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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Handel Concerto Grosso in F Op 6 No 2 Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie Liszt Sonetto 47 del Petrarca; Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Annees de Pèlerinage, Book 2: Italie)
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Lehar Overture: Cloclo Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michail Jurowski
Mozart Andante and Rondo (arr for oboe and orchestra from Violin Concerto in D, K271a) Albrecht Mayer , Mahler Chamber Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.30-10.00: Liszt Après une Lecture de Dante (Annees de Pèlerinage, Book 2: Italie) Alfred Brendel (piano)
Schumann Faust's Death (Szenen aus Goethes Faust) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), Jan-Hendrick Rootering (bass),
Tblz Boys' Choir, Swedish Radio Choir, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Director:
William Christie
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Michail Jurowski
Unknown:
Albrecht Mayer
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Bass-Baritone:
Bryn Terfel
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Mendelssohn Song without Words, Op 62 No 1 Octavio Pinto Three Scenes from Childhood
Byron Janis (piano)
10.10 Listener request: Don Gillis Symphony No 5 '/2 (Symphony for Fun) New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer
10.25 Schumann Der König von Thule, Op 67 No 1; Heidenroslein, Op 67 No 3; Im Walde, Op 75 No 2; Der Rekrut, Op 75 No 4; Vom werwundeten
Knaben, Op 75 No 5; Das Schifflein, Op 146 No 5 South West German Radio Vocal Ensemble, conductor Rupert Huber
10.40 Liszt Piano Concerto No I in E flat
Byron Janis , Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Kirill Kondrashin
11.00 Listener request:
Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K563 Heifetz-Primrose-Feuermann Trio
11.35 Schumann Des dangers Fluch, Op 139
(excerpts) Hanne Fischer and Marianne Rorholm (mezzos), Roland Wagenfuhrer (tenor), Dietrich Henschel (baritone), Bo Anker Hansen (bass), Danish National Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Schonwandt

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Piano:
Byron Janis
Conductor:
Rupert Huber
Unknown:
Byron Janis
Unknown:
Hanne Fischer
Unknown:
Marianne Rorholm
Tenor:
Roland Wagenfuhrer
Tenor:
Dietrich Henschel
Baritone:
Bo Anker Hansen
Conductor:
Michael Schonwandt

4/5. Return to France. In 1934 Stravinsky took up French citizenship. Donald Macleod explores why this was not a successful move - on either a personal or professional level. Music includes: Circus Polka
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson Thomas
Dumbarton Oaks
Nash Ensemble , conductor Eigar Howarth Violin Concerto
Chantal Juillet, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit
Gesualdo, arr Stravinsky Tres Sacrae Cantiones New London Chamber Choir, conductor James Wood
Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Conductor:
Dumbarton Oaks
Conductor:
Nash Ensemble
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit

BBC Philharmonic
Presented by Martin Handley.
Strauss Macbeth Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Nelson Goerner (piano), conductor Vassily Sinaisky Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor Conductor Gianandrea Noseda

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Piano:
Paganini Nelson Goerner
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda

A special sequence of programmes celebrating bird song - one of the most beautiful of natural sounds and a constant source of inspiration to artists. Presented by Fiona Talkington.
7.30 Catalogue d'Oiseaux - a Landscape with Birds
Five pieces from the bird catalogue by French composer Olivier Messiaen , together with the sounds of the birds and the natural landscape that inspired them. Pianist Peter Hill , who studied with Messiaen, plays and talks about the music. Producer Grant Sonnex
8.55 Twitching
Poet laureate Andrew Motion reads six bird poems: Blackbird; Song Thrush; Raven; Swallow; Wren; and Sparrow. Featuring the voices of the birds themselves. Producer Tim Dee
9.00 Birdsong Bagatelles
Composer Edward Cowie , artist in residence of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, introduces the first broadcast of his new work for the Coull String Quartet - a set of 24 portraits of common British birds, their songs and behaviour. Producer Andrew Kurowski
9.40 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
Another chance to hear the award-winning feature inspired by one of our most familiar and best-loved birds and its remarkable song. Producer David Gallagher

Contributors

Presented By:
Fiona Talkington.
Unknown:
Olivier Messiaen
Pianist:
Peter Hill
Producer:
Grant Sonnex
Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Producer:
Tim Dee
Artist:
Edward Cowie
Producer:
Andrew Kurowski
Producer:
David Gallagher

Presented by John Shea.
Bruckner Symphony No 6 in A
1.55 Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1
2.15 Lassus Quo Properas; Musica Dei Donum; In
Religione Homo Vivit 2.25 Frescobaldi Toccata avanti la Messe: Ricercar dopo il Credo; Toccata per I'Elevazione: Toccata Quinto 2.40 L Rossi Oratorio per la Settimana Santa 3.20 Brahms Violin Concerto in D
4.00 Saint-Saens, transcr D'Albert Danse Macabre, Op4O; Etude en Forme de Valse, Op 52 No 6
4.15 Merikanto Crying Flute, Op 52 No 4
4.15 Chopin Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise Brillante, Op 22 4.35 Veracini Largo Hammerschmidt Suite in G (Ester Fleiss) 4.50 Bach Three Sacred Songs
5.00 Schroter Overture: Die Fischerin
Tartini Trumpet Concerto in D 5.10 Bruhns Wohl dem der den Herren furchtet 5.20 Hellendaal Cello Sonata, Op 5 No 5
5.30 Karlowicz Ten Songs, Op 3
5.50 Tapkov Second Suite for string quartet
5.55 Strauss Deutsche Motette, Op 62
6.15 Vladiqerov Sonatina Concertante, Op 28
6.35 Karlowicz Four songs
6.40 Glinka Clarinet Trio in D minor (Pathetique)

Contributors

Presented By:
John Shea.

BBC Radio 3

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