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Presented by Martin Handley. Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Vivaldi Recorder Concerto in F RV433 Gabriela Krckova, Musica Bohemica , conductor Jaroslav Krcek
Mozart Rondo in A minor, K511 MitsukoUchida (piano)
8.00-9.00: CPE Bach Symphony in E flat, Wql83 No 2 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman
Bach Fantasia in G Cleveland Symphonic Winds, conductor Frederick Fenell

Contributors

Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Conductor:
Musica Bohemica
Conductor:
Jaroslav Krcek
Conductor:
Mozart Rondo
Conductor:
Ton Koopman
Conductor:
Bach Fantasia
Conductor:
Frederick Fenell

Rob Cowan introduces surprises and treasures from his record collection. Plus a chance to hear Schumann's Symphony No 3 (Rhenish) as recommended in yesterday's CD Review.
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert, Op 77 Philharmonia, conductor George Weldon Schumann Der Konig von Thule, Op 67 No Accentus Chamber Choir, conductor Laurence Equilbey
Tchaikovsky Autumn (The Seasons)
Prokofiev Piano Sonata No 7 Op 83 (Precipitato) Cyprien Katsaris (piano)
Grieg Four Norwegian Dances, Op 35 Hague
Residency Orchestra, conductor Willem van Otterloo Gounod Sanctus (Messe Solenelle de Saint Cecile) Roberto Alagna (tenor), Toulouse Capitole Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson Handel Concerto Grosso in F Op 3 No 4 ECO, conductor Raymond Leppard
Wagner Vom Bade kehrt der Konig heim; Nun achte wohl (Parsifal) Reiner Goldberg (tenor), Robert Lloyd (bass), Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Armin Jordan
Mozart Serenade in E flat, KV410 Netherlands Wind Ensemble, conductor Edo de Waart
Debussy Sirènes (Nocturnes) Cologne Radio Choir and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gary Bertini

Contributors

Introduces:
Rob Cowan
Conductor:
George Weldon
Conductor:
Schumann Der Konig
Conductor:
Laurence Equilbey
Piano:
Cyprien Katsaris
Conductor:
Willem van Otterloo
Tenor:
Roberto Alagna
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard
Tenor:
Reiner Goldberg
Bass:
Robert Lloyd
Conductor:
Armin Jordan
Conductor:
Mozart Serenade
Conductor:
Gary Bertini

Composer and songwriter Stephin Merritt , sometimes described as the Cole Porter of his generation, shares his musical passions with Michael Berkeley. These include a range of exotic and unusual instruments, including toy piano.

Contributors

Songwriter:
Stephin Merritt
Unknown:
Cole Porter
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley.

Made in Britain: the Roseinqraves Catherine Bott journeys to Dublin to learn more about the colourful 18th-century Roseingrave family of organists and composers, who seem determined to be more than just a footnote in the history of music.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roseinqraves Catherine Bott

Stephanie Hughes introduces a recital given by the Leopold String Trio earlier this month at the Wigmore Hall in London.
Schubert String Trio in B flat, D581 Hans Krasa Dance
Bach, arr D Sitkovetsky Goldberg Variations, BWV988

Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
Hans Krasa Dance

2/2. Walter Hussey was made Dean of Chichester in 1956, where he pursued his passion for modern art, installing controversial works by Sutherland, Chagall and John Piper in the Cathedral, and commissioning Bernstein's Chichester Psalms. David Owen Norris looks at his continuing influence on church art and discusses whether his original vision has been lost or realised. Producer Chris Taylor

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Hussey
Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Producer:
Chris Taylor

Listeners' requests this week include Swiss composer Paul Burkhard 's overture The Hunting Parson, inspired by a short story about a parson who puts the chase before his clerical duties, and Tchaikovsky's Serenade for strings.
PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email via www.bbc.co.uk/radio3 Address:3 for All. BBC WAles, Cardiff CF52YO

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Burkhard

Sergey Prokofiev was a compulsive diarist; after his death many of his writings were kept in a closed section of the Russian State Archive and have only recently been published. Tom Service talks to their translator Anthony Phillips , and Prokofiev specialist Noelle Mann. And composer
George Benjamin and his librettist Martin Crimp , discuss their opera Into the Little Hill, which opens i n Paris this week. Plus the revelatory music of composer Helmut Lachenmann. Producer Jeremy Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Sergey Prokofiev
Unknown:
Anthony Phillips
Unknown:
Noelle Mann.
Unknown:
George Benjamin
Unknown:
Martin Crimp
Unknown:
Helmut Lachenmann.
Producer:
Jeremy Evans

BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year
1/2. Earlier this month 24 choirs travelled from all over the UK to Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff to compete in the category finals of Radio 3's biennial choral competition.
Aled Jones presents highlights from the youth and adult categories. Which choirs will go through to the Grand Final in December?
Aled Jones talks about Radio 3's Choir of the Year competition in the November issue of BBC Origin's Music Magazine

Contributors

Unknown:
Aled Jones
Talks:
Aled Jones

In Sam Shepard 's best-known and arguably finest play, screenwriter Austin's work on a film script is disrupted by the arrival of his elder brother Lee. The differences between successful, creative-professional Austin and his brutish, desert-living brother couldn't be more marked. Or could they?
Mom Liza Ross
Producer Peter Kavanagh

Contributors

Unknown:
Sam Shepard
Unknown:
Liza Ross
Producer:
Peter Kavanagh
Lee:
David Soul
Austin:
Richard Laing
Saul:
Kenneth Jay

In Beijing, a factory that once produced military components has become China's hottest arts quarter, a centre for contemporary artists and galleries. Susan Marling met publisher and 798 resident Huang Hung during the recent arts festival to find out why new Chinese art is so fashionable and what China's official response is to its emerging artists. Producer Susan Marling

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Marling
Unknown:
Huang Hung
Producer:
Susan Marling

With Jonathan Swain.

Haydn The Seasons - Soloists, Choir Rodina Rousse, Bulgaria, Rousse Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georgi Dimitrov

3.10 Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso, Op 14

Fanny Mendelssohn Allegro moderato, Op 8 No 1

3.22 Karlowicz Serenade in G, Op 2

3.44 Madetoja Suite: The Ostrobothnians

4.00 Griffiths Beata Virgo Lauridsen Contre Qui Rose

4.07 Sarasate Ziegeunerweisen, Op 20

4.17 Zelenka Capriccio in F

4.33 Schnizer Organ Sonata No 1 in C, Op 1

4.46 D Scarlatti Guitar Sonata in F, K518

4.51 Fontana Sonata undecima for cornet, violin and bass continuo

5.00 Contant Overture: Les Deux Ames

5.09 Janacek The Wolf's Trail

5.17 Lipinski Variations de Bravoure sur une Romance Militaire, Op 22

5.28 Haydn Piano Sonata in G minor, H XVI 44

5.39 Sibelius Masonic Ritual Music, Op 113

6.01 Mozart Rondo in D. KA184

6.07 CPE Bach Symphony in E flat, Wql79

6.21 Albicastro Trio Sonata, Op 8 No 9

6.33 Madetoja Begia, Op 4

6.40 Linko Piano Concerto No 2

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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