Close menu

Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 279,741 playable programmes from the BBC

Proms Composer of the Week: Mendelssohn

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Roger Nichols traces Mendelssohn's relations with Britain through the ten visits he made here between 1829 and 1847. Symphony No 4 in A (Italian)
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Charles Mackerras
Rondo Brillant in E flat
Benjamin Frith (piano),
Slovak State Philharmonic, conductor Robert Stankovsky Trumpet Overture
LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Conductor:
Rondo Brillant
Piano:
Benjamin Frith
Conductor:
Robert Stankovsky
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Source: Radio Times

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Appears in

Suggest an Edit

We are trying to reflect the information printed in the Radio Times magazine.

  • Press the 'Suggest an Edit' button
  • Type in any changes to the title, synopsis or contributor information using the Radio Times Style Guide for reference.
  • Click the Submit Edits button.
    Your changes will be sent for verification and if accepted, will appear in due course More