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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Benoit Overture: The King of the Alders Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Frederic Devreese
Beethoven Romance No 2 in F, Op 50 Itzhak Perlman (violin),
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Daniel Barenboim
Porpora Aria: Va Per le Vene il Sangue
Andreas Scholl (countertenor), Academia Bizantina, director Ottavio Dantone
8.30-10.00: Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo , Op 34 Leila Josefowicz (violin), Montreal Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Dutoit Henze Paradise
Ian Bostridge (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) Charles-Marie Widor
Toccata (Symphony No 5 in F minor) Daniel Chorzempa (organ)

Contributors

Conductor:
Frederic Devreese
Violin:
Itzhak Perlman
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim
Unknown:
Andreas Scholl
Director:
Ottavio Dantone
Director:
Tchaikovsky Valse-Scherzo
Violin:
Leila Josefowicz
Conductor:
Charles Dutoit
Conductor:
Henze Paradise
Tenor:
Ian Bostridge
Tenor:
Julius Drake
Unknown:
Daniel Chorzempa

Presented by James Jolly. Ruggles Sun-Treader
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas
10.18 Haydn String Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No4 (Sunrise) Angeles Quartet
10.43 Schoenberg Dreimal tausend Jahre, Op 50a; Psalm 130, Op 50b
BBC Singers, conductor Pierre Boulez
10.53 Liszt Piano Sonata in B minor Earl Wild
11.22 Janacek The Diary of One Who Disappeared Philip Langridge (tenor), Brigitte Balleys (contralto), Women of the RIAS Chamber Choir, Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Claudio Abbado

Contributors

Presented By:
James Jolly.
Conductor:
Michael Tilson-Thomas
Unknown:
Schoenberg Dreimal
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Tenor:
Brigitte Balleys
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

5/5. Dvorak's Golden Operatic Sunset Presented by Donald Macleod. Armida (excerpts)
Milada Subrtova (soprano), Ivo Zidek (tenor),
Zdenek Otava (baritone), Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Vaclav Jiracek Heroic Song
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Antoni Wit
Rusalka (excerpts)
Milada Subrtiva (soprano), Marie Ovcacikova (mezzo), Ivo Zidek (tenor), Eduard Haken (bass), Prague National Theatre Orchestra, conductor Zdenek Chalabla

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod.
Soprano:
Milada Subrtova
Soprano:
Ivo Zidek
Baritone:
Zdenek Otava
Conductor:
Vaclav Jiracek
Soprano:
Milada Subrtiva
Soprano:
Marie Ovcacikova
Tenor:
Ivo Zidek
Tenor:
Eduard Haken
Conductor:
Zdenek Chalabla

Introduced by Louise Fryer.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
St Magnus Festival
The songs of Janis Joplin given in Kirkwall's King Street Halls as part of the St Magnus Festival. Lisa Milne (soprano), Concerto Caledonia, director David McGuinness
A Woman Left Lonely, Half Moon; Summertime; Me and Bobby McGee ; Ball and Chain; Cry Baby, Little Girl Blue; Get It While You Can; To Love Somebody
2.00 BBC Proms 2007
Another chance to hear last Thursday's Prom, introduced by Sarah Walker.
Lawrence Power (viola) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, conductor David Atherton Guto Puw Onyt Agoraf y drws
(BBC commission, first performance) Walton Viola Concerto
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances Repeated from Thursday 9 August
3.30 From Wiqmore Hall, London
Liszt Ballade No 2 in B minor, Mephisto Waltz No 1 Nelson Goerner (piano)
Mozart String Quartet in C, K515 Ysaye Quartet

Contributors

Introduced By:
Louise Fryer.
Unknown:
Janis Joplin
Soprano:
Lisa Milne
Director:
David McGuinness
Director:
Bobby McGee
Introduced By:
Sarah Walker.
Conductor:
David Atherton
Piano:
Nelson Goerner

Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Penny Gore.
Featuring Oliver Knussen and the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Schoenberg's Five Orchestral Pieces were given their first performance at the 1912 Proms, whereas Knussen's Violin Concerto was first heard here in 2003. Also featured tonight is the UK premiere of a recent work by the 81-year-old Henze, and a performance of another Knussen favourite, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.

Leila Josefowicz (violin), BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Oliver Knussen

Schoenberg Five Orchestral Pieces, Op 16

Oliver Knussen Violin Concerto

8.05 Twenty Minutes
Christopher Cook goes behind the scenes of tonight's Prom and talks to some of the participants.

8.25 Hans Werner Henze Sebastian im Traum (first UK performance)

Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

(Repeated on Tuesday 28 August at 2pm)

Contributors

Presenter:
Penny Gore
Violinist:
Leila Josefowicz
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Oliver Knussen
Presenter (Twenty Minutes):
Christopher Cook

In a feature celebrating the career of Hans Werner Henze, Piers Burton-Page talks to the composer, along with some of his friends and colleagues. Contributors include Oliver Knussen ,
Paul Crossley , Peter Jonas , Ian Bostridge ,
Sally Groves and Detlev Glanert. Producer Jeremy Evans

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Werner
Unknown:
Oliver Knussen
Unknown:
Paul Crossley
Unknown:
Peter Jonas
Unknown:
Ian Bostridge
Unknown:
Sally Groves
Unknown:
Detlev Glanert.
Producer:
Jeremy Evans

Alyn Shipton presents another programme of listeners' suggestions for additions to the jazz library, including further tracks by Tomasz Stanko , Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Chick Corea. There's also a comparison by vintage piano expert Adam Ramet of sound quality in CD reissues of 1920s discs, and listeners discussing albums by Charles Mingus. Producers Alyn Shipton and Simon Poole EMAIL: jazzlibrary@bc.co.uk

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Tomasz Stanko
Unknown:
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Unknown:
Chick Corea.
Unknown:
Adam Ramet
Unknown:
Charles Mingus.
Producers:
Alyn Shipton
Producers:
Simon Poole

Jez Nelson presents a chance to hear in full a gig by Trio Beyond recorded at London's Barbican last year. The trio comprising drummer Jack DeJohnette , guitarist John Scofield and Hammond organ player
Larry Goldings originally came together to pay tribute to the music of drummer Tony Williams , whose own organ trio Lifetime was one of the seminal fusion groups of the late 1960s. In this concert Trio Beyond perform classic tunes associated with Lifetime and original compositions by members of the trio. Producer Robert Abel

Contributors

Guitarist:
Jack Dejohnette
Guitarist:
John Scofield
Unknown:
Larry Goldings
Unknown:
Tony Williams
Producer:
Robert Abel

Presented by Jonathan Swain.
Schubert Symphony No 3 in D
Grieg Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 4
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D
2.15 Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird
2.47 Elgar Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma)
3.20 Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
3.46 Mozart Symphony No 35 in D, K385 (Haffner)
4.05 Poulenc Un Soir de Neige
4.12 Locatelli Violin Concerto in E flat, Op 7 No 6
4.26 Monteverdi Vattene Pur, Crudel
4.33 Alexander Arutlunian Trumpet Concerto
4.49 Liszt Transcendental Study No 11 in D flat, S139
5.00 Handel Trio Sonata in G minor, Op 2 No 5
5.10 Samuel-Rousseau Variations Pastorales sur un Vieux Noel
5.20 Erik Bergman Aubade for Orchestra
5.53 Carissimi Vanitas Vanitatum
5.45 Dvorak Two Slavonic Dances, Op 46
5.53 Janacek Violin Sonata
6.11 Mozart Divertimento in E flat, KI66
6.24 Khachaturian Piano Concerto

Contributors

Presenter:
Jonathan Swain

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