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7.00-8.00: Berlioz Queen Mab Scherzo (Romeo and Juliet) Boston SO, conductor Charles Munch Fred Hersch Child's Song
Fred Hersch (piano), Jamey Haddad (percussion)
8.00-9.00: Shostakovich, orch Gerard McBurney Galop (Hypothetically Murdered)
City of Birmingham SO, conductor Mark Elder
Beethoven 12 Variations on a Russian dance, WoO 71 (Das Waldmadchen) Olli Mustonen (piano)
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Contributors

Conductor:
Charles Munch
Conductor:
Fred Hersch
Piano:
Fred Hersch
Piano:
Jamey Haddad
Unknown:
Gerard McBurney
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Piano:
Olli Mustonen

Andrew McGregor introduces the latest releases, and looks at some of the CDs of the past season chosen by CD Review critics and listeners.

9.05 Schnittke Film music for The Fairy Tale of the Wanderings Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Frank Strobbel
Lefebure-Wely Scene Pastorale Joris Verdin (Cavaille-Coll organ of the church of Notre-Dame, Rouen)
Krommer Concerto in E flat, Op 91
Sabine Meyer and Julian Bliss (clarinets), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director Kenneth Sillito Schmelzer Sonata Quinta in C minor
Helene Schmitt (violin), Jan Krigovsky (cello), Stephane Rath (theorbo), Jorg-Andreas Botticher (claviorganum)

10.30 Bach Goldberg Variations (excerpt)
Glenn Gould (piano - Zenph Studios "re-performance" of original 1955 recording)

11.00 Mahler Symphonies Round-up
A sift of the plethora of recent recordings of Mahler symphonies from Mariss Jansons, David Zinman, Bernard Haitink, Gustavo Dudamel and Claudio Abbado - including his brand-new DVD of Mahler's Sixth Symphony with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

12.20 Disc of the Week: Falla El Amor Brujo (original 1915 version) (excerpt) Antonia Contreras (flamenco singer), Orchestra of Poitou-Charentes, director Jean-Francois Heisser

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Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
Musicians:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Frank Strobbel
Organist:
Joris Verdin
Clarinettist:
Sabine Meyer
Clarinettist:
Julian Bliss
Musicians:
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Music Director:
Kenneth Sillito
Violinist:
Helene Schmitt
Cellist:
Jan Krigovsky
Theorbo Player:
Stephane Rath
Claviorganum Player:
Jorg-Andreas Botticher
Pianist:
Glenn Gould
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Conductor:
David Zinman
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Gustavo Dudamel
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Musicians:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Flamenco Singer:
Antonia Contreras
Musicians:
Orchestra of Poitou-Charentes
Music Director:
Jean-Francois Heisser

1/2. Orpheus. The myth of the demi-god Orpheus has provided the inspiration for operas, ballets, tone poems and other musical works throughout the ages. Catherine Bott looks at various settings of this story, with music by Stradella, Luigi Rossi , D'lndia and Alessandro Scarlatti. Producer Rebecca Bean

Contributors

Unknown:
Catherine Bott
Unknown:
Luigi Rossi
Unknown:
Alessandro Scarlatti.
Producer:
Rebecca Bean

Another chance to hear last Monday's concert from the Cadogan Hall in London.
Polyphony, conductor Stephen Layton
Vaughan Williams 0 Mistress Mine; Willow, Willow; Come Away Death
Britten Old French Chorale; The Shepherds Carol Tavener The Tyger; The Lamb Bo Holten Spring; Night
Jaakko Mantyjarvi Come Away Death; Lullaby; Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Full Fathom Five Frank Martin Full Fathom Five
Vaughan Williams Full Fathom Five; The Cloud Capped Towers; Over Hill, OverDale

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephen Layton
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Carol Tavener

