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This week Sandy Burnett looks at the legacy of music publisher Hans Heinsheimer , and the Bohemian predilection for wind instruments.
7.00 8.30 Copland, arr Bernstein El Salon Mexico Shura Cherkassky (piano) Zelenka Trio
Sonata No 5 in F Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue (oboes), Klaus Thunemann (bassoon), Klaus Stoll (double bass), Jonathan Rubin (lute), Christiane Jaccottet (harpsichord) Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 1 Vladimir Ashkenazy , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Previn
8.30 10.00 Monteverdi Beatus Vir Les Arts
Florissants, director William Christie Beethoven Cello Sonata in A, Op 69 Miklos Perenyi , Andras Schiff (piano) Verdi Falstaff , Act 2 Part 2 Soloists, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic 'Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett
Unknown:
Hans Heinsheimer
Unknown:
Heinz Holliger
Oboes:
Maurice Bourgue
Oboes:
Klaus Thunemann
Bassoon:
Klaus Stoll
Bass:
Jonathan Rubin
Harpsichord:
Christiane Jaccottet
Unknown:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Cello:
William Christie Beethoven
Unknown:
Miklos Perenyi
Piano:
Andras Schiff
Piano:
Verdi Falstaff
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

With Rob Cowan. This week featuring orchestral music by Bruch and recordings by great lutenists.
10.00 Dowland Fantasy Desmond Dupre (lute)
10.08 Vaughan Williams The Tunning of Elinor Rumming (Five Tudor Portraits) Elizabeth Bainbridge (contralto), Bach Choir , New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor David Willcocks
10.23 Bruch Symphony No I in E flat Giirzenich Orchestra, Cologne PO, conductor James Conlon
10.54 Bach Lute Suite in G minor, BWV995 Walter Gerwig
11.24 Listener request: Stravinsky Ballet: Agon South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden, conductor Hans Rosbaud
11.47 Dowland Farewell, A Fancy; Orlando Sleepeth; Sir Henry Umpton 's Funerall Julian Bream (lute)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Desmond Dupre
Contralto:
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Contralto:
Bach Choir
Conductor:
David Willcocks
Conductor:
James Conlon
Unknown:
Walter Gerwig
Conductor:
Hans Rosbaud
Unknown:
Sir Henry Umpton

Robert Simpson (1921-97)
1/5. One of the most charismatic British composers of recent years was Robert Simpson , a man of staunch principles, both musical and personal, whose work flew in the face of contemporary trends. This week, in conversation with the writer and broadcaster (and close personal friend of Simpson) Stephen Johnson ,
Donald Macleod discusses Simpson's character and the rich body of work that is his legacy.
String Trio (Prelude: Presto) Delme Quartet Symphony No 2 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley String Quartet No 7 Delme Quartet
Producer Lyndon Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Simpson
Unknown:
Stephen Johnson
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Producer:
Lyndon Jones

Live from Cadogan Hall, London.
A brilliant young violinist plays Ravel's unconventional, jazz-inflected sonata,
Messiaen's wedding gift to his first wife, and Adams's "relaxed drive down a not unfamiliar road". Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Leila Josefowicz (violin), John Novacek (piano) Messiaen Theme and Variations
Ravel Violin Sonata
John Adams Road Movies Repeated on Sat at 12 noon

Contributors

Presented By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Violin:
Leila Josefowicz
Violin:
John Novacek

Blue Peter Prom - Out of This World
Blue Peter's Liz Barker, Zoe Salmon and Gethin Jones present an action-packed musical voyage across the high seas, up to the stars and into fairy land.
Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday.
New London Children's Choir, Prince Consort Percussion, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Jason Lai Hope
Barnacle Bill (Theme: Blue Peter)
John Williams Theme: Star Wars
Trad What Shall We Do with the Drunken Sailor?
Traditional Maori Pokarekare Ana
Richard Wilkins Pirates on Parade
Tchaikovsky Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Ballet: The Nutcracker)
Dukas The Sorcerer's Apprentice (short version)
Britten Interlude: Storm (Peter Grimes, Act 1)
Drumming item
Prokofiev Midnight and Waltz (Cinderella)
Debussy La Mer (3rd mvt)
Ron Grainer, arr Christopher Austin Theme: Doctor Who
Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1 in D Hope
Barnacle Bill (Theme: Blue Peter)

Contributors

Unknown:
Liz Barker
Unknown:
Zoe Salmon
Unknown:
Gethin Jones
Unknown:
Albert Hall
Conductor:
Jason Lai
Conductor:
Hope Barnacle Bill
Unknown:
John Williams
Unknown:
Maori Pokarekare Ana
Unknown:
Richard Wilkins Pirates
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Ron Grainer

Broadway star Chita Rivera talks to
Edward Seckerson about her career, during which she created the role of Anita for the first production of West Side Story as well as leading roles in Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Nine. ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen<!>bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Chita Rivera
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
The celebration of Michael Tippett 's centenary continues tonight with a rarely performed work. Presented by Sarah Walker.
Elizabeth Atherton (soprano), Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Symphony Chorus, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox Tippett The Vision of St Augustine

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Michael Tippett
Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Soprano:
Elizabeth Atherton
Soprano:
Roderick Williams
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

Fiona Talkington takes a look at the range of music on offer at this summer's festivals and plays some Your Three suggestions chosen by listeners. Plus Raga Jog from the flute of Hariprasad Chaurasia, the voices of Coope,
Boyes and Simpson, and music from Clive Bell and Sylvia Hallett 's new album The Geographers.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Clive Bell
Unknown:
Sylvia Hallett

With John Shea. Vorisek Sonata quasi una Fantasia, Op 20
Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, 0821 (played on the cello) Chopin Piano Sonata No 3 in B minor, Op 58
2.15 Krzysztof Penderecki Concerto Grosso 2.50 Dutilleux Sonatine 3.00 Debussy La Mer 3.30 Mendelssohn String
Quintet No 2 in B flat. Op 87 4.00 Byrd, arr Howarth The Earle of Oxford's March Telemann Concerto a 6 in E minor, TWV52: e3 4.10 Bach Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV870 (The Well Tempered Klavier) 4.15 Soliva Ove Mi Aggiro? (La Testa di Bronzo) 4.20 Ibert Trois Pieces Breves 4.30 Karlowlcz String Serenade in G, Op 2 4.50 Klaml Helsinki March 5.00 Grunfel Soirées de Vienne, Op 56 (concert paraphrase on themes by J Strauss (son)) 5.05 Brahms
Fiinf Cesange, Op 104 5.20 Schreker Valse Lente 5.25
Shostakovich Waltz No 2 (Jazz Suite No 2) 5.30 Moscheles Characteristic Tribute to the Memory of Malibran, Op 94 5.40 Josquln Motet: Ave Maria.... Virgo Serena 5.45 A Scarlatti Toccata in G 6.50 CPE Bach Flute Sonata in A minor 6.05 Dvorak Romance in F minor 6.15 Tchaikovsky Why?, Op 6 No 5; None but the Lonely Heart, Op 6 No 6: The Cuckoo,
Op 54 No 6.25 Mozart Symphony No 36 in C K425 (Lmz)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.

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