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This week Penny Gore celebrates the 75th birthday of the BBC Symphony Orchestra and plays the five piano sonatas Haydn wrote in 1780.
7.00 8.30 : Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 1 in D BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis Vivaldi Violin Concerto in C,
RV581 (Per la SS Assunzione di Maria Vergine ) Antonio de Secondi, Concerto Italiano, director Rinaldo Alessandrini Haydn Piano Sonata in C, H XVI 35 Andreas Staier Bartok Rhapsody No 2 (1944 version) Yehudi Menuhin (violin), BBCSO, conductor Pierre Boulez
8.30 10.00 : Sibelius Symphony No 7 BBCSO, conductor Adrian Boult Poulenc Sextet Patrick Gallois (flute), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Michel Portal (clarinet), Amaury Wallez (bassoon), Andre Cazalet (horn), Pascal Roge (piano)
Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor Stephen Kovacevich , BBCSO, conductor Colin Davis

Contributors

Violin:
Andrew Davis Vivaldi
Unknown:
Maria Vergine
Piano:
Rinaldo Alessandrini
Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Flute:
Patrick Gallois
Flute:
Maurice Bourgue
Oboe:
Michel Portal
Clarinet:
Amaury Wallez
Horn:
Andre Cazalet
Horn:
Pascal Roge
Unknown:
Stephen Kovacevich
Conductor:
Colin Davis

This week Rob Cowan introduces Szymanowski string music and recordings by Frans Briiggen. Telemann Concerto in E minor Frans Bruggen (recorder), Frans Vester (flute), Amsterdam Chamber Orchestra, conductor Andre Rieu
10.16 Mendelssohn FiveLieder
Maria Stader (soprano), Karl Engel (piano)
10.30 Szymanowski Violin Sonata, Op 9
David Oistrakh , Vladimir Yampolsky (piano)
10.54 Telemann Quartet in D minor (Musique de Table) Members of Concerto Amsterdam, director Frans Bruggen (recorder)
11.11 Listener request: Paderewski Piano Concerto in A minor Earl Wild, LSO, conductor Arthur Fiedler
11.46 Taverner In Nomine a 4 Tye In Nomine (Crye)
Byrd The Leaves Be Green
Holborne The Sighes; The Night Watch Bruggen Consort

Contributors

Introduces:
Rob Cowan
Unknown:
Frans Briiggen.
Unknown:
Frans Bruggen
Flute:
Frans Vester
Conductor:
Andre Rieu
Soprano:
Maria Stader
Soprano:
Karl Engel
Unknown:
David Oistrakh
Piano:
Vladimir Yampolsky
Director:
Frans Bruggen
Conductor:
Arthur Fiedler

1/5. Donald Macleod looks at some important events and encounters in Chopin's early life - among them a visit to Warsaw by virtuoso violinist Nicolo Paganini.
Souvenir de Paganini Fou Ts'ong (piano) Waltz in B minor, Op 69 No 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor Martha Argerich , Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit Berceuse in D flat Alfred Cortot (piano)
Producer Rachel Hopkin Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Violinist:
Nicolo Paganini.
Piano:
Fou Ts'Ong
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Unknown:
Martha Argerich
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Piano:
Alfred Cortot
Producer:
Rachel Hopkin

This week Sandy Burnett's selections feature musical heroes and villains.

Liadov The Enchanted Lake - Conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Wagner Prelude, Act 1, Lohengrin - Conductor Edward Downes
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D - James Ehnes, conductor Yan Pascal Tortelier
Wagner Overture: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Sheherazade - Conductor Vassily Petrenko

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandy Burnett
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Edward Downes
Violinist:
James Ehnes
Conductor:
Yan Pascal Tortelier
Conductor:
Vassily Petrenko

Later this month Tommy Steele returns to London's West End in Scrooge, Leslie Bricusse's adaptation of Charles Dickens 's A Christmas Carol.
Edward Seckerson talks to him about his 50-year career, which has included Cinderella, Finian's Rainbow, Singin' in the Rain, Hans Christian Andersen and the evergreen Half a Sixpence.
Address: Stage and Screen, [address removed] email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Interviewee:
Tommy Steele
Interviewer:
Edward Seckerson

The exciting young French conductor Stephane Deneve conducts the Royal Scottish National Orchestra at the Usher Hall in Edinburgh in his opening season as their new musical director. Mendelssohn Symphony No 5 in D (Reformation)
Mahler Symphony No 1

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephane Deneve

9/16. The chance to vote for the Listeners'
Award category of the British Composer Awards, out of 17 BBC commissions of the past year.
Nicola LeFanu Light Passing (excerpt) Soloists, Ensemble 10/10, conductor Clark Rundell
To register your vote, PHONE: [number removed] or vote online at www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/newmusic/britishcomposerawards.shtml Voting closes on 30 October. The winner will be announced at the award ceremony in December.

Contributors

Conductor:
Clark Rundell

Fiona Talkington with music from the Christian Wallumrod Ensemble, plus tracks from
Bill Bruford , Sweet Billy Pilgrim , and a cat's love song from Vladiswar Nadishana.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Bill Bruford
Unknown:
Billy Pilgrim
Unknown:
Vladiswar Nadishana.

With Louise Fryer.
Haydn Piano Trio in G, H XV 25
Suk About Mother, Op 281.29 Martlnu Duo No 1 for violin and cello Dvorak Piano Trio in F minor, Op 65
2.22 Duruf Requiem, Op 9 3.04 Tchaikovsky Manfred Symphony 4.01 Swiss tradition, arr Aarbunj/Scheurer 0 du liebs Aengeli arr Fassler S'isch mer alles eis Ding arr Gmiinder/Scheurer La Storta da Crusch
4.06 Dunstable Da Gaudiorum Premia
4.09 Byrd Keyboard Variations: Walsingham
4.18 Rosenmiiller Beatus Vir Qui Timet Dominum
4.32 Flbich Poem 4.35 Dlepenbrock De Klare Dag
4.40 Smetana Sonata movement in E minor for two pianos, eight hands 4.51 A Scarlatti Concerto Grosso No 1 in r minor 5.00 Telemann Concerto in D minor for two chalumeaux 5.07 Hellendaal Concerto Grosso in D, Op 3 No 5 5.25 Haydn Rondo (Piano Trio in E minor, HXV 12) 5.30 Blockx Flemish Dances 5.44 Escosa
Three Dances for 2 harps 5.50 Zarzyckl Mazurka in E,
Op 39: Romance in E, Op 16 5.59 Traditional, arr Britten 0 Waly, Watyarr Hurst I Know Where I'm Going arr Gamley Danny Boy 6.09 Dukas Villanelle
6.16 Debussy Images, Set 1
6.32 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 4 in G minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Tchaikovsky Manfred
Unknown:
Dlepenbrock de Klare
Piano:
Haydn Rondo
Unknown:
Watyarr Hurst
Unknown:
Gamley Danny Boy

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