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Presented by Sandy Burnett. Music includes:
7.00 8.30 : Schumann Arabeske, Op 18 Nelson Freire (piano) Telemann Concerto in B flat,
TWV52:B1 Matthias Maute and Sophie Lariviere (recorders), Arion, director Jaap ter Linden Ravel Ballet: Ma Mere I'Oye Cincinnati SO, conductor PaavoJarvi
8.30 10.00 : Schumann Piano Sonata No I in F sharp minor, Op 11 Leif Ove Andsnes
Reger Eine Ballettsuite Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leif Segerstam
Dvorak Five Bagatelles, Op 47 Takacs Quartet

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Unknown:
Matthias Maute
Unknown:
Sophie Lariviere
Unknown:
Leif Ove Andsnes
Unknown:
Reger Eine Ballettsuite
Conductor:
Leif Segerstam

2/5. Donald Macleod considers visions and visionaries, and how in the 20th century mystical ideas in art and music expanded to include a Celtic element. He begins with John Browne , a shadowy but remarkable contributor to the 15th-century Eton Choirbook. John Browne Stabat luxta
Tallis Scholars, director Peter Phillips Howells Hymnus Paradisi (excerpt)
Julie Kennard (soprano), John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
Lennox Berkeley Four Poems of St Teresa of Avila, Op 27 Catherine Wyn-Rogers (contralto), BBC NOW, conductor Richard Hickox
Bantock Celtic Symphony RPO, conductor
Vernon Handley Repeated on Monday at midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
John Browne
Unknown:
John Browne Stabat
Director:
Peter Phillips
Director:
Howells Hymnus Paradisi
Soprano:
Julie Kennard
Soprano:
John Mark Ainsley
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Vernon Handley

Vogler Spring Festival
1/4. Music recorded during the May Bank Holiday at St Columba's Church in Drumcliffe, County Sligo, where each year artists-in-residence the Vogler Quartet are joined by guest musicians at the spot where Irish poet WB Yeats is buried. Presented by Sean Rafferty.
Schumann Marchenerzahlungen , Op 132
Sharon Kam (clarinet), Guy Ben-Ziony (viola), Martin Helmchen (piano)
Brahms String Sextet in G, Op 36 Vogler Quartet, Guy Ben-Ziony (viola), Guy Johnston (cello)

Contributors

Presented By:
Sean Rafferty.
Presented By:
Schumann Marchenerzahlungen
Clarinet:
Sharon Kam
Piano:
Martin HelmcHen

James Bowman
Ian Burnside talks to James Bowman about the history and development of the countertenor voice, from the early exponents of the 1930s to the present, including Alfred Deller , David Daniels and Andreas Scholl.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Bowman
Talks:
Ian Burnside
Unknown:
James Bowman
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Unknown:
David Daniels
Unknown:
Andreas Scholl.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Featuring British composer Thomas Ades 's new violin concerto, specially written for tonight's soloist. Presented by Martin Handley.
Anthony Marwood (violin), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Thomas Ades Beethoven Overture: Namensfeier Stravinsky Suite: Pulcinella
Thomas Ades Violin Concerto (first UK performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Thomas Ades
Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Violin:
Anthony Marwood
Conductor:
Thomas Ades

By William Boyd. Playful? Grumpy? Kindly? Bitter? - What do we really know about the once grand man of letters who lives in a flat near Hyde Park and feasts on tinned mandarins with condensed milk? Well, perhaps he'll tell us if he's in the right mood. Read by Oliver Ford Davies and Harry Myers. Abridged and produced by Duncan Minshull.
8.15 Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat

Contributors

Unknown:
William Boyd.
Read By:
Oliver Ford Davies
Read By:
Harry Myers.
Produced By:
Duncan Minshull.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by Louise Fryer.

Tippett Dance, Clarion Air - BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury

David Home Splintered Instruments - Nash Ensemble, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Tippett Four Songs from the British Isles; Over the Sea to Skye - BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury

Elliott Carter Mosaic - Nash Ensemble, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Tippett, arr Bowen Suite: The Tempest - Mark Padmore (tenor), David Wilson-Johnson (baritone), Nash Ensemble, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Contributors

Presenter:
Louise Fryer
Singers:
BBC Singers
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Musicians:
Nash Ensemble
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins
Tenor:
Mark Padmore
Baritone:
David Wilson-Johnson

With Susan Sharpe. Corellt Trio Sonata in A, Op 3 No 12
Sehmelzer Sonata XIII in F (Sacro-Profanus Concentus Musicus) Muffat Sonata No 5 in G (Armonico Tributo)
Corelll Trio Sonata in D, Op 4 No 4 Blber Partita in E flat
(Harmonia Artificioso-Ariosa) 1.50 CPE Bach Oratorio. Die AuferstehungundHimmelfahrtJesu, Wq240 3.03 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F minor, Op 2 No 3^4 Strauss Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (excerpts) 3.59 Chopin Nocturne in B,
Op 9 No 3 4.05 Pachelbel Motet: Gott ist unser Zuversicht

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.

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