The second Proms Saturday Matinee concert, presented by Christopher Cook, live from London's Cadogan Hall. This programme of English and Norwegian music combines well-known works for string orchestra with others less familiar.
Michael Collins (clarinet), Scottish Ensemble, director Jonathan Morton

Elgar Serenade for Strings

Finzi Clarinet Concerto

Maconchy Music for Strings

Grieg Holberg Suite

Contributors

Presenter:
Christopher Cook
Clarinettist:
Michael Collins
Musicians:
Scottish Ensemble
Music Director:
Jonathan Morton

LIVE Alexandra Wiison presents the annual Prom given by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, live from the Royai Albert Hall. The concert opens with a wild orchestral showpiece, demonstrating the sheer technical brilliance of the young players. And to end, Shostakovich's epic symphony tests their collective musical stamina.
Alexander Kobrin (piano), National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain, conductor Mark Elder
Aaron Jay Kemis New Era Dance (first UK performance) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1
7.00 Twenty Minutes: The Concert Pianist
An excerpt from Conrad Williams 's 2006 novel, read by Robert Bathurst. Pianist Philip Morahan can no longer play the piano. There are too many distractions - his agent, his girlfriend, his protégé, his reviews - all of which overwhelm him in a poignant and comic way.
7.20 Shostakovich Symphony No 7 (Leningrad) A delayed broadcast of this Prom is on BBC2 at 6.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexandra Wiison
Unknown:
Royai Albert Hall.
Piano:
Alexander Kobrin
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Conductor:
Aaron Jay Kemis
Unknown:
Conrad Williams
Pianist:
Robert Bathurst.
Pianist:
Philip Morahan

Ivories in the Outback
A radiophonic history of pianos, harmoniums and organs in the Australian Outback, with historic texts spoken by actors, and contemporary voices telling the stories surrounding selected instruments. Producer Jon Rose

Contributors

Producer:
Jon Rose

BBC Scottish SO, conductor Garry Walker Karen Francis Adhesive Retrospection
Nigel Osborne Violin Concerto With Ernst Kovacic Malcolm Hayes Stabat Mater With Alwyn Mellor (soprano) and Emma Selway (mezzo)

Contributors

Conductor:
Garry Walker
Conductor:
Karen Francis
Violin:
Nigel Osborne
Unknown:
Ernst Kovacic
Soprano:
Alwyn Mellor
Soprano:
Emma Selway

A Portrait ofSalvatore
Sclarrino Ivan Hewett talks to the Italian master of new sonorities and introduces a concert of ensemble works from the Sonorities contemporary music festival, together with piano music recorded in the studio.
Nicolas Hodges (piano), Ensemble Recherche Sciarrino Trio; Notturni Nos 1 and 2; Lo Spazio
Nlnverso; Notturni Nos 3 and 4; Codex Purpureus; Piano Sonata No 5; Muro d'Orizzonte

Contributors

Talks:
Sclarrino Ivan Hewett
Piano:
Nicolas Hodges

With Jonathan Swain. Dvorak Symphony No 7 in D minor
Thomas Ades Tevot Janacek Sinfonietta Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
2.30 Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 25
3.10 Mozart Piano Sonata in D, K284 3.43 Goleminov Symphonic Variations on a theme by Dobri Hristov 4.00 Messiaen Theme and Variations 4.09 Schumann Konzertstiick in F, Op 86 4.28 Rimsky-Korsakov The
Three Wonders (Suite: The Tale of Tsar Saltan) 4.36 Ravel Valses Nobles et Sentimentales 4.49 Koehne Unchained Melody 5.00 Grieg Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
5.10 Schumann Three Romances, Op 94 5.21 Fougstedt Concert Overture 5.29 Anon Worldes Blis Ne Last No Throwe
5.41 Wlllan Te Deum Laudamus 5.53 Mozart Violin
Concerto No 5 in A, K219 6.24 Shostakovich Cello Sonata, Op 40 6.47 Abel Symphony in A, Op 10 No 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Unknown:
Dobri Hristov

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