Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music, including Debussy's Iberia played by the London Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Pierre Monteux , at 6.30; Mozart's Serenata Nottuma played by the Orpheus Chamber
Orchestra after the 7.00 news; and a Chopin polonaise played by Emil Gilels (piano) at 8.05.
With Penny Gore .
Fasch Concerto in D
English Concert, director Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
9.09 Gottschalk Souvenir de la
Havane, Op 39
Philip Martin (piano)
9.16 Parry Symphonic Variations London Philharmonic, conductor Adrian Boult
9.30 Mozart Piano Trio in E, K542
Beaux Arts Trio
9.50 Rachmaninov, orch Respighi Etude-Tableau No 4 (Red Riding Hood and the Wolf)
London Philharmonic, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
9.53 Monteverdi Second Book of Madrigals, Nos 17-18 Consort of Musicke, director Anthony Rooley
10.00 Haydn Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor (Farewell)
London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Henry Wood
Emma Kirkby
Soprano Emma Kirkby talks about opera's place in her life. Music includes part of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and recordings made with Andrew Parrott 's Taverner Consort and Players.
The fourth of five concerts this week, from the Queen's
Hall. The Vienna String Sextet gives the second of three concerts featuring the complete string quintets of Mozart. Introduced by Linda Ormiston.
Mozart String Quintet Movement in A minor, K515c; String Quintet in C, K515
11.45 The Editorial Conference
A look at the literary editorial process. Three publishers - Geraldine Cooke from Hodder Review,
Maggie McKernan from Phoenix House and John Mitchinson from Harvill - analyse, comment and select from three new pieces of writing in a mock editorial conference.
12.05pm String Quintet Movement in B flat, K514a; String Quintet in G minor, K516
The Early Years
With Andrew McGregor. 3: 1894-7
"You ask how things go with me?
These days things go well only with priests and pharmacists." (Rachmaninov)
Three Songs from Op 14
Joan Rodgers (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Howard Shelley (piano) Symphony No 1 in D minor
Concertgebouw Orchestra/Ashkenazy Repeated next Thursday 12 midnight
Last Monday's Prom.
Emma Kirkby (soprano),
Charles Daniels and Mark Padmore (tenors), Matthew Hargreaves (baritone),
Andrew Manze (violin), Choir of New College, Oxford, Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood Handel Coronation Anthem No 3: The
King Shall Rejoice
Bach Violin Concerto in E, BWV1042
Handel Suite: Water Music; Coronation
Anthem No 1: Zadok the Priest
Vivaldi Nulla in Mundo Pax; Concerto in F, RV571
Handel Sing unto God
With Piers Lane.
Hungary for Something Exotic! Many of the greatest piano composers have incorporated Hungarian folk rhythms and harmonies into their music.
Haydn Concerto in D, H XVIII 11 (3rd mvt) - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Beethoven Rondo a Capriccio in G, Op 129 (Rage over a Lost Penny) - Artur Schnabel
Schubert Hungarian Melody in B minor, D81 7 - Alfred Brendel
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 - Alfred Cortot
Brahms Hungarian Dances Nos 1 and 2 - Julius Katchen
Bartok Improvisations on Hungarian Peasant Songs - Zoltan Kocsis
(Face behind the Voice: page 123)
Gypsy Music
Elements of the flamenco style were absorbed by the Gypsies as they travelled through Spain. Many settled in Andalusia and developed a new and intense way of singing - cante flamenco. Tommy Pearson explores the ways in which this and other styles reflect the tragedy and futility of the Gypsy's life in Spain. Repeat. See also 5pm
This week sees the opening of the film Gadjo Dilo , in which a young
Parisian goes to Romania to search for Gypsy music. Sean Rafferty discovers what sort of music he would have found and what musical legacy Romanian Gypsy music has left the classical world. Music includes Tavemer and Tchaikovsky, and, at about 6.40, Brahms's Violin Sonata No 3 in D minor, Op 108, played by Itzhak Perlman and Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano).
I An all-British programme 17 tonight at the Royal
Albert Hall , spanning the generations: from Vaughan Williams 's witty overture to the play by Aristophanes to
Simon Bainbridge 's prize-winning and deeply moving setting of texts by Primo Levi. From the middle period between two world wars comes Walton's triumphant yet questioning symphony. Susan Bickley (mezzo), Kim Walker (bassoon), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps Simon Bainbridge Ad Ora Incerta
7.45 Getting to Know Primo levi David Mendel gives a personal account of his friendship with author Primo Levi. Repeat
8.05 Walton Symphony No 1
Poets'Fan Mall
Five poets read a verse letter to a poet from the past they admire. 4: Caribbean writer Olive Senior reads her letter to the great Chilean poet Pablo Neruda. Repeat
Ara Malikian (violin),
Serouj Kraejian (piano)
Sarasate Introduction and Tarantella
Messiaen Theme and Variations
Ysaye Violin Sonata, Op 27 No 2 (Obsession)
Live. Proms debuts for two youthful and exciting choirs at the Royal Albert Hall tonight, plus a lively slant on the Proms theme of power and politics in music. Black Voices and the London Community Gospel Choir perform American protest songs, African folk songs, reggae and gospel music.
(Brian Kay's Prom of the Week: p34)
Alyn Shipton talks to pianist Monty Alexander about his famous trio
Triple Treat and his experiments in fusing West Indian music and jazz.
4: Les Troyens (The Trojans at Carthage) Roger Nichols introduces The Trojans at Carthage.
Repeated from last Thursday
With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Danish Radio Concert Orchestra/ Jan Wagner , Rainer Kussmaul (violin) Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin Haydn Violin Concerto in C
Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)
2.20 Brahms Piano Pieces, Op 119 Robert Silverman
2.35 Pekiel Missa senza le
Cerimonie II Camerata Silesia,
Julian Gembalski (organ)/Anna Szostak
3.00 Kodaly Summer Evening
Philharmonic Society Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
3.20 Rachmaninov Piano Concerto
No 3 in D minor Nelson Goerner , Suisse Romande Orchestra, conductor Matthias Aesbacher
4.00 Ulbum Diversions for Strings Nova Scotia SO/Georg Tintner
4.40 Szymanowski String Quartet No 2, Op 56 Silesian Quartet
5.00 Mendelssohn Venetian Boat
Song (Songs without Words) Jane Coop (piano)
5.10 Faure Suite: Pelleas and Melisande CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi
5.30 Handel Sonata in C, HWV386a Musica Alta Ripa
5.40 Gabrieli Magnificat a 12 Swiss-Italian Radio Choir and Orchestra/Stefano Innocenti
5.55 Stadimayr Ave Maris Stella Capella Nova Graz /Otto Kargl
