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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Handel 0 Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless (Saul)
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conductor Roger Norrington
Grainger The Beaches ofLukannon (Jungle Book) Polyphony, director Stephen Layton
Locatelli Concerto Grosso in G minor, Op 1 No 12 Concerto Koln
8.30-10.00: Liszt Two Concert Studies
Jorge Bolet (piano)
Mendelssohn String Quartet No 1 in E flat, Op 12 Ysaye Quartet
Dallapiccola Sonatina Canonica (after Paganini) Mariaclara Monetti (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andreas Scholl
Conductor:
Roger Norrington
Director:
Stephen Layton
Piano:
Jorge Bolet
Piano:
Mariaclara Monetti

Presented by Sarah Walker.
Strauss Befreit , Op 39 No 4; Muttertandelei, Op 43 No 2; Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1 Renee Fleming (soprano),
Houston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Christoph Eschenbach
10.14 Ketelbey In the Moonlight
Philharmonia, conductor John Lanchbery
10.20 Mozart Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K491 Clifford Curzon , London Symphony Orchestra, conductor Istvan Kertesz
10.51 Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D, BWV972 Wanda Landowska
11.01 Alan Bush Lyric Interlude
Clio Gould (violin), Sophia Rahman (piano)
11.17 Faure Requiem , Op 48
Janet Price (soprano), John Carol Case (baritone), BBC Chorus, BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Nadia Boulanger

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Presented By:
Strauss Befreit
Soprano:
Renee Fleming
Conductor:
Christoph Eschenbach
Conductor:
John Lanchbery
Unknown:
Clifford Curzon
Conductor:
Istvan Kertesz
Unknown:
Wanda Landowska
Unknown:
Alan Bush
Violin:
Sophia Rahman
Piano:
Faure Requiem
Soprano:
John Carol Case
Conductor:
Nadia Boulanger

1/5. Donald Macleod begins a week-long exploration of the life and music of Georg Philipp Telemann who, during his life, largely eclipsed the reputation even of his compatriot and contemporary JS Bach. He begins by exploring Telemann's entrepreneurial flair.
Overture: Jubeloratorium fur die Hamburger Admiralitat Akademie fur Alte Musik, Berlin
Violin Sonata in F(Der Getreue Music-Meister) Mary Utiger (violin), Michael McCraw (cello), Nicholas Selo (harpsichord) Sonata No 2 (Paris Quartets)
Barthold Kuijken (flute), Sigiswald Kuijken (violin), Wieland Kuijken (viola da gamba), Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord) Brockes Passion (conclusion)
Halle Town Choir. Capella Savaria, director Nicholas McGegan

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Georg Philipp Telemann
Unknown:
Js Bach.
Violin:
Mary Utiger
Violin:
Michael McCraw
Harpsichord:
Nicholas Selo
Viola:
Wieland Kuijken
Harpsichord:
Gustav Leonhardt
Director:
Nicholas McGegan
Evangelist:
Martin Klietmann (tenor)
Daughter of Zion:
Maria Zadori (soprano)
Faithful soul:
Annette Markert (mezzo)
Centurion:
Guy de Mey (tenor)

BBC Proms Chamber Music
Penny Gore introduces a recital live from the Cadogan Hall, in London.

Henschel Quartet
Mendelssohn Capriccio, Op 81 No 3
Sibelius String Quartet, Op 56 (Voces Intimae)
Janacek String Quartet No 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)
(This concert is repeated on Saturday 11 August at 2pm)

2.00 BBC Proms 2007
Another chance to hear last Monday's concert, introduced from the Royal Albert Hall, London, by Rob Cowan.
Yefim Bronfman (piano),
BBCSO, conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen
Ravel Le Tombeau de Couperin
Esa-Pekka Salonen Piano Concerto (BBC co-commission, first European performance)
Berlioz Romeo and Juliet (excerpts)
(Repeated from Monday)

3.45 From the Schumann Bicentenary Series in Belfast, 2006
Introduced by Louise Fryer.
Hugh Tinney, Vanbrugh Quartet
Schumann Piano Quartets in E flat, Op 47; Piano Quintet in E flat, Op 44 (R)

Contributors

Presenter (BBC Proms Chamber Music):
Penny Gore
Musicians:
Henschel Quartet
Presenter (BBC Proms 2007):
Rob Cowan
Pianist:
Yefim Bronfman
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Presenter (Schumann Bicentenary):
Louise Fryer
Pianist:
Hugh Tinney
Musicians:
Vanbrugh Quartet

Introduced live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Martin Handley. Potent symphonies by Beethoven and Schumann frame tonight's Prom by the BBC Philharmonic under its chief conductor Gianandrea Noseda. Proms favourite Renee Fleming joins them for eight lush, romantic Early Songs by Berg, including the UK premiere of a newly orchestrated love song for his future wife.

Renee Fleming (soprano), BBC Philharmonic, conductor Gianandrea Noseda.

Beethoven Symphony No 8 in F

Berg Seven Early Songs; An Leukon (arr Christopher Gordon) (first UK performance)

8.25 Twenty Minutes: Rebellion
An excerpt from Joseph Roth's novel, translated by Michel Hoffman.

8.45 Korngold Ich soll ihn niemals, niemals mehr sehn (Die Kathrin); Ich ginz zu ihm (Das Wunder der Heliane)

Schumann Symphony No 2 in C

(Also broadcast on BBC Four: Rptd Wed 15 August at 2pm)
Music choices: page 120

Contributors

Presenter:
Martin Handley
Musicians:
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor:
Gianandrea Noseda
Soprano:
Renee Fleming
Author (Rebellion) (Twenty Minutes):
Joseph Roth
Translator (Rebellion) (Twenty Minutes):
Michel Hoffman

Stones That Speak
1/3. Ungodly Entertainments. Musicologist and folklorist Tim Healey assesses new insights into the medieval mind, as revealed by the sensual and sinister carvings that adorn English cathedrals and churches.

Contributors

Unknown:
Tim Healey

Presented by Jonathan Swain. Schubert Piano Sonata in D,
D850; Piano Quintet in A, D667 (Trout) 2.24 Festa
Magnificat Octavi Toni 2.41 Mahler Symphony No 6 4.00 Arban Fantasy and Variations on a Cavatina from Beatrice di Tenda by Bellini 4.07 Bellini Eccomi in Lieta Vesta ...Oh!
Quante Volte (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) 4.18 Bergh Rondeau, Op3 4.25 Quantz Trio Sonata in E flat 4.33 Schutz Di Marmo Siete Voi, SWV17; Giunte e Pur, Lidia, SWV18; Vasto Mar Net Cut Seno, S WV19 4.42 Corelli Concerto Grosso in D, Op 6 No 4
4.52 Dandrieu Pondeau: L'Harmonieuse; Rondeau: L'Etourdie
4.59 Balakirev Overture on Russian Themes 5.08 Melartin Serenata, Op 121 No 5; Lohdutus (Consolation) 5.16 Sibelius Valsette, Op 40 No 15.17 Merikanto Improvisation, Op 76 No3
5.24 Offenbach C'est une Chanson d'Amour (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) 5.31 Thomas O Vin, Dissipe Ma Tristesse (Hamlet) 535 Paganini Cantabile 5.40 Daniel-Lesur Le Cantique des Colonnes 5.53 Brumel Agnus Dei (Missa et Ecce Terrae Motus)
6.00 CPE Bach Violin Sonata in B minor, H512 6.18 Arriaga Symphony in D/D minor 6.47 Ravel La Valse for two pianos

Contributors

Presented By:
Jonathan Swain.

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