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                                       Saturday 30  January to Friday 5  February 2021 
                                                                                             
                                                                                   WEEK 5 
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                                         
                                          THE CLASSIC FM CONCERT with JOHN SUCHET: 
                                                                            MOOD LIFTERS 
                                                                                             
                                                   Monday 1st to Friday 5th February, 8pm to 10pm 
                                                                                             
                             With festive celebrations a distant memory and with the country still living under heavy 
                                  restrictions, the music for The Classic FM Concert this week has been selected 
                                                                       because it will lift the spirits. 
                                                                                                        
                                 To begin the week of musical sunshine, on Monday 1st February, one of the most 
                                recognisable themes in classical music, synonymous with a galop through the wild 
                                west: Rossini’s overture to William Tell. After, Milos Karadaglic brings us a dash of 
                            warm Spanish heat with his recording of Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez, we hear one 
                             of Dvořák’s most joyful works, his Symphony No.8, and there’s a gentle row down the 
                                                                       Thames, courtesy of Handel. 
                                                                                             
                                                                                             
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             SATURDAY 30  JANUARY   
              
              
             4pm to 7pm: MOIRA STUART’S HALL OF FAME CONCERT 
              
             Moira begins today’s concert with a stirring performance of the Grand March from Aida 
             from the late great Richard Hickox with the London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.  
                         
             Elsewhere in the programme, there’s a great romance, with music from Wagner’s opera 
             Tristan and Isolde, which tells the story of a doomed love between a Cornish knight and 
             an Irish princess, a British favourite by Finzi, and we hear Glazunov’s arrangement of 
             Chopin’s piano works, for the ballet Les Sylphides.  
                         
             Giuseppe Verdi  
             Grand March  
             (From Aida) 
             Richard Hickox conducts the London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 
                          
             Ludovico Einaudi 
             Le Onde 
             Piano: Ludovico Einaudi   
                          
             Ludwig van Beethoven   
             Symphony No.7 in A major Opus 92  
             John Eliot Gardiner conducts the Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique   
              
             Francisco Tarrega  
             Recuerdos de la Alhambra  
             Guitar: John Williams  
                         
             Richard Wagner   
             Tristan and Isolde – Prelude to Act I  
             Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra   
                         
             Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart   
             Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622  
             Emma Johnson directs the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from the clarinet   
                         
             Gerald Finzi   
             Eclogue  
             Piano: Mark Bebbington   
             Howard WIlliams conducts the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra   
                         
             Claude Debussy  
             Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune  
             Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra 
                         
             John Williams  
             Seven Years in Tibet  
             Cello: Yo-Yo Ma  
             John Williams conducts a studio orchestra 
                         
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               SATURDAY 30  JANUARY   
                
                
               4pm to 7pm: MOIRA STUART’S HALL OF FAME CONCERT 
                
               Continued… 
                
               Frédéric Chopin   
               Les Sylphides  
               Richard Bonynge conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra   
                            
               Alberto Giurioli  
               Tutto e Bellissimo  
               Piano: Alberto Giurioli  
               Geoff Lawson conducts Ensemble Viridi 
                
                
               7pm to 9pm: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with ANDREW COLLINS 
                
               Andrew celebrates the sacred bond between stage and screen this evening, with a 
               showcase of music from some of the great films that have been adapted to make 
               successful musicals. So Hans Zimmer’s score for The Lion King features, as does 
               Gershwin’s An American in Paris. Singin' in the Rain with music written by Nacio Herb 
               Brown and Breakfast at Tiffany's that contained Henry Mancini's Oscar-winning song 
               'Moon River', are also included. Andrew also explores some of the recent film 
               adaptations that have hit Broadway and the West End in recent years, 
               including Amelie and Mrs. Doubtfire. 
                
                
               9pm to 10pm: DAVID MELLOR’S MELODIES 
                
               David Mellor marks 100 years since the birth of Mario Lanza, on the eve of the 
               anniversary. During his tragically short life and career, Lanza made a mark as a 
               Hollywood film star, and arguably the most famous tenor of his day. David plays some 
               of his best loved recordings, including the song that made his name, ‘Be My Love’. 
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
                
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          SUNDAY 31ST JANUARY 
           
           
          4pm to 7pm: JOHN HUMPHRYS 
           
          John marks the birthdays of two great composers, born exactly 140 years apart: Franz 
          Schubert and Philip Glass. First, we hear a movement from one of the seven 
          symphonies Schubert completed, his Symphony No.5, in a recording from Neville 
          Mariner with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Later, Gidon Kremer is the soloist 
          in Glass’ celebrated Violin Concerto, joined by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra 
          under Christoph von Donhanyi. 
                  
          John also features the Morriston Orpheus Choir, one of Wales’ leading male voice 
          choirs, which turned 85 years old in 2020. We hear them sing the Joseph Parry hymn 
          Aberystwyth.  
           
           
          7pm to 9pm: SMOOTH CLASSICS AT SEVEN with CHARLOTTE HAWKINS 
           
          Charlotte Hawkins shines the spotlight on pianist Ji Liu as her Young Classical Star this 
          evening. Ji was born in Shanghai where he started playing the piano at the age of 3, 
          and since then he has built a reputation as one of today's most promising young 
          pianists. To date Ji Liu has released five albums, and last year was awarded Associate 
          of the Royal Academy of Music. 
           
           
          9pm to 10pm: SIR TREVOR McDONALD’S HEADLINERS (5 / 8) 
           
          Sir Trevor McDonald tells the stories of more headline-making musicians and 
          composers. 
               
          Sir Trevor discovers that critics were originally not kind to one of the most iconic works 
          of the 20th century; he explains why George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue made the 
          headlines for the wrong reasons. He also plays a piece that was allegedly written in just 
          six days, in a cave. Xian Xinghai’s Yellow River Piano Concerto started life as a cantata 
          that used folk melodies as a protest against Japanese occupation.  
                  
          Finally, Sir Trevor introduces us to a composer who bore the title “Chevalier” as an 
          honorary champion fencer. Joseph Boulogne – known as Chevalier de Saint-Georges – 
          is generally regarded at the first classical composer of African ancestry. We hear the 
          second movement of his Violin Concerto in D. 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
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