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Presented by Martin Handley.
7.00-8.00: Blavet Flute Concerto in A minor Tchaikovsky Waltz (Eugene Onegin )
8.00-9.00: Mozart Symphony No 14 in A, K114 Saint-Saens Septet in E flat, Op 65

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Unknown:
Eugene Onegin

Rob Cowan introduces some treasures from his record collection. Plus one of the Elliott Carter recordings recommended in yesterday's CD Review. Music includes:
Musorgsky Festival March (Mlada)
Berlin PO, conductor Claudio Abbado
Marais La Matelotte (Alcyone, Act 3) Isabelle Poulenard (soprano), Les Talens Lyriques, director Christophe Rousset
Liszt, arr Reger St Francis Walking on the Water (Legends, No 2) Edouard Oganessian (organ) Verdi Notturno Jennifer Larmore (mezzo),
Bruce Ford (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass), Jaime Martin (flute), Antoine Palloc (piano) Various Musiques a Danser a la Cour
La Simphonie de Marais, conductor Hugo Reyne Pitf ield Piano Concerto No 2 Peter Donohoe , Royal Northern College of Music Orchestra, conductor Andrew Penny
Saint-Saens Introduction and Rondo
Capriccioso in A minor, Op 20 Aaron Rosand (violin), Norwegian Radio Orchestra, conductor Sverre Brulund
Pfitzner Palestrina , Act 3 (Finale) Sena Jurinac (soprano), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductor Robert Heger Reger, arr Poltoratsky Suite in G minor Yuri Bashmet (viola), Moscow Soloists

Contributors

Introduces:
Rob Cowan
Unknown:
Elliott Carter
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Marais La Matelotte
Soprano:
Isabelle Poulenard
Director:
Christophe Rousset
Unknown:
Reger St Francis
Tenor:
Bruce Ford
Tenor:
Alastair Miles
Bass:
Jaime Martin
Flute:
Antoine Palloc
Conductor:
Hugo Reyne
Unknown:
Peter Donohoe
Conductor:
Andrew Penny
Violin:
Aaron Rosand
Conductor:
Sverre Brulund
Conductor:
Pfitzner Palestrina
Soprano:
Fritz Wunderlich
Conductor:
Robert Heger
Viola:
Yuri Bashmet

Michael Berkeley talks to the writer, critic and expert in 20th-century music Paul Griffiths. His musical passions include works by Ligeti, Kurtag and Nono, alongside sacred music from the Middle Ages and songs by Debussy and Stravinsky.

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Music:
Paul Griffiths.

Live from St Giles Cripplegate in the Barbican, London. Presented by John Tusa. Rolf Hind (piano)
Elliott Carter Night Fantasies Ives Some Southpaw Pitching
Schoenberg Klavierstucke , Op 33a and b
Debussy Etude pour les Sonorités Opposées
2.50 Interval: Notes on Poetry -
John Hollander In his second talk on American poets who have worked with Elliott Carter , Mark Lawson considers John Hollander , whose verse explores the relationship between poetry and music.
3.00 Elliott Carter Piano Sonata

Contributors

Presented By:
John Tusa.
Piano:
Rolf Hind
Piano:
Elliott Carter
Unknown:
Schoenberg Klavierstucke
Unknown:
John Hollander
Unknown:
Elliott Carter
Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
John Hollander

Get Carter! - the Music of Elliott Carter
Live from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in the Barbican, London. Presented by John Tusa.
Guildhall School Symphony Orchestra, conductor Diego Masson
Schoenberg Five Pieces for Orchestra Elliott Carter The Minotaur
5.30 Interval: Notes On Poetry: Robert Lowell Mark Lawson discusses Robert Lowell who, in the 1960s, was a pioneer of confessional verse.
5.45 Elliott Carter Symphony No 1

Contributors

Presented By:
John Tusa.
Conductor:
Diego Masson
Unknown:
Robert Lowell
Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Robert Lowell

