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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Bach Capriccio on the Departure of a Beloved Brother. BWV992 Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano) Anon Elizabethan lute songs
Peter Pears (tenor), Julian Bream (guitar) Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paul Paray
8.30-10.00: Rodrigo Three Spanish Pieces Filomena Moretti (guitar)
Handel Dopo Notte (Ariodante)
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), Symphony of Harmony and Invention, conductor Harry Christophers
Shostakovich The Assault on Beautiful
Gorky Dmitri Alexeev (piano), English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jerzy Maksymiuk

Contributors

Unknown:
Bach Capriccio
Piano:
Tatiana Nikolayeva
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Tenor:
Julian Bream
Conductor:
Paul Paray
Guitar:
Filomena Moretti
Guitar:
Handel Dopo Notte
Unknown:
Sarah Connolly
Conductor:
Harry Christophers
Piano:
Gorky Dmitri Alexeev
Conductor:
Jerzy Maksymiuk

Presented by Sarah Walker.
Fanny Mendelssohn Piano Trio in D, Op 11 Dartington Trio
10.28 Schubert, arr Webern German Dances Philharmonia, conductor Robert Craft
10.39 Felix Mendelssohn Paulus (Part 1, excerpt) Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Hans Peter Blochwitz (tenor), Theo Adam (bass), Leipzig Gewandhaus Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Kurt Masur
11.06 Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV544 Simon Preston (organ)
11.20 Fanny Mendelssohn Lieder , Op 10 Nos 3-5: Abendbild; Im Herbste;
Bergeslust Susan Gritton (soprano), Eugene Asti (piano)
11.28 Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor
Martha Argerich , National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mstislav Rostropovich

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Conductor:
Robert Craft
Conductor:
Felix Mendelssohn Paulus
Soprano:
Gundula Janowitz
Soprano:
Hans Peter Blochwitz
Tenor:
Theo Adam
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Unknown:
Simon Preston
Unknown:
Fanny Mendelssohn Lieder
Soprano:
Bergeslust Susan Gritton
Soprano:
Eugene Asti
Unknown:
Martha Argerich
Conductor:
Mstislav Rostropovich

5/5. With no desire to stay in a country for which his unwavering loyalty apparently counted for nothing,
Bartok finally turned his back on Hungary for good to make a new life for himself and his wife in America. Donald Macleod looks at this poignant, final episode in the life of one of the 20th century's greatest composers. Chord Study (Seven Pieces from Mikrokosmos) Performed by the composer and Ditta Pasztory-Bartok (pianos)
Contrasts (1st mvt: Verbunkos)
Performed by the composer (piano),
Benny Goodman (clarinet), Joseph Szigeti (violin) String Quartet No 6 (3rd mvt) Takacs Quartet
Concerto for Orchestra Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati Repeated at 8.45pm

Contributors

Clarinet:
Benny Goodman
Clarinet:
Joseph Szigeti
Conductor:
Antal Dorati

Presented by Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
Featuring a rare foray into chamber music by Mahler and one of Schubert's two mature trios.
Johannes Flieder (viola), Vienna Piano Trio Mahler Piano Quartet in one movement Schubert Piano Trio in B flat, D898
2.00 French Festivals
A selection of music from French festivals held in Nantes, Picardy Cathedrals, La Roque d'Antheron and Montpellier.
Sibelius Finlandia
Ural Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Dmitri Liss Agostini Ecce col Nostre Duca; Qual e Maggior; Una Si Chiara Luce Dur; Tu Che Girando
Luzzaschi Aurora Soave; Ricercar; Ch'io Non T'ami,
Cor Mio ? Dulce Memoire, director Denis Raison Dadre Grieg Suite No 1: Peer Gynt, Op 46
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Antoni Wit Kapsberger Sinfonia
Agostini Mentre largute Piccinini Toccata
Luzzaschi Deh Vieni Ormai Cor Mio Anon Sinfonia Antica
Douice Memoire , director Denis Raison Dadre
Albeniz Iberia , Bk4 Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano) Schubert Symphony No 6 in C
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Roy Goodman
4.00 The Making of Music
15/30. Bach in Leipzig. Performances of music mentioned by James Naughtie in his Radio 4 series charting the relationship between 1,000 years of history and the classical music that formed its soundtrack. Johann Sebastian Bach , despite having to compose at breakneck speed, still found time for arguments about money and petty bureaucracy.

