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Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Sullivan Overture: The Yeomen of the Guard Pro Arte Orchestra, conductor Malcolm Sargent
Haydn Piano Sonata in B flat, H XVI 41 Marc-Andre Hamelin
8.00-9.00: Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev
Mozart Divertimento in E flat, K113
Scottish CO, conductor Alexander Janiczek
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Contributors

Conductor:
Malcolm Sargent
Unknown:
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Mozart Divertimento
Conductor:
Alexander Janiczek

Presented by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library David Fanning explores available recordings of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No 5 in E minor.
10.45 Graeme Kay reviews recent CDs of organ music recorded in Mallorca, New York and Carlisle and on some of the historic organs of south London.
11.45 Disc of the Week: Hindemith String Quartet No 4, Op 22 Zehetmair Quartet
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Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Graeme Kay

Harpsichordist-turned-conductor
Christophe Rousset talks about playing Baroque music the French way, and the secrets behind the success of his group Les Talens Lyriques. Petroc
Trelawny explores the viola, taking as a starting point a new biography of Lionel Tertis by John White. Plus a preview of Britten's opera, Owen Wingrave , conceived for television but about to be staged at the Royal Opera House's Linbury Studio Theatre. Producer Emma Bloxham

Contributors

Conductor:
Christophe Rousset
Unknown:
Lionel Tertis
Unknown:
John White.
Unknown:
Owen Wingrave
Producer:
Emma Bloxham

Mr and Mrs Hasse. The programme profiles
German-born composer Johann Adolf Hasse , who married the celebrated mezzo
Faustina Bordoni. Hasse enjoyed great success both at home in Germany and in Italy, but his reputation was short-lived. Lucie Skeaping plays chamber, vocal and orchestral music by Hasse, and recounts some tales of his wife's reputation in the opera house. Producer Rebecca Bean

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Hasse.
Unknown:
Johann Adolf Hasse
Unknown:
Faustina Bordoni.
Producer:
Rebecca Bean

A tribute to Ella Fitzgerald , who would have been 90 years old this week, and a preview of the 2007 BBC Jazz Awards, including the nominations for each of the categories. With Claire Martin.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
Claire Martin.

Kings of Swing
3/3. Linton Chiswick presents the final programme focusing on Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw 's highly innovative small group recordings, which pushed swing to its limits and laid the foundations for bebop. Linton also examines how both musicians risked their careers by employing black musicians at a time when a rigid colour bar was still the norm.

Contributors

Unknown:
Benny Goodman
Unknown:
Artie Shaw

Margaret Juntwait presents Handel's Giulio Cesare, live from New York.
The 1st-century-BC love affair between Julius Caesar and Cleopatra was Handel's inspiration for one of his most compelling operas. The sumptuous score is as enthralling today as it was when first performed nearly 300 years ago.
Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Harry Bicket
8.00 Met Opera Quiz
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8.20 Act Two
9.20 Interval: Beyond the Gilded Stage
6/6. The Globalisation of Opera
Writer Daniel Snowman brings his story of the social history of opera up to the present - and perhaps beyond.
9.45 Act Three
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Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Juntwait
Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Conductor:
Harry Bicket
Unknown:
Daniel Snowman
Unknown:
Giulio Cesare
Unknown:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Unknown:
Tatiana Troyanos
Conducted By:
Karl Richter.
Giulio Cesare:
David Daniels (countertenor)
Curio:
Trevor Scheunemann (baritone)
Cornelia:
Patricia Bardon (mezzo)
Sesto:
Alice Coote (mezzo)
Cleopatra Ruth:
Ann Swenson (soprano)
Tolomeo:
Lawrence Zazzo (countertenor)
Achilla:
Wayne Tigges (bass-Baritone)
Nireno:
Michael Maniaci (soprano)

Ligeti Remembered
Ivan Hewett presents a concert given in memory of Hungarian-born composer Gyorgi Ligeti.
Claire Booth (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), London Sinfonietta, conductor George Benjamin
Liqeti Ramifications; Melodien
Oliver Knussen Requiem - Songs for Sue Alexander Goehr Behold the Sun Llqeti Piano Concerto

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Gyorgi Ligeti.
Conductor:
George Benjamin
Unknown:
Alexander Goehr

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Mozart Symphony No 41 in K551 (Jupiter) City of London Sinfonia, conductor Paul Daniel 1.37 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor
2.26 Strauss Die Gdttin im Putzzimmer 2.32 Britten
Piano Concerto 3.06 Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op 71 No 13.28 Stanford When Mary thro' the Garden Went, Op 127 No 3 3.31 Pearsall Lay a Garland on Her Hearse
3.35 Weber Clarinet Quintet in B flat, Op 34 4.00 Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia 4.07 Kodaly Mountain Nights 3 and 4 4.14 Bach Keyboard Concerto in A, BWV1055
4.29 Graeme Koehne Gothic Toccata 4.35 Boccherini Cello Concerto No 6 in D, G479 4.52 Glinka Overture in D
5.00 Janacek Mladi 5.20 Tippett Five Spirituals (A Child of Our Time) 5.32 Abel Symphony in A, Op 10 No 6
5.44 Enescu Violin Sonata No 2in F minor, Op 6 6.06 Mozart Overture: Der Schauspieldirektor 6.11 Tchaikovsky
Dumka - Russian Rustic Scene 6.21 Josquin Desprez Ave Maria.... Virgo Serena 6.27 Bach Flute Sonata in A, BWV1032 6.42 A Ferrabosco Pavan and Fantasie
6.49 Rossini Overture: La Gazza Ladra

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Unknown:
Strauss Die Gdttin
Unknown:
Graeme Koehne
Unknown:
Janacek Mladi
Unknown:
Abel Symphony
Unknown:
Virgo Serena

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