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With Tommy Pearson.
Wagner Overture: Die Feen
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Edo de Waart
6.12 Schubert Sonata in A minor, D821 (Arpeggione) Mischa Maisky (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
7.00 Beethoven Overture: Egmont Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor George Szell
7.35 Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, K314 Douglas Boyd , Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conductor Paavo Berglund
8.00 Walton Spitfire Prelude and Fugue English Northern Philharmonia, conductor Paul Daniel
8.35 Stravinsky Suite: Pulcinella Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Pearson.
Conductor:
Edo de Waart
Cello:
Mischa Maisky
Piano:
Martha Argerich
Conductor:
George Szell
Unknown:
Douglas Boyd
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund
Conductor:
Paul Daniel

Donald Macleod charts the composer's journey from fervent revolutionary to disenchanted reactionary, and looks at power and corruption in his music dramas. Mignonne Thomas Hampson (baritone), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Overture: Rienzi Dresden Staatskapelle, conductor Heinrich Hollreiser
Die Walkure (Act 2, Scene 2, excerpt) Hans Hotter (baritone), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Georg Solti
Sachs's final speech (Die Meistersinger) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Chorus and Orchestra of the German
Opera, Berlin, conductor Eugen Jochum Amfortas 's lament (Parsifal, Act 1)
James Morris (bass), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, conductor James Levine

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Baritone:
Thomas Hampson
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Conductor:
Heinrich Hollreiser
Baritone:
Hans Hotter
Baritone:
Birgit Nilsson
Conductor:
Georg Solti
Baritone:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Conductor:
Eugen Jochum
Bass:
James Morris
Conductor:
James Levine

With Rob Cowan.
Brahms Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati
10.03 Haydn Symphony No 97 in C Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Hermann Abendroth
10.27 Listener Request: Verdi Hymn of the Nations Jan Peerce (tenor),
Westminster Choir, NBC Symphony
Orchestra, conductor ArturoToscanini
10.43 Beethoven Symphony No 6 in F
(Pastoral) London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antal Dorati

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Conductor:
Antal Dorati
Conductor:
Hermann Abendroth
Tenor:
Jan Peerce
Conductor:
Antal Dorati

St Magnus Festival
From the Neolithic Ring of Brodgar, Linda Ormiston introduces festival highlights, including Alan Plater 's community play
Barriers, and the Orkney Traditional Music Project.
Taverner Dum Transisset Sabbatum I a 5 Dunedin Consort, Ben Parry (baritone) Peter Maxwell Davies A Spell for Green Corn Alexander Janiczek (violin), Scottish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Douglas Boyd
Beethoven Piano Sonata in F, Op 10 No 2 Ronald Brautigam Dave Maric
TrilogyColin Currie (percussion) Debussy Sonate en Trio
Anthony Robb (flute), Roger Chase (viola), Patrizia Meier (harp)
Taverner Dum Transisset Sabbatum // a 5 Dunedin Consort, Ben Parry (baritone)

Contributors

Introduces:
Linda Ormiston
Unknown:
Alan Plater
Baritone:
Ben Parry
Baritone:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Violin:
Alexander Janiczek
Conductor:
Douglas Boyd
Unknown:
Ronald Brautigam
Unknown:
Dave Maric
Unknown:
Colin Currie
Flute:
Anthony Robb
Flute:
Roger Chase
Harp:
Patrizia Meier
Baritone:
Ben Parry

Leamington French Music Festival
Chris de Souza introduces another concert from this year's Leamington French Music Festival.
Ravel Rhapsody
Kathryn Stott and Noriko Ogawa (pianos)
Ravel Cinq Mélodies Populaires Grecques Emma Bell (soprano), Andrew West (piano) Faure Piano Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 15 Schubert Ensemble of London

Contributors

Unknown:
Kathryn Stott
Pianos:
Noriko Ogawa
Soprano:
Andrew West

Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom. Walton's centenary is celebrated with a suite from his score for a BBC radio play, written in the 1940s by the poet Louis
Mac Neice. This journey to the new world prefaces Dvorak's setting of the traditional devotional poem about the Virgin Mary 's vigil at Christ's Cross. Presented by Martin Handley.
Susan Chilcott (soprano), Catherine Wyn -Rogers (mezzo). Paul Charles Clarke
(tenor), John Tomlinson (bass), London
Symphony Chorus, BBC National Chorus and Orchestra of Wales, conductor Richard Hickox
Walton, arr Christopher Palmer Suite: Christopher Columbus Dvorak Stabat Mater

Contributors

Unknown:
Virgin Mary
Presented By:
Martin Handley.
Soprano:
Susan Chilcott
Soprano:
Catherine Wyn
Tenor:
Paul Charles Clarke
Tenor:
John Tomlinson
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Christopher Palmer

Bon Appetit! lain Burnside explores the delicious relationship between food, drink and song, with music by Bernstein and Ravel, and featuring various artists from Angela Lansbury to Thomas Quasthoff.

Contributors

Unknown:
Angela Lansbury
Unknown:
Thomas Quasthoff.

From the Royal Albert Hall in London.
A visiting Danish orchestra displays its country's rich musical talent with Nielsen's thrillingly demanding concerto and the dramatic recent symphony by Per Norgard, whose music is new to the Proms in the year of his 70th birthday. Completing the bill is Brahms's first symphony, a bold mixture of original and Beethovenian elements. Presented by Andrew McGregor.

Nikolaj Znaider (violin), Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conductor Thomas Dausgaard

Per Norgard Symphony No 6 (At the End of the Day) (first UK performance)

Nielsen Violin Concerto
8.45 Twenty Minutes: Poetry Proms Jo Shapcott presents another poetry event recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Tonight's poets are Tom Paulin and Linda France.

9.05 Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor

(Repeated Friday 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
Violinist:
Nikolaj Znaider
Musicians:
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Thomas Dausgaard
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Jo Shapcott
Poet/Reader (Twenty Minutes):
Tom Paulin
Poet/Reader (Twenty Minutes):
Linda France

Fiona Talkington 's late-night mix includes more highlights from last weekend's
Womad festival, including the songs of Cara Dillon from the north of Ireland and the musical storytelling of Madosini, a South African singer and sangoma, or spiritual healer.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Cara Dillon

With Jill Anderson.

Krommer Partita in F for wind ensemble, Op 57

12.25 Palestrina Magnificat primi toni

12.35 Fasch Overture a due chori in B flat

1.00 Haydn Andante with variations in F minor, H XVII 6 (Un Piccolo Divertimento)
Beethoven Rondos: No 1 in C; No 2 in G (Op 51)
Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K396

1.40 Antonin Liehmann Mass No 1 in D minor

2.20 Johann Nauss Praeludium terti toni

2.35 Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115

3.15 Dohnanyi Konzertstuck in D, Op 12

3.40 Fesch Concerto in B flat, Op 10 No 2

3.45 Mozart Symphony No 16 in C, K128

4.00 JE Bach Ode on 77th psalm: Das Vertrauen der Christen auf Gott

4.20 Ravel, arr Maganini Pavane pourune Infante Defunte

4.30 Wagner Prelude: Tristan und Isolde

4.40 Schutz Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum, SWV468

4.50 Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night

5.00 Uuno Klami Symphonie Enfantine

5.15 Mozart Rondo in A minor, K511

5.25 Handel Water Music: Suite No 2 in D, HWV349

5.35 Poulenc Violin Sonata

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Anderson.
Unknown:
Antonin Liehmann
Unknown:
Johann Nauss

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