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With Edward Seckerson.
Coates Langham Place (Suite:
London Again) Czechoslovakian RSO, conductor Adrian Leaper
6.08 Mozart Sonata in D, K576 Misuko Uchida (piano)
6.27 Gluck, ed Berlioz Amour, Viens Rendre a Mon Ame (Orphee et Eurydice) Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Lyon Opera Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
6.33 Holbome The Night Watch; The Fairie Round Isabella d'Este (piano)
6.37 Herbert Cello Concerto No 2 in E minor Yo-Yo Ma (cello), New York Philharmonic, conductor Kurt Masur
7.02 Stravinsky Four Norwegian
Moods LSO, conductor Igor Markevitch
7.11 Purcell Rejoice in the Lord
Alway James Bowman (countertenor), Nigel Rogers (tenor), Max von Egmond (bass), Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Leonhardt Consort , conductor David Willcocks
7.20 Slbellus Luonnotar Gwyneth
Jones (soprano), London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
7.30 Schubert Nocturne in E flat, D897 Beaux Arts Trio
7.39 Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jeffrey Tate
8.02 Mozart, arr Triebensee Catalogue Aria (Don Giovanni ) Les Musiciens du Louvre, conductor Marc Minkowski
8.06 Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Leontyne Price (soprano), New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Thomas Schippers
8.21 Beethoven Piano Sonata in F sharp, Op 78 (A Therese) Alfred Brendel
8.35 Strauss Don Juan Chicago SO, conductor Fritz Reiner

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson.
Conductor:
Adrian Leaper
Piano:
Misuko Uchida
Unknown:
Viens Rendre
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Kurt Masur
Conductor:
Igor Markevitch
Unknown:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Nigel Rogers
Conductor:
Leonhardt Consort
Conductor:
David Willcocks
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Conductor:
Jeffrey Tate
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Conductor:
Marc Minkowski
Conductor:
Thomas Schippers
Unknown:
Alfred Brendel
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner

Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival - LSO, conductor Andre Previn

9.16 Tchaikovsky, transcr Liszt Polonaise (Eugene Onegin) - Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)

9.23 Bach Concerto for four harpsichords, BWV1065 - Andrew Davis, Philip Ledger and Blandine Verlet (harpsichords), ECO, conductor Raymond Leppard (harpsichord)

9.36 Holst Mercury; Jupiter (The Planets) - Royal Philharmonic, conductor Malcolm Sargent

9.45 Mozart Exsultate Jubilate, K165 - Cecilia Bartoli (soprano), Vienna CO, conductor Gyorgy Fischer

10.04 Wieniawski Souvenir de Moscou - Yehudi Menuhin (violin), Marcel Gazelle (piano)

10.13 Dohnanyi American Rhapsody - Frankfurt RSO, conductor Alun Francis

10.33 Schubert Klavierstuck, D946 No 1 - Andras Schiff (piano)

10.41 Nielsen Overture: Helios - Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy

10.52 Krommer Partita in F, Op 57 - Budapest Wind Ensemble, conductor Kalman Berkes

11.10 Rameau La Danse (Fetes d'Hebe) - Jill Gomez (soprano), Jean-Claude Orliac (tenor), Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conductor John Eliot Gardiner

11.19 Ponchielli Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda) - Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner

11.29 Infante Danses Andalouses - Katia and Marelle Labeque (pianos)

11.45 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4 in A (Italian) - Vienna Philharmonic, conductor Christoph von Dohnanyi

Contributors

Presenter:
Brian Kay
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine

This week Graeme Kay discovers the history of the nearly 300-year-old
Three Choirs Festival and meets the celebrated Portuguese pianist Maria Joao Pires as she prepares for her
Prom. Plus a roundup of the musical festivities occuring in the beautiful surroundings of Edinburgh and Lucerne. Producer Anthony Sellors See tonight 7.30pm.

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Kay
Pianist:
Maria Joao Pires
Producer:
Anthony Sellors See

Edinburgh International Festival 1999
Kirsteen McCue introduces a recital of Beethoven piano music given last Friday by Stephen Kovacevich.
Beethoven Bagatelles , Op 126;
Sonata in C minor, Op 111; Bagatelles, Op 119; Sonata in A flat, Op 110

Contributors

Introduces:
Kirsteen McCue
Unknown:
Stephen Kovacevich.
Unknown:
Beethoven Bagatelles

David Mellor talks to Hakan
Hardenberger, one of the virtuosos who has helped to give the trumpet back its central role as a solo instrument. He surveys its rebirth at the hands of players such as British trumpeter George Eskdale and his own teacher, Pierre Thibaud. Music includes excerpts from Haydn's Trumpet Concerto in E flat and concertos by Handel, Tomasi and Zimmermann. Producer Nick Morgan
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Talks:
David Mellor
Unknown:
George Eskdale
Unknown:
Pierre Thibaud.
Producer:
Nick Morgan

