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Presented by Penny Gore.

7.00-8.30:

Elgar Serenade in E minor for strings, Op 20 - Halle Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder

Liszt St Francis de Paule Marchant sur Les Flots (Legende No 2) - Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Korngold Schauspiel Overture - BBC Philharmonic, conductor Matthias Bamert

8.30-10.00:

Mendelssohn Notturno - Norwegian Winds, conductor Gerard Oskamp

Bach Oboe Concerto in A, BWV1055 - Heinz Holliger (oboe d'amore), Academy of St Martin in the Fields, director Iona Brown

Saint-Saens Morceau de Concert in G, Op 154 - Marielle Nordmann (harp), Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, conductor Jean-Jacques Kantorow

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore

With Jonathan Swain. Featuring Busoni's works for piano and recordings by Kurt Sanderling
10.00 Bach/Busoni Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, BWV564 Shura Cherkassky (piano)
10.19 Martinu Harpsichord Concerto
Zuzana Ruzickova (harpsichord), Prague
Chamber Soloists, conductor Kurt Sanderling
10.39 Busoni Piano Sonatina No 1 Paul Jacobs
10.54 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in [ minor Leningrad PO, conductor Kurt Sanderling
11.53 Meyer Den Helden Peter Schreier (tenor), Male Chorus, Berlin Symphony Orchestra, conductor Kurt Sanderling

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Kurt Sanderling

1/5 Barber may seem to many a one-hit wonder with his Adagio for strings but he was one of the most performed of 20th-century composers in Europe and America. Donald Macleod begins this exploration of his life and works with a selection of pieces from Barber's first American broadcast. The Daisies (Three Songs, Op 2 No 1)
Leontyne Price (soprano), the composer (piano) Overture: The School for Scandal
Baltimore SO, conductor David Zinman Dover Beach, Op 3
Samuel Barber (baritone), Curtis Quartet Cello Sonata, Op
Ralph Kirshbaum , Roger Vignoles (piano) Music fora Scene from Shelley, Op 7 Detroit SO, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Producer Deborah Preston Repeated Sunday 12 midnight RT DIRECT: Barber (2 CDs) featuring violinist
Elmar Oliveira with the St Louis SO conducted by Leonard Slatkin is available for £10.99 including p&p. To order, send a cheque, payable to Selections, to: [address removed] phone: [number removed] (national rate), or visit www.selections.com/rtdirect. Quote ref: [number removed]

Contributors

Baritone:
Samuel Barber
Unknown:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Producer:
Deborah Preston
Violinist:
Elmar Oliveira
Conducted By:
Leonard Slatkin

1/8. Stephanie Hughes presents a live concert from the Cadogan Hall, London.
Christoph Eschenbach sets down his baton and turns to the piano in a tribute to this year's anniversary composers, Mozart and Schumann.
Alexandre Gattet (oboe), Philippe Berrod (clarinet), Michel Garcin-Marrou (horn), Giorgio Mandolesi (bassoon), Christoph Eschenbach (piano)
Schumann Three Romances for oboe, Op 94 Stravinsky Three Pieces for solo clarinet Poulenc Sonata for clarinet and bassoon
Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and winds, K452 This Prom is repeated on Saturday 22 July at 12 noon

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephanie Hughes
Oboe:
Philippe Berrod
Horn:
Michel Garcin-Marrou
Horn:
Giorgio Mandolesi
Bassoon:
Christoph Eschenbach

Barbara Frittoli (soprano), John Tomlinson (bass), BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek

Mozart Overture; Porgi Amor (Le Nozze di Figaro); In Quali Eccessi, O Numi... Mi Tradi (Don Giovanni)

Smetana Vltava (Ma Vlast)

Dvorak Te Deum

Shostakovich Symphony No 5

(Repeated from Friday)

Contributors

Soprano:
Barbara Frittoli
Bass:
John Tomlinson
Singers:
BBC Symphony Chorus
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Jiri Belohlavek

Another chance to hear Edward Seckerson's centenary celebration of Lehar's "The Merry Widow" in conversation with tenor Nigel Douglas. Plus music from operatic stars of yesteryear.

Address: Stage and Screen [address removed] email: [email address removed]

Contributors

Presenter:
Edward Seckerson
Guest/Tenor:
Nigel Douglas

Martin Handley presents the first of four Proms marking the 60th birthday of Colin Matthews whose sparkling and atmospheric Horn Concerto is played by the soloist for whom it was written. Debussy's orchestral seascape and Sibelius's expansive symphony complete the programme.

Richard Watkins (horn), Halle Orchestra, conductor Mark Elder

Debussy La Mer

Colin Matthews Horn Concerto

7.50 Twenty Minutes: Leaving Home
After the close deaths of archaeologist Christine Finn's parents, handling the disposal of the family home and possessions as an excavation and restoration project enabled her to let go.

8.10 Sibelius Symphony No 1

(This Prom is repeated on Wednesday 19 July at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Horn player:
Richard Watkins
Musicians:
Halle Orchestra
Conductor:
Mark Elder
Speaker (Twenty Minutes):
Christine Finn

A Mozart-infused Late-Night Prom presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch .
Jonathan Dove Figures in the Garden
Colin Matthews To Compose without the Least Knowledge of Music
Mozart Serenade in B flat, K361 (Gran Partita)
London Winds, director Michael Collins (clarinet)
This Prom is repeated on Tuesday 29 August at 2.50pm

Contributors

Presented By:
Sara Mohr-Pietsch
Presented By:
Jonathan Dove
Unknown:
Colin Matthews
Clarinet:
Michael Collins

With John Shea. Mozart String Quartet in G, K387 Schumann Selected vocal and instrumental music arranged for string quartet Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet), Ouatuor Mosaiques
2.31 Telemann Alles redetjetzt undsinget 3.00 Forqueray La Forqueray; La Couperin (Suite No 1 in D minor); La Rameau (Suite No 5 in C minor); La Leclair (Suite No 2 in G) 3.16
Couperin Douzième Concert a deux violes 3.25 Rameau
Trois Pieces (Les Indes Calantes) 3.31 Leclair Allegro (Violin Concerto in F, Op 10 No 4) 3.39 Dohnanyl Variations on a Nursery Song 4.04 Schmelzer Sonata XII (Sacroprofanus Concentus Musicus) 4.09 Purcell Two Trumpet Tunes and Air 4.13 Matteis Passages in Imitation of the Trumpet
4.23 Vivaldi Kyrie in G minor 4.37 Mendelssohn, arr Rachmaninov Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
4.42 Litolff Scherzo (Concerto Symphonique No 4)
4.50 Svendsen Festival Polonaise, Op 12 5.00 Rossini
Prelude, Toccata and Variations 5.10 Andriessen Qui Habitat
5.19 Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez 5.41 Glinka Memories of a Summer Night in Madrid 5.52 Granados 4 Tonadillas
6.01 Prevorsek Spanish Dance 6.04 Liszt Tarantella
(Venezia e Napoli) 6.14 Durante Concerto No 4 in E minor
6.12 Muthel Concerto in D minor for harpsichord and two bassoons 6.49 Haydn The Storm, H XXIV a8

Contributors

Unknown:
John Shea.
Clarinet:
Wolfgang Meyer

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