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Presented by Sandy Burnett.
7.00-8.30: John Adams A Short Ride in a Fast Machine San Francisco SO, conductor Edo de Waart Handel Oboe Concerto in G minor, HWV287 Frank de Bruine, the Parley of Instruments, director Peter Holman Chabrier Prélude Pastorale
Vienna PO, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
8.30-10.00: Stravinsky Scherzo Fantastique Montreal SO, conductor Charles Dutoit
Debussy Suite Bergamasque Zoltan Kocsis (piano) Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato in G, Op 92 Rudolf Serkin (piano),
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Contributors

Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Presented By:
John Adams
Director:
Peter Holman
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Piano:
Zoltan Kocsis
Piano:
Rudolf Serkin

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Featuring
Beethoven violin sonatas and recordings by the conductor Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht.
10.00 Debussy Prelude a I'Apres-Midi d'un Faune French National Radio Orchestra, conductor Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
10.11 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 1 in D, Op 12 Nol David Oistrakh , Vladimir Yampoisky (piano)
10.30 Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor Philharmonia, conductor Guido Cantelli
11.15 Debussy Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien
(excerpt) Andre Falcon (reciter), Claudine Collart (soprano), Jeannine Collard and Christiane Gayraud (contraltos), French National Radio Choir and Orchestra/Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht
11.38 Beethoven Violin Sonata No 2 in A, Op 12 No 2 Yehudi Menuhin , Louis Kentner (piano)

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Desire-Emile Inghelbrecht.
Unknown:
David Oistrakh
Piano:
Vladimir Yampoisky
Conductor:
Guido Cantelli
Unknown:
Andre Falcon
Soprano:
Claudine Collart
Soprano:
Jeannine Collard
Soprano:
Christiane Gayraud
Unknown:
Yehudi Menuhin
Piano:
Louis Kentner

Donald Macleod takes a look at the early life of Gustav Holst, his student days, the start of his teaching career and his interest in folk songs.
Ave Maria BBC Singers, conductor Justin Doyle The Mystic Trumpeter Op 18 Claire Rutter (soprano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus (women's voices) and Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor David Lloyd-Jones A Somerset Rhapsody. Op 21 No 2 LPO, conductor Adrian Boult Beni Mora , Op 29 No
BBCSO, conductor Malcolm Sargent
Producer Cath McGhee Repeated Sunday 12 midnight
RT DIRECT: A recording of Holst's The Planets (1 CD) with the LSO conducted by Richard Hickox is available for £4.20 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed], or phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit [web address removed]. Quote ref: [number removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Gustav Hoist
Conductor:
Justin Doyle
Soprano:
Claire Rutter
Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Beni Mora
Conductor:
Malcolm Sargent
Producer:
Cath McGhee
Conducted By:
Richard Hickox

Fiona Talkington presents a recital given by the young Welsh pianist Llyr Williams , from the Wigmore Hall in London.
Schumann Toccata, Op 7
Bartok Sonatina; Allegro Barbaro
Kurtag Flowers Are We 1; Flowers Also the Stars; Homage to Bartok; Flowers Are We 2 Liszt La Notte
Bartok Fifteen Hungarian Peasant Songs
Waqner/Liszt Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Pianist:
Llyr Williams
Unknown:
Allegro Barbaro

BBC Philharmonic: British Film Music
Today's selection, presented by Graeme Kay
, includes music written by non-British composers for British films set in London and music depicting the British class system.
Georges Auric Suite: The Lavender Hill Mob Conductor Rumon Gamba
Richard Rodney Bennett Elegy for viola and orchestra (Lady Caroline Lamb ) Philip Dukes (viola), conductor Rumon Gamba
Georges Auric Suite: It Always Rains on Sunday Conductor Rumon Gamba
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor Noriko Ogawa , conductor Vassily Sinaisky
Vaughan Williams The Dim Little Island Martin Hindmarsh (tenor), conductor Rumon Gamba

Contributors

Presented By:
Graeme Kay
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Unknown:
Lady Caroline Lamb
Viola:
Philip Dukes
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba
Conductor:
Noriko Ogawa
Conductor:
Vassily Sinaisky
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams
Tenor:
Martin Hindmarsh
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba

Broadway leading men have always been a rarer breed than divas. Edward Seckerson talks to
Brian Stokes Mitchell , star of the musical stage and Tony Award winner in 2000 for the hit Michael Blakemore revival of Kiss Me, Kate.
ADDRESS: Stage and Screen, Room 220, Broadcasting House, Queen Margaret Drive , Glasgow G12 8DG email: stageandscreen@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Talks:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Unknown:
Michael Blakemore
Unknown:
Queen Margaret Drive

Tonight's concert, given at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, delves into the roots and influences of American minimalism.
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Charles Hazelwood
Steve Reich Full Orchestra (The Four Sections) Terry Riley In C
Philip Glass Company
Steve Reich Clapping Music
Moondoq Stamping Ground; Lament 1 (Bird's Lament)
John Adams Harmonielehre

Contributors

Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Conductor:
Charles Hazelwood
Conductor:
Steve Reich
Unknown:
Terry Riley
Unknown:
Steve Reich
Unknown:
John Adams Harmonielehre

Paul Allen is joined by David Edgar and others at the Harris Museum in Preston to debate what the rights of the artist are today. Does the right to freedom of expression always outweigh the responsibility to respect the beliefs of different faiths? Producer Phil Tinline

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Allen
Unknown:
David Edgar
Producer:
Phil Tinline

With Jonathan Swain.
Stravinsky Three Pieces for String Quartet Schmitt Suite en Rocaille, Op 84 Tailleferre Harp Sonata
Prokofiev Prelude in C, Op 12 No 7 Françaix Clarinet
Quintet in B flat Egbert Jan Louwerse (flute), Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer (clarinet), Gwyneth Wentink (harp), Matangi Quartet 2.06 Ravel Introduction and Allegro
2.18 Schubert Wandererfantasie 2.42 Mahler
Symphony No 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) 4.01 Wagner A Faust Overture 4.13 Gounod Valse (Faust) 4.23
Schubert Trost in Tranen, 0120; Wer nie sein Brot mit
Tranenass, D479;Andie Wren will ich schleichen, D480
4.34 Durante Concerto No 5 in A 4.42 Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, HWV67 4.45 Goldmark Night Piece (The Queen of Sheba) 4.53 Kalman Two Lovely Eyes (The Circus Princess) 5.00 Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations 5.11 Mozart Sonata in D for two pianos, K381
5.21 Cavalli Sonata a 8 (Musiche Sacre Concernenti
Messa) 5.26 Anon, arr Praetorius I Sawa Rose Spring Forth 5.29 Hartmann, arr Gunther/Teuber Blooming Like a Rose Garden 5.35 MacDowell To a Wild Rose: Witches Dance. Op 17 No 2 5.40 Ginastera Malambo, Op 8a 5.43 Guastavino The Rose and the Willow
5.47 Arthur Butterworth Romanza 5.57 Svendsen Romance in G, Op 26 6.06 Bruhns Muss nicht der Mensch 6.20 Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042
6.39 Poulenc Suite: Les Biches

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Flute:
Egbert Jan Louwerse
Flute:
Lars Wouters

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