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| Martin Handley presents great pieces, great performances and a few surprises. | |
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| With Andrew McGregor. 9.03am Dove: The Star-Song. 9.30am Korngold: String Quartet No 1 (excpts). 10.00am Bach: Suite No 1, BWV1007 (excpts). 11.45am Suk: Symphony in E (excpts). | |
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| Lowri Blake on the revival of the music of Louise Heritte-Viardot and Mel Bonis, two women composers who fought against the prejudice and pressures of their time. | |
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| Lucie Skeaping explores the inspiration, background and impact of John Gay's celebrated Beggar's Opera which appeared in London in 1728. | |
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| Live from Cadogan Hall, London. Vincent Dumestre directs le Poeme Harmonique in carnival music from 17th century Venice, including Monteverdi, Marini, Manelli and Ferrari. | |
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| Lucy Duran and French journalist Florent Mazzoleni play rare tracks from African countries that became independent in 1960, including Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Benin and Mali. | |
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| Alyn Shipton presents music to add to his summer recommendations, including music by Bix Beiderbecke and Duke Ellington, as well as Stan Tracey and Tony Coe. | |
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| Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk. | |
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| Poetry and music on the theme of summer, with readings by Fiona Shaw and Robert Glenister. | |
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| Jiri Belohlavek conducts the BBC SO in the traditional Last Night of the Proms celebrations. With a premiere from Jonathan Dove, plus works by Tchaikovsky, Parry and Strauss. | |
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| Around the parks - musical contributions from Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Salford and Hyde Park in London. | |
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| Soprano Renee Fleming adds glamour to the traditional Last Night of the Proms celebrations with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jiri Belohlavek as master of ceremonies. | |
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| Sara Mohr-Pietsch travels to the Ruhr region in Germany, European Capital of Culture 2010, to explore the new-musical culture of the former industrial heartland. | |
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| With Susan Sharpe. Including a concert of Bortnyasnky performed by the Platon Maiborada Academic Choir, plus Beethoven, Field, Berlioz, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Fiocco, Wolf, CPE Bach. | |
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