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This week featuring symphonies and concertos by Weber and recordings by Jordi Savall and his Hesperion group. Presented by Sandy Burnett.
7.00 8.30 : Granados Andaluza (Danzas
Espanolas, Op 37) Alicia da Larrocha (piano)
Khachaturian Adagio ofSpartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus: Ballet Suite No 2) Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Lazarev Janacek Pohadka Steven Isserlis (cello), Ollie Mustonen (piano)
8.30 10.00 : Weber Symphony No I in C,
Norwegian Radio Orchestra, conductor
Ari Rasilainen Couperin La Francoise (Les Nations) Hesperion XX, director Jordi Savall
Elqar Overture: In the South (Alassio) LPO, conductor Daniel Barenboim

Contributors

Unknown:
Jordi Savall
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Piano:
Alicia Da Larrocha
Conductor:
Alexander Lazarev
Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Piano:
Ollie Mustonen
Conductor:
Ari Rasilainen
Director:
Jordi Savall
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim

With Rob Cowan. Featuring Haydn symphonies and recordings by the cellist Daniil Shafran. Haydn Symphony No 101 in D (Clock) Suisse
Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet
10.30 Listener Request: Chopin Ballade No 1 in G minor, Op 23 Krystian Zimerman (piano)
10.40 Dmitri Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No 1 Daniil Shafran, Russian State Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer
11.00 Listener request: Rimsky-KorsakovThe Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3
Galina Oleinichenko (soprano), Yelena Verbitskaya (contralto), Vladimir Ivanovsky (tenor), Ivan Petrov (bass), Bolshoi Theatre Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Vassily Nebolsin
11.25 Falla Suite Populaire Espagnole
Daniil Shafran (cello), Nina Musinyan (piano)
11.40 Haydn Symphony No 44 in E minor (Trauer) Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Daniil Shafran.
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Soprano:
Galina Oleinichenko
Soprano:
Yelena Verbitskaya
Contralto:
Vladimir Ivanovsky
Tenor:
Ivan Petrov
Conductor:
Vassily Nebolsin
Cello:
Nina Musinyan
Conductor:
Ferenc Fricsay

1/5. At the age of 15, Clementi was bought from his father in Rome by Peter Beckford and brought to England, which became his base for the rest of his long and busy life. Donald Macleod recounts his story.
Piano Sonatina in C, Op 36 No 1 Daniel Blumenthal
Symphony No 3 in G (Great National Symphony) Philharmonia, conductor Claudio Scimone
Piano Sonata in D, Op 40 No 3 Pietro de Maria Producer Cath McGhee Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Beckford
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Daniel Blumenthal
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
The first of five programmes this week focusing on Russian music. Introduced by Warwick Thompson. Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale Conductor
llan Volkov Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Marie-Elisabeth Lott , conductor Olari Elts Prokofiev Symphony No 7 Conductor Alexander Titov

Contributors

Introduced By:
Warwick Thompson.
Violin:
Llan Volkov
Conductor:
Marie-Elisabeth Lott
Conductor:
Alexander Titov

The Ghostess with the Mostess
Audrey Hepburn , Natalie Wood and Deborah Kerr all have one thing in common: the voice of Marni Nixon , queen of Hollywood's dubbing singers. Edward Seckerson hears how she secretly starred in the films My Fair Lady, West Side Story and The King and I.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Hepburn
Unknown:
Natalie Wood
Unknown:
Deborah Kerr
Unknown:
Marni Nixon
Singers:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

A concert recorded earlier this month in Glasgow and jointly presented by the Royal
Philharmonic Society and Radio 3 as part of the Encore series featuring major British orchestral works that deserve a second hearing. Including a concert performance of Stravinsky's opera-oratorio Oedipus Rex. Presented by Linda Ormiston.
James Dillon Via Sacra (1st UK performance) Stravinsky Oedipus Rex
Gentlemen of the RSNO Chorus, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Alexander Lazarev

Contributors

Presented By:
Linda Ormiston.
Conductor:
Alexander Lazarev
Oedipus:
John Daszak (tenor)
Jocasta:
Jennifer Lane (contralto)
Creon/Messenger:
Philip Joll (baritone)
Tiresias:
Michael George (bass)
Shepherd:
Christopher Gillett (tenor)
Narrator:
David Rintoul (actor)

Novelist Cynthia Ozick talks to Paul Allen about her latest novel, The Bear Boy, which is set in Depression-era New York; about being a "Jewish writer"; and about being on the shortlist for the 2005 Man Booker international Prize. Producer ZahidWarley

Contributors

Talks:
Cynthia Ozick
Unknown:
Paul Allen

Music by French bassist Henri Texier and English vocal/mandolin duo Hilary James and Simon Mayor , and a celebration of Commonwealth Day with music from Malta, the Bahamas and Papua New Guinea. With Fiona Talkington.

Contributors

Bassist:
Henri Texier
Unknown:
Hilary James
Unknown:
Simon Mayor

Presented by John Shea.
Haydn Trio in G, XV 25 (Gypsy Rondo)
1.15 Dvorak Trio in F minor, Op 65
1.55 Janacek On an Overgrown Path, Book 1
2.20 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor
3.25 Palestrina, arr Soriano Missa Papae Marcelli
3.50 Telemann Flute Sonata in G (Essercizii Musici )
4.00 Weber Overture: Der Freischutz
4.10 Beethoven Piano Sonata in G, Op 79
4.20 Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte (excerpts)
4.30 Saint-Saens Bassoon Sonata in G, Op 168
4.40 7.00 Saeverud Ballad of Revolt Suite 2 (Tunes and Dances from Siljustol, Op 22) 4.45 Rozycki Symphonic Poem: Mona Lisa Gioconda 5.00 Debussy Nocturne
5.05 D'lndla Interdette Speranz 'e Van Desio
5.15 Schubert Nacht und Traume, D827 Massenet Meditation from Thais 5.20 Marais La Reveuse
5.30 Chausson Chanson Perpétuelle 5.35 Terkelsen Five Songs (Astree Siunge-Choer) 5.50 Sibelius The
Oceanides 5.55 Brumel Agnus Dei (Missa Et Ecce Terrae Motus) 6.05 Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38
6.30 Giustini Keyboard Sonata in E minor, Op 1 No 4
6.40 Liszt Les Preludes

Contributors

Presented By:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Missa Papae Marcelli
Unknown:
Essercizii Musici
Unknown:
Mona Lisa Gioconda
Unknown:
Interdette Speranz
Unknown:
Van Desio
Unknown:
Brumel Agnus Dei

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