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Presented by Penny Gore.
Music includes:

7.00-8.30:
Saide Silistre (Five Military Marches) - London Academy of Ottoman Court Music, director Emre Araci

Couperin L'Espagnole (Les Nations) - Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall

Saint-Saens Havanaise, Op 83 - Janine Jansen (violin), RPO, conductor Barry Wordsworth

Sussmayr Sinfonia 3 Turcnesca in C - Concerto Koln, director Werner Ehrhardt

8.30-10.00:
Scriabin Piano Concerto - Peter Jablonski, Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy

Spohr Notturno in C for wind and Turkish band, Op 12 - Octophoros, conductor Paul Dombrecht

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

2/5. Father: Industry and Craftsmanship
Ravel's fascination with mechanics and industry came from the workshop of his engineer and inventor father. Donald Macleod looks at the pieces relating to this aspect of Ravel's heritage.
Entre Cloches (Sites Auriculaires) Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott (pianos)
L'Heure Espagnole (extract) Jane Berbie (soprano), Jean Giraudeau (tenor), Gabriel Bacquier (baritone), French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel
Gaspard de la Nuit Angela Hewitt (piano)
Bolero London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Monteux
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Piano:
Stephen Coombs
Piano:
Christopher Scott
Soprano:
Jane Berbie
Tenor:
Jean Giraudeau
Baritone:
Gabriel Bacquier
Musicians:
French National Radio Orchestra
Conductor:
Lorin Maazel
Piano:
Angela Hewitt
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Pierre Monteux

Celebrating Mozart: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Presented by Sarah Walker
Martinu: Toccata e Due Canzoni
Strauss: Horn Concerto No 2
Dvorak: Legends, Op 58. No 3 in G minor; No 6 in C sharp minor; No 10 in B flat minor
Mozart: Symphony No 38 in D. K504 (Prague) Michael Thompson (horn), conductor Carlos Kalmar
Novatt: In the Tarra Mountains
Conductor Richard Hickox

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker
Presented By:
Martinu Toccata
Horn:
Michael Thompson
Conductor:
Carlos Kalmar
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

The Songs of Poulenc
Iain Burnside explores the legacy of one of the greatest French song composers,
Francis Poulenc. Performers include Pierre Bernac, Elly Ameling, Gilles Cachemaille, Ann Murray, Felicity Lott, Regine Crespin, Hugues Cuenod and Francois le Roux. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Bernac
Unknown:
Elly Ameling
Unknown:
Ann Murray
Unknown:
Felicity Lott
Unknown:
Regine Crespin
Unknown:
Hugues Cuenod

Sandy Burnett introduces an all-French concert given at London's Wigmore Hall last Saturday by the Nash Ensemble as part of their 40th anniversary season.
Eleanor Bron (reciter), Thomas Allen (baritone), Ian Brown and Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano), Nash Ensemble
Debussy Sonata for flute, oboe and harp
Chabrier Fspana
Poulenc Le Bal Masque
Faure Piano Trio in D minor: Op 120
Saint-Saens Le Carnaval des Animaux
The Nash Ensemble also feature in Thursday's Lunchtime Concert at 1pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Sandy Burnett
Unknown:
Eteanor Bron
Baritone:
Thomas Alien
Baritone:
Simon Crawford-Phihips

Susan Hitch and guests discuss the exhibition Caravaggio: the Final Years, which opens at the National Gallery. Plus a review of Wozzeck - Welsh National Opera's first new production in its new home, the Welsh Millennium Centre. And an interview with Booker Prize-winning writer Kazuo Ishiguro about his new novel Never Let Me Go.

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Hitch
Interviewee:
Kazuo Ishiguro
Producer:
Zahid Warley

3/5. Donald Macleod and his guest, Jeremy Summerly, explore Palestrina's world and his place at the heart of one of the great cultural centres of the Renaissance: Rome.

Palestrina Viri Galilaei - Westminster Cathedral Choir/James O'Donnell
Kyrie; Gloria (Missa L'omme Arme) - Pro Cantione Antiqua/Mark Brown
Tribulationes Civitatum - Westminster Cathedral Choir/O'Donnell
Vestiva i Colli - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury

Palestrina, arr Selma y Salaverde Vestiva i Colli - Ensemble Aurora

Palestrina Io Son Ferito - BBC Singers/Stephen Cleobury

Palestrina, arr Rognoni Io Son Ferito - Ensemble Aurora

Palestrina Nunc Dimittis - Tallis Scholars/Peter PhillipS

(Repeated from Wed at 12 noon)

Contributors

Presenter:
Donald Macleod
Guest:
Jeremy Summerly

With Louise Fryer.

Albinoni Concerto in C for two oboes, Op 9 No 9

Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins BWV1043

Zelenka Sinfonie in A minor a 8, ZWV189

Telemann Concerto in F minor for 3 violins

Rameau Orchestral Suite (Dardanus)

2.10 Josquin des Prez Miserere

2.25 Elgar Sea Pictures

2.50 Chopin Piano Sonata in C minor; Op 4

3.10 Philips Ecce Vicit Leo

3.15 Respighi Poema Autunnale

3.30 Mendelssohn String Quartet in D, Op 44 No 3

4.00 Mozart Overture: Lucio Silla

4.05 Berg Thus I Paint Donna Bianca

4.10 Soliva Ove Mi Aggiro? (La Testa di Bronzo)

4.15 Poulenc Capriccio

4.20 Berlioz Overture: Le Carnaval Romain

4.30 Busoni Finnish Folk Songs, Op 27 (arr for piano duo)

4.40 Debussy, orch Ravel Danse (Tarantelle Styrienne)

4.50 Sibelius Spring Song, Op 16

5.00 Wagner Evening Star (Tannhauser)

Spohr Fantasia in C minor; Op 53

5.10 Schmelzer Lamento sopra la Morte di Ferdinando III

5.20 Brahms Three Choral Songs, Op 42

5.30 Puccini Un Bel Di Vedrem (Madama Butterfly)

5.35 Piris Deux Preludes

5.40 Tchaikovsky Melody, Op 42

Glazunov Concert Waltz No 1 in D, Op 47

5.50 Aulin String Quartet in F

6.20 Haydn Piano Sonata in E flat, H XVI 49

6.35 Strauss Horn Concerto No 2

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Fryer

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