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With Penny Gore.
Ysaye Rêve d'Enfant Philippe Graffin (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano)
6.35 Crusell Glarinet Concerto No I in E tlat, Op 1 Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, director Anthony Pay (clarinet)
7.00 Beethoven Adelaide, Op 46
Nicolai Gedda (tenor) Jan Eyron (piano)
7.35 Janacek Lachian Dances
Brno State Philharmonic, conductor FrantisekJilek
8.00 Chopin Polonaise in A, Op 53 Maurizio Pollini (piano)
8.45 Glazunov Mazurka-Oberek Itzhak Perlman (violin), Abbey Road Ensemble, conductor Lawrence Foster

Contributors

Violin:
Philippe Graffin
Violin:
Pascal Devoyon
Tenor:
Nicolai Gedda
Piano:
Maurizio Pollini
Violin:
Itzhak Perlman
Conductor:
Lawrence Foster

In five programmes this week,
Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Kurt Weill. Today he looks at Weill's partnership with Georg Kaiser. Der Neue Orpheus
Kathryn Harries (soprano), Michael Davis (violin), BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis
Tango Adele (The Tsar Has His Photograph Taken) Koln Radio Orchestra, conductor Jan Latham-Konig Der Silbersee (Act 3)
London Sinfonietta Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Markus Stenz

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Kurt Weill.
Unknown:
Georg Kaiser.
Soprano:
Kathryn Harries
Soprano:
Michael Davis
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Tango Adele
Conductor:
Jan Latham-Konig
Conductor:
Markus Stenz
Severin:
Heinz Cruse
Olim:
Hk Gruber(barltone)
Fennimore:
Juanlta Lascarro (soprano)
Frau von Luber:
Helga Dernesch (soprano)
Baron Laur:
Heinz Zednlk (tenor)

With Jonathan Swain.

Rachmaninov Entrance Hymn (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom) - Russian State Symphony Capella, conductor Valery Poliansky

10.08 Scriabin 24 Preludes, Op 11: Nos 13-24 - Artur Pizzaro (piano)

10.25 Handel Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 5 - Boyd Neel String Orchestra, conductor Boyd Neel

10.41 Durufle Four Motets on Gregorian Themes, Op 10 - Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, conductor Richard Marlow

10.51 Britten Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge - Boyd Neel String Orchestra, conductor Boyd Neel

11.15 Scriabin Piano Sonata No 2, Op 19 (Sonata Fantasy) - Sviatoslav Richter

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

Geoffrey Smith introduces performances given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under its conductors past and present. 2: Chicago Present and Past
Chopin Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), conductor Riccardo Chailly
Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique Conductor Georg Solti.

Contributors

Introduces:
Geoffrey Smith
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor:
Georg Solti.

Linda Ormiston introduces a concert of Spanish and Celtic music given in October last year. Harp Consort, director Andrew Lawrence-King Playford The Spanish Jepsies Hume A Spanish Humour
Peruvian 17th Century Marizapalos Holborne Muy Linda
English 17th Century Gregory Walker O'Carolan Planxty Flinn
Trad 17th century A Rownde Scottishe Tune Playford A New Scotch Jig
Farnaby The New Spagnioletta O'Carolan Mrs Costeloe
Robert Johnson II Gypsies Song AttrlbO' Carolan The Arethusa
O'Carolan Do What You Please, but Take Care of My Hat (R)

Contributors

Introduces:
Linda Ormiston
Unknown:
Jepsies Hume
Unknown:
Gregory Walker
Unknown:
O'Carolan Planxty Flinn
Unknown:
Robert Johnson

Another chance to hear last Tuesday's Prom. Natalia Gutman (cello), Wolfram Christ (viola), Berlin Philharmonic, conductor Bernard Haitink
Strauss Don Quixote
Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A (R)

Contributors

Cello:
Natalia Gutman
Cello:
Wolfram Christ
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink

To celebrate Stephen Sondheim's 70th birthday this year, David Benedict chooses a selection of songs which reflects the variety of interpretations and arrangements that his music has inspired, including performances by Elaine Strich, Millicent Martin, Judi Dench, Ute Lemper, Madonna, Frankie Howerd and Jose Carreras.

Contributors

Presenter:
David Benedict

With Sean Rafferty. Music includes at 5.35 Dvorak's Slavonic Dance in F, Op 46 No 4, played by the Czech PO under Charles Mackerras ; at 5.50 Chabrler's Bouree Fantasque performed by Alain Plaines (piano); and at 6.35 Gildre's Horn Concerto in B flat, Op 91, played by Hermann Baumann with the Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra conducted by Kurt Masur.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sean Rafferty.
Unknown:
Charles MacKerras
Played By:
Hermann Baumann
Conducted By:
Kurt Masur.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra returns to the Proms in its centenary year with works by Proms centenary composers Copland and Shostakovich and a quintessentially English work for strings.
Thomas Hampson (baritone), Dallas Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Litton

Elgar Introduction and Allegro, Op 47

Copland Old American Songs (excerpts)

7.40 Twenty Minutes: Veniamin Kaverin
Professor Roger Cockrell, professor of Russian literature at Exeter University, talks about the work of Russian writer Veniamin Kaverin, a contemporary of Shostakovich. A prominent liberal during the "thaw" and glasnost periods, his work perfectly reflected the turbulent Russian society which provided the creative backdrop to Shostakovich's work.

8.00 Shostakovich Symphony No 10

(Repeated Wednesday 13 September at 2pm)

Contributors

Musicians:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Conductor:
Andrew Litton
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
Professor Roger Cockrell

From the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Tonight's late-night Prom includes Ligeti's piano concerto and a Proms first for the music of Gerard Grisey.

Rolf Hind (piano), Sinfonia 21, conductor Martyn Brabbins

Stockhausen Kreuzspiel

Grisey Partiels

Boulez Derive I

Ligeti Piano Concerto

Contributors

Musicians:
Sinfonia 21
Pianist:
Rolf Hind
Conductor:
Martyn Brabbins

With Jonathan Swain
CPE Bach Quartet in D, Wq94 12.20 Telemann Recorder Sonata in D minor
12.35 Tullndberg Violin Concerto 1.00 A concert of Danish Baroque music and works by Telemann. 2.20 Enna Short Stories 2.40 Wagner Die
Fliegende Hollander (exc) 2.50 Strauss An Alpine
Symphony 3.40 Schumann Konzertstuck in F, Op 86 3.55 Dvorak In Nature's Realm
4.10 Jannequln La Chasse 4.25
Rosenmuller Beatus VirQui Timet
Dominum 4.40 Mozart Flute Quartet in G, K285a 4.50 Faure Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 745.05 Dvorak Carnival
Overture 5.15 Hannikalnen Rural Dances, Op 39a 5.40 David Diamond Rounds

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain
Unknown:
Fliegende Hollander
Unknown:
Schumann Konzertstuck
Unknown:
David Diamond

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