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7.00-8.00: Lully Chaconne:
Amadis Andrew Lawrence-King (baroque triple harp) transcr Theo Wendt Four South African Folktunes National SO of the South African Broadcasting Corporation, conductor Peter Marchbank
8.00-9.00: Haydn Piano Sonata in D, HXV137 Marc-Andre Hamelin
Berlioz Overture: Beatrice et Benedict
Swiss Romande Orchestra, conductor Ernest Ansermet For full details visit www.bbc. co.uk/radio3/breakfast on the day of transmission PHONE: [number removed] (calls from land lines cost no more than 8p per minute) email: 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk Address: Breakfast, BBC Radio 3, Broadcasting House, London W1A1AA

Contributors

Unknown:
Amadis Andrew
Conductor:
Peter Marchbank

Introduced by Andrew McGregor.
9.30 Building a Library Elgar scholar and editor
Bruce Wood recommends a performance of Elgar's Introduction and Allegro.
10.45 David Vickers reviews new Baroque releases.
11.30 Discs of the Week:
Elgar Prelude and Angel's Farewell (The Dream of Gerontius) (first recording of Elgar's piano version) David Owen Norris (Elgar's square piano)
Sea Pictures (first release of live recording, 1984)
Janet Baker (mezzo), LPO, conductor Vernon Handley
www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview PHONE: [number removed]. (calls from land lines cost no more than Bp per minute) email: cdreview@bbc.co.uk Text: [number removed](standard rate) Disc details are posted on the website and on CEEFAX, BBC1, page 651.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Andrew McGregor
Editor:
Bruce Wood
Unknown:
David Vickers
Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Conductor:
Vernon Handley

Founded in 1977 by the composer Pierre Boulez at the behest of President Georges Pompidou , the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique(IRCAM), is a research centre for new music and its associated technologies. Three decades on, Tom Service discovers what goes on at IRCAM today and considers its relevance as an institution in the context of 21st-century art music, and French culture generally. With contributions from Pierre Boulez , Georgina Born and Roger Nichols , and Jonathan Harvey. Producer Emma Bloxham

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Georges Pompidou
Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
Georgina Born
Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Unknown:
Jonathan Harvey.
Producer:
Emma Bloxham

Ahead of the 250th anniversary of Domenico Scarlatti 's death on 23 July 1757, Catherine Bott presents a programme of harpsichord works performed by Carole Cerasi at the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque Music. Plus a feature in which David Vickers explores Scarlatti's years in Spain. Producer Rebecca Bean

Contributors

Unknown:
Domenico Scarlatti
Unknown:
Catherine Bott
Unknown:
Carole Cerasi
Unknown:
David Vickers

Elgar Season
Presented by Tom Service with Anthony Payne. Part of Radio 3's Elgar 150th anniversary celebrations recorded last night in Birmingham's Symphony Hall. Over this remarkable anniversary weekend Sakari Oramo conducts three great choirs, ten world-class soloists and the orchestra Elgar helped found in the great choral triptych that Elgar wrote for
Birmingham. The series begins with the work that many consider to be Elgar's choral masterpiece, The Dream of Gerontius. One critic described Oramo's 2000 performance of this piece as one of the most moving experiences in his career. Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Jane Irwin (mezzo), Anthony Dean Griffey (tenor), Clive Bayley (bass), BBC National Chorus of Wales, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo
RT DIRECT: Elgar Choral Works (1 CD) with the choirs of Worcester Cathedral, Lincoln Cathedral, Wells Cathedral, Guildford Cathedral, All Saints, Margaret St London,
Southwark Cathedral, and St Alban's Abbey, is available for
E4.50 including p&p. To order please send a cheque, payable to Selections to: [address removed], or call the orderline on [number removed] (national rate), or visit www. selections.com/rtdirect Quote ref [number removed]. UK delivery only

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Payne.
Unknown:
Sakari Oramo
Tenor:
Anthony Dean Griffey
Bass:
Clive Bayley
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo

Loyd Grossman and pianist David Owen Norris visit the thatched cottage of Brinkwells in the Sussex countryside where Elgar produced some of his finest chamber music. Producer Kate Bolton

Contributors

Unknown:
Loyd Grossman
Pianist:
David Owen Norris
Producer:
Kate Bolton

The Third Trial. By Hattie Naylor. An ex-soldier's death in a diving accident forces his parents to come to terms not only with a rising tide of grief but also the ghost of responsibility.
Producer Marc Beeby
Spoken word choices: p121

Contributors

Unknown:
Hattie Naylor.
Producer:
Marc Beeby
Sweetmeat:
Desmond McNamara
Sugar:
Paula Wilcox
Jeannie:
Jade Williams
Mina:
Rachel Bavidge
Matthew:
Jot Davies

Ivan Hewett presents a concert recorded at LSO St
Luke's in London, and talks to composer Gerald Barry. Gerald Barry Wiener Blut
Michael Finnissy Alongside Clive Williamson (piano) Gerald Barry Handel 's Favourite Song Mark van der Wiel (clarinet)
Ian Vine ocreoscuro (first performance)
Gerald Barry Lisbon (first UK performance) London Sinfonietta, conductor Richard Baker Thomas Ades Chamber Symphony
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by the composer. Recorded earlier this year at CBSO Centre, Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Ivan Hewett
Unknown:
Gerald Barry.
Unknown:
Michael Finnissy
Piano:
Clive Williamson
Piano:
Gerald Barry Handel
Clarinet:
Mark van Der Wiel
Clarinet:
Ian Vine
Unknown:
Gerald Barry Lisbon
Conductor:
Richard Baker
Conductor:
Thomas Ades

Presented by Susan Sharpe. Schubert Schwanengesang, 0957; Drang in die Feme, 0770; Der Winterabend, D938; Das Fischers Liebesgluck, D933; Du bist die Ruh, 0776; Bei dir allein, D866 No2 Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano)
2.22 Mahler Symphony No 1 3.14 Dvorak Trio in E minor,
Op 90 (Dumky) 3.49 Hammerschmldt Suite in G minor/C for winds (Ester Fleiss) 4.04 Vivaldi Kyrie Eleison in G minor, RV587 4.14 Frescobaldl Toccata sopra i pedali dell'Organo e senza 4.20 Mozart Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio, K418 4.28
Sorkocevic Symphony No 4 in F 4.35 Mozart Sonata in G, K238 4.48 Veraclni Overture VI for two oboes, bassoon and strings 5.00 Pez Overture in D minor 5.09 Clara
Schumann Variations in F sharp minor on a theme of Robert Schumann , Op 20 5.19 Weber ClarinetConcertinoinEflat
5.29 Casanova Evening on the Lake 5.32 Cantleni Mother Tongue 5.34 Lithander Rondo for flute and keyboard, Op 8 5.42 Morawetz Overture on a Fairy Tale
553 Szymanowski String Quartet No 1 in C, Op376.12 Mozart Fantasy in D minor, KV397 6.18 Schubert Symphony No 2 in B flat 6.47 Telemann Flute Concerto in D

Contributors

Presented By:
Susan Sharpe.
Baritone:
Gerold Huber
Unknown:
Vivaldi Kyrie Eleison
Unknown:
Mozart Vorrei
Unknown:
Robert Schumann
Unknown:
Lithander Rondo

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