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Music includes:
7.00-8.00: Bach, arr Reqer
Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV1047
Wyneke Jordans and Leo van Doeselaar (piano) Halvorsen Norway's Greeting to Theodore Roosevelt Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Terje Mikkelsen
8.00-9.00: Wagner Overture: The Flying
Dutchman New York Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Wolf Italian Serenade Nomos Quartet
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Contributors

Conductor:
Terje Mikkelsen
Conductor:
Giuseppe Sinopoli

Presented by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library Peter Quantrill explores recordings of Mahler's Ninth Symphony.
10.45 Stephen Plaistow casts a critical ear over the initial releases in APR's new series The Russian Piano Tradition, including the first recordings of Rachmaninov's concertos to have come from the USSR and a two-piano programme from Emil Gilels and Yakov Zak.
11.45 Disc of the Week: Amor Sacro Solo motets by Vivaldi. Simone Kermes (soprano), Venice Baroque Orchestra, conductor Andrea Marcon
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Contributors

Presented By:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
Peter Quantrill
Unknown:
Stephen Plaistow
Unknown:
Emil Gilels
Unknown:
Yakov Zak
Conductor:
Andrea Marcon

The spotlight falls on Oklahoma!, Rodgers and Hammerstein's celebrated musical first performed on Broadway in 1943. Tom Service talks to author Tim Carter about his new book offering the first fully documented history of the making of the work, and catches up with one of the world's most sought-after musicians, Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Carter
Pianist:
Maria Joao Pires.

The Cornett. Catherine Bott talks to cornett player Jeremy West , founder of His Majesty's
Sagbutts and Cornetts, to discover more about this expressive and demanding instrument. Music includes works by Scheidt, Ximenez, Giovanni Gabrieli and Merula. Producer Rebecca Bean

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy West
Unknown:
Giovanni Gabrieli

A piano recital recorded last Monday at London's Wigmore Hall, featuring two contrasting works from Schubert's final years. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes. Andreas Haefliger (piano)
Schubert Impromptu in C minor, D899; Piano Sonata in B flat, 0960

Contributors

Introduced By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Piano:
Andreas Haefliger

Concerts That Changed Jazz
3/4. Miles at the Isle of Wight. John Fordham recalls Miles Davis 's appearance at the 1970 Isle of Wight Rock Festival. Davis was already making the transition to jazz rock but this was the first time he appeared alongside the big names of rock - including Hendrix, the Doors and Joan Baez - and he delivered an electrifying set that firmly established him and his new image as a major attraction on the international rock circuit.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Fordham
Unknown:
Miles Davis
Unknown:
Joan Baez

Agrippina
In Handel's ancient Roman soap opera, a power-hungry, power-dressing Agrippina will stop at nothing to get her son Nero on the throne. Nero, however, is more interested in the beautiful Poppea; as are two other men, including his stepfather the Emperor Claudio. Introduced by Stephanie Hughes.
Chorus and Orchestra of English National Opera, conductor Daniel Reuss
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Contributors

Introduced By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Conductor:
Daniel Reuss
Unknown:
Delia Jones
Unknown:
Derek Lee Ragin
Unknown:
Donna Brown
Unknown:
Alastair Miles
Conducted By:
John Eliot Gardiner
Agrippina:
Sarah Connolly (soprano)
Poppea:
Rebecca Evans (soprano)
Nero:
Christine Rice (mezzo)
Narciso:
Stephen Wallace (countertenor)
Ottone:
Reno Troilus (countertenor)
Claudio:
Brindley Sherratt (bass)
Pallante:
Henry Waddington (bass)
Lesbo:
Richard Suart (baritone)

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents a concert by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, alongside the London Sinfonietta's first London performance of a Simon Bainbridge work inspired by the architecture of Daniel Libeskind.
Harrison Birtwistle Endless Parade Philippe Schartz (trumpet)
Michael Berkeley Gethsemane Fragment Simon Holt Icarus Lamentations BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Thierry Fischer
Simon Bainbridge Music , Space, Reflection Sound Intermedia, London Sinfonietta, conductor Diego Masson

Contributors

Unknown:
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Unknown:
Simon Bainbridge
Unknown:
Daniel Libeskind.
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle
Unknown:
Philippe Schartz
Unknown:
Simon Holt
Conductor:
Thierry Fischer
Conductor:
Simon Bainbridge Music
Conductor:
Diego Masson

The Mandolin. Ever popular for informal music-making, the mandolin has a 400-year history that performer Alison Stephens traces in conversation with Lucie Skeaping. Music includes works by Vivaldi, Domenico Scarlatti and Leone.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alison Stephens
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping.
Unknown:
Domenico Scarlatti

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Jonathan Dove Figures in the Garden Colin Matthews To Compose without the Least Knowledge of Music Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 London Winds, director Michael Collins (clarinet) 2.14 Fodor Piano Sonata in F sharp, Op 2 No 2 2.32 Kyurkchiyski Piano Concerto (In Memory of Pancho Vladigerov )
3.08 Scriabin Symphony No 2 in C minor 4.00 Padre
Davide da Bergamo La Vera Piva Montanara 4.10 Reqnart Litania Deiparae Virginis Mariae 4.22 Cavalli Sonata a 8
4.27 Goldmark Scherzo in E minor, Op 19
4.34 Janacek Piano Sonata: 1 X 1905 (From the Street)
4.46 Dedekind Wie wird ein Jungling seinen Weg
4.51 Biber Sonata a 3 ex E terz minore 4.53 Handel
Süsser Blumen Ambraflocken , HWV204 5.00 Rimsky-
Korsakov Suite : Tsar Saltan 5.22 Schoeck Sommernacht , Op 58 5.34 Poulenc Petites Voix 5.40 Debussy Mazurka
5.43 Noskowski Mazurka in F minor, Op 23 No 2 5.46 Chopin Mazurka in A minor 5.49 Kajanus Finnish Rhapsody No 1
6.00 Peerson The Fall of the Lea 6.02
Rosenmiiller Beatus Vir Qui Timet Dominum 6.16 Geminiani Concerto Grosso No 3 in B minor 6.23 CPE Bach Magnificat in D

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.
Presented By:
Jonathan Dove
Unknown:
Colin Matthews
Clarinet:
Michael Collins
Unknown:
Pancho Vladigerov
Unknown:
Cavalli Sonata
Unknown:
Goldmark Scherzo
Unknown:
Blumen Ambraflocken
Unknown:
Korsakov Suite
Unknown:
Schoeck Sommernacht
Unknown:
Noskowski Mazurka
Unknown:
Rosenmiiller Beatus Vir

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