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| Adventure And Inquisition - Barcelona Nights | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES tours the cathedral and talks to music historians Tess Knighton and Juan Jose Carreras about the turbulent background to the works in tonight's programme. The 15th century saw the expansion of horizons with Columbus's discovery of America, and the stirrings of religious intolerance with the expulsion of the Jews and the start of the Spanish Inquisition.... |
| Afternoon On 3 | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES introduces a recital by Bernada Fink (mezzo) and Christian Koch (piano), live from the Wigmore Hall, London.... |
| Bbc Proms 2004 | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES... |
| Bbc Proms 2005 | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 Live | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES, live from the Royal Albert Hall.... |
| Bbc Proms 2006 | ...The concert lights the candles for the Proms' season-long celebration of Mozart's 250th birthday and Shostakovich's centenary and features music from Belohlávek's homeland with works by fellow Czechs Smetana and Dvorák. Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music 2004 | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music 2005 | ...Live from Cadogan Hall in London, a tribute to Peter Warlock - one of England's greatest song writers, who died 75 years ago. Plus, an exploration of Proms themes linked to the sea, from Barber's and Fauré's visions of its immensity and mystery, to more salty celebrations of seafaring life through the centuries. Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music 2006 Live | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music 2006 | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES live from Cadogan Hall, London.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music | ...Another chance to hear the Proms debut for an elite ensemble made up of principal players from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Lutoslawski's capricious soundscape of overlapping ideas contrasts with the radiant wide-open spaces of Copland's ballet score in its original version for 13 players. John Woolrich's fascinating new piece has echoes of the darkly comic world of Goya's paintings. Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Bbc Proms Quiz | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES puts a panel of distinguished music lovers under the spotlight in the first ever Proms quiz - recorded at the Royal Albert Hall.... |
| Bbc Proms | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Ebu Mozart Day | ...Mozart in London - Live from Wigmore Hall, presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES... |
| Gala At The Met | ...Joseph Volpe started at the Metropolitan Opera House as an apprentice carpenter 42 years ago, and rose to become its General Manager in 1990. STEPHANIE HUGHES introduces part one of a star-studded Gala Concert from the Met to celebrate his career, and mark his retirement in June.... |
| Lunchtime Concert (summary) | ...From Wigmore Hall in London, presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Met Opera Quiz, The | ...In this first ever UK edition of the quiz, STEPHANIE HUGHES puts listeners' questions to Mark Elder, Amanda Holden, Elaine Padmore and Robert Tear.... |
| Opera Box | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES explores Sondheim musicals. And in the Real Story of Sweeney Todd, Christopher Cook traces a victim's steps down Fleet Street and the British obsession with pies.... |
| Opera On 3 - Listen Up! | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES presents a performance of La Finta Giardinera recorded at the Royal Opera House.... |
| Opera On 3 | ...Madama Butterfly: Act One. Pinkerton, a dashing officer in the UNITED STATES Navy, is infatuated with the fifteen year old Butterfly, cognizant of her fragility, but "not content with life unless he makes his treasure the flowers on every shore". He says, as he compares her to a butterfly, "I must pursue her even though I damage her wings". The stage is set for tragedy. Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES. Cio-Cio-San....Veronica Villarroel (soprano) Pinkerton....Marco Berti (tenor) Suzuki....Jane Bunnell (mezzo-soprano) Sharpless....Bruno Caproni (baritone) Goro....Joel Sorensen (tenor) Bonze....James Courtney (bass) Kate Pinkerton....Reveka Evangelia Macrovitis (mezzo-soprano) Yamadori....Daniel Mobbs (baritone) Commissioner....Alfred Walker (bass) Registrar....Stephen Paynter (baritone) Chorus and Orchestra of the NEW YORK Metropolitan Opera Conducted by Placido Domingo In association with the ChevronTexaco-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network and the EBU. For a free copy of the Met Broadcast Guide, call the BBC Information Line on 08700 100300 [national rate]. Continues at 7.55pm, after Twenty Minutes and Opera Snaps.... |
| Performance On 3 | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES introduces a song recital given a few weeks ago in LONDON's Wigmore Hall to mark the 10th anniversary of the death of the pianist and accompanist Geoffrey Parsons.... |
| Pioneering Venture In Hungarian Cultural Life, A | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES explores the development of the Budapest Festival Orchestra since its foundation in 1983 by conductor Ivan Fischer and pianist Zoltan Kocsis. She also looks at the orchestra's position today both within and outside Hungary.... |
| Proms 2004 Preview Night | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES and Andrew McGregor look forward to the new season, which begins this Friday, with Director of the Proms Nicholas Kenyon. Members of the Britten Sinfonia live in the studio play music reflecting this year's key themes: East/West, Back to Bohemia and ENGLAND at the Crossroads.... |
| Proms Chamber Music | ...Live from Cadogan Hall, presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Proms Preview Night | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES and Andrew McGregor look forward to the new season, which begins this Friday, with Director of the Proms Nicholas Kenyon.... |
| Proms Quiz | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES puts proms-related posers to violinist Tasmin Little, publisher Sally Groves and writer and broadcaster David Mellor.... |
| Proms Talk | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES meets performers from tonight's concert and talks to the director of the National Youth Orchestra, Jonathan Vaughan, as well as previewing the next week of the Proms.... |
| Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert | ...Celebrating Mozart: STEPHANIE HUGHES presents from LSO St Lukes, London introduces The Michelangelo Quartet and Lawrence Power performing Mozart's String Quintet in C, K515 and Quintet in Cm.... |
| Royal Philharmonic Society Awards | ...An evening celebrating the RPS Awards, presented for the first time this year in association with BBC Radio 3 and including a special Listeners' Award. Many of the world's finest classical artists gathered last night at the Dorchester Hotel, London, for the ceremony. The fifteen prestigious awards honour outstanding achievements by performers, writers, broadcasters and arts organisations, and demonstrate, in the words of the RPS chairman Tony Fell, that "fervent musical imagination and artistic invention are very much alive". Dame Felicity Lott and Radio 3's Sean Rafferty present the awards, and STEPHANIE HUGHES talks to the musicians and introduces performances of their music.... |
| Spiderweb | ...By Penelope Lively, read by STEPHANIE HUGHES (2/10).... |
| Stephanie Hughes Takes Notes | |
| Sunday Gala | ...Presented by STEPHANIE HUGHES.... |
| Talking Proms | ...STEPHANIE HUGHES is joined live by Siobhan Davies to discuss the week's Proms news and views. Plus an audio diary from violinist Anthony Marwood.... |
| Twenty Minutes | ...During the interval STEPHANIE HUGHES talks to the conductor Leonard Slatkin as he embarks on his final Proms season with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and is joined by Stephen Johnson to discuss one of this year's major themes - ENGLISH music at the crossroads in 1934.... |