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With Edward Seckerson.
Prokofiev Serenade (Summer Night, Op 123) Russian National Orchestra, conductor Mikhail Pletnev
6.13 Carlisle Floyd Ain't It a Pretty Sight? (Susannah) Renee Fleming (soprano), New York Metropolitan Opera Orchestra/James Levine
6.19 Brahms Hom Trio in E flat,
Op 40 Lowell Greer (horn), Stephanie Chase (violin), Robert Lubin (piano)
6.49 Chaminade Bute Concertino
Susan Milan, City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
7.02 Handel Organ Concerto No 13 in F (Cuckoo and the Nightingale), HWV295 Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman (director/organ)
7.15 Pfrtzner Prelude, Act 1:
Palestrina Orchestre of Deutsche Oper Berlin, conductor Christian Thielemann
7.33 Bruch In Memoriam, Op 65 Salvatore Accardo (violin).Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra/Kurt Masur
7.49 Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte (Act 1, excerpts) Charlotte Margiono
(soprano), Delores Ziegler (contralto), Thomas Hampson (baritone),
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Nicholas Harnoncourt
8.02 Sullivan, arr Mackerras
Pineapple Poll (scenes 1 and 2) RPO, conductor Charles Mackerras
8.15 Britten Choral Dances
(Gloriana) Peter Pears (tenor), Ambrosian Singers,
ECO, conducted by the Composer
8.26 Part Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Staatsorchester Stuttgart , conductor Russell Davies
8.32 Purcell Act 3, conclusion: Dido and Aeneas Janet Baker (mezzo), ECO, conductor Anthony Lewis
8.49 Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Paul Daniel Producer Nick Morgan

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson.
Conductor:
Mikhail Pletnev
Soprano:
Renee Fleming
Unknown:
Brahms Hom
Horn:
Lowell Greer
Horn:
Stephanie Chase
Violin:
Robert Lubin
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Palestrina Orchestre
Conductor:
Christian Thielemann
Violin:
Salvatore Accardo
Soprano:
Delores Ziegler
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Conductor:
Nicholas Harnoncourt
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Conductor:
Staatsorchester Stuttgart
Conductor:
Russell Davies
Conductor:
Aeneas Janet Baker
Conductor:
Anthony Lewis
Conductor:
Paul Daniel
Producer:
Nick Morgan

Alwyn Festival March
LSO, conductor Richard Hickox
9.11 Chopin Etude in E, Op 10 No 3 (Tristesse) Vladimir Ashkenazy
9.16 Gounod Jewel Song (Faust) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Turin Theatre Orchestra/John Mauceri
9.22 Marcello Oboe Concerto in C minor Evelyn Rothwell, Halle
Orchestra, conductor John Barbirolli
9.33 Robert Famon Intermezzo for harp and strings Aline Brewer, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by the Composer
10.00 Utolff Scherzo (Concerto Symphonique No 4 in D minor) John Ogdon (piano),
CBSO, conductor Louis Fremaux
10.17 Gliere Concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra
Evgenia Miroschnickenko (soprano), Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, conductor Mark Ermler
10.31 Tallleferre Petite Suite
Foundation Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor David Snell
10.37 Beethoven Rondo in C, Op 51 No 1 Alfred Brendel (piano)
10.44 Mozart Divertimento in B flat, K287 Vienna Mozart Ensemble, conductor Willi Boskovsky
11.21 A Gabriell La Battaglia King's Consort, conductor Robert King
11.28 Bach Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello
Glenn Gould (piano)
11.39 Strauss Die Gottin im
Putzzimmer BBC Singers, conductor Stephen Cleobury
11.45 Strauss Tod und Verklarung Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soprano:
Angela Gheorghiu

In the final edition this summer
Graeme Kay meets organist Gillian Weir as she prepares for the Last Night of the Proms, and talks to
British composers James MacMillan and Giles Swayne about their new works which are to receive their first performances at the Proms. He also finds out about Seiji Ozawa 's Matsumoto Festival, set in the Japanese Alps.
Producer Anthony Sellors
See tonight's BBC Proms 99. 7.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Kay
Organist:
Gillian Weir
Unknown:
James MacMillan
Unknown:
Giles Swayne
Unknown:
Seiji Ozawa
Producer:
Anthony Sellors

The voice of Danish tenor Aksel
Schiotz has always captivated
Ian Partridge. Although he never met his idol, he treasures the legacy Schiotz left before his career was cut short by illness and partial paralysis.
Music includes lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Mozart and Tchaikovsky. Producer Nick Morgan
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Partridge.
Producer:
Nick Morgan

