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Copland Quiet City
Raymond Mase (trumpet), Stephen Taylor (cor anglais), Orpheus CO
6.45 Mozart L 'Amero Saro Costante
(II Re Pastore)
Lucia Popp (soprano), Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
7.30 Mendelssohn Variations
Concertantes, Op 17 Maria Kliegel (cello),
Kristin Merscher (piano)
8.00 Telemann Musique Héroïque Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Wayne Marshall (organ)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Taylor
Unknown:
Amero Saro Costante
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin
Cello:
Maria Kliegel
Piano:
Kristin Merscher
Unknown:
Ole Edvard Antonsen
Unknown:
Wayne Marshall

Anon Fanfare: Danse de Roy ; Entre du Fol; La Morisque (The Dansereye, 1551)
New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
9.11 Satie Gymnopedies Nos 1 and 3 Pascal Roge (piano)
9.22 Honegger Pastorale d'Ete Toulouse Capitole Orchestra, conductor Michel Plasson
9.31 Gottschalk Hercule , Op 88 Philip Martin (piano)
9.37 Handel Yet Can I Hear That
Dulcet Lay (Hercules)
James Bowman (alto), King's Consort, director Robert King
9.42 Mozart Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat,
K495 Dennis Brain , Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan
10.00 Ten o'Clock Feature: Wind Music:
Francaix. after Poulenc Musique pour Faire Plaisir
Mainz Wind Ensemble, conductor Klaus Rainer Scholl
10.09 Amy Beach Pastorale Reykjavik Wind Quintet
10.13 Horovitz Dance Suite (Finale) Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra, conductor Frederick Fennell
10.17 Rigatti Dixit Dominus Gabrieli Consort and Players, director Paul McCreesh
10.31 Composer of the Week:
Berlioz, transcr Liszt Dance of the Sylphs (The Damnation of Faust) Leslie Howard (piano)
10.36 Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Los Angeles Philharmonic, conductor Andre Previn
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine
E-MAIL: bksm@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Danse de Roy
Director:
Philip Pickett
Conductor:
Michel Plasson
Conductor:
Gottschalk Hercule
Unknown:
James Bowman
Director:
Robert King
Unknown:
K495 Dennis Brain
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan
Unknown:
Poulenc Musique
Conductor:
Klaus Rainer Scholl
Conductor:
Frederick Fennell
Conductor:
Rigatti Dixit Dominus
Conductor:
Gabrieli Consort
Director:
Paul McCreesh
Piano:
Leslie Howard
Piano:
Tchaikovsky Romeo
Conductor:
Andre Previn
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

A look ahead to the Proms events.
Living in Harmony. Chris de Souza looks at the Choral Day, when choirs from all over the country join together in the Royal Albert Hall; Baroness Blackstone gives her views on the place of music in society; Edward Wickham dips into the Great British choral tradition; and a promenader explains the benefit of listening on your feet.

Voicebox: phone [number removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Chris de Souza
Speaker:
Baroness Blackstone
Speaker:
Edward Wickham
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu
Producer:
Antony Pitts

Introduced by Penny Gore. Gil Shaham (violin), Akira Eguchi (piano)
Schubert Sonatina No 2 in A minor,
D385
Faure Violin Sonata No 1 in A, Op 13 Prokofiev Five Melodies, Op 35a Copland Ukelele
Serenade Strauss , arr Prihoda Waltzes from "Der Rosenkavalier"
Sarasate Concert Fantasy on Bizet's "Carmen"

Contributors

Violin:
Penny Gore.
Introduced By:
Gil Shaham
Piano:
Akira Eguchi
Unknown:
Serenade Strauss
Unknown:
Prihoda Waltzes

Lynda Russell (soprano),
Sarah Connolly (mezzo), James Oxley and Andrew Kennedy (tenors),
Peter Harvey (baritone), Chapel Choirs of King's and St John 's Colleges,
Cambridge, Brandenburg Orchestra, Robert Quinney (organ), conductor Stephen Cleobury
Schubert Magnificat in C:
Salve Regina in F; Mass in E flat, D950
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Soprano:
Lynda Russell
Soprano:
Sarah Connolly
Unknown:
James Oxley
Tenors:
Andrew Kennedy
Tenors:
Peter Harvey
Tenors:
St John
Unknown:
Robert Quinney
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Conductor:
Schubert Magnificat
Unknown:
Salve Regina

Great singers of our century. Felicity Lott introduces recordings made by the young French soprano Natalie Dessay , featuring music by Offenbach and Bernstein.
Producer Mark Rowlinson
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Introduces:
Felicity Lott
Soprano:
Natalie Dessay
Producer:
Mark Rowlinson

One hundred 20th-century works of art. 31: Sylvia Plath : Ariel. What were the influences behind poet Sylvia Plath 's final collection? With contributions from A Alvarez, Erica Wagner and Lavinia Greenlaw.
Producer Jocelyn Boxall
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
Sylvia Plath
Unknown:
Erica Wagner
Unknown:
Lavinia Greenlaw.
Producer:
Jocelyn Boxall

A long-term series exploring works first performed in each year of this century. Ivan Hewett introduces works first performed in 1903.

