Programme Index

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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: G Gabrieli Jubilate Deo Gabrieli Consort , London Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, director Andrew Parrott Chabrier Fete Polonaise (Le Roi Malgré Lui)
Monteverdi Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Bach Sonata in G, BWV1027
Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
8.30-10.00: Harris Faire Is the Heaven Choir of King's College, Cambridge, director Stephen Cleobury
Schubert A llegro in A minor D94 (Lebenssturme) Evgeny Kissin and James Levine (pianos) Gould Folk Suite
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Amos

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabrieli Jubilate Deo
Unknown:
Gabrieli Consort
Director:
Andrew Parrott
Director:
Chabrier Fete Polonaise
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Bach Sonata
Cello:
Mischa Maisky
Cello:
Martha Argerich
Director:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
Evgeny Kissin
Pianos:
James Levine
Conductor:
David Amos

With Sarah Walker.
A Scarlatti Sonata Nona in A minor
Musica Alta Ripa
10.12 Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 30 No 1 Augustin Dumay , Maria Joao Pires (piano)
10.37 Dvorak Symphonic Variations, Op 78 London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Istvan Kertesz
11.01 D Scarlatti Sonata in A minor, Kk175 Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord) Sonata in E minor, Kk394 Maria Tipo (piano) Sonata in G, Kk455
Andreas Staier (harpsichord)
11.12 Falla E/ Amor Brujo
Gloria Lane (mezzo), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leopold Stokowski
11.35 F Scarlatti Miserere
Ensemble William Byrd , director Graham O'Reilly

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Walker.
Unknown:
Musica Alta Ripa
Unknown:
Augustin Dumay
Piano:
Maria Joao Pires
Conductor:
Istvan Kertesz
Harpsichord:
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Harpsichord:
Andreas Staier
Conductor:
Leopold Stokowski
Unknown:
William Byrd
Director:
Graham O'Reilly

2/5. Donald Macleod looks at the vivid imagery that Bartok conjured up in three compositions for the stage.
Allegro Barbaro
Performed by the composer (piano) Duke Bluebeard's Castle (excerpt) John Tomlinson (Bluebeard: bass)
Anne Sofie von Otter (Judith: mezzo) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
The Wooden Prince (excerpt)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conductor Pierre Boulez
Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin
Philharmonia, conductor Neeme Jarvi. Repeated at 9pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
John Tomlinson
Bass:
Anne Sofie von Otter
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez

Presented by Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
The first in a series of concerts journeying through the musical history of Vienna from the late 18th to the the end of the 19th centuries.
Johannes Flieder (viola), Vienna Piano Trio Haydn Piano Trio in G minor, H XV 19
Brahms Piano Quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60
2.00 French Festivals
A selection of music from French festivals at Nantes, Saintes and La Roque d'Antheron.
Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dmitri Liss Mozart Symphony No 39 in E flat, K543 Orchestra of the Champs-Elysees Albéniz Iberia, Bk
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Musorgsky, ed Rimsky-Korsakov A Night on the Bare Mountain Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dmitri Liss
Tchaikovsky Souvenir de Florence
Antoine Tamestit (viola), Xavier Phillips (cello), Manfred String Quartet
4.00 The Making of Music
12/30. The Violin. Performances of music mentioned by James Naughtie in his Radio 4 series. Today's programme focuses on the perfection of design and production of the violin in Cremona around 1700, with music by Corelli and Vivaldi.

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Viola:
Johannes Flieder
Conductor:
Dmitri Liss
Conductor:
Dmitri Liss
Viola:
Antoine Tamestit
Viola:
Xavier Phillips
Unknown:
James Naughtie

rFrom Westminster Cathedral Martin Handley introduces a concert that features the first performance of a new work by John Tavener. specially commissioned by the Prince of Wales.
John Mark Ainsley (tenor), Westminster Cathedral Choir, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Victoria Popule Meus
John Tavener Hymn to the Mother of God; The Beautiful Names (first performance)

Contributors

Introduces:
Martin Handley
Unknown:
John Tavener.
Tenor:
John Mark Ainsley
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Victoria Popule Meus
Conductor:
John Tavener Hymn

Gabriel Gbadamosi reviews a posthumously published memoir by legendary foreign correspondent Ryszard Kapuscinski , who died in February, and talks to one of the most acclaimed and prolific translators working in British theatre today, Ranjit Bolt Producer Anthony Denselow

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabriel Gbadamosi
Unknown:
Ryszard Kapuscinski
Producer:
Anthony Denselow

What Are Friends for?
2/4. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends": John 15, v13. Professor
Justin Champion considers what friendship meant to the early Christian scholars. Producer Sarah Taylor

Contributors

Producer:
Sarah Taylor

Music from Mauritania, classic tracks from 80s band This Mortal Coil, Francesco Dillon and Peter Soderberg playing a version of John Cage 's Dream for cello and lute, and sonorous North Indian dhrupad from singers Umakant and Ramakant Gundecha.
Presented by Verity Sharp. EMAIL:late.junction@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Dillon
Unknown:
Peter Soderberg
Unknown:
John Cage
Unknown:
Ramakant Gundecha.
Presented By:
Verity Sharp.

With Jonathan Swain.

Lassus Domine Dominus Noster; Adoramus Te Christe; In Pace, in Idipsum; In Hora Ultima; Ad Te Levavi Oculos Meos; Te Deum; Pelli Meae Consumptis Carnibus; Resonet in Laudibus; Christus Resurgens ex Mortuis; Praeter Rerum Seriem (Magnificat) - King's Singers

1.59 Spohr Nonet in F for wind quintet, string trio and double bass, Op 31

2.29 Brahms Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op 24

2.59 Melcer Piano Concerto No 1 in E minor

3.30 Wagner Morgendammerung; Siegfried's Rheinfahrt; Siegfried's Tod und Trauermarsch (Gotterdammerung)

4.01 Puccini Manon Lescaut (excerpts)

4.15 Debussy Prelude: La Damoiselle Elue; Beau Soir

4.22 Sibelius Polonaise in C

4.25 Noskowskl Polonaise Elegaique, Op 22

4.31 CPE Bach Preludium in D, Wg70 No 7

4.36 Vivaldi Magnificat in G minor, RV610

4.51 Verdi Overture: Nabucco

5.00 Tchaikovsky Overture: Hamlet

5.18 Quinault Overture and Dances (Le Nouveau Monde)

5.27 A Gabrieli Diminution on Orlando Lassus's (Susanne un Jour)

5.31 Lassus Praeter Rerum Seriem; Praeter Rerum Seriem (Josquin des Prez)

5.37 Guerrero Di, Perra Mora

5.40 Schumann Von Fremden Landern und Menschen, Op 15 No 1; Traumerei, Op 15 No 7 (Kinderszenen)

5.45 Prokofiev Romeo at Juliet's Tomb; Death of Tybalt (Romeo and Juliet)

5.58 Boehm Nel Cor Piu Non Mi Sento, Op 4

6.10 Rachmaninov Pieces for four hands, Op 11

6.24 Liszt Les Preludes

6.41 Bach Prelude and Fugue No 5 in D, BWV874

6.48 Weiss Prelude-Fantasia in D

6.52 Debussy Two Arabesques

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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