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BBC Proms 2004

on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Paul Guinery presents tonight's Prom, opening with Dvorak's reworking of traditional dance tunes from his native land.
And the acclaimed young Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski, a former Radio 3 New Generation Artist, makes his Proms debut in Saint-Saens's sparkling Second Piano Concerto.

Simon Trpceski (piano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Joseph Swensen

Dvorak Czech Suite, Op 39

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor

8.25 Twenty Minutes: The Modern Soul
A short story from Katherine Mansfield's collection In a German Pension, published in 1911: an amusing and satirical study of the eccentric characters a young Englishwoman meets at a German boarding house. Read by Emma Fielding.

8.45 Schumann Symphony No 2 in C

(Repeated on Monday at 2pm)
(This concert is televised on BBC4 at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Paul Guinery
Pianist:
Simon Trpceski
Musicians:
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Joseph Swensen
Author (Twenty Minutes:
The Modern Soul): Katherine Mansfield
Reader (Twenty Minutes:
The Modern Soul): Emma Fielding
Producer (Twenty Minutes:
The Modern Soul): Carol Bayne

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