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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: CPE Bach Piano Sonata in G, Wq62No 19 Mikhail Pletnev
Rossini Ballet music: William Tell
New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Purcell Rejoice in the Lord Alway (Bell Anthem) James Bowman (countertenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Max van Egmond (bass),
King's College Choir, Leonhardt Consort , director Gustav Leonhardt
8.30-10.00: Handel Concerto Grosso in G, Op 3 No 3 Academy of Ancient Music, director Richard Egarr
Schubert, arr Liszt Standchen Murray Perahia (piano)
Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
LSO, conductor Antal Dorati
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Contributors

Unknown:
Mikhail Pletnev
Unknown:
Rossini Ballet
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Conductor:
Purcell Rejoice
Unknown:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Nigel Rogers
Tenor:
Max van Egmond
Unknown:
Leonhardt Consort
Director:
Gustav Leonhardt
Director:
Richard Egarr
Unknown:
Liszt Standchen
Piano:
Murray Perahia
Conductor:
Antal Dorati

With Jonathan Swain. Featuring keyboard works by Cesar Franck and recordings by Henryk Szeryng. Bach Double Concerto in D minor, BWV1043
Henryk Szeryng and Maurice Hasson (violins), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
10.18 Franck Prélude, Aria et Final Alfred Cortot (piano)
10.40 Sammartini Recorder Concerto in F
Michael Schneider , Camerata Koln
10.54 Kreisler Praeludium and Allegro Henryk Szeryng (violin), Charles Reiner (piano)
11.02 Elqar Symphony No I in A flat
The recording recommended in Saturday's Building a Library.
11.55 Reinhardt and Grappelli Improvisation sur le Première Mouvement de JS Bach
Stephane Grappelli and Eddie South (violins), Django Reinhardt (guitar)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Cesar Franck
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng.
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng
Violins:
Maurice Hasson
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Piano:
Alfred Cortot
Unknown:
Michael Schneider
Unknown:
Kreisler Praeludium
Violin:
Allegro Henryk Szeryng
Violin:
Charles Reiner
Guitar:
Django Reinhardt

1/5. Elizabeth Maconchy has been described as one of the most substantial composers these islands have yet produced, and was a hugely influential, and radical, voice in British
20th-century music. Donald Macleod begins a week-long survey of her work to mark the centenary of her birth.
String Quartet No 5 Bingham Quartet
My Dark Heart Jane Manning (soprano),
Lontano, conductor Odaline de la Martinez Clarinet Concertino No 1 Thea King , English
Chamber Orchestra, conductor Barry Wordsworth Producer Lyndon Jones Repeated at 8.45pm
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Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth MacOnchy
Music:
Donald MacLeod
Soprano:
Jane Manning
Unknown:
Thea King
Conductor:
Barry Wordsworth
Producer:
Lyndon Jones
Unknown:
Bingham Quartet

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
From London's Wigmore Hall. Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert given by an internationally acclaimed piano trio.
Trio Staier/Secec/Oueyras
Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op I No 3
Mendelssohn Piano Trio No I in D minor, Op 49
2.00 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra takes centre stage thoughout this week's programmes. Haydn Symphony No 91 in flat Conductor Simon Rattle
Sinfonia Concertante in B flat, H 1105
Jonathan Kelly (oboe), Stefan Schweigert (bassoon), Toru Yasunaga (violin),
Georg Faust (cello), conductor Simon Rattle Schubert Octet in F, D803
Scharoun Ensemble of Berlin
Brahms Concerto in A minor for violin and cello Guy Braunstein (violin), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Berlin RSO, conductor Marek Janowski Haydn Symphony No 92 in G (Oxford) Conductor Simon Rattle
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Contributors

Introduces:
Stephanie Hughes
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Oboe:
Jonathan Kelly
Oboe:
Stefan Schweigert
Bassoon:
Toru Yasunaga
Cello:
Georg Faust
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Schubert Octet
Violin:
Guy Braunstein
Violin:
Alban Gerhardt
Conductor:
Marek Janowski
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Mahler's searching final complete symphony is preceded by the first performance of a new work by Jonathan Harvey. With Tom Service. BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestsra, conductor Nan Volkov
Jonathan Harvey Body Mandala Mahler Symphony No 9

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Harvey.
Conductor:
Nan Volkov
Conductor:
Jonathan Harvey

Matthew Sweet explores the history of the South African play, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, on the eve of the arrival of a new production in Britain from
Johannesburg. Written at the height of apartheid in the 1970s, it was created, against the odds, out of a collaboration between two black actors,
John Kani and Winston Ntshona , and the white playwright Athol Fugard. Producer Fiona McLean

Contributors

Unknown:
Sizwe Banzi
Unknown:
John Kani
Unknown:
Winston Ntshona
Producer:
Fiona McLean

1/4. Presented by Tom Service . A sequence of music with a featured performer leading the way. Wayne Marshall begins by conducting the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in music by George Gershwin. EMAIL: artistfocusdibbc.co.uk

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Service
Unknown:
Wayne Marshall
Music By:
George Gershwin.

Lingua Franca
1/4. SPORandPIE. Michael Rosen embarks on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language. Sanskrit, Welsh,
Iranian, and Norwegian, not to mention English, French and German all share a common linguistic ancestry, being descendants of a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European root (PIE). Producer Simon Elmes EMAIL: theessay@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Lingua Franca
Unknown:
Michael Rosen
Producer:
Simon Elmes

Presented by John Shea. Rameau Quatrième Concert (Pieces de Clavecin en Concert) Saint-Saens Fantasy in A minor, Op 124 Harp Trio Jaffe Schubert Impromptu in A flat, D935 No 2; Ungarische Melodie in B minor, 0817
Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Jaffe Ballad on the Life of Schubert Rameau Cinquième Concert (Pieces de Clavecin en Concert) Harp Trio Jaffe Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A minor, D821 Ramon Jaffe (cello),
Marie-Pierre Langlamet (harp) Bruch Allegro , Op 83 No 2; Andante, Op 83 Ibert Deux Interludes Harp Trio Jaffe
2.35 Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
2.59 Nielsen Flute Concerto 3.19 Vauqhan Williams
A London Symphony (Symphony No 2) 4.04 Stravinsky Eight Instrumental Miniatures 4.12 Purcell Aria: 0 Let Me Weep (The Fairy Queen) 4.20 Chopin Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52 4.31 Abel Symphony in C, Op 10 No 4
4.41 Forster Seatus Vir 4.50 Schubert Six German Dances, D820 5.00 Rossini Overture: II Barbiere di Siviglia
5.07 Mozart Piano Sonata in C. K545 5.18 Byrd Agnus Dei (Mass for five voices) 5.22 Moniuszko Overture: The Fairy Tale 5.36 Giuliani Six Variations, Op 81 5.45 Barber Adagio. Op 115.53 Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol
6.10 Brahms Four Ballades, Op 10 6.32 Kajanus Aino
6.47 Musorqsky A Night on the Bare Mountain

Contributors

Presented By:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Jaffe Schubert Impromptu
Unknown:
Ungarische Melodie
Harp:
Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Harp:
Jaffe Ballad
Cello:
Ramon Jaffe
Cello:
Marie-Pierre Langlamet
Harp:
Bruch Allegro
Unknown:
Vauqhan Williams
Unknown:
Chopin Ballade
Unknown:
Abel Symphony
Unknown:
Forster Seatus Vir
Unknown:
Byrd Agnus
Unknown:
Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol

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