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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Handel Augelletti (Rinaldo)
Miah Persson (soprano), Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, director Rene Jacobs Liszt Prometheus Berlin PO, conductor Claudio Abbado Mendelssohn
Variations Concertantes, Op 17 Steven Isserlis
(cello), Melvyn Tan (period piano) Weiss Concerto Grosso in F Cynthia Roberts and Emlyn Ngai
(violins), Richard Stone (lute), Ann Marie Morgan (viola da gamba), Tempesta di Mare
8.30-10.00: Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado
Liszt Venezia e Napoli (Annees de Pèlerinage,
Book 2: Italie - supplement) Jorge Bolet (piano) Bach, orch Webern Ricercar (Musical Offering) Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Unknown:
Handel Augelletti
Soprano:
Miah Persson
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado Mendelssohn
Cello:
Steven Isserlis
Cello:
Melvyn Tan
Unknown:
Cynthia Roberts
Violins:
Emlyn Ngai
Violins:
Richard Stone
Viola:
Ann Marie Morgan
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Liszt Venezia
Piano:
Jorge Bolet
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Schumann Arabeske in C, Op 18 Byron Janis (piano)
10.10 Schumann Gloria (Mass in C minor, Op 147) Rosina Bacher (soprano), Scot Weir (tenor),
Ernst Wolfgang Lauer (bass), Stuttgart Radio Choir. Stefan Johannes Bleicher (organ), conductor Rupert Huber
10.20 MacCunn Overture: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
RLPO, conductor Grant Llewellyn
10.30 Chopin Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 50
No 3; Nocturne in G, Op 37 No 2 Byron Janis (piano)
10.40 Schumann Requiem , Op 148 (excerpt) Helen Donath (soprano), Marjana Lipovsek
(mezzo), Thomas Moser (tenor), Jan-Hendrik
Rootering (bass), Bavarian Radio Chorus and SO, conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
11.05 Amy Beach Symphony in E minor (Gaelic) Detroit SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi
11.45 Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Annees de Pelerinage, Book 2: Italie); Consolation No 5; Sans Mesure Byron Janis (piano)

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Presented By:
Schumann Arabeske
Piano:
Byron Janis
Piano:
Schumann Gloria
Soprano:
Rosina Bacher
Tenor:
Scot Weir
Bass:
Ernst Wolfgang Lauer
Unknown:
Stefan Johannes Bleicher
Conductor:
Rupert Huber
Conductor:
Grant Llewellyn
Conductor:
Chopin Mazurka
Piano:
Schumann Requiem
Soprano:
Helen Donath
Tenor:
Thomas Moser
Conductor:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Unknown:
Liszt Sonetto
Piano:
Byron Janis

5/5. America. Disenchanted with life in Europe, Stravinsky moved to America in 1939, where he remained until his death in 1971. Donald Macleod details the final chapters of the composer's life. Requiem Canticles
Susan Bickley (contralto), David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone), Stephen Richardson (bass), New London Chamber Choir, conductor Oliver Knussen
Symphony in Three Movements Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet The Rake's Progress
Regina Sarfaty (mezzo), Alexander Young (tenor), John Reardon (baritone), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Contralto:
Susan Bickley
Contralto:
David Wilson-Johnson
Bass-Baritone:
Stephen Richardson
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Conductor:
Ernest Ansermet
Unknown:
Regina Sarfaty
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Baritone:
John Reardon

Celebrating Mozart: Mozart and Chopin
To end this week's recitals from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh, a performance of two of Mozart's most happy and playful works alongside Chopin's most daring and dissonant ones. Introduced by Claire English . Alfredo Perl (piano)
Mozart Fantasie in D minor, K397; Piano Sonata in B flat, K333
Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op 61; Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op 39

Contributors

Introduced By:
Claire English
Piano:
Alfredo Perl
Piano:
Mozart Fantasie
Unknown:
Chopin Polonaise-Fantaisie

BBC Philharmonic
Presented by Martin Handley. Dvorak The Water Goblin
Conductor Gianandrea Noseda
Elqar Cello Concerto in E minor
Guy Johnson , conductor Vassily Sinaisky Strauss Ein Heldenleben
Conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda
Conductor:
Guy Johnson
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky

Jimmy Smith
The jazz world lost the undisputed king of the Hammond organ, Jimmy Smith , a few weeks ago.
Julian Joseph revisits a conversation he had with him in December 2000, during which he talks about his hero Wild Bill Davis. This programme also features Smith's last commercial recording, in which he duets with Hammond companion Joey De Francesco.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jimmy Smith
Unknown:
Jimmy Smith
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
Bill Davis.
Unknown:
Joey de Francesco.

Ulster Orchestra
Live from Ulster Hall in Belfast, with principal conductor Thierry Fischer.
Presented by John Trwl
Mendelssohn Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor Barry Douglas
8.35 Twenty Minutes: Glob Girls
PV Glob's The Bog People, published 40 years ago, was about the extraordinary Iron Age bodies found in Danish peat bogs. Archaeologist
Christine Finn discovers that the book may never have been written if it hadn't been for a group of convent schoolgirls from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
8.55 Copland Appalachian Spring
Smetana From Bohemia's Woods and Fields
(Ma Vlast)

Contributors

Conductor:
Thierry Fischer.
Presented By:
John Trwl
Unknown:
Barry Douglas
Unknown:
Christine Finn

Henri Texier Strada Sextet
Widely acclaimed as both composer and virtuoso bass player, Texier stands firmly rooted in the French jazz scene while also engaging with influences from North African music. He is joined by Francois Corneloup (saxophones), Gueorgui Kornazov (trombone) and Manu Codjia (guitar) to perform works from his new album Vivre. Recorded at the Gateshead Jazz Festival. With Jez Nelson.

Contributors

Presenter:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Henri Texier
Saxophone:
Francois Corneloup
Trombone:
Gueorgui Kornazov
Guitar:
Manu Codjia

With John Shea.
Wagner Das Rheingold (concert performance)
3.35 Kilar Piano Concerto 4.00 Grossman Csardas (The Ghost of Voyvode) 4.10 Nielsen Folk Tune, Op 3 No 1;
Jumping Jack, Op 11 No 4 Saint-Saëns Saltarelle, Op 74
4.20 Telemann Concerto in E minor for recorder and flute
4.30 Brahms Viola Sonata in F minor. Op 120 No 1 (4th mvt)
4.40 Mehul Piano Sonata in D, Op No 14.45 Schierbeck Today Is Lovely Weather 4.50 Godar Emmeleia
5.00 Noskowski The Steppes. Op 66 5.20
Kilpinen Spielmannslieder , Op 77 5.30 Lottl Echo Sonata in F for two oboes 5.40 Purcell Three Parts upon a Ground
5.45 Schubert An den Mond. D259; Geistes Gruss , DM2; Auf dem See. D543, Der Musensohn, D764 5.55 Wagner Overture: Tannhauser 6.10 Liszt Harmonies du Soir
(Transcendental Study) 6.20 Bach Orchestral Suite No 1 in C, BWV1066 6.40 Kajanus Aino

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Wagner Das Rheingold
Unknown:
Grossman Csardas
Unknown:
Kilpinen Spielmannslieder
Unknown:
Geistes Gruss

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