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This week Penny Gore presents music for midsummer, and looks at the group of Russian composers known as the "Mighty Handful".
7.00-8.30: Rimsky-Korsakov Overture on Russian Themes, Op 28 Russian SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov Brahms Five Waltzes, Op 39 Silke-Thora Matthies and Christian Kohn (piano duo) Finzi I Said to Love, Op 19b Roderick Williams (baritone), lain Burnside (piano)
8.30-10.00: Boulanger Hymne au Soleil New
London Chamber Choir, conductor James Wood Bridge Summer BBC NOW, conductor Richard Hickox Rimsky-Korsakov Symphony No I in E minor Gothenburg SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi

Contributors

Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov Brahms
Unknown:
Silke-Thora Matthies
Piano:
Christian Kohn
Baritone:
Roderick Williams
Piano:
Boulanger Hymne
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

With Rob Cowan. Featuring Mahler symphonies and recordings by Ezio Pinza.
Vivaldi Concerto in C, RV537 Arthur Haneuse and Roger Delmotte (trumpets), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Hermann Scherchen
10.10 Monteverdi Oblivion Soave (L'lncoronazione di Poppea); Lasciatemi Morire (L'Arianna) Ezio Pinza (bass), Fritz Kitzinger (piano)
10.15 Debussy Préludes, Book 2 (excerpts) Monique Haas (piano)
10.25 J Strauss (son) Waltz: Vienna Blood,
Op 354 Columbia SO, conductor Bruno Walter
10.35 Verdi Che Mai Vegg'lo! Infelice (Ernani); 0 Tu, Palermo (I Vespri siciliani) Ezio Pinza
(bass), orchestra conducted by Rosario Bourdon
10.45 Scriabin Piano Sonata No 10, Op 70 JohnOgdon
10.55 Mozart 0 Isis und Osiris (Die Zauberflote) Ezio Pinza (bass), Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Giulio Setti
11.00 Mahler Symphony No 1 Dresden
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Herbert Kegel

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Arthur Haneuse
Unknown:
Roger Delmotte
Conductor:
Hermann Scherchen
Piano:
Monique Haas
Conductor:
Bruno Walter
Conducted By:
Rosario Bourdon
Conductor:
Giulio Setti
Conductor:
Herbert Kegel

Live from London's Wigmore Hall, presented by Fiona Talkington. Christiane Oelze (soprano),
Julius Drake (piano)
Britten The Poet's Echo, Op 76
Schubert Lied der Anne Lyle , Op86, D830
Ellens Raste Kreiger !; Jager, ruhe von der Jagd!, Ave Maria (Gesange, Op 52)
Walton Daphne ; Through Gilded Trellises; Old Sir Faulk (words by Edith Sitwell )

Contributors

Presented By:
Fiona Talkington.
Soprano:
Christiane Oelze
Piano:
Julius Drake
Unknown:
Anne Lyle
Unknown:
Ellens Raste Kreiger
Unknown:
Walton Daphne
Unknown:
Edith Sitwell

BBC Philharmonic
Presented by Graeme Kay.
Bax Tintagel Conductor Vernon Handley
John McCabe Concerto Jennifer Galloway (oboe), John Bradbury (clarinet), conductor Clark Rundell Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat Conductor Vassily Sinaisky

Contributors

Presented By:
Graeme Kay.
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
John McCabe
Oboe:
Jennifer Galloway
Clarinet:
John Bradbury
Conductor:
Clark Rundell
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky

Two major shows have opened in London's West End in the past few weeks. Edward Seckerson talks to Elton John and Lee Hall about their version of Billy Elliot and explores Michael Grandage's all-star production of Guy and Dolls.

Contributors

Talks:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Elton John
Unknown:
Lee Hall
Unknown:
Billy Elliot
Unknown:
Michael Grandage

The Aldeburgh Festival this year focuses on the music of England and Russia, and in particular on Tippett, Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky. This concert was given yesterday at Snape Maltings in Suffolk. Presented by Stephanie Hughes . BBCSO, conductor Edward Gardner Stravinsky Fireworks, Op 4
Oliver Knussen Flourish with Fireworks
Colin Matthews Fanfare and Flourish with Fireflies Tchaikovsky Suite: The Sleeping Beauty
8.20 Twenty Minutes: Joyce Grenfell at the Aldeburgh Festival 1/3. Britten
A compilation of the letters Joyce Grenfell wrote during her visits to the Aldeburgh Festival from 1962 until her death in 1979, read by Maureen Lipman and presented by Janie Hampton. With the first broadcast of a song that Grenfell wrote and recorded forthe 20th Festival, in 1967, and which was lost until recently. This series continues on Thursday at 8.20pm
8.40 Tchaikovsky, orch Stravinsky Bluebird Pas de Deux (Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty) Tippett Symphony No 2

Contributors

Presented By:
Stephanie Hughes
Conductor:
Edward Gardner
Unknown:
Oliver Knussen
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Unknown:
Joyce Grenfell
Read By:
Maureen Lipman
Presented By:
Janie Hampton.
Unknown:
Stravinsky Bluebird

They have taken over the world - but can they ever be cool? Susan Hitch and guests discuss "geek chic" and the inexorable rise, from Copernicus to Bill Gates , of the geek. And in the BBC Series A Picture of Britain, Louis de Bernieres casts his eye over the East Anglian landscape. Producer Ariane Koek

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Hitch
Unknown:
Bill Gates
Unknown:
Louis de Bernieres
Producer:
Ariane Koek

Ballake Sissoko plays the West African kora, Amjad Ali Khan plays the Indian sarod, and Roy Bailey sings The Four-Loom Weaver. Plus 18th-century English organ music from the church of St Matthew's Westminster. Introduced by Verity Sharp.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ballake Sissoko
Unknown:
Amjad Ali Khan
Unknown:
Roy Bailey
Unknown:
Four-Loom Weaver.
Introduced By:
Verity Sharp.

With Louise Fryer.

Part Fratres; Janacek String Quartet No 2 (Intimate Letters)

Ciurllonis String Quartet in C minor

2.05 Rachmaninov The Bells, Op 35

2.40 Liszt Fantasies on Szozdat and the Hungarian National Anthem

2.50 Kodaly Variations on a Hungarian Folksong (The Peacock)

3.20 Ravel Histoires Naturelles

3.40 CPE Bach Sonata in A for winds

3.55 Mozart Violin Sonata in G, K301

4.10 Bacheler Mounsiers Almain

4.20 Telemann Concerto in E minor, TWV 52 e:1

4.30 A. Scarlatti Fuga del Terzo Tono in A minor

4.35 Biber Sonata a 3 ex E terz minore

4.35 Sibelius Andante Festivo

4.40 Saint-Saens Prelude and Fugue in C, Op 109 No 3

4.50 Poulenc Petites Voix

5.00 Poot A Cheerful Overture

Bartok Minor Seconds, Major Sevenths (Mikrokosmos)

5.05 Mielczewski Missa super O Gloriosa Domina

5.25 Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 11

5.35 Smetana Sonata Movement in E minor

5.50 Schubert Der Pilgrim, D794: An Emma, 0113c; Hoffnung, D637

6.00 Bach Overture in G minor, BWV1070

6.15 Sjogren Cello Sonata in in Op 58

6.35 Strauss Piano Sonata, Op 5

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Fryer

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