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Veracini Overture No 6 in B flat
7.13 Rossini Wind Quartet No 6 in F
7.23 Trad, arr Britten The Plough Boy; The Bonny Earl o'Moray; Oliver Cromwell
7.29 Smetana Richard III , Op 11
7.42 Josef Rata Oboe
Quartet in E flat
7.54 Ravel Suite: Mother
Goose
8.13 Beethoven Violin
Sonata No 4 in A minor, Op 23
8.34 Shostakovich Lullaby (from Jewish Folk Poetry, Op 79)
8.37 Janacek Taras Bulba
Producer Patrick Lambert Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Oliver Cromwell
Unknown:
Smetana Richard Iii
Unknown:
Janacek Taras Bulba
Producer:
Patrick Lambert

Jeremy J Beadle looks at some of the Proms in the week ahead, including
Purcell's King Arthur and Malcolm Williamson 's Prom commission to poems by Dame Iris Murdoch.
Producer Jessica Isaacs
Repeated tomorrow at 7.00pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Jeremy J Beadle
Unknown:
Malcolm Williamson
Unknown:
Dame Iris Murdoch.
Producer:
Jessica Isaacs

With Anthony Burton.
Haydn Symphony No 95 in C minor
Orchestra of the 18th
Century/Frans Bruggen
9.52 Enescu Wind Detet, Op 14
Ensemble, director Horia Andreescu
10.15 Schubert Der Entfernten
(D350); Pflugerlied (0392);
Abschied von der Harfe
(D406); DerJungling an der Quelle (D300)
Christoph Pregardien (tenor) Graham Johnson (piano)
10.25 Messiaen Concert a quatre
Catherine Cantin (flute) Heinz Holliger (oboe)
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Yvonne Loriod (piano)
Bastille Opera Orchestra/ Myung-Whun Chung
10.55 Weber Grand duo concertant
Kalman Berkes (clarinet) Jeno Jando (piano)
11.19 Stravinsky Pulcinella Anna Caterina Antonacci
(soprano)
Pietro Ballo (tenor)
William Shimell (bass) Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly Producer Clive Portbury Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Burton.
Director:
Horia Andreescu
Director:
Schubert Der Entfernten
Unknown:
Abschied von Der Harfe
Tenor:
Christoph Pregardien
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Flute:
Catherine Cantin
Oboe:
Heinz Holliger
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Piano:
Yvonne Loriod
Unknown:
Myung-Whun Chung
Unknown:
Weber Grand
Clarinet:
Kalman Berkes
Piano:
Jeno Jando
Piano:
Stravinsky Pulcinella
Soprano:
Anna Caterina Antonacci
Tenor:
Pietro Ballo
Bass:
William Shimell
Producer:
Clive Portbury

Broadcaster Irene Thomas talks to composer Michael Berkeley about some of her musical enthusiasms. Her selection leans towards vocal music, featuring opera by Wagner and Verdi and lieder by Schumann.
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Talks:
Irene Thomas
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley

4: The Opera House
In the final programme,
Dame Janet talks to Brian
Kay about her experiences on the opera stage and the roles that particularly. inspired her. With contributions from Charles
Mackerras,
Raymond Leppard , John Copley , Ian Partridge , Rodney Milnes and Delia Jones. Musical excerpts include:
Handel Hercules; Julius Caesar ; Ariodante
Donizetti Mary Stuart Gluck Alceste
Cavalll La Calisto
Berlioz Les Troyens
Purcell Dido and Aeneas
Mozart La Clemenza di Tito
Britten Owen Wingrave Mahler Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen A Classic Arts production

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Leppard
Unknown:
John Copley
Unknown:
Ian Partridge
Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Unknown:
Delia Jones.
Unknown:
Julius Caesar
Unknown:
Britten Owen Wingrave

Howard Goodall tests the wit, knowledge and opinions of well-known musicians. This week,
Steven Isserlis , Melvyn Tan and Ann Mackay answer questions from listeners and members of the audience. Recorded earlier this summer at Exeter
College.
A Ladbroke Radio production

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Goodall
Unknown:
Steven Isserlis
Unknown:
Melvyn Tan
Unknown:
Ann MacKay

Live From the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Oslo PO/Mariss Jansons

Magnar Study on a Norwegian Hymn

Strauss Also Sprach Zarathustra

8.20 Conversations with Drummond
Sir John Drummond talks to Richard Osborne about the Proms audience and the Albert Hall.

8.40 Sibelius Symphony No 2

(Oslo PO sponsored by Hydro +)
John Peel: page 10

Contributors

Musicians:
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Mariss Jansons
Interviewee:
Sir John Drummond
Interviewer:
Richard Osborne

In Peter Kalu's new play an ancient battle is played out through music, text and sound when two African Gods meet to fight again.
Thunderous Xango, the God of Revenge, is determined to kill his rival, Ogun, God of Justice, and to avenge the legacy of slavery. But Ogun finds an unexpected ally in modern times.

Contributors

Writer:
Peter Kalu
Musician:
Roy Johnson
Musician:
Richard Bostock
Composer/Musician:
Ansell Broderick
Director:
Nandita Ghose
Xango:
Treva Etienne
Ogun:
Jefferey Kissoon
Isobel:
Emily Woof
Narrator:
Joy Richardson
Chorus:
Ann-Marie Frater
Diva:
Una Higgins

A recording from the 1992 Glasgow Jazz Festival with Lew Soloff (trumpet), Gary Valente (trombone), Andy Sheppard (saxophone), Steve Swallow (bass),
Adam Nussbaum (drums), and a group of Scottish musicians led by Stewart Forbes. The violinist
Alexander Balanescu joins the band to play the specially commissioned
Birds of Paradise by Carla Bley. Introduced by Alan Plater who talks to Carla
Bley during the interval. Rpt

Contributors

Unknown:
Lew Soloff
Unknown:
Gary Valente
Unknown:
Andy Sheppard
Bass:
Adam Nussbaum
Unknown:
Stewart Forbes.
Violinist:
Alexander Balanescu
Unknown:
Carla Bley.
Introduced By:
Alan Plater

BBC Radio 3

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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