83: Luis Bunuel : Belle de Jour
Writer David Thomson and film historian Ginette Vincendeau discuss
Luis Bunuel 's classic surreal film. Producer Mark Burman
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Luis Bunuel
Unknown:
David Thomson
Unknown:
Ginette Vincendeau
Unknown:
Luis Bunuel
Producer:
Mark Burman

Ivan Hewett introduces music first performed in 1928.
Weill Overture; Mack the Knife (The Threepenny Opera) (in German)
Reinhard Firchow (baritone), Konig Ensemble, conductor Jan Latham-Konig
Strauss Die Aegyptische Helena (Act 1, Finale)
Kenneth Jewell Chorale, Detroit SO, conductor Antal Dorati
Milhaud La Deliverance de Thesee
Capella Cracoviensis, conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Stravinsky Apollon Musagete
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Weill Ballad of Good Living; Second Threepenny Finale (The Threepenny Opera) (in English)
Raul Julia (Macheath), Ellen Greene (Jenny), Original cast recording

Contributors

Presenter:
Ivan Hewett
Producer:
Anthony Sellors
Baritone:
Reinhard Firchow
Musicians:
Konig Ensemble
Conductor:
Jan Latham-Konig
Singers:
Kenneth Jewell Chorale
Musicians:
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Musicians:
Capella Cracoviensis
Conductor:
Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Musicians:
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Macheath:
Raul Julia
Jenny:
Ellen Greene
Helena:
Gwyneth Jones (soprano)
Aithra:
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Menelaus:
Matti Kastu (tenor)

From the Victoria and Albert
Museum, given by the writer, broadcaster and historian Michael
Ignatieff. The Ascent of Man
In an age of doubt can we talk any more about the noble aspirations of the human race? And what does music have to say about the possibility of Utopia?
Producer Edward Blakeman

Contributors

Producer:
Edward Blakeman

Tonight's concert features the Proms debut of conductor Myung-Whun Chung and the return of celebrated pianist Maria Joao Pires who performs Beethoven's lyrical concerto.

Maria Joao Pires (piano), Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Myung-Whun Chung.

Weber Overture: Der Freischutz

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G

8.20 From within These Walls
The last of five programmes. Sculptor Anthony Gormley, best known as the creator of the much-discussed Angel of the North, shows Tim Marlow around his London studio.

8.40 Nielsen Symphony No 5

(Repeated Wednesday 1 September 2pm)

Contributors

Pianist:
Maria Joao Pires
Musicians:
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Myung-Whun Chung
Presenter (From within These Walls):
Tim Marlow
Guest (From within These Walls):
Anthony Gormley

By Kristian Smeds. The 1998 winner of the Prix Europa is an insight into poverty, pleasure, love and sectarian belief.
The son of a family is mute; his mother is a single parent who raises her children with the force of her hatred; and the daughter leaves home early.
Director Kate Rowland. Music James Mackie Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Kristian Smeds.
Director:
Kate Rowland.
Music:
James MacKie
Mute child:
Gus Brown
Preacher:
Nicholas Le Prevost
Mother:
Charlie Hardwick
Father:
Derek Walmsley
Daughter:
Sharon Percy
Husband:
Joe Caffrey
The Loved One:
Philippa Wilson
Dead grandmother:
Carol McGuigan

Janice Watson (soprano), Jean Rigby (mezzo), Justin Lavender (tenor),
Peter Sidhom (bass), Huddersfield Choral Society, BBC Philharmonic, conductor Martyn Brabbins
Gregson ...and the Seven Trumpets (first performance)
Verdi Te Deum; Requiem

Contributors

Soprano:
Janice Watson
Soprano:
Jean Rigby
Tenor:
Justin Lavender
Bass:
Peter Sidhom
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

With Jonathan Swain.
A concert of Schubert partsongs given as part of the 1997 Schubertiade in Feldkirch, Austria.
1.45 Reincken Was Kann Uns
Kommen an fur Not
2.00 Mahler Symphony No 9
3.30 Weiss Lute Suite No 17 in F minor
3.55 Matton L'Escaouette
4.05 Tchaikovsky The Seasons
4.50 Tobias Prelude and Fugue in D minor
5.00 Pezel Overture in D minor
5.05 Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
5.30 Brahms Trio in A minor for clarinet, cello and piano, Op 114
5.50 Anon, arr Memelsdorff The Black Joak (Silent Ground in D)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Kann Uns
Unknown:
Mozart Eine Kleine
Unknown:
Black Joak

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