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OPERA NIGHT The Metropolitan Opera, New York presents Verdi's Il Trovatore
EVELYN GRANT’S WEEKEND DRIVE Some of the world's best music played by the finest musicians, familiar favourites and new releases. Plus news and traffic updates, and Evelyn shares her love of wind and brass music in the last half hour.
ENCORE ENCORE The Valentine's Day edition of Encore will reel in the year's love songs to date - Star crossed lovers will vie for attention.
THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT The Lyric Concert Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter joins forces with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Simon Rattle Chabrier: Overture to L'Etoile Saint-Saens: Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 Massenet: Excerpts from 'Le Cid' Ravel: Tzigane Poulenc: Les Biches (ballet music) Ravel: La Valse Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.1 (encore) Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Simon Rattle (conductor)
THE BLUE OF THE NIGHT Bernard Clarke sits in for Carl, and through the week he'll be dipping in and out of Songs on the Ergodos label.
LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great Classical music from across the ages. In the Coffee Concert at 10.30am, from Stockholm, Dvorak's Serenade in E, for strings performed by the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra with conductor Tomo Keller.
THE LYRIC CONCERT WITH PAUL HERRIOTT In tonight's double concert billing Paul brings us to Martinsstift, Moers to the Ruhr Piano Festival for a performance by Pavel Kolesnikov
LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES LIZ NOLAN’S LYRIC NOTES Liz Nolan presents great Classical music from across the ages. In the Coffee Concert at 10.30am, from Oslo, Mozart's Sinfonia concertante in E flat performed by the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Vasily Petrenko. The soloists are Vilde Frang violin and Maxim Rysanov, viola.
THE LYRIC FEATURE – Bax, Ireland and 1916 In Bax, Ireland and 1916, Aidan Thomson and guests explore Bax's complex and unusual relationship with Ireland, Irishness and Patrick Pearse. Contributors include Roy Foster, Graham Parlett, Maria McHale, Conor Caldwell and Lewis Foreman.