinsky Suite : Pulcinella Academy of St
Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Director:
Alistair Dixon
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Stravinsky Suite
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

With Rob Cowan.
Mendelssohn Overture: Athalie
South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Carl Schuricht
10.12 Handel Athalia , Act 3 (excerpt)
Joan Sutherland and Emma Kirkby (sopranos), James Bowman (countertenor), Anthony Rolfe Johnson
(tenor), David Thomas (bass), Choir of New College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood
10.30 Beethoven Piano Sonata in D, Op 10 No 3 Sviatoslav Richter
10.54 Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) South German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Carl Schuricht
11.20 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E flat, Op 27 No 1 Claudio Arrau
11.37 Tchaikovsky Overture: Hamlet
South German RSO, conductor Carl Schuricht

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Carl Schuricht
Conductor:
Handel Athalia
Unknown:
Joan Sutherland
Sopranos:
Emma Kirkby
Sopranos:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
David Thomas
Director:
Christopher Hogwood
Unknown:
Sviatoslav Richter
Conductor:
Carl Schuricht
Unknown:
Claudio Arrau
Conductor:
Carl Schuricht

Schwarzenberg Schubertiade 2004
6/9. Another of last summer's concerts from the picturesgue Austrian town, Schwarzenberg. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Vienna String Sextet Strauss Sextet (Capriccio) Reger Clarinet Quintet

Contributors

Presented By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Clarinet:
Sabine Meyer

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Including a concert given in Ayr Town Hall last year. Presented by Sarah Walker.
Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041 Rachmaninov Vocalise
Stravinsky Apollon Musagète
Director Elizabeth Layton (violin)
Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor Conductor Martyn Brabbins

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Violin:
Elizabeth Layton
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

lain Burnside presents Dutch mezzo Christianne Stotijn and Austrian baritone Markus Werba in a recital of songs by Brahms, Mahler, Beethoven, Schumann and Wolf.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christianne Stotijn
Baritone:
Markus Werba

Another concert from last summer's Proms season, given in September at London's Royal Albert Hall. Featuring the Russian soprano Anna Netrebko in a selection of scenes from Czech and Italian opera.

Anna Netrebko (soprano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda

Dvorak The Water Goblin; Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

Puccini Musetta's Waltz Song (La Boheme); Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)

Bellini Mad Scene (I Puritani)

Shostakovich Symphony No 5

(Revised repeat)

Contributors

Soprano:
Anna Netrebko
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda

6/8. Joan Bakewell asks neuroscientist Steven Rose about the nature of his belief in the moral dimension of human life, which challenges some of the current orthodoxies of evolutionary biology. Producer Karen Maurice

Contributors

Unknown:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Steven Rose
Producer:
Karen Maurice

Hilliard Ensemble , London Sinfonietta, conductors Martyn Brabbins and Pierre-Andre Valade
Machaut Messe de Nostre Dame
Harrison Birtwistle Theseus Game Revised

Contributors

Unknown:
Hilliard Ensemble
Conductors:
Martyn Brabbins
Conductors:
Pierre-Andre Valade
Unknown:
MacHaut Messe
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle

3/5. Donald Macleod recounts the story of some of Vivaldi's operatic successes.
Sinfonia: Ottone in Villa Brandenburg Consort, conductor Roy Goodman
Ottone in Villa, Act 2 Scenes 5 and 6 Sophie Daneman , Susan Gritton and Nancy Argenta (sopranos), Collegium Musicum 90, conductor Richard Hickox
Qual Favellar ? ... Andero, Volero, Gridero (L'Orlando Finto Pazzo)
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), II Giardino Armonico , conductor Giovanni Antonini
Sinfonia: Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 (Farnace) Sara Mingardo (contralto), Furio Zanasi (bass), Le Concert des Nations, conductor Jordi Savall Montezuma: Act 1 Scene 7 Brigitte Baileys
(mezzo), La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy, conductor Jean-Claude Malgoire
Se in Campo Armato (Catone in Utica)
Emma Kirkby (soprano), Brandenburg Consort , conductor Roy Goodman
Repeated from Wednesday at 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Roy Goodman
Conductor:
Sophie Daneman
Unknown:
Susan Gritton
Sopranos:
Nancy Argenta
Sopranos:
Collegium Musicum
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Qual Favellar
Unknown:
Cecilia Bartoli
Conductor:
Giardino Armonico
Conductor:
Giovanni Antonini
Contralto:
Sara Mingardo
Contralto:
Furio Zanasi
Conductor:
Jean-Claude Malgoire
Unknown:
Campo Armato
Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Soprano:
Brandenburg Consort
Conductor:
Roy Goodman

With Susan Sharpe. The Irish Consort perform music from Ireland or with an Irish connection, including pieces by Byrd. Campion. Dowiand and Nicholas Lanier.
2.10 Elqar Symphony NolinA A flat 3.05 Shearing Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare 3.15 Mendelssohn Suite: A Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) 3.45 Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Sonata in C minor 3.55 Brahms Minnelied: Und gehst du über den Kirchhof (Op 44)
4.00 Mozart Flute Quartet in D, K285 4.15 Purcell
Sonata in G minor 4.25 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in F, RV99 4.30 Wesley Andante in E 4.35 BruhnsJauchzet dem Herren alle Welt 4.50 Ibert Trois Pieces Breves
5.00 Monluszko Overture: The Chief Commander's
Mistress 5.05 Mozart PorgiAmor Qual Que Ristoro (Le Nozze di Figaro) 5.10 Hummel String Trio in G
5.25 Bach Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032
5.40 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonatas in F, Kk366 and Kk367
5.45 Stainov A Fir Tree Is Bending; Thracian Dances
5.55 Frescobaldl Canzon Prima Basso Solo 6.00 Handel Oboe Sonata in A minor, HWV362 6.05 Britten Les Illuminations 6.30 Sullivan Suite: The Tempest

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Nicholas Lanier.
Unknown:
Wesley Andante

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