Petroc Trelawny with arts news and music, including after 6.00 Handel's Harp Concerto, Op 4 No 6 played by Marisa Robles ; at 7.03 Elgar's Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town); and shortly after 8.30
Berwald's Piano Quintet No 1, Op 5.

(1770-1827)
Beethoven Abroad
Misha Donat looks at Beethoven's dealings with foreign publishers, patrons and performers.
1: Hungary. An overture for the opening of a new theatre in Pest, and music for the wife of Haydn's former employer Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy. Overture: The Ruins of Athens, Op
113 Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
Marches, Op 45 Jorg Demus and Norman Shetler (piano duet) Mass in C, Op 86
Charlotte Margiono (soprano), Catherine Robbin (mezzo), William Kendall (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass),
Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre
Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner.
Producer Lindsay Kemp

Lloyd Newson
In five programmes this week Lloyd Newson , founder of DV8 Physical
Theatre Company, charts his and his dancers' progress as they prepare for the London opening of a new work, The Happiest Days of My Life. Producer Richard Bannerman

With Peter Hobday, featuring songs by Faure and vintage recordings by the pianist Eileen Joyce.
Faure Poeme d'un Jour, Op 21 Francois Le Roux (baritone), Jeff Cohen (piano)
10.13 Prokofiev Symphonic Tableau: Dreams BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
10.23 Franck Symphonic Variations Eileen Joyce (piano), Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch
10.46 Faure Cinq Melodies "De Venise", Op 58 Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Catherine Collard (piano)
10.59 Dvorak String Sextet in A, Op 48 Raphael Ensemble Producer Arthur Johnson

Mozart 1784
The year 1784 was one of the most successful of Mozart's life. Geoff
Baskerville introduces all of the music that Mozart wrote during that year, in performances given last week at the Edinburgh International Festival.
Andras Schiff (piano/director), Chamber Orchestra of Europe,
COE soloists: Marieke Blankestijn and Vesna Stankovic Moffat (violins), Jane Atkins (viola), Richard Lester (cello)
Piano Concerto No 17 in G, K453;
String Quartet in B flat, K458 (Hunt); Piano Concerto No 16 in D, K451

Stephanie Hughes presents a concert from the Victoria and Albert Museum , celebrating the artistry of Richard Strauss , who died 50 years ago this week.
Inger Dam Jensen (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)
Strauss Standchen ; Meinem Kinde ;
Du Meines Herzens Kronelein;
Schlagende Herzen ; Herr Lenz
Plus songs by Poulenc, Nielsen and Mozart.
Repeated Saturday lpm

Another chance to hear the concert first broadcast on 25 August. The Proms Ascent of Man theme was vividly played out in Beethoven's joyous celebration of human rights and freedom, and Strauss's bold portrait of a hero's life. By way of contrast, Mahler's songs explored a more personal aspect of the indomitable human spirit.
Jane Irwin (mezzo-soprano)
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conductor Mariss Jansons

Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 3

Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden Gesellen

Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Peter Porter concludes his series by unearthing operatic treasures he would hope to find on a desert island. Music includes precious moments from operas by Mozart, Puccini, Tippett and Strauss. Producer Alan Hall

Sean Rafferty with music and news from the arts world. Works today include at about 5.45 Bach's Italian
Concerto, BWV971 played by harpsichordist Olivier Baumont ; and at about 6.40 Beethoven's Fantasy for piano, choir and orchestra, Op 80. Producer Helen Garrison
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Simon Rattle and the Vienna Philharmonic make their first appearance together at the Proms. What better than the glittering music of Ravel - that magician of the orchestra - to show off the partnership of a great world orchestra and an inspired conductor. The concert concludes with Beethoven's joyous celebration of the sounds and feelings of the countryside. Tonight's performance is also being broadcast on BBC2.

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Ravel Alborada del Gracioso (Miroirs); Ballet: Mother Goose; La Valse

8.25 A Walk in the Country
James Naughtie explores the forces that have shaped the modern pastoral landscape.

8.45 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F (Pastoral)

(Repeated Monday 13 September 2pm)
Brian Kay's Pick of the Proms: page 40

The first of four programmes exploring the fiction and poetry of Samuel Beckett. Ten years after his death Beckett is chiefly remembered for his 19 stage plays, yet it was his fiction which he considered his finest work. Christopher Ricks introduces his personal selection from the early fiction and reads from Watt and the short story Dante and the Lobster. Producers Tim Dee and Tom Morris

Arthur Pizarro and Stephen Coombs (pianos)
Saint-Saens Variations on a Theme of Beethoven, Op 35 Repeat
BECKETT FESTIVAL

Martin Esslin introduces the first of three programmes dedicated to the radio plays of Samuel Beckett.
1: Embers. Henry sits alone on a beach looking back on his life. He dwells on anything to shut out the sound of the sea.
Pianist Cicely Hoye. Directed by Donald McWhinnie. Re-mastered from the original 1959 BBC production. Repeat
A double bill featuring Cascando and Rough for Radio are on tomorrow at 10.40pm

Alyn Shipton presents the first of two sets from last month's Brecon Jazz
Festival featuring American cornettist Ruby Braff and his Quartet with special guest Scott Hamilton on tenor sax.
Producer Terry Carter

With Susan Sharpe.

Brahms Academic Festival Overture

12.15am Mozart Violin Concerto No 4 in D, K218

12.45 Bach Oboe Sonata in G minor, BWV1030b

1.00 Brahms String Sextets: No 1 in B flat; No 2 in G

2.25 Moniusko Goldfish; Tear

2.35 Wilms Sonata in C

3.00 Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 (Rhenish)

3.45 CPE Bach Symphony in B flat for strings, Wq182 No 2

3.55 Haydn Mass No 7 (Little Organ Mass)

4.20 Mozart Overture: Don Giovanni

4.35 Alschansky Trombone Concerto

4.50 Liszt Harp Study in D flat (arranged for piano)

5.00 Berlioz Overture: Le Camaval Romain

5.05 Liszt Eroica (Etudes d'Execution Transcendente, No 7)

5.10 Martinu Three Madrigals for violin and viola

5.25 Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet

5.45 Glazunov Song of the Troubadour

5.50 Weelkes Let Thy Merciful Ears

5.55 Purcell Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode on St Cecilia's Day)