85: Samuel Beckett : Waiting for
Godot. As part of Radio 3's Beckett Festival, experts and writers attempt to unravel Beckett's tragicomedy. Producer Hazel Castell
Waiting for Godot is on at 10.05pm
SOUNDING THE CENTURY

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Producer:
Hazel Castell

Natalie Wheen introduces music first performed in 1948. Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw Hartmann Symphony No 4 (excerpt) Phyllis Tate Epitaph for voice and piano Barber Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Antheil Symphony No 5 (Joyous)
Jollvet Concerto for ondes martenot and orchestra (2nd movement)
Cole Porter Too Darn Hot (Kiss Me Kate)
Producer Edward Blakeman
BECKETT FESTIVAL

Contributors

Introduces:
Natalie Wheen
Unknown:
Phyllis Tate Epitaph
Producer:
Edward Blakeman

An investigation into tfie role of music in Beckett's work. Literary and musical contributors include Edward
Beckett, Michael Billington ,
Luciano Berio , John Calder , James Knowlson , Patrick Magee and Billie Whitelaw. Producer Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Billington
Unknown:
Luciano Berio
Unknown:
John Calder
Unknown:
James Knowlson
Unknown:
Patrick Magee
Unknown:
Billie Whitelaw.
Producer:
Piers Burton-Page

Tonight's concert features James MacMillan's eagerly awaited Proms commission and Bruckner's noble symphony.
Hilliard Ensemble, Westminster Cathedral Choristers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra/Andrew Davis

James MacMillan Quickening (BBC commission, first performance)

8.10 Summer Pleasures
Leslie Forbes's unusual tale of the mafia and the exquisite delights of Sicilian ice cream.

8.30 Bruckner Symphony No 7 in E

Contributors

Musicians:
Hilliard Ensemble
Singers:
Westminster Cathedral Choristers
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Speaker (Summer Pleasures):
Leslie Forbes

In this radio version of the play, Samuel Beckett 's revisions have been incorporated in order to present listeners with the complete drama.
Director Peter Wood. Producers Catherine Bailey and Michael Farley Repeat

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Director:
Peter Wood.
Producers:
Catherine Bailey
Producers:
Michael Farley
Vladimir:
Alan Howard
Estragon:
Michael Maloney
Pozzo:
Stratford Johns
Lucky:
Simon Russell-Beale
Boy:
Tristan Moriarty
Narrations:
Geraldine McEwan

The first of two programmes from a concert in which the New London
Consort performed all of Bach's concertos for two or more harpsichords and strings.
David Roblou , Richard Egarr ,
Paul Nicholson , Gary Cooper (harpsichords) Concerto in C minor for two harpsichords, BWV1060; Concerto in D minor for three harpsichords, BWV1063; Concerto in C for two harpsichords, BWV1061
Second programme Tuesday 9.45pm

Contributors

Unknown:
David Roblou
Unknown:
Richard Egarr
Unknown:
Paul Nicholson
Harpsichords:
Gary Cooper

With Susan Sharpe.
Giovanni Gabrieli Magnificat ; Exaudi Me Vincenzo Ugolini Three motets
Domenico Scarlatti Stabat Mater
1.55 Respighi Suite in G
2.20 Otmar Nussio Variations on an air by Pergolesi
2.35 Tchaikovsky The Seasons
3.15 Elgar Serenade for Strings
3.30 Schubert Three lieder
3.35 Grainger The Warriors
3.55 Gluck Dance of the Furies
(Orfeo ed Euridice)
4.00 Le Roux La Favourite
4.05 Handel Sonata in B flat for two violins and basso continuo, op 2 No 3
4.15 Carl Stamitz Clarinet Concerto
No 10 in B flat
4.30 Dohnanyi Ruralia Hungarica
5.00 Froberger Fantasia sopra ut re mi fa sol la
5.15 Faure Impromptu , Op 86
5.25 Rontgen Thema mit Variationen
5.35 Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D, BWV1050

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Giovanni Gabrieli Magnificat
Unknown:
Otmar Nussio
Unknown:
Gluck Dance
Clarinet:
Carl Stamitz
Unknown:
Dohnanyi Ruralia Hungarica
Unknown:
Faure Impromptu
Unknown:
Rontgen Thema
Unknown:
Bach Brandenburg

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