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With Tommy Pearson.
Copland Nocturne
Gil Shaham (violin), André Previn (piano)
6.35 Gounod Little Symphony for winds Members of the Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra, conductor Christopher Hogwood
7.00 Telemann Divertimento in A Musica Antiqua, Koln, director Reinhard Goebel
7.40 Ravel, arr Sadlo Suite: Ma Mere l'Oye Martha Argerich and Nelson Freire (pianos), Peter Sadlo and Edgar Guggeis (percussion)
8.00 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D, K385 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado
8.45 Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson
Violin:
Gil Shaham
Piano:
André Previn
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Director:
Reinhard Goebel
Unknown:
Martha Argerich
Pianos:
Nelson Freire
Pianos:
Peter Sadlo
Pianos:
Edgar Guggeis
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz

(1900-90). In the centenary year of the composer's birth Donald Macleod surveys the life and work of Aaron Copland. 1: The Early Years
Pastorale Arleen Auger (soprano), Dalton Baldwin (piano)
The Cat and the Mouse Leo Smit (piano) Grohg BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor
Eric Stern Vitebsk AltenbergTriO Producer Johannah Smith

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Aaron Copland.
Soprano:
Arleen Auger
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin
Piano:
Leo Smit
Conductor:
Eric Stern
Producer:
Johannah Smith

With Jonathan Swain. This week featuring orchestral works by Delius and solo piano music played by Sergei Rachmaninov. Rachmaninov Four Preludes
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10.16 Marenzio Crudele , Acerba, Inesorabil Morte La Venexiana
10.21 Delius Florida Suite
Ulster Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley Producer Arthur Johnson

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Played By:
Sergei Rachmaninov.
Piano:
Marenzio Crudele
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Producer:
Arthur Johnson

Sandy Burnett introduces the first of 15 concerts live from the Queen's Hall in Edinburgh. Today's concert features members of the Cleveland Orchestra in a programme of chamber music.

Mendelssohn Octet in E flat, Op 20 Poulenc Sextet

11.55 Interval Talk: Paying the Piper
Roy McEwan, director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, compares notes with Tom Morris, his counterpart at the Cleveland Orchestra.

12.15 Beethoven Septet in E flat, Op 20

Contributors

Introduces:
Sandy Burnett
Unknown:
Roy McEwan
Unknown:
Tom Morris

From the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Stephanie Hughes presents the fifth of this year's series of eight Proms chamber concerts. Today the violinist Christian Tetzlaff performs two works by Bach for solo violin.

Bach Violin Sonata No 2 in A minor, BWV1003; Violin Partita No 2 in D minor, BWV1004

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Violinist:
Christian Tetzlaff

Anotherchance to hear last Tuesday's Prom. Christian Tetzlaff (violin),
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie , Bremen, conductor Daniel Harding
Beethoven Overture: Leonore No 2
Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor
Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV1041 Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat (Rhenish) (R)

Contributors

Violin:
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie
Conductor:
Daniel Harding

Burning Desires. Lynne Walker discusses favourite operatic moments with a series of guests. 3: David Pountney. The director's selection includes Janacek's The Cunning Little Vixen, Musorgsky's Boris Godunov , and Otto Klemperer 's classic interpretation of Beethoven's Fidelio.
Producer Michael Surcombe

Contributors

Unknown:
Lynne Walker
Unknown:
Boris Godunov
Unknown:
Otto Klemperer
Producer:
Michael Surcombe

With Humphrey Carpenter. Music includes Bottermund's Variations on a Theme of Paganini (arranged Starker) played by Janos Starker (cello); at 5.40 Handel's Concerto a a due cori No 3 in F, HWV334, performed by the English Concert directed by Trevor Pinnock ; and at 6.00 Michael Torke 's
Bright Blue Music played by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under David Zinman. Producer David Papp

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Carpenter.
Played By:
Janos Starker
Directed By:
Trevor Pinnock
Unknown:
Michael Torke
Unknown:
David Zinman.
Producer:
David Papp

From the Royal Albert Hall , London.
Tonight's concert features the glimmer and glitter of music for the dance. The cool sophistication of Havel 's delightful fairytale complements Stravinsky's heartrending fairground tragedy. And in between, an ambitious young man's concerto of neo-Classical bite and brilliance from centenary composer Kurt Weill. Isabelle van Keulen (violin),
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conductor OsmoVanska
Ravel Suite: Ma Mère l' Oye Weill Concerto for violin and wind instruments
19.55 Twenty Minutes:Wine
A series of commissioned short stories on the theme of food and wine. New Zealand writer Elizabeth Knox recalls her passage from orange squash, through beer, to the wines of her native country.
8.15 Stravinsky Petrushka (194 7 version Repeated Monday 21 August 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Kurt Weill.
Violin:
Isabelle van Keulen
Unknown:
Elizabeth Knox

Kevin Jackson discusses Robert Burton's 17th-century masterpiece TheAnatomyof Melancholy, one of the first treatises on : the subject of the mind and madness. With contributions from psychotherapist Adam Phillips , Burton scholars Martin Dodsworth and Jonathan Sawday , writers Alan Sillitoe and Alexander Theroux , and poet laureate Andrew Motion. With readings by John Sessions. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Jackson
Unknown:
Robert Burton
Unknown:
Adam Phillips
Unknown:
Martin Dodsworth
Unknown:
Jonathan Sawday
Unknown:
Alan Sillitoe
Unknown:
Alexander Theroux
Unknown:
Andrew Motion
Unknown:
John Sessions

From the Royal Albert Hall , London. A stimulating mixture of the Baroque and the contemporary as Bach's fascinating and closely worked late fugues are intercut with quirky and intense miniatures by Hungarian composer Gyorgy Kurtag. Keller Quartet
Bach The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 (excerpts) Kurtag Works for string quartet Repeated Sunday 20 August 11.40pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Unknown:
Gyorgy Kurtag.

With Jill Anderson.

Ravel Tzigane

12.15am Kodaly Dances of Marosszek

12.35 Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 40

1.00 A recital given in Paris last year by the clarinettist Jerome Voisin and pianist Nicolas Dessenne.

Schumann Fantasiestucke, Op 73

Berg Four Pieces, Op 5

Bernstein Clarinet Sonata Pecou Salsa d'Elisa

Poulenc Clarinet Sonata

Debussy Petite Piece

1.50 Francaix Divertissement for bassoon and strings

2.15 Beethoven Variations on "La Stessa, le Stessissimo" from Salieri's "Falstaff", WoO 73

2.25 Mozart Symphony No 41 in C (Jupiter)

3.10 Schubert String Quartet in D minor, D810 (Death and the Maiden)

4.05 Bruhns Cantata: Die Zeit Meines Abschieds ist Vorhanden

4.15 Lili Boulanger D'un Matin de Printemps

4.25 Noskowski The Steppes, Op 66

4.50 J. Strauss (son) Waltz: Roses from the South, Op 388

5.00 Auric, arr Phillip Lane Suite: Passport to Pimlico

5.15 Vivaldi Concerto in D minor, Op 3 No 11 (L'Estro Armonico)

5.25 Mozart, arr Grieg Sonata in C minor, K457

5.45 Rossini Overture: William Tell

Contributors

Presenter:
Jill Anderson

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