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With Tommy Pearson.

Beethoven, transcr Liszt An die Ferne Geliebte, Op 98 - Louis Lortie (piano)

6.35 Saint-Saens Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor - Pierre Fournier, Lamoureux Orchestra, conductor Jean Martinon

7.00 Arne Overture No 5 in D - Academy of Ancient Music, director Christopher Hogwood

7.30 Bach Sonata No 6 in G, BWV530 - Simon Preston (organ)

8.10 Haydn String Quartet in E flat, Op 33 No 2 (Joke) - Emerson Quartet

8.45 Barber Second Essay for Orchestra, Op 17 - Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, conductor David Zinman

Contributors

Presenter:
Tommy Pearson

2: Mozart in Italy (1769-71)
Mozart's first Italian journey was to result in many successes, including the papal Order of the Golden Spur, his first string quartet and a commission for an opera seria - Mitridate, Re di Ponto. Presented by Donald Macleod.
Regina Coeli , K108 Emma Kirkby
(soprano), Academy of Ancient Music, conductor Christopher Hogwood
Divertimento in E flat, K113 (1st mvt) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner
String Quartet in G, KSOQuartetto Italiano Symphony No 10 in G, K 74 Prague Chamber Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Mitridate, Re di Ponto (Act 3, Scene 4) Natalie Dessay (soprano), Les Talens
Lyriques, conductor Christophe Rousset

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Presented By:
Regina Coeli
Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Conductor:
Christopher Hogwood
Unknown:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Soprano:
Natalie Dessay
Conductor:
Christophe Rousset

With Jonathan Swain.
Tchaikovsky Nocturne (Six Morceaux, Op 19) Emil Gilels (piano)
10.04 Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics Jane Manning (soprano), Nash Ensemble, conductor Simon Rattle
10.08 Mozart Trio in G, K564 Leonid Kogan (violin),
Mstistav Rostropovich (cello), Emil Gilels (piano)
10.27 Sibelius Symphony No 3
Boston SO, conductor Colin Davis
10.57 Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3
Emil Gilels , USSR Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conductor Kirill Kondrashin

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Piano:
Emil Gilels
Soprano:
Jane Manning
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Mozart Trio
Violin:
Leonid Kogan
Violin:
Mstistav Rostropovich
Cello:
Emil Gilels
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Unknown:
Emil Gilels

Artist in Focus: Simon Rattle
With Humphrey Burton. 2:
Birmingham Simon Rattle talks about his early years as chief conductor of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Mahler Symphony No 10 (Adagio) CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle
Tumage Three Screaming Popes CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle Stravinsky The Rite of Spring CBSO, conductor Simon Rattle

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Burton.
Talks:
Birmingham Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Leamington French Music Festival
Presented by Chris de Souza.
Debussy Prélude a I 'Apres-midi d 'un
Faune Kathryn Stott and Noriko Ogawa (pianos)
Hahn Five Little Songs
Emma Bell (soprano), Andrew West (piano) Faure Piano Quartet No 2 in G minor, Op 45 Schubert Ensemble of London

Contributors

Presented By:
Chris de Souza.
Unknown:
Faune Kathryn Stott
Pianos:
Noriko Ogawa
Soprano:
Emma Bell
Soprano:
Andrew West

Another chance to hear Thursday's Prom. Presented by Paul Guinery.
Louis Lortie (piano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Debussy Prélude a I 'Apres-midi d'un Faune Mark-Anthony Tumage Uninterrupted Sorrow (BBC commission)
Ravel Piano Concerto in D for left hand
Vaughan Williams Job: a Masque for Dancing

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Guinery.
Piano:
Louis Lortie
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams

The French Song School. lain Burnside talks to Patrick O'Connor about the different ways in which native French singers have sung French songoverthe years. With songs by Koechlin, Milhaud, Poulenc, Chaminade, Satie and Duparc sung by Lily Pons , Pierre Bernac , Claire Croiza and Ninon Vallin , among others.

