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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Mozart Overture: The Impresario Cleveland Orchestra, conductor George Szell Schubert Du bist die Ruh, D776
Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone), Chamber
Orchestra of Europe, conductor Claudio Abbado Tchaikovsky April; May (The Seasons, Op 37b) Peter Katin (piano)
8.30-10.00: Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Ralph Kirshbaum , BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda
See also Performance on 3 at 7.00pm Mompou El Combat del Somni
Nan Merriman (mezzo), Gerald Moore (piano) Brahms Song of Destiny, Op 54
Occidental College Concert Choir, Columbia
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bruno Walter

Contributors

Conductor:
George Szell
Bass-Baritone:
Thomas Quasthoff
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Piano:
Peter Katin
Unknown:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda
Unknown:
Nan Merriman
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Conductor:
Bruno Walter

Presented by Sarah Walker.
Bach Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV865 (Well-Tempered Klavier, Bk 1 No 20) AndrasSchiff (piano)
10.07 Shostakovich Prelude and Fugue No 6 in B minor Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
10.14 Morley Now Is the Month of Maying Bennett Weep, 0 Mine Eyes
Weelkes The Nightingale, the Organ of Delight The King's Singers
10.20 Messiaen Le Loriot (Catalogue d'Oiseaux, Bk Peter Hill (piano)
10.30 Stravinsky Petrushka
Cincinnati SO, conductor Paavo Jarvi
11.07 Vivaldi Violin Concerto in F minor, RV297 (Winter) (The Four Seasons)
Christian Lindberg (trombone), New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, conductor Okko Kamu
11.17 Delius On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring LPO, conductor Vernon Handley
11.25 Nielsen Symphony No 2
San Francisco SO, conductor Herbert Blomstedt

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Singers:
Messiaen Le Loriot
Piano:
Stravinsky Petrushka
Conductor:
Paavo Jarvi
Unknown:
Christian Lindberg
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt

5/5. When Bach made his famous trip to Liibeck it was for a special occasion, one of the Abendmusiken for which Buxtehude was the composer, performer and impresario.
Chorus, Act 1. Wacht! Euch zum Strei gefasset macht, BuxWV Anh3 Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, conductor Ton Koopman (continuo) Benedicam Dominum , BuxWV113 Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra/Ton Koopman Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, BuxWV199 Bine Bryndorf (organ)
Act 3, Pt 2: Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht, BuxWVAnh3 Caroline Stam, Orianda
Velez Isidro and Johannette Zomer (sopranos), Robin Blaze (countertenor), Andreas Karasiak (tenor), Klaus Mertens (bass), Amsterdam Baroque Choir and Orchestra, director Ton Koopman (continuo)
Toccata and Fugue in F BuxWV157
Ton Koopman (organ) Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Benedicam Dominum

Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Cardiff Coffee Concerts
4/4. The German-based Mandelring Quartet, who have long championed the music of Berthold Goldschmidt , end this week of concerts recorded at National Museum Wales with a quartet they commissioned from Goldschmidt, together with Brahms's ever-popular Clarinet Quintet.
Robert Plane (clarinet), Mandeiring Quartet Goldschmidt String Quartet No 4
Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor. Op 115
2.00 Vienna Week
Concluding this week of recordings from Vienna featuring composers associated with the city. Webern Passacaglia, Op 1
San Francisco SO, conductor Ingo Metzmacher Mozart Piano Concerto No 18 in F K459 Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Haydn Symphony No 89 in F
Vienna PO, conductor Riccardo Muti
Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No 3 Elisabeth Batiashvili (violin), Adrian Brendel
(cello), Till Fellner (piano)
Messiaen Couleurs de la Cite Céleste Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Pierre Boulez Pierre Boulez Derive 1 for six instruments
Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Peter Eotvos
Memoriale Sophie Cherrier (flute), Ensemble Intercontemporain, conductor Peter Eotvos Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor Vienna SO, conductor Fabio Luisi

Contributors

Unknown:
Berthold Goldschmidt
Conductor:
Ingo MetzmacHer
Conductor:
Riccardo Muti
Violin:
Elisabeth Batiashvili
Violin:
Adrian Brendel
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Conductor:
Peter Eotvos
Flute:
Memoriale Sophie Cherrier
Conductor:
Peter Eotvos
Conductor:
Fabio Luisi

From the ninth Manchester International
Cello Festival at the Bridgewater Hall, a concert celebrating its British music theme, played by an international line-up of soloists.
BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Bridge Oration With Colin Carr (cello)
Britten Cello Symphony With Natalia Gutman Walton Cello Concerto With Yo-Yo Ma See also Elgar's Cello Concerto at 8.30am

Contributors

Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda.
Cello:
Colin Carr
Unknown:
Natalia Gutman

A new commission from Scottish writer
Ewan Morrison , written in homage to author Alexander Trocchi. With Ian McMillan. Producer Aasiya Lodhi

Contributors

Unknown:
Ewan Morrison
Unknown:
Alexander Trocchi.
Unknown:
Ian McMillan.
Producer:
Aasiya Lodhi

Jez Nelson presents a set by the Ben Allison Quartet, recorded on Saturday at the 2007 Cheltenham Jazz Festival, and featuring Ron Horton on trumpet, Steve Cardenas on guitar and Gerald Cleaver on drums. Producer Robert Abel

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Allison
Unknown:
Ron Horton
Unknown:
Steve Cardenas
Unknown:
Gerald Cleaver
Producer:
Robert Abel

Presented by Susan Sharpe.

Verdi Di Provenza il Mar, il Suol; Alla Vita che T'arride Renato's; Tregua e cogli' Unni; Dagli Immortali Vertici; Son per Queste Mie Membra; Dio di Guida; Cortigiani, Vil Razza
Ponchielli O Monumento Giordano Neminco della Patria
- Anton Keremidchiev (baritone), Bulgarian National RSO, conductor Zhan Angelov

1.31 Verdi Quattro Pezzi Sacri

2.10 Noskowski Symphony No 3 in F (From Spring to Spring)

2.50 J.C.F. Bach Trio in C

3.02 Bach Cantata No 21: Ich hatte viel Bekummernis

3.38 Grieg Lyric Pieces, Bk 3, Op 43

3.52 Holst St Paul's Suite

4.06 Stanford O Living Will

4.10 Vivaldi Lute Concerto in D

4.21 Rachmaninov Prelude in C minor, Op 23 No 7

4.24 Tchaikovsky Introduction and Waltz: Eugene Onegin

4.32 Reutter Ecce Quomodo Moritur Justus

4.40 Marais Rondo

4.44 Litolff Scherzo (Concerto Symphonique No 4)

4.52 Bree Overture: Le Bandit

5.00 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050

5.21 Tubin Ave Maria

5.26 Verdi Va Pensiero (Nabucco)

5.31 Haydn String Trio in B flat Op 53 No 2

5.39 Chopin Fantasie Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66

5.45 Debussy Reverie

5.50 Sibelius Music to a Scene

5.57 Back The Boy with the Cart

6.01 Tchaikovsky Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

6.08 Handel Water Music: Suite No 3 in G, HWV350

6.20 Mozart Fantasy in C minor, K475

6.32 Mahul Symphony No 1 in G minor

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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