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With Andrew McGregor.
Bach Trio Sonata in E minor, BWV528
The King's Consort, director Robert King
6.19 Delius Appalachia Alan Jenkins (baritone), Ambrosian Singers, conductor John Barbirolli
7.05 Baguer Symphony No 16 in G London Mozart Players, conductor Matthias Bamert
7.32 Wiren Serenade for Strings BBC Symphony Orchestra Strings, conductor Thomas Dausgaard
8.05 Haydn Overture: Acis and Galatea Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta, conductor Manfred Huss
8.32 Saint-Saens Piano Trio in F, Op 18
Munich Trio

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Director:
Robert King
Director:
Delius Appalachia
Baritone:
Alan Jenkins
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Matthias Bamert
Conductor:
Wiren Serenade
Conductor:
Thomas Dausgaard
Conductor:
Manfred Huss

With Catriona Young.
Delibes Incidental music: Le Roi
S'Amuse
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Thomas Beecham
9.15 Mozart Piano Sonata in A, K331 Murray Perahia
9.19 Haydn Symphony No 38 in C English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock
Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Catriona Young.
Conductor:
Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Murray Perahia
Director:
Trevor Pinnock

With Chris de Souza.
Proms Artist of the Week:
Alfred Brendel (piano)
Beethoven Six Variations in F, Op 34
10.15 Bloch Violin Concerto
Oleh Krysa ,
Malmo Symphony Orchestra, conductor Sakari Oramo
10.50 Liszt Petrarch Sonnet No 123
(Annees de Pelerinage) Alfred Brendel (piano)
11.00 Beethoven Wo Sich die Pulse
Jugendlich Wo098
Berlin Radio Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
11.05 Weber Piano Sonata in A flat,
Op 39
Alfred Brendel
11.40 Ruggles Sun Treader BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Dennis Russell Davies

Contributors

Unknown:
Chris de Souza.
Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Unknown:
Oleh Krysa
Conductor:
Sakari Oramo
Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Piano:
Beethoven Wo Sich
Conductor:
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Unknown:
Alfred Brendel
Conductor:
Dennis Russell Davies

With Calum MacDonald.
4: Pasts and Futures
Falla Harpsichord Concerto Luis Vidal ,
Teatre Lliure Chamber Orchestra, conductor Josep Pons
Gerhard Concerto for Eight Nieuw Ensemble, conductor Ed Spanjaard
Falla El Gran Teatro del Mundo
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Cor Lieder Camera,
Teatro Lliure Chamber Orchestra, conductor Josep Pons Gerhard Libra
London Sinfonietta, conductor David Atherton
Repeated next Thursday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Calum MacDonald.
Unknown:
Luis Vidal
Conductor:
Josep Pons
Conductor:
Ed Spanjaard
Conductor:
Josep Pons
Conductor:
David Atherton

With Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Wandering Minstrels In the last of three programmes exploring the Savoy operas, Geoffrey Smith traces the influences of Wagner, Verdi, English folk songs and Italian patter songs on numbers in The Pirates of Penzance, lolanthe, The
Gondoliers, The Yeomen of the Guard, Ruddigore and The Mikado.
2.00 Celebrity Recital
David Golub (piano), Mark Kaplan (violin), Colin Carr (cello)
Haydn Piano Trio in C, H XV 27 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Schubert Piano Trio in B flat, D898 Repeat
3.30 Twentieth-Century Strings Saxophonist John Harle joins the string ensemble Opus 20 in a concert celebrating British music for strings, conductor Scott Stroman.
Colin Matthews Divertimento for double string quartet, Op 21a Richard Rodney Bennett Concerto for alto saxophone and strings Nicholas Maw Life Studies

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington.
Unknown:
Geoffrey Smith
Piano:
David Golub
Piano:
Mark Kaplan
Violin:
Colin Carr
Unknown:
John Harle
Conductor:
Scott Stroman.
Conductor:
Colin Matthews Divertimento
Unknown:
Richard Rodney Bennett