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick O'Connor
Sung By:
Lily Pons
Sung By:
Pierre Bernac
Sung By:
Claire Croiza
Sung By:
Ninon Vallin

From the Royal Albert Hall in London.
One of the leading Wagnerian sopranos sings excerpts from Wagner's operas.
Plus a suite drawn from Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten and Panufnik's third symphony. Presented by Martin Handley.

Jane Eaglen (soprano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Gerard Schwarz

Panufnik Sinfonia Sacra

Wagner Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)

7.45 Twenty Minutes: Poetry Proms
Jo Shapcott presents another poetry event recorded at the Serpentine Gallery in London. Tonight's poets are Patience Agbabi and Matthew Sweeney.

8.05 Strauss Die Frau Ohne Schatten - Symphonic Fantasia

Wagner Immolation scene (Gotterdammerung)

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Soprano:
Jane Eaglen
Musicians:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Gerard Schwarz
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Jo Shapcott
Poet:
Patience Agbabi
Poet:
Matthew Sweeney

From the end of World War One until the onset of the Depression, Harlem was the black capital of America, attracting not only musicians but writers, artists and intellectuals. Alyn Shipton travels to
Harlem to uncover the story of this vital period in American cultural life. His guides include David Levering Lewis , Daphne Duval Harrison and Howard Dodson.
Featuring the sounds of Bessie Smith , Duke Ellington and Fats Waller , and archive recordings of significant Harlem writers, including Langston Hughes , Claude McKay and Richard Bruce Nugent.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
David Levering Lewis
Unknown:
Daphne Duval Harrison
Unknown:
Howard Dodson.
Unknown:
Bessie Smith
Unknown:
Fats Waller
Unknown:
Langston Hughes
Unknown:
Claude McKay
Unknown:
Richard Bruce Nugent.

Saxophonist John Harle features as composer and performer in arrangements of Spanish classics by jazz musicians Miles Davis and Gil Evans, and in a new work of his own. The Spanish theme continues with a ballet score by Falla. Presented by Andrew MacGregor.
Ginesa Ortega (singer), John Harle (saxophone), Orchestra of St John's, conductor John Lubbock

Gimenez La Boda de Luis Alonso
John Harle The Little Death Machine (first performance)
Rodrigo, arr Davis/Evans Adagio (Concierto de Aranjuez)
Falla, arr Davis/Evans Will o'-the-Wisp (El Amor Brujo)
Falla El Amor Brujo

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew MacGregor
Singer:
Ginesa Ortega
Saxophonist:
John Harle
Musicians:
Orchestra of St John's
Conductor:
John Lubbock

With Jill Anderson. Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 in G (Mozartiana) 12.30 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat, K333 12.50 Anon Cor
Mio Volonturioso 1.00 Haydn Piano Trio in A flat, HXV14 Carl Friedrich Zelter Seven Songs Beethoven Piano Trio in E flat, Op 1 No 1; Scottish Songs, Op 108 (excerpts)
2.30 Bruckner Symphony No 3 in D minor
3.25 Bach Orchestral Suite No 2 in B minor, BWV10673.SO Frederik Pacius Violin
Concerto 4.10 Faure Nocturne in B flat,
Op 3 7 4.20 Gunnar de Frumerie Pastoral Suite, Op 1364.30 Strauss Heimliche
Aufforderung, Op 2 7 No 3 4.35 JM Kraus Symphony in C5.00 Gluck Overture:
Iphigenie en Aulide 5.10 Schubert Adagio in G, Dl 78 5.25 Jules Demersseman
Concert Fantasy for two flutes and piano,
Op 36 5.35 CPE Bach Sinfonia No 2 in B flat
5.55 Prevorsek Spanish Dance

Contributors

Unknown:
Jill Anderson.
Unknown:
Anon Cor
Unknown:
Mio Volonturioso
Unknown:
Carl Friedrich Zelter
Violin:
Frederik Pacius
Unknown:
Strauss Heimliche
Unknown:
Jules Demersseman

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