Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Rachmaninov Symphony in D minor Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy Bach Sonata in E flat, BWV1031
Hansjorg Schellenberger (oboe),
Margit-Anna Suss (harp), Klaus Stoll (double bass) Brahms Ballade in B, Op 10 No 4 Emil Gilels (piano)
8.30-10.00: Britten/Rossini Matinées Musicales, Op 24
National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Richard Bonynge
Telemann Violin Concerto in A (The Frogs) Pavlo Beznosiuk , New London Consort, director Philip Pickett
Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat, K417 Dennis Brain , Philharmonia, conductor Herbert von Karajan
With Rob Cowan.
Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue
Leonard Pennario (piano), Hollywood Bowl
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Felix Slatkin
10.18 Bach Toccata in D, BWV912 Artur Schnabel (piano)
10.31 JC Bach Symphony in E, Op 18 No 5 English Chamber Orchestra, director Emanuel Hurwitz
10.47 Faure Suite: Dolly, Op 56
Robert and Gaby Casadesus (piano)
11.02 Britten The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra Concert Arts SO, conductor Felix Slatkin
11.19 Bach Partie in A, BWV832 Angela Hewitt (piano) Toccata in E minor, BWV914 Zola Mae Shaulis (piano)
11.36 Ravel Bolero Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra, conductor Felix Slatkin
2/5. Hector Berlioz described his discovery of William Shakespeare as coming like a thunderbolt. Donald Macleod explores the effect this had on Berlioz's music. La Mort d'Ophelie
Ann Sofie von Otter (mezzo), Cord Garben (piano) Scene d'Amour (Romeo et Juliette) Monteverdi Choir,
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, conductor John Eliot Gardiner Beatrice et Benedict (excerpts)
Choir and Orchestra of Opera Lyon, conductor John Nelson
Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight
Edinburgh International Festival
Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents the first of this year's concerts from the Edinburgh International Festival Queen's Hall Series over the next three weeks. Steven Osborne (piano)
Debussy Préludes, Book 1
Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2; Preludes, Op 23
Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Stephen Kovacevich (piano), BBC Scottish
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Ilan Volkov Jonathan Harvey. ... towards a pure land Mozart Piano Concerto No 25 in C, K503
Schumann Symphony No 3 in E flat (Rhenish) Repeated from Wednesday
Patter Songs lain Burnside is joined by the baritone
Richard Suart. one of the great exponents of patter song, to discuss the art of uttering the greatest number of words in the shortest possible time. Includes music by Gilbert and Sullivan, Noël Coward,
Stephen Sondheim , Tom Lehrer and Kurt Weill.
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and news of events in the arts world.
Live from the Royal Albert Hall , London. Three defining works of the Romantic era are performed tonight: Schumann's turbulent overture, inspired by a Byronic hero as tormented as himself; Mendelssohn's Scottish symphony, the fruit of a trip to the ivy-clad ruins of an Edinburgh chapel; and Beethoven's sunny violin concerto. Presented by Martin Handley. Christian Tetzlaff (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Jiri Belohlavek Schumann Overture:
Manfred Beethoven Violin Concerto in D
8.35 Twenty Minutes: The Lost Gospels of the Picts Does the real truth about the Picts lie in their glorious lost gospel books? Author Stuart Kelly investigates. Producer Louis Yeoman
8.55 Mendelssohn Symphony No 3 in A minor (Scottish)
This Prom is repeated on Friday 25 August at 2.20pm
Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia, the Conquering Lion of Judah. To Rastafarians he remains divine. But in the 1930s he was an exile, a gentleman living in Bath and a devout Christian who enjoyed the quiet delights of Malvern. Poet and reggae scholar Kwame Dawes explores the contradictions of these roles.
Fiona Talkington , with Argentinian klezmer from Cesar Lerner and Marcelo Moguilevsky , and clavichord music by Keith Jarrett. Plus a preview of the new album by Susanna and the Magical Orchestra.
3/5. With Donald Macleod. Sea Sketches; Ave Maris Stella ; Trumpet Concerto; Thou Art the One Truth Repeated from Wednesday
With Louise Fryer.
Handel Armida Abbandonata ; Harp Concerto, Op 4 No 6 Tra Ie Fiamme (II consiglio) Giovanna Pessi (harp), Nuria Rial (soprano), Ricercar Consort , conductor Philippe Pieriot
1.48 Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E minor, Op 35 No I: Three Etudes, Op 104
2.06 Fanny Mendelssohn Trio in D minor, Op 11
2.31 Bruckner Symphony No 9 in D minor (Unfinished)
3.26 Mozart Piano Sonata in B flat, K2813.38 Pachelbel Der Herr ist Konig 3.42 CPE Bach Violin Sonata in B minor, H512 4.00 Beethoven Overture: Konig Stephan
4.08 Brahms Rhapsody in G minor, Op 79 No 2
4.16 Lauber Sonata Fantasia, Op 50 4.29 Merlkanto
Crying Flute, Op 52 No 4 4.32 Eisner Overture: The Echo in the Wood 4.39 Biber Sonata a 3 ex E terz minore
4.42 Schiitz Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum, SWV468
4.52 Telemann Overture (Tafelmusik) 5.00 Corelll Trio Sonata in C, Op 3 No 8 5.07 d'lndla Giunto a la Tomba
5.11 Benedetti Giunto a la Tomba 5.14 Handel Sonata in C minor, HWV386a 5.25 Llvadic Two Scherzos: in E: in A flat minor 5.29 Stainov Symphonic Scherzo 5.39 Stravinsky, arr Maarten Bon Scherzo a la Russe 5.44 Glazunov Concert Waltz No 1 in D, Op 47 5.53 Bostwick We Were
Gathering Up the Roses (The Yale Songbook) 5.54 Saint-Saens Serenade d'Hiver (Henri Cazalis ) 6.00 Debussy Premiere Rapsodie 6.09 Wassenaer Concerto No 5 in F minor 6.20 Dvorak Four Romantic pieces, Op 75: No 1, Allegro Moderato ; No 3, Allegro Appassionato 6.26 Elqar Severn Suite, Op 87 6.43 Haydn Trio in F,H XV 19