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Viola:
Johannes Flieder
Unknown:
La Roque
Conductor:
Dmitri Liss
Unknown:
Cor Mio
Director:
Denis Raison Dadre
Unknown:
Agostini Mentre
Unknown:
Piccinini Toccata
Unknown:
Anon Sinfonia Antica
Unknown:
Douice Memoire
Director:
Denis Raison Dadre
Director:
Albeniz Iberia
Piano:
Marc-Andre Hamelin
Conductor:
Roy Goodman
Unknown:
James Naughtie
Unknown:
Johann Sebastian Bach

Martin Handley presents the last of Valery Gergiev 's London Symphony Orchestra Stravinsky-Debussy-Prokofiev concerts. Stravinsky's Les Noces and Prokofiev's October Cantata are separated by what was originally a test piece by Debussy for students at the Paris Conservatoire.
Andrew Marriner (clarinet), Irina Vasilieva (soprano), Olga Savova (mezzo), Andrei llyushnikov (tenor), Gennadi Bezzubenkov (bass), Members of the Mariinsky Chorus, London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Valery Gergiev Stravinsky Les Noces
Debussy Premiere Rapsodie Prokofiev October Cantata

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Handley
Unknown:
Valery Gergiev
Clarinet:
Andrew Marriner
Clarinet:
Irina Vasilieva
Soprano:
Olga Savova
Bass:
Gennadi Bezzubenkov
Conductor:
Valery Gergiev
Conductor:
Stravinsky Les Noces

Ian McMillan talks to Jon McGregor , author of the Booker-nominated If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things, about his work in progress, which draws on a journey he made to Antartica. Producer Zahid Warley

Contributors

Talks:
Ian McMillan
Unknown:
Jon McGregor
Producer:
Zahid Warley

Glastonbury Festival
Jez Nelson hosts an edition live from the Jazz Lounge tent at the Glastonbury Festival. Danish-born saxophonist John Tchicai plays selections from his 2006 album John Tchicai with Strings, which pitches his virtuosic improvisations against a composed background of electronic samples. Also on the bill are the quartet Empirica. Described by Courtney Pine as "the most exciting jazz band to come out of the UK," the line-up includes Jay Phelps (trumpet),
Nathaniel Facey (alto saxophone), Kit Downes (piano) and Shane Forbes (drums). Producer Robert Abel
Music choices: page 136; Field of dreams: page 42

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tchicai
Unknown:
John Tchicai
Unknown:
Courtney Pine
Unknown:
Nathaniel Facey
Unknown:
Shane Forbes
Producer:
Robert Abel

With Jonathan Swain.
Giordano Andrea Chenier Soloists, Choir and Orchestra of the Sofia National Opera, conductor Assen Naidenov
3.01 Anon Diferencias Sobre Las Vacas 3.04 Biber Sonata Violino Solo Representiva 3.15 Sweelinck Fantasia in G
3.25 Josquin des Prez Missa de Beata Virgine 4.00 Rossi Sinfonia Grave a 5 for violin, viols, double harp and lute
4.05 Chopin Nocturne in D flat, Op 27 No 2 4.12 Mozart Allegro in G minor, KV312 4.17 Mendelssohn Overture:
MeeresstilleundglucklicheFahrt, Op 27 4.31 Bach Concerto No 4 in A for keyboard and string orchestra, BWV1055
4.45 Odak Madrigal, Op 3 4.52 Bergh Rondeau , Op3
5.00 Brahms Violin Sonata No2 in Op 100 521 Wagner Faust Overture 534 Mascagni Voi to Sapete, 0 Mamma (Cavalleria Rusticana) 5.37 Khachaturian Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia 5.44 Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op 70 5.53 Musorgsky Sili potainiye (Khovanschina)
5.59 Bartok Andante in A 6.03 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1
6.15 Bach Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV1043
6.32 Haydn Symphony No 99 in E flat

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Assen Naidenov
Unknown:
Mozart Allegro
Unknown:
Bergh Rondeau
Unknown:
Khachaturian Adagio
Unknown:
Schumann Adagio
Unknown:
Musorgsky Sili

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