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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Sibelius Finlandia New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Kazimierz Kord
Prokofiev Cinderella (excerpts) Barry Douglas (piano)
Corelli Concerto Grosso in C minor, Op 6 No 3 Le Petite Bande, director Sigiswald Kuijken
8.30-10.00: Gershwin Variations on I Got Rhythm Fazil Say (piano), New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
Mozart Violin Concerto No 1 in B flat, K207 German Chamber Orchestra, director Christian Tetzlaff (violin) Ravel Suite: Ma Mere I'Oye
Cincinnati SO, conductor Paavo Jarvi

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Piano:
Barry Douglas
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Violin:
Christian Tetzlaff
Conductor:
Paavo Jarvi

With Rob Cowan.
Badings Symphony No 3 Residentie Orkest, conductor Willem van Otterloo
10.29 Bach transcr Busoni Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903 Egon Petri (piano)
10.40 Bach Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden, BWV230 Choir of St Thomas Church Leipzig, Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Kurt Thomas
10.49 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor
(Choral) Ema Spoorenberg (soprano), Maria von llosvay (mezzo), Frans Vroons (tenor),
Herman Schey (bass), Toonkustkoor Amsterdam, Residentie Orkest , conductor Willem van Otterloo

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Kurt Thomas
Soprano:
Ema Spoorenberg
Tenor:
Frans Vroons
Tenor:
Herman Schey
Conductor:
Residentie Orkest

Preludes to the Afternoon
The last of this week's four recitals given at the Perth Concert Hall and featuring the Preludes and Fugues of Shostakovich. Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch -. Boris Giltburg (piano)
Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op 87: No 17 in A flat; No 15 in D flat
Rachmaninov 10 Preludes, Op 23 Gershwin Three Preludes

Contributors

Presented By:
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Piano:
Boris Giltburg

A symphony by Bruckner features alongside Simpson's final symphony composed in 1990. Plus a further selection of music recorded at this year's Royal Northern College of Music Brass Festival. Presented by Sandy Burnett.

Bruckner Symphony No 2 in C minor - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov

Simpson Symphony No 11 - City of London Sinfonietta, conductor Matthew Taylor

Contributors

Presenter:
Sandy Burnett
Musicians:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Ilan Volkov
Musicians:
City of London Sinfonietta
Conductor:
Matthew Taylor

John Coltrane
Another chance to hear Julian Joseph celebrating John Coltrane 's 80th birthday with a selection of his classic recordings.and appreciation and comments from British saxophonist Steve Williamson. Producer Keith Loxam
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Coltrane
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
John Coltrane
Unknown:
Steve Williamson.
Producer:
Keith Loxam
Unknown:
John Coltrane

A concert by the BBC Symphony
Orchestra, introduced live from the ' Barbican in London by Christopher Cook.
Barry Douglas (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Robertson. Simon Bainbridge Image - Reflection (Diptych, Part One)
Bartok Piano Concerto No 3
8.30 Twenty Minutes: The Real War of the Worlds Robbie Meredith investigates HG Wells's radical political ideas, with the help of Michael Foot and Fay Weldon.
8.50 Simon Bainbridge Diptych , Part Two (BBC commission, first performance) Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook.
Piano:
Barry Douglas
Conductor:
David Robertson.
Unknown:
Robbie Meredith
Unknown:
Michael Foot
Unknown:
Fay Weldon.
Unknown:
Simon Bainbridge Diptych

Matthew Sweet explores the uses of surrealism in cinema, from the films of pioneers like Juan Luis Bunuel , to contemporary directors like
Michael Gondry , whose The Science of Sleep is about to be released. Producer Stephen Hughes

Contributors

Unknown:
Juan Luis Bunuel
Unknown:
Michael Gondry
Producer:
Stephen Hughes

Mark Russell and Robert Sandall present a selection of new alternative music releases, and a studio session by A Hawk and a Hacksaw, the Albuquerque-based duo of Jeremy Barnes (drums/ accordion/vocals) and Heather Trost (violin).

Contributors

Unknown:
Mark Russell
Unknown:
Robert Sandall
Unknown:
Jeremy Barnes
Violin:
Heather Trost

Joe Lovano Quartet
Jez Nelson presents a session by Joe Lovano , recorded in New York. Lovano has established himself as one of the foremost saxophonists and composers of his generation, with an approach to music that's forward-looking and innovative but also encompasses tradition. Veteran pianist James Weidman , double-bass player Esperanza Spalding and drummer Lewis Nash join him to play an arrangement of Streams of Expression, a suite featured on his recently released Grammy-Award nominated album of the same name.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joe Lovano
Unknown:
Joe Lovano
Double-Bass:
James Weidman
Unknown:
Esperanza Spalding
Unknown:
Lewis Nash

With Susan Sharpe.

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor

Bach Prelude (Cello Suite No 6 in D, BWV1012) - with Alban Gerhardt

Walton Symphony No 1

- Iceland Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rumon Gamba

2.30 Prokofiev Sarcasmes, Op 17

2.41 Shostakovich Violin Sonata, Op 134

3.14 Pekiel Missa Pulcherrima

3.44 Sweelinck Fantasia in A minor

3.57 Picchi Ballo alla Polacha

4.00 Geminiani Concerto Grosso No 12 in D minor (Folia)

4.12 Handel Piangero la Sorte Mia (Giulio Cesare)

4.18 Landini Ballata - Abbonda di Virtu

4.23 La Concert Brise Improvisation on La Monica

4.30 Mozart Three Marches, K408

4.43 Glinka Overture: Ivan Susanin

4.53 Schubert Impromptu in A flat, D899 No 4

5.00 Rilsager Little Overture

5.05 Sibelius Petite Suite

5.13 Stainov The Secret of the Struma River

5.21 Karlowicz A Sorrowful Tale, Op 13

5.34 Denes Agay Five Easy Dances in B flat

5.42 Saint-Saens Scherzo in B, Op 87

5.53 Handel, arr Halvorsen Passacaglia in G minor

6.02 Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 47 (Kreutzer)

6.36 Haydn Symphony No 73 in D (La Chasse)

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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