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7.00-8.00: Lehar Gold and Silver Waltz Budapest PO, conductor Janos Sandor G Gabrieli Canzon Septimi Toni , C171 His Majestys Sagbuttsand Cornetts
8.00-9.00: Haydn: Piano Sonata in D, H XVI 37 LeifOveAndsnes
Malcolm Arnold Oboe Concerto
Jennifer Galloway , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Rumon Gamba
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Contributors

Conductor:
Janos Sandor
Conductor:
G Gabrieli
Unknown:
Septimi Toni
Oboe:
Malcolm Arnold
Unknown:
Jennifer Galloway
Conductor:
Rumon Gamba

Presented by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library Simon Heighes listens to recordings of Monteverdi's Vespers (1610).
10.45 Mark Padmore talks about his new recording of Handel arias, and working with Rene Jacobs on Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito.
11.15 Edward Seckerson joins Andrew MacGregor to review a newly re-issued Shostakovich symphony cycle conducted by Kirill Kondrashin .
11.45 Disc of the Week: British Horn Concertos David Pyatt. LPO, conductor Nicholas Braithwaite
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Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Simon Heighes
Talks:
Mark Padmore
Unknown:
Rene Jacobs
Unknown:
La Clemenza Di Tito.
Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Unknown:
Andrew MacGregor
Conducted By:
Kirill Kondrashin
Unknown:
David Pyatt
Conductor:
Nicholas Braithwaite

Tom Service visits the British Library with Lewis Foreman to sift through the archive of papers and photographs of Arnold Bax 's mistress
Harriet Cohen. And Norman Lebrecht discusses his latest book, The Life and Death of Classical Music, with Tom, record producer Michael Haas and New York journalist, John Rockwell. Producer ClivePortbury

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Foreman
Unknown:
Arnold Bax
Unknown:
Harriet Cohen.
Unknown:
Norman Lebrecht
Producer:
Michael Haas
Unknown:
John Rockwell.

Kings of Swing
2/3. Linton Chiswick continues the Goodman and Shaw story with a closer look at some of their key big band recordings. Plus two of the world's greatest clarinetists, Dick Johnson and Ken Peplowski , bring their instruments into the studio to help Linton discuss the two musician's style.

Contributors

Clarinetists:
Dick Johnson
Clarinetists:
Ken Peplowski

Turandot
Puccini's lavish tale of riddles, beheading and love at the Chinese imperial court, introduced live from New York Metropolitan Opera by Margaret Juntwait. Based on a fairy tale by Carlo Gozzi , the story of the icy Princess Turandot and her ruthless search for a suitor is intertwined with the tragic devotion of slave-girl Liu to the man who seeks Turandot's hand.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Richard Armstrong
7.05 Beyond the Gilded Stage
Daniel Snowman discovers how opera came to New York - and why it stayed.
7.25 Act 2
8.25 Interval: Met Opera Quiz
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8.50 Act 3
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Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Juntwait.
Unknown:
Carlo Gozzi
Conductor:
Richard Armstrong
Unknown:
Daniel Snowman
Unknown:
Birgit Nilsson
Unknown:
Renato Scotto
Conducted By:
Francesco Mollinari-Pradelli
Princess Turandot:
Andrea Gruber (soprano)
Emperor Altoum:
Charles Anthony (tenor)
Timur:
Oren Gradus (bass)
Calaf:
Richard Margison (tenor)
Liu:
Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano)
Ping:
Earle Patriarco (baritone)
Pang:
Tony Stevenson (tenor)
Pong:
Eduardo Valdes (tenor)
A Mandarin:
James Courtney (bass)

In the 1970s, pioneering Dutch composer Louis Andriessen created his own ensemble De
Volharding ("perseverance") and set about writing pieces for it. His work of the same name blurs many boundaries and allows the players to make choices about the performance. Louis Andriessen De Volharding Conductor Pierre-Andre Valade
Bernd Alois Zimmerman Nobody Knows de
Trouble I Seen Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), conductor Martyn Brabbins

Contributors

Unknown:
Louis Andriessen
Unknown:
Louis Andriessen
Conductor:
Pierre-Andre Valade
Conductor:
Bernd Alois Zimmerman
Unknown:
Edvard Antonsen
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

Robert Worby presents a concert of experimental British and American works performed by the Anglo-Belgian group Plus Minus. Chris Dench Rushes
Mark Knoop and Roderick Chadwick (piano) Joanna Bailie Double
Robert Ashley In Memoriam ... Esteban Gomez Richard Barrett Lost Roderick Chadwick (piano) Cornelius Cardew Treatise

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Worby
Unknown:
Chris Dench
Unknown:
Mark Knoop
Piano:
Roderick Chadwick
Piano:
Joanna Bailie Double
Piano:
Robert Ashley
Unknown:
Esteban Gomez
Unknown:
Richard Barrett
Piano:
Roderick Chadwick
Piano:
Cornelius Cardew

With Jonathan Swain. Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor
Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach Chopin Piano Concerto No I in minor Lang Lang ,
Pittsburgh SO, conductor Leonard Siatkin 2.14 JCF Bach Ino 2.44 Bartok Violin Sonata No 13.17 Elgar The Severn Suite 3.33 Mozart Piano Sonata in A, K331 (A lla Turca)
3.55 Faure Suite: Pelléas ef Meiisande
4.12 Papandopulo Trio Sonata 4.25 Hammerschmidt Suite in C: Ester Fleiss 4.38 Escher Ciel. Air et Vents
4.51 Francaix L'Heure du Berger; Pin-Up Girls; Les Petits Nerveux 5.00 Einojuhani Rautavaara A Requiem in Our Time 5.11 Pederson Three Songs for Five Voices
5.18 Smetana Overture: The Bartered Bride 5.25 Weber Rondo Brillante in D flat, Op 65 (Aufforderung zum Tanz)
5.35 Hindemith Trauermusik 5.43 Bo Holten Alt har sin tid 5.53 Britten Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge , Op 10 6.19 Liszt Ave Maria 6.27 CPE Bach Sonata in D, Wq83 6.44 Wiren Serenade for Strings, Op 11

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Unknown:
Lang Lang
Conductor:
Leonard Siatkin
Unknown:
Bach Ino
Unknown:
Hammerschmidt Suite
Unknown:
Ester Fleiss
Unknown:
Escher Ciel.
Unknown:
Einojuhani Rautavaara
Unknown:
Weber Rondo Brillante
Unknown:
Hindemith Trauermusik
Unknown:
Bo Holten Alt
Unknown:
Frank Bridge
Unknown:
Wiren Serenade

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