Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,110 playable programmes from the BBC

with Andrew McGregor.
7.05 Harty A Comedy Overture
7.26 Kern/Harbach, air. Satoh Smoke gets in your eyes
7.36 Brahms Cello Sonata in F, Op 99
8.05 Berlioz Overture: Le
Corsaire
8.24 Purcell Ritornello and Final Chorus (Fly Bold Rebellion)
8.47 Paganini Introduction and Variations on "Net cor piu non mi sento" Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Unknown:
Purcell Ritornello

Here on this Island
Peter Maxwell Davies talks to Donald Macleod about the way his music reflects his political concerns, social conscience and passion for Orkney.
Into the Labyrinth (excerpts) Neil Mackie (tenor) Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Symphony No 3
BBC Philharmonic, conducted by the Composer Strathclyde Concerto No 8
Ursula Leveaux (bassoon) Scottish Chamber
Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
Solstice of Light (excerpt) Neil Mackie (tenor)
Christopher Hughes (organ) Choir of King's College, Cambridge, conductor Stephen Cleobury
Farewell to Stromness the Composer (piano)

Contributors

Talks:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Tenor:
Neil MacKie
Tenor:
Neil MacKie
Tenor:
Christopher Hughes
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury

with Chris de Souza.
Virgil Thompson Concert Waltz: At the Beach
Hakan Hardenberger (trumpet)
John Constable (piano)
10.05 Prom Artists of the Week:
Dresden Staatskapelle Dvorak Serenade in E,
Op 22
10.35 Chopin Rondo , Op 73 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
10.55 Fasch Overture in B flat for two orchestras
Capella Coloniensis , director Hans-Martin Linde
11.20 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D (Haffner)
Dresden Staatskapelle conductor Bernard Haitink
11.45 Grainger Folk song settings
Janet Evans (soprano) St Angela 's Singers
Divertimenti/Peter Broadbent

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris de Souza.
Unknown:
Virgil Thompson
Unknown:
Hakan Hardenberger
Unknown:
Chopin Rondo
Piano:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Unknown:
Capella Coloniensis
Director:
Hans-Martin Linde
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Grainger Folk
Soprano:
Janet Evans
Soprano:
St Angela

Chetham's Symphony Orchestra
Sarah Beck introduces the orchestra on a musical tour of Hungary.
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1
Philip Moore (piano) conductor Julian Clayton
Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus Chetham's Senior Choir
Andrew Fraser (tenor) conductor Michael Brewer
Bartok Concerto for
Orchestra conductor Julian Clayton

Contributors

Introduces:
Sarah Beck
Piano:
Philip Moore
Conductor:
Julian Clayton
Conductor:
Kodaly Psalmus Hungaricus
Tenor:
Andrew Fraser
Conductor:
Michael Brewer
Conductor:
Julian Clayton

Africa's top musicians discuss life, art and music with Lucy Duran and perform live in the studio. Tonight, father and son Albert Ssempeke and John Ssekitooleko Ssempeke from Uganda, with a rare opportunity to hear Ugandan court and wedding music from two of the country's top performers.
A Heavy Entertainment production

Contributors

Presenter:
Lucy Duran
Musician:
Albert Ssempeke
Musician:
John Ssekitooleko Ssempeke

The Proms have always involved young people, both as performers and part of the audience. Today,
Tommy Pearson meets members from two of the Youth Orchestras appearing at the Proms this season:
Australian Youth Orchestra and the National Youth
Orchestra of Great Britain Producer Christina Pritchard

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson
Producer:
Christina Pritchard

Andrew Green with arts news and music, including Bach Ein feste Burg (Cantata No 80)
6.15 Schubert German
Dances. Op 33 (D783)
6.44 Respighi Poema Autunnale
7.04 Gossec Symphonie Militaire
Producer Andrew Mussett

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Green
Unknown:
Bach Ein
Unknown:
Respighi Poema
Producer:
Andrew Mussett

from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Nina Rautio (soprano) Linda Finnie (mezzo)
John Horton Murray (tenor) Gregg Baker (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus Pittsburg SO/Lorin Maazel
Beethoven
Symphony No 8 in F
8.00 Whose Ninth Is it Anyway? Since 1884, Beethoven's
Ninth has been the subject of claim and counter-claim by composers, conductors and critics. Richard Osborne visits the battlefield.
8.20 Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Soprano:
Nina Rautio
Soprano:
Linda Finnie
Tenor:
John Horton Murray
Bass:
Gregg Baker
Unknown:
Richard Osborne

Another forgotten manuscript. 5: The Journal of the Venerable Cuthbert
Hartlepool, 637 AD, and the Venerable Cuthbert. having attained the unheard-of-age of 32, looks back on a lifetime spent in England's bloodiest province. Reader Richard Caldicot.
Written by Ged Parsons and Harry Thompson
Series producers Neil Cargill and Harry Thompson

Contributors

Reader:
Richard Caldicot.
Written By:
Ged Parsons
Written By:
Harry Thompson
Producers:
Neil Cargill
Producers:
Harry Thompson

A recital by the Dutch harpsichordist, recorded at the 1992 Herne Early Music Festival.
J C F Fischer Polymnia
(Musicalischer Parnassus) Five Preludes and Fugues (Ariadne Musica)
Chambonnieres Pavane l'entretien des Dieux'
Francois Couperin Les Satires: Chèvre-pieds (23eme Ordre)
Duphly Les Graces: Medee Rameau L entretien des
Muses
A Fbrqueray/J B A Forqueray Jupiter (Suite No 5)

Contributors

Unknown:
Chambonnieres Pavane
Unknown:
Francois Couperin Les

Alwynne Pritchard introduces a pair of North American Ballads by Frederick Rzewski and new sounds by three composers from across the Irish Sea performed by the ensemble Gemini.
Piers Hellawell Truth or Consequence
Ian Wilson Timelessly This William Campbell The Struggle of Will Producer Alan Hall

Contributors

Introduces:
Alwynne Pritchard
Unknown:
Frederick Rzewski
Unknown:
Ian Wilson
Unknown:
William Campbell
Producer:
Alan Hall

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

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More