Nielsen Helios Overture Swedish RSO, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel Sheherazade Elly Ameling (soprano), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
Satie Trois Morceaux en Forme de Poire Anne Queffelec (piano)
Enescu Romanian Rhapsody No 1 Moldova Philharmonic, conductor Alexandru Lascae

Contributors

Presenter:
Ivan Hewett
Producer:
Ekene Akalawu
Musicians:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Soprano:
Elly Ameling
Pianist:
Rudolf Jansen
Pianist:
Anne Queffelec
Musicians:
Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Alexandru Lascae

From the Royal College of - Music, London. Professor
George Steiner , the eminent authority on literature, the fine arts and science, discusses the complex inter-relationship of politics and music. Producer Edward Blakeman

Contributors

Unknown:
George Steiner
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

Gigantic and dramatic, tragic and patriotic, Prokofiev's flamboyant cantata challenged the Soviet censors in 1937 and waited decades for a first complete performance. The work is complemented at the Royal Albert Hall by Britten's wartime elegy and music by two revolutionary 19th-century composers.
Paul Lewis (piano),
Philharmonia Chorus , BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder
Berlioz Funeral March for the Final
Scene of "Hamlet"
Liszt Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat
Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
8.30 The Trials of Prokofiev
Professor Tony Briggs remembers the dramatic events of 1948 when
Prokofiev was humiliated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
8.50 Prokofiev Cantata for the 20th
Anniversary of the October Revolution Repeated Thursday 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Piano:
Paul Lewis
Piano:
Philharmonia Chorus
Unknown:
Professor Tony Briggs

Sophocles's tragedy directed for radio by Peter Hall with the cast of the Royal National Theatre production, translated and adapted by Ranjit Bolt , with original music by Judith Weir.
Alan Howard is Oedipus. All the other members of the company, including the named characters, play the chorus. John Baxter. Suzanne Bertish (Messenger).
Jean-Benoit Blanc , Helen Bourne (An Elder of Colonus), Christian Burgess (Theseus),
Christopher Campbell. Michael Carter. Tamsin Dives. Pip Donaghy (Creon). Peter Gordon.
Sophie Grimmer , Greg Hicks (Polynices), Alan Howard (Oedipus). Colin Hurley , Jeffery Kissoon. Kathleen McGoldrick. Tanya Moodie
(Antigone). Simon Scott. Graham Sinclair. Jennie Stoller , Clare Swinburne (Ismene) Music performed by Martin Allen , Michael Gregory. Steve Foster. Kirsten Spratt and Judith Kleinman. Producer Peter Kavanagh Director Peter Hall Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Hall
Adapted By:
Ranjit Bolt
Music By:
Judith Weir.
Music By:
Alan Howard
Unknown:
John Baxter.
Unknown:
Suzanne Bertish
Unknown:
Jean-Benoit Blanc
Unknown:
Helen Bourne
Unknown:
Christian Burgess
Unknown:
Christopher Campbell.
Unknown:
Michael Carter.
Unknown:
Pip Donaghy
Unknown:
Peter Gordon.
Unknown:
Sophie Grimmer
Unknown:
Greg Hicks
Unknown:
Alan Howard
Unknown:
Colin Hurley
Unknown:
Jeffery Kissoon.
Unknown:
Kathleen McGoldrick.
Unknown:
Tanya Moodie
Unknown:
Simon Scott.
Unknown:
Graham Sinclair.
Unknown:
Jennie Stoller
Unknown:
Clare Swinburne
Unknown:
Martin Allen
Unknown:
Michael Gregory.
Unknown:
Steve Foster.
Unknown:
Kirsten Spratt
Unknown:
Judith Kleinman.
Producer:
Peter Kavanagh
Director:
Peter Hall

The last of four concerts.
The Capilla Real of Philip II
BBC Singers, James O'Donnell (organ), Frances Kelly (harp), Sally Jackson (dulcian), conductor Bo Holten Gombert Dicite in Magni de las Infantas 0 Lux et Decus
Hispaniae
Escobedo Missa Philippus Rex Hispaniae (Kyrie; Agnus Dei) de las Infantas Quasi Stella Matutina; Cantemus Domine de Monte Super Flumina Babylonis Victoria Missa pro Victoria (Gloria; Agnus Dei)
Lobo Versa Est in Luctum
Plus organ works by Cabezon, Peraza, Valente, Correa de Arauxo and Araujo.

Contributors

Singers:
James O'Donnell
Harp:
Frances Kelly
Harp:
Sally Jackson
Conductor:
Bo Holten
Conductor:
Gombert Dicite
Unknown:
Lobo Versa Est

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Alexis Contant Les Deux Ames
Richard Eaton Singers, Edmonton SO, conductor Uri Mayer
2.10 Dupre Improvisation on Themes of Samuel Duconnum Guy Bovet (organ)
2.25 Nielsen Symphony No 5 Finnish RSO, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
3.00 Sibelius Pensees Lyriques , Op 40 Eero Heinonen (piano)
3.20 Prokofiev Symphony No 7 Metropolitan Orchestra, conductor Agnes Grossmann
4.15 Paul Gilson Sea Symphony Bratislava RSO, conductor
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
5.15 lbert Entr'acte;
Paraboles Jadwiga Kotnowska (flute), Leszek Potasinki (guitar)
5.45 Bonporti Invention No 3 in F I Musici Gelosi

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Singers:
Richard Eaton
Conductor:
Uri Mayer
Conductor:
Jukka-Pekka Saraste
Conductor:
Sibelius Pensees Lyriques
Piano:
Eero Heinonen
Conductor:
Agnes Grossmann
Conductor:
Paul Gilson
Conductor:
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Flute:
Paraboles Jadwiga Kotnowska
Guitar:
Leszek Potasinki
Unknown:
Musici Gelosi

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