With Andrew McGregor. Sibelius Tapiola
Helsinki PO, conductor Leif Segerstam
6.32 Wieniawski Violin Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor
Itzhak Perlman , London Philharmonic
Orchestra. conductor Seiji Ozawa
7.05 Taverner Dum transisset sabbatum
The Sixteen, director Harry Christophers
7.32 Bridge Enter Spring BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
8.05 Shostakovich Festive Overture
Boston Pops Orchestra, conductor John Williams
8.39 Martinu Piano Concerto No 2
Rudolf Firkusny , Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Bach Concerto in C minor, BWV 1062
Christophe Rousset and Christopher Hogwood (harpsichords),
Academy of Ancient Music
9.16 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E minor. Op 90
Stephen Kovacevich (piano)
9.29 Beethoven Neue Liebe , Neues Leben , Op 75 No 2 Peter Schreier (tenor), Andras Schiff (piano)
9.33 Bartok Divertimento
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, conductor Janos Rolla Discs
With Chris de Souza.
Proms Artist of the Week:
Andras Schiff (piano)
Bach Keyboard Concerto in D, BWV 1054
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
10.25 Handel Suite No 1 in B flat
Andras Schiff (piano)
10.35 Franck Prelude , Chorale and Variations
Francis Grier (organ)
10.40 Brahms Variations on a Theme by Handel, Op 24
Andras Schiff (piano)
11.15 Bernstein Olympic Hymn Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Boston Pops Orchestra, conductor John Williams
11.25 Schumann Symphony No 1 in B flat (Spring)
BBC SO, conductor Lothar Zagrosek
Brian Morton explores some more of Weill's collaborations.
2: Weill and Bertolt Brecht (1)
Weill had a troubled relationship with his most well-known musical partner, but their collaboration also marked a turning-point in his work. Ballad of Mack the Knife
(The Threepenny Opera) Bertolt Brecht (singer)
Mahagonny Meriel Dickinson and Mary Thomas (mezzos), Philip Langridge and Ian Partridge (tenors), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), London Sinfonietta, conductor David Atherton
Das Berliner Requiem
Philip Langridge (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone), Michael Rippon (bass), London Sinfonietta, conductor David Atherton
Oi Musik
Ensemble Moderne, conductor H K Gruber
With Sandy Burnett.
1.00 The BBC Orchestras
BBC Philharmonic
Conductor Adrian Leaper , Imogen Cooper (piano)
Faure Suite: Pelleas et Melisande
Ravel Piano Concerto in G
Debussy La Mer Ravel Bolero
A concert given last February in Leeds Town Hall
2.25 Twilight of the Iguana The last of three programmes combining music and poetry from Spain and Spanish America. For
Gabriel Garcia Marquez , Latin America was an "unbridled reality, full of sorrow and beauty". The many unresolved conflicts between country and city, deeply poor and immensely rich. indigenous and imposed culture. find expression in music bursting with creative tension, as when the music of Villa-Lobos or Barrios finds common cause with the words of poets like Manuel Bandeira or Nicolas Guillen. Producers Mark Troop and Mike Gonzalez
3.25 Ulster Orchestra
Conductor Sachio Fujioka , Hugh Tinney (piano)
Schoeck Serenade , Op 1
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2 in Bflat
Bruckner Symphony No 1 in C minor (Linz version)
Nashville
Sarah Walker explores country music broadcasting and visits the Grand Ole Opry. Repeat
With Humphrey Carpenter, including:
5.40 Purcell, arr Maxwell Davies Fantasia on a Ground and Two Pavans - Fires of London, conductor Peter Maxwell Davies
6.03 Verdi, transcr Liszt Reminiscences de Simon Boccanegra - Claudio Arrau (piano)
6.30 Castelnuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto No 1 - John Williams, English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Groves
Homage to Hartmann by Henze (celebrating his 70th birthday this year) and further reworkings of earlier music in Rachmaninov's virtuoso transformation of Paganini, Elgar's colourful version of a Bach organ work. and a Brahms symphony whose chaconne pays homage to Bach. The concert, from the Royal Albert Hall , London, is conducted by the BBC Philharmonic's new principal guest conductor.
Nikolai Lugansky (piano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Vassili Sinaisky
Bach, orch Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
Hans Werner Henze Three Pieces for
Orchestra (first UK performance)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
8.25 The Flesh Made Word
In a series of Prom interval talks, five major writers from different religious and cultural backgrounds consider the relationship between religion and language and the problems that arise from putting faith into words. 1: P D James
The best-selling thriller writer explains her personal affection for the Book of Common Prayer and attacks the idea of updating its language in the name of relevance.
8.45 Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
# See Music: page 58
The songs of Robert Burns.
The Venerable Old Compositions Burns created some of his most memorable work from surviving fragments of traditional song and from scraps of choruses and melodies contained in collections. Kirsteen
McCue explores Burns's role as collector and amender of Scots song.
Ferruccio Busoni plays works by his great idol Franz Liszt on piano rolls made in 1905 and 1909. Liszt Polonaise No 2 in E: Rigoletto Paraphrase: La campanella (Etudes d'exécution transcendante d'acres Paganini)
Schubert, transcr Liszt Hungarian March
See also Thursday 9.40pm
Last Thoughts upon St Paules
John Gielgud plays Sir Christopher Wren , and author Carey Harrison is the Neapolitan architect Gianlorenzo Bernini , in the first of two fantastical portraits of eminent contemporaries of Henry Purcell. The architect and Surveyor-General Sir Christopher Wren defends the principles and design of his masterwork, St Paul 's Cathedral.
Director David Benedictus Repeat
Paul Guinery presents more music written by Haydn in his final years. Chorus of the Danes (Incidental music: Alfred, Konig der Angelsachen ) Piano Trio in E flat, H XV 29
Die Harmonie in der Ehe; Die Wamung String Quartet in E flat, Op 76 No 6 Repeated from last Tuesday
Digby Fairweather talks to
Roy Williams , one of the world's finest trombone players.
With Donald Macleod.
1.00 Pecs SO/Nicolas Pasquet; Liszt Hungaria Laszlo; Lajtha Symphony No 9 Beethoven Symphony No 4 in B flat
2.15 Early Music
The Clemencic Consort perform music including Schmelzer, Biber and Leopold I
3.45 Piano Recital Vladimir Feltsman plays Bach, Beethoven and Musorgsky
5.00 Sequence
