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This week for Penny Gore, love looms large with Romeo and Juliet, Mozart concert arias, and Beethoven and the ladies. Plus the wonderful world of the 17th-century trumpet. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Mozart Per Questa Bella Mano , K612 Justino Diaz (bass), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Ettore Stratta
Stradella Trumpet Sonata in D Crispian Steele -Perkins, Tafelmusik, director Jeanne Lamon Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3 Scottish
Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
8.30-10.00: Mozart Ah, Lo Previdi. ... Ah,
T'Invola, K272 Maria Bayo (soprano), Galicia SO, conductor Victor Pablo Perez Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet) Halle Orchestra , conductor Mark Elder Purcell Of Old When Heroes Thought it Base (Yorkshire Feast Song) Michael Chance
(countertenor), John Mark Ainsley (tenor),
Michael George and Stephen Richardson (basses), Stephen Keavey and Michael Harrison (trumpets), the English Concert and Choir/Trevor Pinnock

Contributors

Unknown:
Questa Bella Mano
Bass:
Justino Diaz
Conductor:
Ettore Stratta
Unknown:
Crispian Steele
Director:
Jeanne Lamon
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Unknown:
Lo Previdi.
Conductor:
Halle Orchestra
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Tenor:
Michael George
Tenor:
Stephen Richardson
Basses:
Stephen Keavey
Basses:
Michael Harrison

This week Jonathan Swain features violin sonatas by Brahms and Schumann, and Benjamin Britten as pianist and conductor.
Balinese tradition, transcr McPhee Tabu Telu Colin McPhee and Benjamin Britten (pianos) Trad, arr Britten The Ash Grove
Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano) Trad, arr Grainger Let's Dance Gay in Green Meadow Viola Tunnard and Benjamin Britten (pianos)
10.11 Schumann Violin Sonata No I in A minor,
Op 105 Henryk Szeryng , Gary Graffman (piano)
10.30 Mozart Piano Concerto No 12 in A, K414 Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, director Benjamin Britten (piano)
10.57 Listener request: Gordon Jacob Clarinet Quintet Thea King (clarinet), Aeolian Quartet
11.30 Haydn Cello Concerto in C, H Vllb I
Mstislav Rostropovich , ECO/Benjamin Britten

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
McPhee Tabu Telu
Unknown:
Colin McPhee
Pianos:
Benjamin Britten
Tenor:
Benjamin Britten
Pianos:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng
Piano:
Gary Graffman
Piano:
Benjamin Britten
Clarinet:
Gordon Jacob
Unknown:
Mstislav Rostropovich

The Belyayev Circle
1/5. Donald Macleod introduces
Mitrofan Belyayev , a wealthy timber merchant who became one of the most influential forces in Russian music, and some of the key figures who gathered round him in late 19th-century St Petersburg.
Sokolov/Glazunov/Liadov Polka Dante Quartet Liadov Three Preludes, Op 36 Stephen Coombs (piano)
Rimsky-Korsakov Sinfonietta in A minor
(Scherzo-Finale) St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andre Anichanov
Glazunov Symphony No I in BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Producer Chris Taylor Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Russian Choral Masterpieces (3 CDs) is available for E9.99 including p&p. To order please send a cheque. payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate) quoting [number removed] or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect.

Contributors

Introduces:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Mitrofan Belyayev
Unknown:
St Petersburg.
Piano:
Stephen Coombs
Conductor:
Andre Anichanov
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Producer:
Chris Taylor

Love and Marriage - BBC National Orchestra of Wales
This week celebrating St Valentine's Day. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch .
Bridge Adoration; Where She Lies Asleep;
Love Went A-Riding; Thy Hand in Mine Philip Langridge (tenor), conductor Richard Hickox Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat Conductor Richard Hickox
Sullivan Trial by Jury Rebecca Evans (soprano), James Gilchrist (tenor), Donald Maxwell and David Thaxton (baritones), Neal Davies (bass), Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Chamber Choir, conductor Richard Hickox

Contributors

Presented By:
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Soprano:
Rebecca Evans
Tenor:
James Gilchrist
Tenor:
Donald Maxwell
Baritones:
David Thaxton
Baritones:
Neal Davies
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

Legends: Andrew Lloyd Webber
1/2. Andrew Lloyd Webber chats with Edward Seckerson , celebrating the recent achievement of The Phantom of the Opera replacing Cats as the longest-running musical in Broadway history. Includes music from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats and Evita.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Unknown:
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Jesus Christ
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Shostakovich and His Heroes
9/12. The public and private faces of the composer are sharply contrasted in two of his symphonies. Presented by Petroc Trelawny .
John Tomlinson (bass), Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus, Huddersfield Choral Society, Bulava Chorus, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Shostakovich Symphony No 12 (The Year 1917); Symphony No 13 (Babi Yar)
This series of concerts continues next Monday at 7.30pm See also Performance on 3 on Friday at 7.30pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Petroc Trelawny
Bass:
John Tomlinson
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky

As Tate Britain unveils its Gothic Nightmares exhibition, Isabel Hilton is joined by Christopher Frayling and writer Charles Palliser to explore what, if anything, binds together the concept of the gothic in art, literature, film and music. Producer Zahid Warley

Contributors

Unknown:
Isabel Hilton
Unknown:
Christopher Frayling
Unknown:
Charles Palliser
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Verity Sharp introduces tracks from Brazilian tropicalia movement veteran Gal Costa, poems by 13th-century Persian mystic Rumi sung by Parissa, and music by Stephen Montague , played by pianist Philip Mead.

Contributors

Introduces:
Verity Sharp
Music By:
Stephen Montague
Pianist:
Philip Mead.

Presented by John Shea. Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor, D 759 (Unfinished) Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor North German RSO, conductor Giinter Wand
2.33 Szymanowski String Quartet No 2 2.50 Baird Piano Concerto 3.10 Szalonek Miserere 3.25 Haydn
Symphony No 92 in G (Oxford) 3.51 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat, K2814.03 Saint-Georges Overture: LAmant
Anonyme 4.11 Arriaqa Erminia 4.25 D Scarlatti Keyboard Sonata in E, Kk264 4.31 Bach Keyboard Concerto in G minor, BWV1058 4.45 Telemann Trio No 8 in B flat (Essercizii Musici ) 4.53 Beethoven Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus 5.00 Auber Bolero No 2 (La Muette de Portici)
5.07 Chopin Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20 5.18 Schubert Standchen , D920 5.23 Papandopulo Rapsodia Concertante
5.36 Kokal Recruiting Suite 5.55 Tartini Violin Sonata (Senti to Mare) 6.02 Telemann Flute Duet in C minor,
TWV 40:131 6.12 Sibelius Luonnotar , Op 70 6.21 Norman Sextet in A minor, Op 29 6.53 Soderman When Lovely May with Anemones Comes; Among Fresh Flowers through the Meadow; Minna Sat in the Meadow

Contributors

Presented By:
John Shea.
Conductor:
Giinter Wand
Unknown:
Arriaqa Erminia
Unknown:
Essercizii Musici
Unknown:
Schubert Standchen
Unknown:
Sibelius Luonnotar
Unknown:
Norman Sextet
Unknown:
Minna Sat

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