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This week Penny Gore features settings of Eduard Morike , who was born 200 years ago this week. And there's a chance to explore
Schumann's symphonies in the order in which they were written. Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Schumann Overture: Manfred Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Rafael Kubelik Mozart Fantasia in C minor, K4 75 Mitsuko Uchida (piano) Strauss Serenade in E flat for 13 wind instruments, Op 7 Members of the Zurich
Tonhalle Orchestra, conductor David Zinman Beethoven, transcr Khym Horn Sonata in F, Op 17 Metamorphosis Quintet
Leopold Mozart Sinfonia in D (Die
Bauernhochzeit) L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, director Michi Gaigg
8.30-10.00: Mendelssohn Violin Sonata in Fminor, Op4 Shlomo Mintz , Paul Ostrovsky
(piano) Brahms An eine Aolsharfe.Op 19 No 5 Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Leo Rosenek (piano) Schumann Symphony in G minor,
Wo029 (Zwickau) Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neville Marriner

Contributors

Unknown:
Eduard Morike
Piano:
Mitsuko Uchida
Piano:
Strauss Serenade
Conductor:
David Zinman
Unknown:
Leopold Mozart Sinfonia
Director:
Michi Gaigg
Unknown:
Shlomo Mintz
Piano:
Paul Ostrovsky
Soprano:
Leo Rosenek
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

With Jonathan Swain.
This week featuring Roussel orchestral works and recordings by Myra Hess.
Bach, arr Hess Jesu , Joy of Man 's Desiring Myra Hess (piano)
10.05 Roussel Suite in F. Op 33 Detroit
SymphonyOrchestra, conductor Paul Paray
10.20 Traditional Solea Paco del Gastor (guitar)
10.28 Listener request:
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4 in G
Myra Hess , LPO, conductor Adrian Boult
11.05 Corelli Sonata in D minor, Op 5 No 12 (La Follia) Nigel North (Baroque guitar), Trio Sonnerie
11.17 Roussel Symphony No 1 (Le Poeme de la Foret) French Radio Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor MarekJanowski

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Myra Hess.
Unknown:
Hess Jesu
Piano:
Myra Hess
Piano:
Roussel Suite
Conductor:
Paul Paray
Unknown:
Myra Hess
Conductor:
Adrian Boult

1/5. Seascapes and Wave Types
Donald Macleod travels to Sanday in the Orkneys, the home of Peter Maxwell Davies , who celebrates his 70th birthday this week. Today they discuss some of his many works reflecting life on the islands, where he has lived since the 1970s.
Solstice of Light (excerpt) Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Christopher Hughes (organ), conductor Stephen Cleobury
Piano Sonata (5th mvt) David Holzman
Westerlings BBC Singers, conductor Simon Joly Symphony No 2 BBC Philharmonic conducted by the composer
Producer Megan Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Christopher Hughes
Conductor:
Stephen Cleobury
Unknown:
David Holzman
Conductor:
Simon Joly

Live from the Victoria and Albert Museum , London. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
A buoyant end to this year's series, featuring
Martinu's witty ballet score complete with kitchen utensils. And the different sections of Simon Holt 's mysterious new work are labelled "Exhibits A to H". Evidence.... but of what?
Rolf Hind (piano), Britten Sinfonia , conductor Nicholas Daniel (oboe) Janacek Concertino
Dallapiccola Piccola Musica Notturna Simon Holt The Coroner's Report (BBC commission: first performance) Martinu La Revue de Cuisine

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Museum
Presented By:
Stephanie Hughes.
Unknown:
Simon Holt
Piano:
Rolf Hind
Piano:
Britten Sinfonia
Conductor:
Nicholas Daniel
Unknown:
Simon Holt

Yefim Bronfman (piano), St Petersburg PO, conductor Yuri Temirkanov
Glinka Valse-Fantaisie in B minor
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5 in E minor Repeated from Monday 23 August

Contributors

Piano:
Yefim Bronfman
Conductor:
Yuri Temirkanov
Conductor:
Glinka Valse-Fantaisie

Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. Presented by Andrew McGregor.
The second of this year's Proms given by the Berlin PO focuses on 20th-century French composers. Debussy's impressionistic sea symphony depicts the ocean from dawn to midday in stunning orchestral colours. Plus Messiaen's last major orchestral work.

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Simon Rattle

Debussy La Mer

7.55 Twenty Minutes: Gwen and Augustus John
Biographer Michael Holroyd examines the curious connections between the lives and works of brother and sister painters Augustus and Gwen John.

8.15 Messiaen Eclairs sur l'Au-dela

(This concert is televised on BBC4 at 7.30pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Andrew McGregor
Musicians:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Michael Holroyd

A portrait of Nigeria's most influential musician, the late Fela Kuti. countercultural hero and inventor of the Afro-Beat style. DJs
Max Reinhardt and Rita Ray travel to Lagos and talk to family members and fellow musicians about this controversial figure of Nigerian culture. They visit the original Shrine nightclub, the house and commune which he named the Kalakuta Republic, and his birthplace in nearby Abeokuta. Producer Felix Carey

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Reinhardt
Unknown:
Rita Ray
Producer:
Felix Carey

Verity Sharp with music by the Raymond Scott Quintet , harpist Zeena Parkins with the Tin Hat Trio, and Russian accordionist and vocalist Evelyn Petrova.

Contributors

Unknown:
Verity Sharp
Harpist:
Raymond Scott Quintet
Harpist:
Zeena Parkins
Unknown:
Evelyn Petrova.

Presented by Susan Sharpe.

Danish Radio Young Chamber Group Competition
6/7. Highlights from the semi-final of this year's competition, including performances of works by Beethoven, Ibert, Peter Rasmussen and Mogens Christensen.

2.20 Brahms, orch Schoenberg Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25

3.00 Pekiel Missa Pulcherrima

3.30 Rameau Pieces de Clavecin (Book 2)

3.55 Tubin Ave Maria

4.00 Zelenski Overture: In the Tatras

4.10 D'India Intenerite Voi Lagrime Mie; Al Partir del Mio Sole: Parlo, Miser'o Taccio?

4.20 Pez Overture in D minor

4.30 Bronnemuller Toccatina from No 1 in D

4.35 Sweelinck Le Tout puissant a Mon Seigneur et Maistre (Pseaumes des David)

4.45 Cavalli Sonata a 8

4.50 Bentzon Sinfonia Buffo, Op 35

5.00 Wagner Prelude: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg

5.10 Liszt, transcr Dohnanyi Fantasia and Fugue on BACH

5.20 Carissimi Dixit Dominus

5.35 Albicastro Violin Sonata, Op 9 No 12 (La Follia)

5.50 Hellendaal Cello Sonata, Op 5 No 5

6.00 Franck Nocturne

6.05 Debussy, arr Trayanov Clair de Lune

6.10 Goldmark A Night on the Lake with Moonlight

6.15 Ahlen Sommarpsalm

6.20 Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 3

6.40 Telemann Suite in G (Burlesque de Quixotte)

Contributors

Presenter:
Susan Sharpe

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