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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Mackenzie A Nautical Overture: Britannia English Northern Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones Couperin Concert No I in G (Concerts Royeaux) Barthold Kuijken (flute), Jiirg Schaeftlein (oboe), Milan Turkovic
(bassoon), Sigiswald Kuijken and Wieland Kuijken (bass viols), Robert Kohnen (harpsichord)
JS Schroter Piano Concerto in C, Op 3 No 3 Murray Perahia , English Chamber Orchestra
8.30-10.00: Glazunov Valse (Five Novellettes, Op 15) Vertavo Quartet Debussy Suite Bergamasque Pascal Roge (piano)
Strauss, after Couperin Dance Suite Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones Couperin
Flute:
Jiirg Schaeftlein
Bassoon:
Sigiswald Kuijken
Harpsichord:
Robert Kohnen
Unknown:
Murray Perahia
Unknown:
Glazunov Valse
Piano:
Pascal Roge
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

4/5. Donald Macleod explores the last years of Boccherini's life - which were by no means an easy and gentle retirement.
Symphony in D, Op 42 London Festival Orchestra, conductor Ross Pople
Fandango (Guitar Quintet No 4 in D, G448) Pepe Romero , Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble
Piano Quintet in E minor. Op 57 No 3
Patrick Cohen (piano), Ouatuor Mosaïques Repeated on Wednesday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Ross Pople
Unknown:
Pepe Romero
Piano:
Patrick Cohen

Grieg and the Scandinavians
3/4. Christopher Cook presents another concert from the Cowdray Hall in Aberdeen. Roland Pontinen (piano) Grieg Ballade , Op 24
Sibelius Forest Lake, Op 114 No 3; The Spruce
Tree, Op 75 No 5; Song in the Forest, Op 114 No 4 Nielsen Chaconne, Op 32
Grieq Butterfly: Nocturne; Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces)

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Piano:
Roland Pontinen
Piano:
Grieg Ballade

Ulster Orchestra
Presented by Louise Fryer. Faure Pavane
Conductor Thierry Fischer
Grieg Symphonic Dances, Op 64 Conductor Janos Furst
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor
Abdul Rahman el Bacha (piano), conductor Thierry Fischer Nielsen Symphony No 1 Conductor Janos Furst

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Conductor:
Thierry Fischer
Conductor:
Janos Furst
Unknown:
Abdul Rahman
Conductor:
Thierry Fischer
Conductor:
Janos Furst

Today's programme for younger listeners includes a visit to paradise in the company of French composer Gabriel Faure , and meditative music by Philip Glass . Presented by Angellica Bell and Adrian Dickson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabriel Faure
Music By:
Philip Glass
Presented By:
Angellica Bell
Presented By:
Adrian Dickson.

Brian Kay presents a selection of light classics.
Eric Banks conducts the Central Band of the RAF in Percy Grainger 's Over the Hills and Far Away. Janacek and Delius show their light music credentials. And Gavin Sutherland and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia play Matthew Curtis 's Little Dance Suite.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Kay
Unknown:
Eric Banks
Unknown:
Percy Grainger
Unknown:
Gavin Sutherland
Unknown:
Matthew Curtis

Live electronics, dislocated sound worlds and uncompromising modernity characterise the dynamic and hypnotic musical visions of Italian composer Luigi Nono - one of 20th-century music's greatest revolutionaries. Verity Sharp introduces a retrospective of his work, recorded last night at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall.

Ciaron McFadden (soprano), Sarah Nicolls (piano), Sebastian Bell (contrabass flute), Andrew Webster (contrabass clarinet), BBC Singers, Sound Intermedia, London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen

Luigi Nono Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica; Cantiper 13; Ha Venido; Canciones a Guiomar; La Fabbrica Illuminata; ...Sofferte Onde Serene....; Con Luigi Dallapiccola; A Pierre (Dell Azzurro Silenzio, Inquietum)

Contributors

Presenter:
Verity Sharp
Soprano:
Ciaron McFadden
Pianist:
Sarah Nicolls
Contrabass flautist:
Sebastian Bell
Contrabass clarinettist:
Andrew Webster
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen

Iranian film-maker Abbas Kiarostami talks to Susan Hitch about his life, career and most recent work, which involves transforming one of the galleries of London's Victoria and Albert Museum into a three-dimensional forest.
Producer Kirsty Pope

Contributors

Talks:
Abbas Kiarostami
Unknown:
Susan Hitch
Unknown:
Albert Museum
Producer:
Kirsty Pope

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), RPO, conducted by the composer Repeated from Friday at 12 noon

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
Tenor:
John Reardon

Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Dvorak Concert Overture: Othello
Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor
Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini
2.05 Cherubini Messa Solenne in D minor
3.25 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No 1
3.45 Brahms Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a (St Anthony)
4.05 Chopin Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 45
4.10 Bizet Tra La La! Quand la Flamme de I'Amour (La Jolie Fille de Perth)
4.15 Fitelberg Three Mazurkas
4.30 Lisinski Two Mazurkas in E flat
4.35 Mozart Divertimento in D, K136
4.45 Falla Vivan los Que Rien (La Vida Breve)
4.55 Dvorak Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
5.00 Benjamin Overture to an Italian Comedy
5.05 Faure Pavane, Op 50
5.10 Wiren Marcia (Serenade, Op 11)
5.15 Rangstrom Violin Suite No 2
5.25 Svendsen Norwegian Artists' Carnival, Op 14
5.35 Aufschnaiter Menuett; Cavotta; Menuett (Serenade No 3 in G minor)
5.40 Gabrieli Magnificat
5.45 Debussy L'lsle Joyeuse
5.50 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
6.15 Haydn Piano Sonata in G, H XVI 39
6.25 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op 13

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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