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Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Schmeizer Polish Bagpipes
Members of the Danish Violin Band Glinka, arr
Gourilyov Variations on the Terzetto from A Life for the Tsar Victor Ryabchikov (piano)
Tchaikovsky, arr Stravinsky Variation of the Lilac Fairy and Entracte from The Sleeping Beauty Gidon Kremer (violin), Philharmonia, conductor Christoph Eschenbach Wagner Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkijre) Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Donald Runnicles Bach French Suite No 6 in E, BWV817 Mieczyslaw Horszowski (piano)
8.30-10.00: Musorqsky Polonaise (
Boris Godunov ) USSR SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Handel Acis and Galatea (excerpts) Soloists, Les Arts Florissants, director William Christie Handei, arr Mozart Acis and Galatea (closing scenes) Soloists, the English Concert and Choir, director Trevor Pinnock Jongen Aria et
Polonaise Christian Lindberg (trombone),
Roland Pontinen (piano) Paderewski Polish Fantasy, Op 19 Ian Hobson (piano), Sinfonia Varsovia, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Piano:
Victor Ryabchikov
Violin:
Gidon Kremer
Conductor:
Donald Runnicles Bach
Piano:
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Piano:
Musorqsky Polonaise
Piano:
Boris Godunov
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Conductor:
Handel Acis
Director:
William Christie
Unknown:
Christian Lindberg
Piano:
Roland Pontinen
Piano:
Ian Hobson
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk

Presented by Rob Cowan.
Chabrier Overture: Gwendoline Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray
10.10 Handel Suite in B flat, HWV434 Robert Woolley (harpsichord)
10.20 Listener request:
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor, 0p34 Rudolf Serkin (piano), Budapest Quartet
11.05 Debussy Nocturnes Wayne State University Women's Glee Club, Detroit
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray
11.25 Handel Suite in E minor, HWV429 Andrei Gavrilov (piano)
11.40 Ravel Rapsodie Espagnole Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray

Contributors

Presented By:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Paul Paray
Conductor:
Handel Suite
Harpsichord:
Robert Woolley
Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Conductor:
Paul Paray
Conductor:
Handel Suite
Piano:
Andrei Gavrilov
Conductor:
Paul Paray

Vaughan Williams in the 1920s
5/5. Donald Macleod looks at the works of the late 1920s, including Sir John in Love, Job (a "masque for dancing") and the Piano Concerto.
We'll to the Woods No More (Along the Field, No 1) John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Leo Philips (violin) Sir John in Love Wendy Eathorne (soprano),
Helen Watts (contralto), Rowland Jones (tenor), Raimund Herincx (baritone), New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir , conductor Meredith Davies
Satan's Dance of Triumph (Job) London
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult Piano Concerto Howard Shelley (piano), RPO, conductor Vernon Handley
Job (conclusion) BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis
Repeated on Thursday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Tenor:
Leo Philips
Soprano:
Wendy Eathorne
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Contralto:
Rowland Jones
Baritone:
Raimund Herincx
Conductor:
John Alldis Choir
Conductor:
Meredith Davies
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Piano:
Howard Shelley
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Andrew Davis

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Rosenblatt Recital Song Prize
5/5. lain Burnside and Humphrey Burton report on the remaining two recitalists in the song prize, and after the jury announces the five singers who've made it through to the final,
Burnside and Burton present highlights from the winning performances.
The song prize final is in Performance on 3 tomorrow at
6.30pm and the final of the main BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition is broadcast on Sunday at 6.30pm on BBC2 BBC Singer of the World Heats isonBBC4tonightat8.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton

Spitalfields Festival
Live from Christ Church, London, part of the Spitalfields Festival celebration of the centenary of Michael Tippett. Presented by Christopher Cook.
Mark Wilde (tenor), Steven Bell (horn), Maxim Rysanov (viola), Kristina Blaumane (cello), Britten Sinfonia, conductor Paul Watkins Tippett Little Music for strings
Part Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten Artem Vassiliev Duo Concertante (first performance, Spitalfields Festival commission)
8.15 Twenty Minutes: The Tournament
An excerpt from John Clarke 's novel imagines a top tennis event played not by sports people but by artists and intellectuals, such as James Joyce and George Orwell. Read by Jon Glover. Abridged and produced by Duncan Minshull.
8.35 Purcell, arr Britten Chacony
Tippett Lament from Sellinger's Round
Britten Serenade for tenor, horn and strings

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Tippett.
Presented By:
Christopher Cook.
Tenor:
Steven Bell
Horn:
Maxim Rysanov
Viola:
Kristina Blaumane
Conductor:
Paul Watkins
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Artem Vassiliev
Unknown:
John Clarke
Unknown:
James Joyce
Unknown:
George Orwell.
Read By:
Jon Glover.
Produced By:
Duncan Minshull.
Unknown:
Britten Chacony
Unknown:
Britten Serenade

Former Private Eye editor Richard Ingrams has discovered much in common with another man of letters, William Cobbett. Ingrams discusses his new biography of the 18th-century journalist and social reformer with Paul Allen.
Producer Anne Marie Cole

Contributors

Editor:
Richard Ingrams
Unknown:
William Cobbett.
Unknown:
Paul Allen.
Producer:
Anne Marie Cole

Ry Cooder talks about his latest recording project, Chavez Ravine , which tells the story of a once vibrant Mexican-American neighbourhood in Los Angeles, lost to redevelopment in the 1950s. Presented by Mark Russell and Robert Sandall.

Contributors

Talks:
Ry Cooder
Unknown:
Chavez Ravine
Presented By:
Mark Russell
Presented By:
Robert Sandall.

Session Double Bill: Me'shell Ndegeocello Spirit Music Sextet/John Tchicai and Evan Parker Duo
Jez Nelson presents two contrasting sessions of improvised music. Joining American singer and bassist Me'shell Ndegeocello in her Spirit Music Sextet are Chris Dave on drums and saxophonist Ron Blake. Plus two towering figures of free-jazz saxophone, Evan Parker and John Tchicai.

Contributors

Unknown:
Evan Parker Duo
Unknown:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Chris Dave
Unknown:
Ron Blake.
Unknown:
Evan Parker
Unknown:
John Tchicai.

With Louise Fryer.
Handel Tamerlano 4.05 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in C, Kk420 4.10 Bridge Hornpipe (Miniatures) 4.10 Vaughan Williams Quick March: Sea Songs 4.15 Liszt Grandes
Etudes de Paganini, No 2 4.20 Verdi Ah! Piu Non Vedro
(Don Carlos ) 4.25 J Strauss (son) Overture: Die Ftedermaus
4.35 Rachmaninov Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
4.50 Corelli Trio Sonata in D minor, Op I No 115.00 Eckhard Andantino (Piano Sonata in A. Op 1 No 4) Purcell Pavane in G minor; Chacony in G minor 5.10 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in B minor, Kk87 5.15 Ravel Pavane pour une Infante Defunte 5.25 Glinka Largo (Trio in D minor)
5.30 Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice 5.40 Grieg Peer Cynt: Suite No 15.55 Falla Siete Canciones Populares
Espanolas 6.05 Debussy Rondes de Printemps (Images)
6.15 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat, K333
6.35 CPE Bach Flute Concerto in G, Wql69

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Handel Tamerlano
Unknown:
Don Carlos
Piano:
Eckhard Andantino
Unknown:
Purcell Pavane
Unknown:
Infante Defunte
Unknown:
Debussy Rondes

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