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With Penny Gore.
Schreker Valse Lente
BBC Philharmonic, conductor VassilySinaisky
6.45 Corelli Sonata in D, Op 5 No 12 (La Folia) Locatelli Trio
7.00 Ganne Andante and Scherzo
Susan Milan (flute), Ian Brown (piano)
7.40 Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op 42 Howard Shelley (piano)
8.00 Handel Waft Her , Angels, through the Skies (Jephtha) Nigel Robson (tenor), English Baroque Soloists, conductor John Eliot Gardiner
8.45 Falla Three-Cornered Hat: Suite No 2
New York Philharmonic, conductor Leonard Bernstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Corelli Sonata
Flute:
Ian Brown
Piano:
Handel Waft Her
Tenor:
Nigel Robson
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein

Donald Macleod explores the life and works of Leos Janacek.
5: Czech Independence
A look at some of Janacek's music that reflected the political and social events of his lifetime.
Kantor Halfar Henk Vels (tenor), Netherlands Chamber Choir, conductor Reinbert de Leeuw
Piano Sonata: 1.X.1905 (From the Street) Rudolf Firkusny Sinfonietta Brno State Philharmonic, conductor Frantisek Jilek
Our Evenings; In Tears; The Barn Owl Has Not Flown away (Along an Overgrown Path) Rudolf Firkusny (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Leos Janacek.
Tenor:
Kantor Halfar Henk Vels
Conductor:
Frantisek Jilek
Piano:
Rudolf Firkusny

Eamonn McCabe , picture editor of The Guardian, explains the dynamics of photographing famous faces for the newspaper- most recently Peter Blake , the man who designed the famous sleeve forthe Beatles' album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Contributors

Unknown:
Eamonn McCabe
Unknown:
Peter Blake

With
Jonathan Swain. Berlioz Hungarian March; Dance of the Sylphs (The Damnation of Faust) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
10.13 Smetana From My Homeland
Cenek Pavlik (violin), Ivan Klansky (piano)
10.26 Dvorak Good Night; Down in Temesvar's; How Far Is Flown: Mine Is a Hot and Fiery Steed , Op 73 Lucia Popp (soprano),
Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
10.39 Smetana String Quartet No 2 in D minor Smetana Quartet

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Violin:
Cenek Pavlik
Violin:
Ivan Klansky
Violin:
Fiery Steed
Soprano:
Lucia Popp
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons

Chris de Souza introduces the final Morning Performance relay from this year's Cheltenham Festival. The Lindsays conclude the series of late Beethoven quartets and perform music commissioned for them by the BBC from Vic Hoyland.
The Lindsays: Peter Cropper and Ronald Birks (violins), Robin Ireland (viola), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K546
Hoyland Bagatelles

11.30 Orient Express - a Literary Journey 5: The Made to Order Funeral Oration
By Aziz Nesin, read by Derek Griffiths. A story from Turkey poking fun at those families who seek to use a loved one's death as an opportunity for a bit of social climbing.

11.50 Beethoven String Quartet in B flat, Op 130 (with Grosse Fuge , Op 133, as finale)

(Next concert will be broadcast Sunday 16 July 1pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Vic Hoyland.
Unknown:
Peter Cropper
Violins:
Ronald Birks
Violins:
Robin Ireland
Cello:
Bernard Gregor-Smith
Cello:
Mozart Adagio
Unknown:
Aziz Nesin
Read By:
Derek Griffiths.
Unknown:
Grosse Fuge

BBC Symphony Orchestra
Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 3 Conductor Philippe Auguin
Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic) Conductor Jiri Belohlavek
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor Nikolaj Znaider (violin), conductor Philippe Auguin
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A Conductor Philippe Auguin

Contributors

Conductor:
Philippe Auguin
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek
Conductor:
Philippe Auguin
Conductor:
Philippe Auguin

Fats Waller. Julian Joseph focuses on pianist, singer and composer Fats Waller. Alongside perennial favourites such as Honeysuckle Rose and Ain't Misbehavin', selections include an early recording with Waller's mentor James P Johnson , an excerpt from a 1943 radio interview, and performances that demonstrate why he was to exert such an influence on other pianists, including Art Tatum and Teddy Wilson. Producer Felix Carey
Three Jazz Legends CDs are available now featuring Oscar Peterson. Art Blakey and Dizzy Gillespie

Contributors

Unknown:
Fats Waller.
Unknown:
Julian Joseph
Unknown:
Fats Waller.
Unknown:
James P Johnson
Unknown:
Teddy Wilson.
Producer:
Felix Carey
Unknown:
Oscar Peterson.

Anticipating the first night of Proms 2000, Sean Rafferty looks at some famous first nights in musical history. Music includes at
5.00 Beethoven's Rondo a Capriccio in G. Op 129. (Rage over a Lost Penny) played by Evgeny Kissin (piano); and at 6.00
Saint-Saens's Tarantelle, Op 6, performed by William Bennett (flute), James Campbell (clarinet), and Clifford Benson (piano).

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty
Played By:
Evgeny Kissin
Flute:
William Bennett
Flute:
James Campbell
Flute:
Clifford Benson

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, a fanfare for the new millennium heralds the 106th season of the Proms. The First Night programme, also on BBC2, features two of this year's anniversary composers, a Romantic concerto, and a blazingly joyous choral work.

Evgeny Kissin (piano), Christine Brewer (soprano), Louise Winter (mezzo), David Kuebler (tenor), Nicolai Putilin (baritone), Simon Preston (organ), BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis

Copland Fanfare for the Common Man

Bach, orch Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

8.35 Twenty Minutes: the South: 1: John Berendt
The first in a series of talks in which writers consider the south, the idea of the south, or the south of our imaginations.
The author of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil describes what the southern states mean to a North American.

8.55 Janacek Glagolitic Mass

(Centre page Proms 2000 supplement)
(Brian Kay on the First Night-Music: page 33)

Contributors

Pianist:
Evgeny Kissin
Soprano:
Christine Brewer
Mezzo:
Louise Winter
Tenor:
David Kuebler
Baritone:
Nicolai Putilin
Organist:
Simon Preston
Singers:
BBC Singers
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
John Berendt

The first of two programmes from the Hoxton New Music Days in London, including works by featured composers Per Norgard and Luciano Berio and chamber music by Louis Andriessen performed by the Composers Ensemble. Producer PhilipTagney

Contributors

Unknown:
Per Norgard
Unknown:
Luciano Berio
Music By:
Louis Andriessen

With Jonathan Swain.

Delius Prelude: Irmelin

12.10 Ravel Sonata for violin and cello

12.30 Debussy Jeux

12.50 Franck Five Miniatures

1.00 Berlioz Romeo et Juliette

2.40 Stravinsky Octet

2.55 Visee Suite in A

3.10 Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 77 No

3.35 Bruckner Motets: Vexilla Regis; Os Justi; Virga Jesse Floruit

3.50 Mozart Symphony No 36 in C (Linz)

4.30 Pez Overture in D minor

4.45 Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

5.05 Marais Fantaisie en Echo; Chaconne (Suite No 2 in G)

5.30 Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: Ballet Suite No 2

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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