Conductor and composer Ken Burton joins Aled Jones for an exploration of African-American spirituals from the time of pioneering choirs like the Fisk Jubilee Singers and the rap-like sounds of the Golden Gate Quartet to the present day.
Plus a look at the latest choral releases. And John Tavener talks about his new work, Tribute to
Cavafy, for the Tallis Scholars, which receives its first performance in Birmingham later this week.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ken Burton
Unknown:
Aled Jones
Talks:
John Tavener

New plays celebrating the city of Leeds by Tajinder Hayer , Jodie Marshall , Alan Plater , Jane Rogers and Eamon Rooney , with Simon Armitage and Michelle Scally-Clarke performing their own new poems. Recorded last month at West Yorkshire Playhouse. The cast includes Peter Armitage , Barbara Barnes , Patrick Connolly ,
Elizabeth Spriggs , Matt Sutton , Deka Walmsley , Thushani Weerasekera , Liz White , Tracey Wilkinson.
With music by Tom Kirkpatrick , performed by Danny Templeman and Edward Kainyek.
Producers/Directors Alex Chisholm and Nadia Molinari

Contributors

Unknown:
Tajinder Hayer
Unknown:
Jodie Marshall
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Unknown:
Jane Rogers
Unknown:
Eamon Rooney
Unknown:
Simon Armitage
Unknown:
Michelle Scally-Clarke
Unknown:
Peter Armitage
Unknown:
Barbara Barnes
Unknown:
Patrick Connolly
Unknown:
Elizabeth Spriggs
Unknown:
Matt Sutton
Unknown:
Deka Walmsley
Unknown:
Thushani Weerasekera
Unknown:
Liz White
Unknown:
Tracey Wilkinson.
Music By:
Tom Kirkpatrick
Unknown:
Danny Templeman
Unknown:
Edward Kainyek.
Directors:
Alex Chisholm

Novelist Claire Messud considers the perils and rewards faced by British and European writers who have chosen to work in the USA. Travelling from Houston to Chicago, via Washington DC and Boston, she talks to Zoe Heller, Aleksandar Hemon, Christopher Hitchens, James Lasdun and Adam Zagajewski.

Contributors

Presenter:
Claire Messud
Interviewee:
Zoe Heller
Interviewee:
Aleksandar Hemon
Interviewee:
Christopher Hitchens
Interviewee:
James Lasdun
Interviewee:
Adam Zagajewski.
Producer:
Tim Dee

With Jonathan Swain. Ars Nova, conductor Paul Hiller , perform Taverner's Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas, interspersed with sacred music by Fayrfax, Byrd, R White and Tallis.
2.06 Shostakovich String Quartet No 7, Op 108
2.19 Scriabin Prometheus, Op 60 2.40 Gorecki Flute
Concerto 3.01 Penderecki Song of Cherubs 3.08 Janacek Mladi 3.29 Dvorak Piano Concerto in G minor 4.09 Puccini 0 Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicci ) 4.11 Mozart Rivolgete a Lui to Sguardo (Cosi Fan Tutte) 4.17 Telemann Septet in B flat, TWV 44:43 4.27 PachelbelDer Herr ist König
4.32 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in D, Kk416
4.35 Piazzolla Le Grand Tango 4.47 Schubert Ganymed , D544 4.52 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in C, RV88
5.00 CPE Bach Piano Sonata in E minor, Wq59 No 1
5.09 Mozart Bella Mia Fiamma, Resta, 0 Cara, K528
5.20 Fanny Mendelssohn Allegro Moderato. Op 8 No
5.26 Tallis Gloria (Missa Puer Natus Est Nobis)
5.36 Bach Passacaglia in C minor, BWV582 5.50 Mozetlch Procession 6.05 Haydn Te Deum in C, H XXIII c:l
6.13 Janacek March of the Blue Boys
6.16 Dvorak String Quartet in F, Op 96 (American)
6.39 Billings Lamentation over Boston
6.45 Svendsen Romeo and Juliet, Op 18

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Paul Hiller
Unknown:
Janacek Mladi
Unknown:
Mio Babbino Caro
Unknown:
Gianni Schicci
Unknown:
Mozart Rivolgete
Unknown:
Schubert Ganymed
Unknown:
Tallis Gloria
Unknown:
Haydn Te Deum
Unknown:
Svendsen Romeo

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