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With Humphrey Carpenter , including Haydn Symphony No 6 in D (Le Matin) Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, conductor Adam Fischer
7.00 Telemann, arr Marie-Claire Alain La Majeste ; La Vaillance;
La Tranquillite; LArmement
Ole Edvard Antonsen (trumpet), Wayne Marshall (organ)
7.24 Dvorak Serenade in D minor,
Op 44 Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
8.00 Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 Alban Berg Quartet , Philippe Entremont (piano) Producer Mark Rowlinson

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter
Conductor:
Adam Fischer
Unknown:
Marie-Claire Alain
Unknown:
La Majeste
Unknown:
Edvard Antonsen
Unknown:
Wayne Marshall
Unknown:
Dvorak Serenade
Unknown:
Alban Berg Quartet
Piano:
Philippe Entremont
Producer:
Mark Rowlinson

Edward Seckerson presents a summer season of acclaimed recordings.
9.02 Richard Addinsell Goodbye Mr Chips (Main Theme)
BBC Concert Orchestra, conductor Kenneth Alwyn
9.06 Finzi Come Away, Come Away, Death Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)
9.11 Vaughan Williams Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt) Philharmonia, conductor John Barbirolli
9.22 Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita) (6th mvt)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Alexander Schneider
9.35 Elgar Introduction and Allegro Allegri Quartet, Sinfonia of London, conductor John Barbirolli
9.50 Bach Cello Suite No 1 in G,
BWV1007 (excerpts) Yo-Yo Ma
9.57 Hummel Piano Concerto in A minor (1st mvt) Stephen Hough ,
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson
10.14 Szymanowski Stabat Mater (excerpt) City of Birmingham
Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
10.20 Beethoven Symphony No 5 in C minor Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Carlos Kleiber
11.00 Blind Tasting: Fiona Talkington invites Amanda Holden and poet Andrew Motion to listen to and compare notes on three recordings of Chopin's Scherzo No 1 in B minor, Op 20, without knowing who the performers are.
11.30 Komgold Marietta 's Lute Song (Die Tote Stadt)
Renee Fleming (soprano),
English Chamber Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate
11.37 Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Los Angeles Philharmonic, director Michael Tilson Thomas (piano) Producer Nick Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Conductor:
Kenneth Alwyn
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Conductor:
Mozart Serenade
Conductor:
Alexander Schneider
Conductor:
John Barbirolli
Unknown:
Stephen Hough
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Conductor:
Szymanowski Stabat Mater
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Carlos Kleiber
Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Amanda Holden
Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Unknown:
Komgold Marietta
Soprano:
Renee Fleming
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Conductor:
Gershwin Rhapsody
Piano:
Michael Tilson Thomas
Producer:
Nick Morgan

Michael Berkeley talks to Lord
Birkett, formerly a film director and first deputy chairman of the National Theatre, and now a major figure in the cultural life of this country. His musical choices range from vintage recordings of Mozart and Chopin to excepts from Madam Butterfly and Ariadne auf Naxos and a recent recording of a Medtner piano concerto.
Executive producer Wendy Thompson Repeated tomorrow 6.30pm

Contributors

Talks:
Michael Berkeley
Producer:
Wendy Thompson

Proms Chamber Music 98
Thomas Ades (piano)
Couperin Les Baricades Mysterieuses Falla Pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas
Messiaen Piece pour le Tombeau de Paul Dukas
Stanchinsky Canon No 3
Thomas Ades Traced Overhead
Couperin Pieces de Clavecin (Ordre No 25)
Oliver Knussen Prayer Bell Sketch (first London performance) Janacek In the Mists
Repeated from Monday

Contributors

Piano:
Thomas Ades
Unknown:
Paul Dukas
Unknown:
Thomas Ades
Unknown:
Oliver Knussen

David Mellor explores the recorded legacy of great artists of the past in conversation with figures from the musical world today.
Barbara Bonney , one of today's most famous sopranos, talks to David Mellor about the art of Elisabeth Schumann , whose voice and career had many parallels with her own.
Schubert Im Abendrot; Die Vbgel; Du Bist die Ruh Karl Alwin (piano)
Schumann Mondnacht ; Auftrage Karl Alwin , George Reeves (piano) Brahms Vergebliches Standchen George Reeves (piano)
Strauss Standchen ; Freundliche Vision;
Wiegenlied; Morgen!
Ivor Newton (piano), orchestra, conductor Lawrance Collingwood
Mozart Non So Piu; Deh Vieni, Non Tardar (Le Nozze di Figaro) Orchestra, conductor Lawrance Collingwood
Johann Strauss (son) Spiel' Ich die
Unschuld vom Lande (Die Fledermaus) Josef Strauss Spharenklange Vienna State Opera Orchestra, conductors Karl Alwin , Leo Rosenek
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier (excerpts)
Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Robert Heger

