With Andrew McGregor.
Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, Op 10 No 2 (La Notte)
Frans Briiggen (recorder),
Orchestra of the 18th Century
6.13 Liszt Les Preludes
Berlin PO, conductor Zubin Mehta
7.05 Beethoven Overture: Fidelio
Philharmonia, conductor Otto Klemperer
7.32 Bach Concerto in A minor for
Four Harpsichords, BWV1065
Kenneth Gilbert , Lars Ulrik Mortensen ,
Nicholas Kraemer and Trevor Pinnock
(harpsichords), English Concert
8.05 Building a Library - Best of the Bunch: Excerpts from Nicholas Anderson 's chosen recording of Handel's Coronation Anthems
8.35 Musorgsky, arr
Stokowski Boris Godunov : Symphonic Synthesis BBCPO, conductor Matthias Bamert
With Penny Gore.
Ravel Valses Nobles et
Sentimentales Pascal Roge (piano)
9.16 Faure Les Djinns Monteverdi Choir ,
Sabine Vatin (piano), conductor John Eliot Gardiner
9.21 Stravinsky Symphony in E flat Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev discs
From the Town Hall,
Cheltenham, with Chris Wines.
Bliss Hymn to Apollo
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
10.12 Dowland In Darkness Let Me
Dwell Alfred Deller (countertenor), Desmond Dupre (guitar)
10.18 Thomas Ades Darknesse Visible
The Composer (piano)
10.27 Beethoven Clarinet Trio in B flat, Op 11 London Music Group
10.48 Hoist Come to Me, Op 12 No 5 City of Birmingham Symphony
Chorus, conductor Simon Halsey
10.53 Hoddinott Passaggio
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
11.09 Proms Artist of the Week:
Nicholas McGegan (conductor)
Humfrey 0 Give Thanks unto the Lord Drew Minter (alto), Rogers Covey -Crump and John Potter (tenors),
David Thomas (bass), Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, Romanesca
11.20 Rubbra Eight Preludes The Composer (piano)
11.37 Arnold Symphony for Brass Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
With Stephanie Hughes.
Jehova, Hear, 0 Hear Me; Oh My
Heart Is Sore (Christ on the Mount of Olives) Keith Lewis (tenor), Stuttgart Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart Bach
Collegium, conductor Helmuth Rilling Der Wachtelschlag
Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Hubert Giesen (piano)
Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral) (2nd mvt) Orchestre Révolutionnaire et
Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
Abendlied unterm Gestirnten Himmel
Hans Hotter (baritone),
Michael Raucheisen (piano)
String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 (2nd mvt) Vegh Quartet
Repeated next Friday 12 midnight
Nicola Heywood Thomas presents the first of six recitals from Cardiff.
This concert was given last February. Sahan Arzruni (piano)
Khachaturian Poem; Toccata
Komitas Seven Dances; The Shoror of Mush
Terzian Ode to Vahan
Khachaturian Sonatina
Repeated from Saturday 12 noon
Proms Preview
Fiona Talkington introduces performances from the BBC archive by people who will be appearing in this year's Proms season.
Bartok Rondos on Slovak Folk Tunes
Andras Schiff (piano)
Maxwell Davies Fantasia No 1 on an "In Nomine" by John Tavener BBCSO, conducted by the Composer Brahms Four Songs, Op 46 Thomas Allen (baritone), Paul Hamburger (piano)
Imogen Hoist String Quintet Endellion Quartet,
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Tippett Concerto for Double String Orchestra BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis
Producer Vicky Whitaker
Ceremonial Music
Tommy Pearson looks at the use of music in politics.
Jeremy Nicholas presents a programme of music played at the very first
Promenade concert on 10 August 1895 at the Queen's Hall, London. Including Wagner Overture: Rienzi
Saint-Saens Softly Awakes My Heart Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in D minor
6.05 Bizet Carmen (selection)
6.30 Godfrey Variations on "Lucy Long" Producer Andrew Mussett
From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The 103rd season of the Proms begins with a heaven-storming Mass - an intimately personal statement of Beethoven's beliefs.
Karita Mattila (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo), Herbert Lippert (tenor), Anthony Michaels-Moore (baritone), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Beethoven Missa Solemnis
(Simultaneous Broadcast with BBC2)
(The music maestro: page 6)
(Brian Kay's Prom of the Week: page 35)
Professor George Steiner talks about the titanic aspects of Beethoven's genius. Was he, as music writer Hans Keller claimed, "possibly humanity's greatest mind altogether", and how has his reputation survived annexation by artists, demagogues and the Beethoven industry? Producer Richard Bannerman
The last of five programmes in which Michael Billington talks to actors about key roles in the repertoire. Simon Russell Beale and David
Troughton discuss Richard 1/1.
The 1997 Bath International Music
Festival celebrated the 75th birthday of lannis Xenakis with a contemporary music weekend including 13 of his works. Andrew Sparling introduces highlights from the concerts and talks to the performers and to Xenakis himself. Rebonds; EROD (first performance); S-709 (first UK performance) Roland Auzet (percussion)
Palimpsest; Kai (first UK performance) Reservoir, director Mikel Toms
Serment; Medea
New London Chamber Choir,
Critical Band, director James Wood Producer Martin Cotton
With Catherine Bott. 5: Madrid
Francisco de la Torre Danza Alta
Mena La Bella Malmaridada
Anon Dalu si le Das
Juan del Enzina Triste Espana sin Ventura
Anon Tres Moricas ; Una Sanosa
Porfla; Levanta,
Pascual Enzina Mortal Tristura
Medina No Ay Plazer en Esta Vida Enzina Mi Libertad en Sosiego Anon Al Alva Venid
Enzina Hoy Comamos y Bevamos Repeated from last Friday
Repeated from Monday 3.45pm
With David Cornet.
1.00 Rossini Ricciardo e Zoraide
Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Academy of St Martin in the Fields/David Parry
4.10 Gulbenkian Orchestra/Muhai Tang, Paul Crossley (piano) John
Adams Eros Piano Gershwin Piano
Concerto in F
4.40 Schubert Der Hirt auf dem
Felsen; Impromptu in C minor, Op 90 No 1; Sonnets 1, 2 and 3; Piano Sonata in A, D664; Hymnen von Novalis; Licht und Liebe Ellen van
Lier (soprano), Peter Schmidl (clarinet), Robert Holl (bass), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)
6.00 Sequence
