Programme Index

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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Borodin Polovtsian March Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
Bach, transcr Petri Sheep May Safely Graze
(Cantata No 208: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!) (Hunting Cantata) Leon Fleisher (piano) Arvo Part I Am the True Vine
Pro Arte Singers, director Paul Hillier
8.30-10.00: Gimenez Intermezzo
(La Boda de Luis Alonso ) Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos Gluck Ballet music: Don Juan , Act 2 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
Borodin Polovtsian Dances
USSR TV and Radio Large Chorus, USSR Symphony Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov

Contributors

Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Piano:
Leon Fleisher
Director:
Paul Hillier
Unknown:
Luis Alonso
Conductor:
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Music:
Don Juan
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov

With Jonathan Swain.
Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream
(excerpts) Edith Mathis (soprano), Ursula Boese (contralto), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
10.24 Franck Les Plaintes d'une Poupee; Danse Lente Stephen Hough (piano)
10.30 Berg Violin Concerto
Henryk Szeryng , Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik
10.56 Gesualdo Morro Lasso al Mio Duolo
Deller Consort
11.02 Schoeck Horn Concerto
Dennis Brain , Collegium Musicum Zurich , conductor Paul Sacher
11.20 Franck Choral No 2 in B minor
Marcel Dupre (organ)
11.35 Sibelius Symphony No 7
Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Yevgeni Mravinsky
11.56 Novacek Moto Perpetuo
Henryk Szeryng (violin), Charles Reiner (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Soprano:
Edith Mathis
Soprano:
Ursula Boese
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor:
Franck Les Plaintes
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng
Conductor:
Rafael Kubelik
Unknown:
Schoeck Horn Concerto
Unknown:
Dennis Brain
Conductor:
Collegium Musicum Zurich
Conductor:
Paul Sacher
Unknown:
Marcel Dupre
Conductor:
Yevgeni Mravinsky
Conductor:
Novacek Moto Perpetuo
Violin:
Henryk Szeryng
Violin:
Charles Reiner

3/5. Elizabeth Maconchy was only 23 when her suite The Land, received an acclaimed premiere at the 1930 season of Proms concerts. That was one crucial early step in an illustrious career that would see Maconchy become one of Britain's most admired composers. Donald Macleod continues his series of programmes marking the centenary of Maconchy's birth, in conversation with her daughter, the composer Nicola LeFanu. The Land BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Jason Lai
Clarinet Quintet Thea King , Britten Quartet Symphony for double string orchestra LSO, conductor Vernon Handley Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth MacOnchy
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Nicola Lefanu.
Conductor:
Jason Lai
Unknown:
Thea King
Conductor:
Vernon Handley

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The Brodsky Quartet's second concert from their residency at LSO St Luke's. With Fiona Talkington. Barber String Quartet, Op 11
Schubert String Quartet in A minor, D804 (Rosamunde)
2.00 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Performances introduced by Fiona Talkington. Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314
Albrecht Mayer , Mozarteum Orchestra, Salzburg, conductor Trevor Pinnock
Brahms String Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2 Philharmonia Quartet, Berlin
Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel
German State Opera Children's Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington.
Introduced By:
Fiona Talkington.
Unknown:
Albrecht Mayer
Conductor:
Trevor Pinnock
Gertrud:
Susan Bullock (soprano)
Gretel:
Mlchala Kaune (soprano)
Hansel:
Katarina Karneus (mezzo)
Witch:
Jane Henschel (mezzo)
Peter:
Franz Grundheber (baritone)
Sandman:
Susanne Kreusch (soprano)
Dew fairy:
Gisela Stille (soprano)

Presented by Tom Service . Internationally renowned Welsh operatic bass-baritone
Bryn Terfel and the outstanding American mezzo Susan Graham join the BBC Symphony Orchestra and chief conductor Jiri Belohlavek for an evening of favourite excerpts from the operas of Mozart and Wagner.
Susan Graham (mezzo), Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek.

Contributors

Presented By:
Tom Service
Unknown:
Susan Graham
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Susan Graham
Bass:
Bryn Terfel
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek.

With question marks still hanging over his health and future as leader of Cuba, Philip Dodd looks back at the early life of Fidel Castro. A new book attempts to trace the collective story of Castro and his fellow pupils, 70 years after they were photographed together at one of Cuba's top schools. What do their lives tell us about one of the last bastions of Communism, and about its revolutionary head of state? Producer Josh de la Mare

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Dodd
Unknown:
Fidel Castro.

Lingua Franca
3/4. The Romance of Romance. Michael Rosen embarks on the long and winding linguistic road through the roots of European language.
Panning for gold along the Romance language road. In Catalan and French, Jersey dialect and Lombard it's or, in Italian and Spanish, oro, while for Romanians and Occitanians its aur. Producer Simon Elmes

Contributors

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

With John Shea.
Schumann Kinderszenen , Op 15: Carnaval, Op 9;
Bilderaus Osten , Op 66 Valentin Gheorghiu (piano)
2.11 Nlcolal Mass in D 2.42 Roman 13 Pieces
(Drottningholmsmusiquen) 3.03 Haydn Symphony No 90 in C 3.26 Musorgsky, orch Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition 4.00 Karlowicz Nine Songs 4.15 Frederick Schiplzky Elegy 4.22 Gabriel Charpentier Mass I
4.31 Bach Fugue in G minor, BWV1000 4.37
Weiss Prelude-Fantasia in D 4.40 Fesch Violin Concerto in E, Op 5 No 6 4.52 Vivaldi Concerto da Camera in C, RV88
5.00 Clara Schumann Variations in F sharp minor on a Themeof Robert Schumann , Op 20 5.09 Berlioz Trio des Jeunes Ismaeiites 5.16 Lipinski Variations de Bravoure in D sur une Romance Militaire, Op 22 5.27 Lassus La Nuit Froide et Sombre 5.29 Sweellnck Meinjunges Leben hat ein End 5.37 Dobrzynski Monbar 5.49 Juon Bagatelle , Op 56 No 5 5.50 Saar Moment Musical
5.53 Forster Dialogus a 5 (Quid Faciam Misera)
6.00 Schumann El Contrabandista
6.03 Mendelssohn Fantasia No 2 in E minor, Op 16
6.06 Rimsky-Korsakov Concert Fantasia on two Russian Themes, Op 33
6.24 Ippolltov-lvanov Caucasian Sketches, Op 10
6.47 verrijt Flammae Divinae , Op 5 Nos 12-16

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Unknown:
Schumann Kinderszenen
Unknown:
Bilderaus Osten
Piano:
Valentin Gheorghiu
Songs:
Frederick Schiplzky
Unknown:
Gabriel Charpentier
Unknown:
Weiss Prelude-Fantasia
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Unknown:
Sweellnck Meinjunges Leben
Unknown:
Dobrzynski Monbar
Unknown:
Juon Bagatelle
Musical:
Forster Dialogus
Unknown:
Schumann El Contrabandista
Unknown:
Flammae Divinae

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