Contributors

Unknown:
David Mellor
Unknown:
Barbara Bonney
Unknown:
David Mellor
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schumann
Piano:
Karl Alwin
Piano:
Schumann Mondnacht
Piano:
Auftrage Karl Alwin
Piano:
George Reeves
Piano:
Brahms Vergebliches Standchen
Piano:
George Reeves
Piano:
Strauss Standchen
Piano:
Ivor Newton
Conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
Conductor:
Lawrance Collingwood
Conductor:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Josef Strauss
Conductors:
Karl Alwin
Conductors:
Leo Rosenek
Conductors:
Strauss Der Rosenkavalier
Conductor:
Robert Heger
Sophie:
Elisabeth Schumann (soprano)
Octavian:
Maria Olszewska (mezzo)

Russell Davies presents a four-part history of jazz under Communism.
1: Two Revolutions. In 1917, a coup d'etat in St Petersburg marked the end of tsarist rule in Russia. In the same year, the Original Dixieland
Jazz Band made the first jazz record, in New York. The fates of jazz and Communism were to be linked for the next seventy years or more. Producer David Perry
Repeated Friday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Russell Davies
Producer:
David Perry

Another opera Prom continues this year's season from the Royal Albert Hall. Verdi's art was never more political than in this opera about the problems of power, which comes to the Proms from this year's Glyndebourne festival. Amelia, the long-lost daughter of Simon Boccanegra, first doge of Genoa, is the pivotal figure in a vibrantly tragic drama of intrigue, love and murder.

Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic, conductor Mark Elder
Act 1

8.25 "There, Genoa towers above the foaming waves."
Simon Boccanegra vividly evokes internecine political strife in 14th-century Genoa. Writer and critic Alastair Macaulay presents a personal portrait of the city that Verdi loved so much.

8.45 Acts 2 and 3

(Brian Kay's Prom of the Week: p38)

Contributors

Singers:
Glyndebourne Chorus
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Amelia:
Elena Prokina (soprano)
Gabriele Adomo:
Michael Sylvester (tenor)
Simon Boccanegra:
Giancarlo Pasquetto (baritone)
Jacopo Fiesco:
Alastair Miles (bass)
Paolo Albiani:
Peter Sidhom (baritone)
Pietro:
Daniel Borowski (baritone)
Presenter (There, Genoa towers above the foaming waves):
Alastair Macualay

Novelist Tiber Fischer looks at world literature. This programme looks at the Arab world: Baghdad auctioning its libraries on the streets, bookselling Amman style, and leading Saudi dissident Abdeirahman Munif discussing the future of the Arab novel with Adhaf Soueif.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tiber Fischer
Unknown:
Abdeirahman Munif
Unknown:
Adhaf Soueif.

Tonight's concert features the Kenny Garrett Quartet, recorded in July at the Barbican. And Jez Nelson rounds up the best of the month's CD releases. Producers Lyn Champion and Steve Shepherd

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenny Garrett
Unknown:
Jez Nelson
Unknown:
Steve Shepherd

With Susan Sharpe.
1.00 Prague RSO/Viadimir Vitek, Janice Edwards (mezzo), Dan Piekarsky (tenor) Schubert Symphony No 8 in B minor (Unfinished)
Mahler Das Lied von der Erde
2.30 Lutoslawskl Dance Preludes
Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet), Patricia Parr (piano)
2.55 Fux Missa Pro Gratiarum Actione
Graz Capella Nova/Otto Kargel
3.25 John Thrower Improvisation on a Blue Theme
Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet). CBC Vancouver Orchestra/Mario Bernardi
3.45 Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor Netherlands Radio
Orchestra/Roelof van Driesten
4.10 Bloch Violin Sonata No 2
(Poeme Mystique) Sibylle Tschopp
4.45 Rudolf Escher String Trio Ronald Hoogeveen (violin), Zoltan Benyacs (viola), Dmitri Ferschtman (cello)
5.00 Debussy Prelude a l'Apres-Midi d'un Faune Bratislava RSO, conductor Ludovic Rajter
5.15 Jacques Hetu Les Illusions Fanees Montreal Tudor Singers/Patrick Wedd
5.45 Bach Concerto in A, BWV1055
Lembit Orgse (harpsichord),
Estonian RCO, conductor Paul Magi

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.

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