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Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Debussy La Cathédrale Engloutie (Preludes, Book 1) Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Cardoso Lamentations of Jeremiah (excerpt) Westminster Cathedral Choir, director James O'Donnell
Bernstein I Feel Pretty (West Side Story)
Original cast recording: Carol Lawrence , Marilyn Cooper , Carmen Gutierrez , Elizabeth Taylor , orchestra conducted by Max Goberman
Boccherini String Quintet in A, Op 29 No 4
Sigiswald Kuijken and Aida Stuurop (violins),
Lucy van Dael (viola), Anner Bylsma and Wieland Kuijken (cellos)
8.30-10.00: Rawsthorne Symphony No 2 (A Pastoral Symphony) Charlotte Ellett (soprano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah (excerpOTallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips Debussy String Quartet. Op 10 Sigiswald and Veronica Kuijken (violins),
Sara Kuijken (viola), Wieland Kuijken (cello)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Piano:
Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Director:
James O'Donnell
Unknown:
Carol Lawrence
Unknown:
Marilyn Cooper
Unknown:
Carmen Gutierrez
Unknown:
Elizabeth Taylor
Conducted By:
Max Goberman
Violins:
Aida Stuurop
Viola:
Anner Bylsma
Viola:
Veronica Kuijken
Viola:
Sara Kuijken
Viola:
Wieland Kuijken

With Rob Cowan.
Igor Stravinsky Octet Columbia Chamber Ensemble conducted by the composer
10.15 Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 53 Nos 2-4 Walter Gieseking (piano)
10.20 Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No 3 in B minor Louis Kaufman , Santa Monica SO , conductor Jacques Rachmilovich
10.45 Charpentier Le Reniement de Saint Pierre Soloists, Robert Veyron-Lacroix (harpsichord), Chorale Philippe Caillard , conductor Philippe Caillard
11.00 Mendelssohn Variations Sérieuses, Op 54 Alfred Cortot (piano)
11.15 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C, K551 (Jupiter) New York PO, conductor Bruno Walter
11.55 Achron StimmungLouis Kaufman (violin), Santa Monica SO , conductor Bernard Herrmann

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Piano:
Walter Gieseking
Unknown:
Louis Kaufman
Conductor:
Santa Monica So
Conductor:
Jacques Rachmilovich
Soloists:
Robert Veyron-Lacroix
Conductor:
Chorale Philippe Caillard
Conductor:
Philippe Caillard
Piano:
Alfred Cortot
Conductor:
Bruno Walter
Violin:
Louis Kaufman
Conductor:
Santa Monica So
Conductor:
Bernard Herrmann

2/5. Friends and Champions. 1/2
Donald Macleod explores the life and music of Elgar through three women who knew him.
Elgar In Haven (Sea Pictures, No 2) Janet Baker (mezzo), LSO, conductor John Barbirolli
Two Partsongs, Op 26 Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
Violin Concerto in B minor (3rd mvt) Nigel Kennedy , LPO, conductor Vernon Handley
Elgar/Payne Symphony No 3 in C minor (1st mvt) Bournemouth SO , conductor Paul Daniel
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Unknown:
Nigel Kennedy
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Bournemouth So
Conductor:
Paul Daniel

Celebrating Mozart
1/4. This week Stephanie Hughes presents a new series of concerts from LSO St Luke's in London, as part of Radio 3's Celebrating Mozart season. Lawrence Power (viola), Szymanowski Quartet Mozart String Quartet in F K590; String Quintet in D, K593

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes

BBC Philharmonic and the BBC Singers Presented by Graeme Kay.
Whyte Christe Qui Lux Es et Dies IV BBC Singers, conductor Bo Holten
Vaughan Williams Film score: The England of Elizabeth (excerpts) BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
Delius Cello Concerto Alban Gerhardt ,
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky Ravel Suite : Ma Mere I'Oye BBC Philharmonic, conductor Pascal Rophe
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique BBC
Philharmonic, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier

