Penny Gore with arts news and music, including after 6.30 Dvorak's String Quartet No 12 in F (American) played by the Hagen Quartet; at
7.00 Christoph Forster 's Horn
Concerto in E flat performed by Barry Tuckwell ; and after 8.00 Bizet's Au fond du Temple Saint from The Pearl Rshers in a classic recording by Jussi Bjorling (tenor) and Robert Merrill (baritone).
David Fanning presents the four moods of Nielsen's second symphony - choleric, phlegmatic, melancholic and sanguine - and music from his two operas.
Festival Prelude (Turn of the Century) Peter Seivewright (piano) Symphony No 2 (The Four Temperaments)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conductor Herbert Blomstedt
Prelude to Act 2: Saul and David
Odense Symphony Orchestra, conductor Edward Serov
Maskarade (excerpts)
Odense Symphony Orchestra, conductor Edward Serov
Tom Paulin
Tom Paulin reads from his poem about the Second World War -
Winston Churchill is appointed prime minister in 1940.
With
Stephanie Hughes. Massenet Death Scene (Don
Quichotte) Fyodor Chaliapin (bass), Olive Kline (soprano)
10.15 Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, Op 87 Nos 13-16 Keith Jarrett (piano)
10.44 lbert Chansons de Don
Quichotte Fyodor Chaliapin (bass), orchestra conducted by the Composer
Edinburgh International Festival 1999
A recital of contrasting cnamber works by Beethoven and Zimmermann performed by brother and sister virtuosos.
Valerie Aimard (cello),
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano) Beethoven Cello Sonata in C,
Op 102 No 1
Bemd Alois Zimmermann Sonata for solo cello
Beethoven Piano Sonata in A, Op 101
11.55 Festival Insights
A series of lively talks and public discussions involving some of the major figures appearing at this year's Edinburgh Festival.
12.15 Bernd Alois Zimmermann
Intercommunicazione
Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No 2
Duke Quartet
Webem Lyric Suite
Pavel Haas Quartet No 3 Repeat
Another chance to hear last
Wednesday's Prom.
European Union Youth Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Mahler Symphony No 7
From the Priory Church,
Edington, Wiltshire - part of the 1999 Festival of Music within the Liturgy.
Introit: The Name (John Streeting ) (first broadcast)
Responses (plainsong) Psalm 132 (Smart) First Lesson: Job 23
Office Hymn: 0 Viridissima Virga (Hildegard of Bingen)
Magnificat Octavi Toni (Morales) Second Lesson: Mark 6, wl-13
Nunc Dimittis: Wood in B flat
Anthem: Salutatio Angelica (Moore) Salve Regina (Obrecht)
Organ Voluntary: Fugue on the Magnificat, BWV733 (Bach)
Conductors David Trendell , Jeremy Summerly and Andrew Carwood. Organist Robert Quinney.
Sean Rafferty talks to Belinda Jack about her biography of George Sand and about Sand's extraordinary life, including her friendship with Chopin. Music includes Shostakovich's Jazz
Suite No 2 and Mozart's Symphony No 31 in D, K297 (Paris).
The Proms Ascent of Man theme is played out in Beethoven's joyous celebration of freedom and Strauss's bold portrait of a hero's life, while Mahler's songs explore a more personal aspect of the indomitable human spirit.
Bo Skovhus (baritone), Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons
Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 3
Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen
8.05 The Ascent of Man
In the third of four programmes inspired by Jacob Bronowski's television series, Professor Richard Dawkins, Dr Steven Mithen, Marek Kohn and Helena Cronin re-examine his account of human evolution.
8.25 Strauss Ein Heldenleben
(Repeated Monday 6 September 2pm)
Fragments of a Great Confession The third of five programmes celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Goethe.
3: The Flight to Italy
In 1786 Goethe left Weimar hurriedly for an extended visit to Italy. During this period he kept a diary of his travels "in the land where the lemon trees bloom". Professor Jim Reed has recently published a new edition of the Italian diaries. Peter Eyre reads extracts, with a commentary by Dr Reed.
French tenor Christoph Pregardien in the first part of a recital given in St John's Smith Square.
Christoph Pregardien (tenor), Michael Gees (fortepiano)
Schumann Dichterliebe , Op 48 Repeat See also tomorrow 10.20pm
An exploration of the life and work of the French writer Stephane Mallarme who died 100 years ago. His work has inspired painters from Manet to Degas and composers from Debussy to Boulez. Repeat
Appleby Jazz Festival
Alyn Shipton introduces the first of two sets by the Don Weller Big Band, an all-star line-up of some of Britain's finest modern jazz musicians.
With Jonathan Swain.
12.05am Glinka Kamarinskaya
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ludovit Rajter
12.10 Verdi Gabriele 's Aria (Simon Boccanegra ) Denes Gulyas (tenor), Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, conductor Janos Ferencsik
12.15 MacDowell Piano Sonata No 2 in G minor, Op 50 (Eroica) James Tocco (piano)
12.40 Barber Adagio for Strings CBC Vancouver Orchestra, conductor Mario Bernardi
12.50 Gotovac Princess Dalmaro's
Aria (Dalmaro) Branka Stilinovic
(soprano), Croatian RTV Symphony Orchestra, conductor Niksa Bareza
1.00 Music for organ and strings from Riga Cathedral, including a performance of Josef Rheinberger 's Suite for violin, cello and organ played by Janis Bulavs (violin),
Maris Villeruss (cello) and Larisa Bulava (organ).
1.40 Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3 in C minor, Op 37 Rudolf Buchbinder , Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Justin Brown
2.15 Schein Diletti Pastorali
(excerpts) Cantus Colin , director Konrad Junghanel (lute)
2.35 Ravel String Quartet Bartok Quartet
3.05 lbert Flute Concerto
Petri Alanko , Finnish Radio
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jukka-Pekka Saraste
3.25 Haydn Symphony No 83 in G minor (Hen) Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, conductor Lev Markiz
3.55 Douglas Weiland Piano
Quintet, Op 8 Marie-Noelle Kendall , Australian Quartet
4.20 Bach, transcr Carl Tausig Toccata and Fugue. BWV565 Dennis Hennig (piano)
4.30 Lange-Muller Madonnasange , Op 65 Danish National Radio Choir, conductor Stefan Parkman
4.35 Schubert Der Hirt auf dem
Felsen, D965 Edith Wiens (soprano), Joaquin Valdepenas (clarinet), Rudolf Jansen (piano)
4.45 Weber Overture: Der Freischutz
Calgary Phlharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mario Bemardi
5.00 Mozart Symphony No 23 in 0, K181 Slovenian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Marko Munih
5.20 Goldberg Sonata in C minor Musica Alta Ripa
5.35 Paul Gilson Suite Nocturne d'apres Aloysius Bertrand Josef Beenhouwer (piano)
5.50 John Ansell Nautical Overture
West Australian Symphony
Orchestra, conductor David Measham
