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With Penny Gore.
Delius Fantasy Overture: Over the Hills and Far Away
English Northern Philharmonia, conductor David Lloyd-Jones
6.30 Saint-Saens Piano Trio in Eflat, Op 65
Nash Ensemble
7.00 Verdi Grand March; Ballet Music (Aida)
Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra, conductor Riccardo Chailly
7.30 Earl of Kelly String Quartet in A Edinburgh Quartet
8.00 Debussy Iberia (Images)
Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, conductor Leonard Bernstein
8.30 Boismortier Ballets de Village, Op 52 No 3
Le Concert Spirituel, director Herve Niquet

Contributors

Conductor:
David Lloyd-Jones
Conductor:
Riccardo Chailly
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Director:
Herve Niquet

Donald Macleod tells the story of Bernstein's turbulent marriage to the Chilean actress Felicia Montealegre. Overture: Candide
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the Composer
For Aaron Copland (Seven Anniversaries) Alexander Frey (piano)
For Felicia (Four Anniversaries) James Tocco (piano)
Symphony No 3 (Kaddish)
Felicia Montealegre (speaker), Jennie Tourel (mezzo), Camerata Singers, Columbus Boychoir, New York
Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by the Composer

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Felicia Montealegre.
Unknown:
Aaron Copland
Piano:
Alexander Frey
Piano:
James Tocco
Unknown:
Felicia Montealegre
Unknown:
Jennie Tourel

With Rob Cowan.
Listener Request:
Mozart Vedrai Carino (Don Giovanni , Act 2) Irmgard Seefried (soprano),
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ferenc Fricsay
10.06 Schubert Impromptu in F minor, D935 No
Artur Schnabel (piano)
10.16 Bernstein Serenade
Isaac Stern (violin), Symphony of the Air, conductor Leonard Bernstein
10.48 Schubert Impromptu in A flat, D935No2
Augustin Anievas (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Unknown:
Mozart Vedrai Carino
Unknown:
Don Giovanni
Soprano:
Irmgard Seefried
Conductor:
Ferenc Fricsay
Conductor:
Schubert Impromptu
Piano:
Artur Schnabel
Piano:
Bernstein Serenade
Violin:
Isaac Stern
Conductor:
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor:
Schubert Impromptu
Piano:
Augustin Anievas

Edinburgh International Festival
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, conductor Christian Zacharias (piano). Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Brahms Serenade No 2 in A, Op 16 Schumann Introduction and Allegro Appassionato in G, Op 92
11.50 Twenty Minutes: Slaves of Scotland Historian Louise Yeoman uncovers the unsettling story of Scotland's involvement in the slave trade.
12.10 Schumann Introduction and Allegro in D, Op 134
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op56a

Contributors

Piano:
Christian Zacharias
Presented By:
Sandy Burnett.
Presented By:
Allegro Appassionato
Unknown:
Louise Yeoman

Sandy Burnett presents trumpet music from across three centuries.
John Wallace , Alison Balsom and Mark O'Keefe (trumpets), Heather Corbett
(percussion), John Langdon (keyboard) Britten Fanfare for St Edmundsbury
Max Keller Kurze und Leichte Aufzuge , Nosl-4
Robin Holloway Sonata fortwo trumpets (Andante)
HK Gruber Exposed Throat
Birtwistle Silk House Tattoo
Telemann Concerto in D for three trumpets, TWV54:D4
Rachmaninov Italian Polka

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett
Unknown:
John Wallace
Unknown:
Alison Balsom
Unknown:
Mark O'Keefe
Unknown:
Heather Corbett
Unknown:
John Langdon
Unknown:
Leichte Aufzuge
Unknown:
Robin Holloway

Another chance to hear Saturday's Prom. Presented by Edward Seckerson. Christian Tetzlaf (violin),
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Leonard Slatkin
Musorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov Khovanshchina (Prelude, Act 1)
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No 1 Prokofiev Ballet: Romeo and Juliet
(excerpts)

Contributors

Presented By:
Edward Seckerson.
Violin:
Christian Tetzlaf
Conductor:
Leonard Slatkin

From St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh, sung by members of the 2003 Charles
Wood Summer School. Introit: Father, All-Holy (Wood). Responses: Irving. Psalms: 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131 (Whitlock, Parratt, Alcock, Walmisley, Turle from
Purcell, Willcocks). First Reading: Hosea 4, wl-9. Canticles: Wood in G. Second Reading: Hebrews 11, wl-22. Anthem: Great Is the Lord (Elgar). Final Hymn: How Shall I Sing That Majesty (Coe Fen). Organ Voluntary: Grand Choeur Dialogue
(Gigout). Director of music David Hill. Organist Jonathan Vaughn.

Contributors

Organist:
David Hill.
Organist:
Jonathan Vaughn.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.

Christine Brewer (soprano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Mark Wigglesworth

Wagner Overture; Venusberg Music (Tannhauser)

Berg Seven Early Songs

7.45 Twenty Minutes: Standing to Attention
A look at when and why we stand up: standing and waiting, standing and listening, on parade or at the Proms.
(R)

8.05 Brahms Symphony No 1 in C minor

(Repeated Friday 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Stephanie Hughes
Soprano:
Christine Brewer
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Mark Wigglesworth

Francois Rabelais - monk, theologian, physician, celebrator of life in all its excesses and author of the satirical masterpiece Gargantua and Pantagruel
-died 450 years ago. Julian Evans travels through France in search of the man and talks to those for whom the work is one of the great literary treasures. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Francois Rabelais
Unknown:
Julian Evans

Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Presented by John Shea.
Paul Lewis (piano), Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Britten Sinfonia , conductor Nicholas Cleobury Britten Young Apollo Musgrave Helios
Woolrich Double Mercury (BBC/Britten Sinfonia commission; first performance) Stravinsky Ballet: Orpheus

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Presented By:
John Shea.
Piano:
Paul Lewis
Piano:
Nicholas Daniel
Conductor:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury

With Jonathan Swain. Strauss Four Last
Songs 12.25 Verdi String Quartet in Eminorl2.50 Monteverdi Altri Canti d'Amorl.00 Honegger Pastorale d'Ete Haydn Piano Concerto in D, H XVIII 11
Mozart Symphony No 40 in G minor, K550 Strauss Don Juan 2.15 Larsson Croquis , Op 38 2.25 Ambrosius Suite
2.35 Kuljeric Croatian Glagolitic Requiem
3.35 Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
4.05 Schubert GesangderGeisterUber den Wassern 4.15 Francaix Le Gai Paris
4.25 Tournier Jutro ; Au Matin
4.30 Haapalainen Overture: Lemminkainen
4.40 Brahms Intermezzi : in B minor, Op 119 No 1; in E minor, Op 119 No 2
4.50 Verdi Ballet Music: Otello 5.00 Zajc Symphonic Picture in C minor, Op 394
5.20 Handel Perche Viva il Caro Sposo
(Rodrigo) 5.25 Tchaikovsky Dumka , Op 59
5.35 Blockx Flemish Dances 5.50
Boulogne Ouverture: LAmantAnonyme

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Monteverdi Altri Canti
Unknown:
Strauss Don Juan
Unknown:
Larsson Croquis
Unknown:
Ambrosius Suite
Unknown:
Schubert Gesangdergeisteruber
Unknown:
Tournier Jutro
Unknown:
Brahms Intermezzi
Unknown:
Handel Perche Viva
Unknown:
Caro Sposo
Unknown:
Tchaikovsky Dumka

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