Contributors

Presented By:
Graeme Kay.
Conductor:
Bo Holten
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Unknown:
Alban Gerhardt
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Ravel Suite
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier

lain Burnside introduces a recital given by German baritone Thomas Quasthoff at last year's Schwetzingen Festival. Thomas Quasthoff (baritone), Justus Zeyen (piano)
Schumann Der arme Peter, Op 53 No 3 Brahms Four Serious Songs, Op 121 Schumann Liederkreis, Op 24

Contributors

Baritone:
Thomas Quasthoff
Baritone:
Thomas Quasthoff
Piano:
Justus Zeyen

2/5. Joan Bakewell talks to philosopher
Professor Antony Flew , a former atheist and now a believer in God, about the nature of his beliefs.
Producer Norman Winter

Contributors

Talks:
Joan Bakewell
Unknown:
Professor Antony Flew
Producer:
Norman Winter

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Live from the Barbican. Presented by Andrew McGregor.
Roger Muraro (piano), BBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Sylvain Cambreling Rameau Suite: Castor et Pollux
Messiaen Reveil des Oiseaux
8.30 Twenty Minutes: My Mother Used to Live on a Farm in Africa This specially commissioned short story by Abdulrazak Gurnah is the first in a series of short stories themed around the land.
Munah remembers a difficult episode from her past. Read by Ndidi Ama .
8.50 Messiaen L'Ascension

Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew McGregor.
Piano:
Roger Muraro
Conductor:
Sylvain Cambreling
Story By:
Abdulrazak Gurnah
Read By:
Ndidi Ama

Susan Hitch and guests explore the circumstances that led to the introduction of the Aliens Act of 1905, the first peacetime law restricting immigration to Britain. Producer Jerome Weatherald

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Hitch
Producer:
Jerome Weatherald

Featuring John Browne 's Stabat Mater , music from bassist Eberhard Weber , a new CD from Indian slide guitarist Debashish Bhattacharya , and music from the Central Asian republic of Kazakhstan. Presented by Fiona Talkington.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Browne
Unknown:
Stabat Mater
Bassist:
Eberhard Weber
Guitarist:
Debashish Bhattacharya
Presented By:
Fiona Talkington.

With John Shea. Biber Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 1 in D minor (The Annunciation) Schmeizer Sonata No 4 in D (Sonatae Unarum Fidium) Biber Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 6 in C minor (Christ's Agony in the Garden) Froberger Suite No 12 in C Biber Mystery (Rosary) Sonata No 10 in G minor (The Crucifixion) (BBC Proms 2004)
1.45 Rebel Les Elemens 2.10 Stravinsky Ballet: Pulcinella 2.45 Szymanowski Symphony No 4
3.15 Back String Quartet No 2 3.30
Schumann Liederkreis , Op 39 3.55 Chopin Polonaise in Fsharp minor, Op 44 4.05 Noskowski Polonaise Eleqiaque , Op 22 Rachmaninov Polka in A flat 4.10 Weiner Fox Dance
(Divertimento No 10) 4.15 Moniuszko Gypsy Dance (The Gypsies) 4.20 Bartok, arr Winner Romanian Folk Dances
4.25 Prokofiev March (The Love for Three Oranges)
4.30 Forsyth The Kora Dances 4.35 Grainger Rustic Dance
4.40 Tippett Dance, Clarion Air 4.45 Henry VIII , arr Carey Three Dances 4.50 Fritsch Paduan and Two
Galliards 5.00 Gorecki Three Dances 5.15 lbert Flute Concerto 5.35 Schubert Overture: Rosamunde
5.45 Zelenka De Profundis (Psalm 129) in D minor
5.55 Telemann Trio Sonata in E minor 6.05 Bach Motet: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV225 6.25 Delius, ed Fenby La Calinda 6.30 Strauss Was erblicke ich?
(Daphne) 6.40 Reger Humoresque in G minor, Op 20 No 5

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Schumann Liederkreis
Unknown:
Chopin Polonaise
Unknown:
Noskowski Polonaise Eleqiaque
Unknown:
Henry Viii
Unknown:
Fritsch Paduan

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