With Humphrey Carpenter , including
5.30 Glinka Valse-Fantaisie in B minor
USSR State SO, conductor Yevgeni Svetlanov
6.03 Saint-Saens Caprice on Airs de Ballet from Gluck's "Alceste"
Jean-Francois Heisser and Georges Pludermacher (pianos)
6.25 Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor
Thomas Zehetmair , Philharmonia, conductor Christoph Eschenbach Producer Jeremy Hayes

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Unknown:
Glinka Valse-Fantaisie
Conductor:
Yevgeni Svetlanov
Unknown:
Jean-Francois Heisser
Pianos:
Georges PludermacHer
Unknown:
Thomas Zehetmair
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Producer:
Jeremy Hayes

Tonight's Prom brings together the "father of the symphony" with one of his most consistently inventive descendants. Haydn's Symphony No 76 in E flat is heard for the first time at the Proms and is contrasted with Bruckner's rugged and energetic sixth, conducted by the distinguished Bruckner interpreter Stanislaw Skrowaczewski.

BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Stanislaw Skrowaczewski

Haydn Symphony No 76 in E flat

7.55 Bruckner Remembered: 2: To the Greater Glory of God
Was Bruckner the composer a visionary simpleton or a subtle musical architect? Stephen Johnson looks to the recollections of Bruckner's friends and colleagues for an insight into the mind that created these extraordinary musical structures.

8.15 Bruckner Symphony No 6 in A

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Presenter (Bruckner Remembered):
Stephen Johnson

Andrew Manze introduces another selection of chamber music by the 18th-century Venetian composer Tomaso Albinoni , including Concerto in G for Two Oboes.
Op 9 No 6
The King's Consort, director Robert King
Trio Sonata in C, Op 6 No 1 Locatelli Trio
Cantata: Poiche al Vago Seren Mark Tucker (tenor),
David Roblou (harpsichord) Producer Verity Sharp
Repeated tomorrow 2.15pm

Contributors

Introduces:
Andrew Manze
Unknown:
Tomaso Albinoni
Tenor:
Mark Tucker
Harpsichord:
David Roblou
Producer:
Verity Sharp

With Philip Brady.
4: Poets Great and Small
Brahms set texts by an astonishingly wide range of authors.
Ballade in D minor, Op 10 No 1 (Edward) Julius Katchen (piano)
Nachtigall, Op 97 No 1; Auf dem
Schiffe, Op 97 No 2 (words Reinhold) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano)
Immer Leiser , Op 105 No 2 (words Lingg) Margaret Price (soprano), James Lockhart (piano)
Salamander (words Lemcke) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau ,
Wolfgang Sawallisch (piano) Nanie (words Schiller)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt Es Schauen die Blumen, Op 96 No 3; Meerfahrt, Op 96 No 4;
Sommerabend, Op 85 No 1;
Mondenschein, Op 85 No 2 (words Heine) Margaret Price (soprano), Graham Johnson (piano)
Gesang der Parzen (Goethe)
San Francisco Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt Repeated from last Thursday

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Brady.
Piano:
Julius Katchen
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Piano:
Immer Leiser
Piano:
James Lockhart
Unknown:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Conductor:
Herbert Blomstedt

Marconi patented the wireless 100 years ago and began the communication revolution. Has it done us any good? A live satellite link up with Europe lets a simple conversation degenerate through the ages.
Producers Matt Thompson , Rex Brough and Pekka Siren

Contributors

Producers:
Matt Thompson
Producers:
Rex Brough
Producers:
Pekka Siren

With David Cornet.
1.10 Choral Evensong from St Paul's Cathedral
Revised repeat from yesterday 4.00pm
2.25 Vladimir Ovchinikov (piano),
RASO/Svetlanov Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor
Shostakovich Symphony No 5
3.55 Salzburg Wind Octet Mozart Serenade in C minor, K388:
Harmoniemusik (Die Zauberflote); Sinfonia Concertante, K297
5.10 Sequence

Contributors

Unknown:
David Cornet.
Piano:
Vladimir Ovchinikov
Unknown:
Mozart Serenade

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