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BBC Proms 2007

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Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Martin Handley. Baritone Matthias Goerne joins one of Germany's leading orchestras and its new chief conductor in a programme spanning four generations of Austro-German composers.

Matthias Goerne (baritone), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paavo Jarvi

Weber Overture: Oberon

Mahler Des Knaben Wunderhorn (excerpts)

8.25 Twenty Minutes: The First BBC Prom
The first BBC Prom was broadcast 80 years ago tonight, after the BBC took over the concerts. Radio historian Sean Street explores the significance of this moment, meets Proms director Nicholas Kenyon and Jenny Doctor, editor of a new history of the Proms, and trawls through the first-night reviews and other comment in the press.

8.45 Brahms, arr Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor

(This Prom is also broadcast on BBC4 and is repeated on Radio 3 on Tuesday 21 August at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Baritone:
Matthias Goerne
Musicians:
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Paavo Jarvi
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Sean Street
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Nicholas Kenyon
Guest (Twenty Minutes):
Jenny Doctor
Source: Radio Times

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