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Proms 88

BBC Radio 3
on BBC Radio 3

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Howard Shelley (piano)
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, led by James Clark, conducted by James Loughran

Berlioz Overture: King Lear

William Mathias Piano Concerto No 3

8.15* Shaw on Elgar
'Edward Elgar, the figurehead of music in England, is a composer whose rank it is neither prudent nor indeed possible to determine. Either it is one so high that only time and prosperity can confer it, or else he is one of the Seven Humbugs of Christendom.'
Timothy West reads a Shavian tribute to Sir Edward Elgar, published in 1920.

8.35* Elgar Symphony No 1 in A flat

Contributors

Pianist:
Howard Shelley
Musicians:
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
James Clark
Conductor:
James Loughran
Author (Shaw on Elgar):
Bernard Shaw
Reader (Shaw on Elgar):
Timothy West
Producer (Shaw on Elgar):
John Theocharis
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.

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