Writer Jackie Kay makes her personal choice of music and looks forward to the forthcoming week of Proms. With jazz from Nina Simone ,
Bessie Smith , Clifford Brown and Ben Webster , folk from Jean Redpath and Frank Patterson , and a setting by Mark-Anthony Turnage of Kay's own poetry. And at approximately:
9.05 Telemann Quartet in G (Tafelmusik) Florilegium
9.20 Mozart Piano Concerto No 21 in C, K467 (2ndmvt) Maria Joao Pires , Gulbenkian Chamber Orchestra, conductor Theodor Guschlbauer
9.35 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (3rd mvt) Bartok Quartet
9.50 Pergolesi Salve
Regina Emma Kirkby (soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
10.20 Liszt Bénédiction de Dieu dans la
Solitude (Harmonies Poétiques et Religieuses) Steven Osborne (piano)
10.45 Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata) Skampa Quartet
11.10 Vivaldi Concerto in G for two mandolins, RV532 James Tyler and Robin Jeffrey (mandolins), the English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
11.40 Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (final trio) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf and Teresa Stich -
Randall (sopranos), Christa Ludwig (mezzo), Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan