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With Sandy Burnett.
Michael Haydn Symphony No 26 in E flat Slovak Chamber Orchestra, conductor Bohdan Warchal
6.45 Britten Choral Dances (Gloriana) Polyphony, director Stephen Layton
7.00 Corelli Concerto Grosso, Op 6 No 3 Europa Galante, director Fabio Biondi
7.35 Schumann Fantasiestiicke , Op 88 Florestan Trio
8.05 Strauss Ich Danke , Fraulein (Arabella) Renee Fleming and Barbara Bonney (sopranos), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
8.40 Gershwin, orch Grofe Rhapsody in Blue
London Symphony Orchestra, director Andre Previn (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett.
Unknown:
Michael Haydn
Conductor:
Bohdan Warchal
Director:
Stephen Layton
Director:
Fabio Biondi
Director:
Schumann Fantasiestiicke
Unknown:
Strauss Ich Danke
Unknown:
Renee Fleming
Sopranos:
Barbara Bonney
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Piano:
Andre Previn

Donald Macleod continues his journey through the lives of the Scarlatti family and their music.
D Scarlatti Sonata in D, Kk535 Ralph Kirkpatrick (harpsichord)
A Scarlatti Cantata: Hor Che di Febo
Chandos Baroque Players, director Nancy Argenta
D Scarlatti Sonata in A minor, Kkl 75; Sonata in C, Kkl59
John Williams (guitar)
A Scarlatti Ombre Tacite e Sole
Arcadian Academy, director Nicholas McGegan (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Harpsichord:
Ralph Kirkpatrick
Director:
Nancy Argenta
Guitar:
John Williams
Director:
Nicholas McGegan

With Rob Cowan.
Albeniz Sevillanas (Suite Espanola No 1, Op 4 7); Cordoba (Cantos de Espaha, Op 232) Artur Rubinstein (piano)
10.11 Humperdinck Dream Pantomime (Hansel and Gretel)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, conductor Fritz Reiner
10.22 Mendelssohn Octet in Eiiat, Op 20 Jascha Heifetz , Israel Baker,
Arnold Belnick and Joseph Stepansky (violins), William Primrose and Virginia Majewski (violas), Gregor Piatigorsky and Gabor Rejto (cellos)
10.50 Szymanowski
Mazurkas, Op 50 Nos 1 and 2 Artur Rubinstein (piano)
10.56 Purcell The Blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Myron Lutzke (cello), Arthur Haas (organ)
11.04 Szymanowski Symphonie Concertante, Op 60
Artur Rubinstein (piano),
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Alfred Wallenstein

Contributors

Unknown:
Rob Cowan.
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Conductor:
Fritz Reiner
Conductor:
Mendelssohn Octet
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz
Unknown:
Arnold Belnick
Violins:
Joseph Stepansky
Violins:
William Primrose
Violins:
Virginia Majewski
Violas:
Gregor Piatigorsky
Violas:
Gabor Rejto
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Cello:
Myron Lutzke
Cello:
Arthur Haas
Piano:
Artur Rubinstein
Conductor:
Alfred Wallenstein

Artist in Focus: Bernard Haitink
With Humphrey Burton. 3: Royal Opera House
Bernard Haitink talks about his work at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, where he was musical director from 1987 until last year.
Soloists, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink Wagner Prelude, Actl: Lohengrin Verdi Don Carlos (excerpt)
Britten Peter Grimes (final scene) Janacek Jenufa (final scene)
Wagner Gotterdammerung (immolation scene)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Haitink
Unknown:
Humphrey Burton.
Talks:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Unknown:
Don Carlos
Unknown:
Britten Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Janacek Jenufa
Unknown:
Wagner Gotterdammerung

City of London Festival
Stephanie Hughes presents another concert from last year's City of London Festival Angels series. Today's performance was recorded in the church of St Lawrence Jewry, next to London's
Guildhall. The opening work features the dramatic sound of the lst-century brass instrument, the carnyx, in combination with 21st-century electronics. Vanbrugh Quartet, John Kenny (carnyx)
Nigel Osbome Forest, River, Ocean Beethoven Quartet in C, Op 59 No 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Unknown:
John Kenny

Another chance to hear Monday's Prom. Presented by Graeme Kay .
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle
Brahms Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a Heiner Goebbels Aus einem Tagebuch Strauss Ein Heldenleben

Contributors

Presented By:
Graeme Kay
Conductor:
Simon Rattle

Jve from the Royal Hospital Chapel, Chelsea. Introit: Beati Quorum Via
Stanford). Responses: Tim Stevenson. Psalm: 18 (Buck, Hopkins, How). First Reading: Isaiah 53, wl-9. Canticles: Howells in B minor. Second Reading:
John 1, w29-34. Anthem: Thee Will Love (Howells). Final Hymn: Jesu, Our Hope, Our Heart's Desire (Redhead). Organ
Voluntary: Postlude in D minor (Stanford). Director of music Ian Curror. Organist Noel Charles.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Stevenson.
Organist:
Ian Curror.
Organist:
Noel Charles.

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
A welcome return to the Proms for a German radio orchestra and its celebrated chief conductor. Beethoven's magisterial concerto is framed by Brahms's most pastoral symphony and a new work exploring the dark, demonic aspects of the night. Presented by John Shea.

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach

Esa-Pekka Salonen Insomnia (first UK performance)

Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor)

8.35 Twenty Minutes: New Nature Writing
A series of personal comment and fresh prose about the natural world. The Bird That Habitually Walks. Written and read by Nigel Collar. A story of addiction and heartbreak among the great bustards of Portugal.

8.55 Brahms Symphony No 2 in D

(Repeated Friday 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
John Shea
Pianist:
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Musicians:
North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Author/Reader (The Bird That Habitually Walks) (Twenty Minutes:
New Nature Writing): Nigel Collar

With Jonathan Swain.
Bach Cantata No 21: Ich Hatte Viel
Bekummernis 12.40 Durante Concerto No 2 in G minor 1.00 Italian songs and opera extracts by Piccini, Caccini, Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini and Verdi.
1.50 Prokofiev Suite No 1: Cinderella
2.20 Messiaen Livre d'Orgue 3.05 Part
Magnificat 3.10Kodaly Duo for violin and cello, Op 7 3.40 Mielck Concert piece, Op 9 4.05 Sibelius Finiandia Hymn
4.10 Glinka Trio in D for clarinet, cello and piano (Pathetique) 4.25 Schumann
Toccata in C, Op 7 4.50 Rossini Overture: // Barbiere di Siviglia 5.00 Carniolus Haec Est Dies Quam Fecit Dominus;
Ecce Quomodo Moritur lustus 5.05 Anon Que Por al Non Devess ' Om (Cantigas de
Santa Maria) 5.15 Telemann Scherzo Melodico No 6 in G minor (Sabbato) (Pyrmonter Kurwoche) 5.20 Mozart
Divertimento in B flat, K186 5.35 Britten Six Metamorphoses after Ovid, Op 49
5.50 Beethoven Overture: Egmont

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Ecce Quomodo Moritur

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