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Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Schubert Six Antiphons for Palm Sunday, D696
Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26
8.00-9.00: Barber Dover Beach, Op 3 Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.

With Rob Cowan. Including the recording of Beethoven's Cello Sonata in A, Op 69, recommended in yesterday's CD Review. Plus: Tchaikovsky Cossack Dance (Mazeppa) Cincinatti SO, conductor Erich Kunzel
Mozart Concert Rondo in D, K382 Carl Seeman (piano), Bamberg SO, conductor Fritz Lehmann Monteverdi Rimanti in Pace
Members of the Glyndebourne Opera Chorus, conductor Raymond Leppard
Dussek Fantasia and Fugue in F minor Op 55 Andreas Staier (piano)
Verdi Alzati ! la Tuo Figlio.... Eri Tu Che Macchiavi (Un Ballo in Maschera) Tito Gobbi (baritone), LSO, conductor Warwick Braithwaite
Tchaikovsky Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty)
Leningrad PO, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky Handel Dove Sei , Amato Bene ? (Rodelinda) Marilyn Home (mezzo), Vienna Cantata Orchestra, conductor Henry Lewis
Berwaid Grand Septet in B flat Nash Ensemble
Schumann Dichterliebe , Op 48 (excerpts) Pierre Bernac (baritone), Robert Casadesus (piano) Sculthorpe From Uluru Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Porcelijn
Wagner Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung)
Grosses Symphonieorcheste/Hans Swarowsky Faure Messe Basse Magali Dami (soprano),
Lausanne Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble, conductor Michel Corboz
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1
David Oistrakh , Warsaw PO, conductor Karol Stryja Email your comments to: cowancollection@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Conductor:
Mozart Concert Rondo
Piano:
Carl Seeman
Conductor:
Fritz Lehmann
Conductor:
Monteverdi Rimanti
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Conductor:
Dussek Fantasia
Piano:
Andreas Staier
Piano:
Verdi Alzati
Baritone:
Tito Gobbi
Conductor:
Warwick Braithwaite
Conductor:
Tchaikovsky Waltz
Conductor:
Yevgeni Mravinsky
Conductor:
Handel Dove Sei
Conductor:
Amato Bene
Conductor:
Henry Lewis
Unknown:
Schumann Dichterliebe
Baritone:
Pierre Bernac
Baritone:
Robert Casadesus
Conductor:
David Porcelijn
Unknown:
David Oistrakh
Conductor:
Karol Stryja

Another chance to hear an edition from 2000, featuring commentator on religious affairs and former nun Karen Armstrong. Her musical passions include Gregorian chant, Purcell, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Bob Dylan.

Contributors

Unknown:
Karen Armstrong.
Unknown:
Bob Dylan.

Soprano Barbara Bonney and mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager , with Malcolm Martineau (piano), in concert at the Barbican Hall, London, in duets by Mendelssohn, Gruss, Schumann, Saint-Saens, Chausson, Massenet, Faure, Rossini, and Dvorak. They share with presenter Stephanie Hughes their thoughts on working together.

Contributors

Soprano:
Barbara Bonney
Unknown:
Angelika Kirchschlager
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes

Listeners' requests, including Saint-Saens's
Second Symphony, Bruckner's Helgoland for male chorus and orchestra, and one of Bach's three sonatas for viola da gamba and harpsichord. Send in your requests by PHONE: [number removed]0300 Email via www.bbc.co.uk/radio3
Address: 3 for All, BBC Wales, Cardiff CF5 2Y0

Is Modernism Now Dead?
With the generation of Boulez, Stockhausen and Ligeti in or approaching their 80s, have the atonalities and intellectualism of their music given way to less demanding minimalism? Can we now write off half a century of modernism and wallow in lukewarm 21st-century waters?
Norman Lebrecht hosts another discussion on a hot topic in today's culture.
Send in your views by EMAiL to lebrecht.live@bbc.co.uk, write to Lebrecht Live, BBC R3, Broadcasting House. London W1A 1AA, or phone (after 5pm) [number removed]0444
Boulez is also the subject of Sunday Feature at 9.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Lebrecht

Presented by Sarah Walker.
Rebecca Hirsch (violin), Ulster Orchestra, conductor David Porcelijn
Haydn Symphony No 87 in A
Ian Wilson Violin Concerto No 2 (An Angel Serves a Small Breakfast)
Rautavaara Symphony No 7 (Angel of Light) Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn (St Anthony) Op 56a

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Violin:
Rebecca Hirsch
Conductor:
David Porcelijn

David Mamet 's radio adaptation of his Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, in which
Chicago real-estate salesmen grind out a living in a never-ending scramble for their share of the American dream. Featuring an all-star cast recorded in Los Angeles. This play contains strong language.
Director Rosalind Ayres
Producers Rosalind Ayres , Martin Jarvis and David Mamet
David Mamet 's new play, Faustus, receives its British premiere on Drama on 3 next Sunday, directed by the author

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mamet
Director:
Rosalind Ayres
Producers:
Rosalind Ayres
Producers:
Martin Jarvis
Producers:
David Mamet
Unknown:
David Mamet
Richard Roma:
Alfred Molina
George Aaronow:
Stacy Keach
Shelly Levene:
Hector Elizondo
James Lingk:
Bruce Davison
John Williamson:
Richard Cox
Dave Moss:
Kristoffer Tabori
Officer Baylen:
Chris Hatfield

Conductor and composer Pierre Boulez celebrates his 80th birthday later this week. At one time he was a young firebrand who wanted to blow up opera houses; now he's a powerful figure in the musical world. Ivan Hewett looks at the creator behind the public figure, through interviews with friends and colleagues. Producer Jessica Isaacs

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

With John Shea.
Beethoven Christus am Olberge
1.45 Schubert Four Impromptus, D935
2.20 Saxton Cello Sonata on a theme by Walton
2.35 Britten, arr Bedford Suite: Death in Venice
3.00 Mahler Lieder und Gesange 3.30 Weiss Lute Partita in D minor 3.45 Bach Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV1055 4.00 Schiitz Ride la
Primavera Gluck Danse des Furies (Orphee et Eurydice, Act 2)
4.05 Chopin Four Mazurkas, Op 24 4.20 Grieq String Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 27 (1st movt) 4.30 Berlioz
Overture: Le Roi Lear 4.45 Milhaud, arr Kain Scaramouche
5.00 Marais L'Arabesque Rore Amor Che T'ho Fatt' lo; Da I'Estrem' Orizonte; Alma Real Se Come Fida Stella
5.10 Mihelcic Nocturne 5.15 Brahms Gestillte Sehnsucht , Op 91 No 1 5.25 Debussy Prelude a l'Après-Midi d'un Faune 5.35 Bull In Nomine Gibbons Fantasia No 10 in A minor 5.43 Anon Ave Maris Stella 5.50 Stainov I Had a Dream 5.55 Liszt Harmonies du Soir (Etudes dexecution Transcendante) 6.05 Moniuszko String Quartet No 2in
6.20 Respighi Trittico Botticelliano
6.45 Landini Ballata :Ochi Dolenti Mie
6.50 Pejacevic Barkarola ; Song without Words, Op 5; Butterfly, Op 6; Impromptu, Op 9

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Beethoven Christus
Unknown:
Weiss Lute Partita
Unknown:
Primavera Gluck Danse
Unknown:
Kain Scaramouche
Unknown:
Brahms Gestillte Sehnsucht
Unknown:
Maris Stella
Unknown:
Landini Ballata
Unknown:
Ochi Dolenti Mie
Unknown:
Pejacevic Barkarola

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