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Presented by Penny Gore . Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Bach, arr Stokowski
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 Chopin Waltzes (selections)
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2 in F, BWV1047
8.30-10.00: Bernstein Three Dance Episodes (On the Town) Gallo Trio Sonata Movements Rachmaninov, arr Stokowski Prelude in C sharp minor

Contributors

Presented By:
Penny Gore
Unknown:
Bach Brandenburg

With Jonathan Swain.
Mozart Suite in C, K399; Eine kleine Gigue in G, K574 Walter Klien (piano)
10.12 Schubert Auf dem Strom , D943
Peter Pears (tenor), Dennis Brain (horn), Noel Mewton-Wood (piano)
10.21 Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 in C minor (Organ Symphony) Berj Zamkochian (organ), Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Munch
10.57 Bridge Go Not, Happy Day Butterworth Is My Team Ploughing? Ireland / Have Twelve Oxen Moeran In Youth Is Pleasure Warlock
Yarmouth Fair Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)
11.09 Tchaikovsky Suite: The Sleeping Beauty Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Witold Rowicki
11.30 Faure La Bonne Chanson, Op 61
Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Swain.
Unknown:
Eine Kleine Gigue
Piano:
Walter Klien
Piano:
Auf Dem Strom
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Tenor:
Dennis Brain
Piano:
Noel Mewton-Wood
Unknown:
Berj Zamkochian
Conductor:
Charles Munch
Piano:
Benjamin Britten
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Tenor:
Benjamin Britten

2/5. Impressionism. Debussy's music is often described as "impressionism", linking it the contemporary art movement of Monet and others. But Donald Macleod argues that
Debussy was influenced by all the prevailing artistic currents in the cultural melting pot that was Paris.
La Cathédrale Engloutie (Preludes, Book 1) Krystian Zimerman (piano) En Blanc et Noir
Katia and Marielle Labeque (pianos)
Nocturnes Amsterdam Collegium Musicum, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Pantomime
Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano) Repeated on Monday at 12 midnight

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Piano:
Krystian Zimerman
Pianos:
Nocturnes Amsterdam
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Soprano:
James Levine

Schwetzingen Festival
1/4. Fiona Talkington introduces concerts from this year's Schwetzingen Festival in Germany. Today, star countertenor Andreas Scholl features in a bill that showcases his versatility and sense of adventure.
Andreas Scholl (countertenor),
Markus Markl (harpsichord/piano) Handel VedendoAmor , HWV175, Chaconne in G, HWV435;
Dole' E Pur d'Amor I'Affano, HWV109a Haydn Recollection, H XXVIa 26; Despair, HXXVIa 28;
The Wanderer, H XXVIa 32
Mozart A Spiegarti, 0 Dio, K178 Abendempfindung an Laura, K523
Handel Verdi Prati (Alcina); Senti (Nel Dolce Tempo); Andante (Vedendo Amor)

Contributors

Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Andreas Scholl
Unknown:
Andreas Scholl
Harpsichord:
Markus Markl
Piano:
Handel Vedendoamor
Unknown:
Handel Verdi Prati

Presented by Louise Fryer. Berlioz Overture (Les Francs-Juges)
MacMillan The Confession of Isobel Gowdie
Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Colin Davis
Repeated from Monday 21 August

Contributors

Presented By:
Louise Fryer.
Conductor:
Colin Davis

lain Burnside presents a specially recorded recital of songs by Schumann, including the song-cycle Dichterliebe and songs on texts by the poet Eichendorff.
Christian Gerhaher (baritone), Gerold Huber (piano) Producer Ian Portbury

Contributors

Piano:
Gerold Huber
Producer:
Ian Portbury

Edward Seckerson presents an all-Russian programme featuring the cello concerto Shostakovich wrote for Rostropovich and Rachmaninov's lyrical Second Symphony, composed in secret while sheltering in Dresden from the failed Russian Revolution of 1905. Han-Na Chang (cello), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
7.35 Twenty Minutes: In Front of Closed Doors The actor Simon Callow looks back on his own experience as an usher at London's Old Vic and Olivier theatres, and remembers other well-known voices who have performed the same role.
7.55 Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor This Prom is also broadcast on BBC4 at 7.40pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Seckerson
Cello:
Han-Na Chang
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Unknown:
Simon Callow

In 2003, census takers in the USA announced that Spanish-speakers had overtaken African-Americans as the country's second largest ethnic group. But do high numbers in America equal power? From his home in Harlem, New York, broadcaster Harry Allen travels the few blocks east to Spanish Harlem to find out.

Contributors

Unknown:
Harry Allen

With Robert Sandall. Featuring Vishwa Mohan
Bhatt and Swapan Chaudhuri duo; music for voice and mallet instruments from German group Elbtonal Percussion; and the collaborative electro-acoustic project of Kazuyuki Kishino , Chris Watson and Z'ev.

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Sandall.
Unknown:
Vishwa Mohan
Unknown:
Swapan Chaudhuri
Unknown:
Kazuyuki Kishino
Unknown:
Chris Watson

With Susan Sharpe. Telemann Viola da Gamba Concerto in D, TWV55D6 Juan Manuel Quintana Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat, BWV1051 Antje Sabinksi and Aino
Hildebrand (violas) Telemann Concerto in A minor for viola da gamba and recorder Juan Manuel Quintana (viola da gamba), Cordula Breuer (recorder), Concerto Koln
1.51 Strauss Das Rosenband, Op 36 No 1; Cluckes genug, Op 37 No 1; Standchen, Op 17 No 2; Ein Obdach gegen Sturm und Regen, Op 46 No I; Morgen, Op 27 No 4; In goldener
Fulle, Op 49 No 2 2.09 Bruckner Symphony No 4 in E flat (Romantic) 3.14 Bruhns Wohl dem, der den Herren furchtet
3.23 Bach Cello Suite No I, BWV1007 3.38 Prokofiev Suite: Lieutenant Kije 4.01 Ravel Alborada del Cracioso
4.08 Brahms Three Songs for chorus, Op 42 4.18 Alfven Swedish Rhapsody No 1, Op 19 (Midsummer Vigil) 4.33
Weber Perpetuum Mobile 4.37 Mozart Rivolgete a Lui to Sguardo (Cosi Fan Tutte) 4.43 Salzedo Concert Variations on 0 Tannenbaum 4.48 Kuhlau Overture: Trylleharpen
5.00 Berwald String Quartet No 2 in A minor 5.19 Grainger To a Nordic Princess 5.26 Sibelius Serenade No 1 in D, Op 69a 5.34 Mozart Horn Concerto fragment in E flat,
K370b 5.46 Telemann Trumpet Concerto in D 5.54 Haydn Abendlied zu Gott, H XXVc 9 6.00 Kreisler Liebesteid
6.04 Mendelssohn Songs without Words, Op 6 6.14
Schubert Seligkeit, D433 6.17 Janacek Pohadka 6.28
Barber The Coolin; Op 16 6.32 Bach Magnificat in D, BWV243

Contributors

Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Viola:
Juan Manuel Quintana
Unknown:
Cordula Breuer

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