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Music includes:
7.00-8.30: Purcell A Suite of Theatre Music Taverner Consort and Players, conductor Andrew Parrott Shostakovich Four Waltzes
Philippa Davies (flute), Michael Collins (clarinet), Ian Brown (piano)
Dvorak Romance in F minor, Op 11
Isaac Stern (violin), Philadelphia Orchestra, conductor Eugene Ormandy
830-10.00: Holst Jupiter (The Planets)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink Bach Cantata No 73: Herr wie du willt, so schick's mit mir
Barbara Schlick (soprano), Gerard Lesne (countertenor), Howard Crook (tenor), Peter Kooy (bass), Chorus and Orchestra of Collegium Vocale, Ghent, conductor Philippe Herreweghe
Haydn Symphony No 83 in G minor (The Hen) Berlin PO.conductor Herbert Von Karajan

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Parrott
Flute:
Philippa Davies
Flute:
Michael Collins
Piano:
Ian Brown
Violin:
Isaac Stern
Conductor:
Eugene Ormandy
Conductor:
Bernard Haitink
Conductor:
Bach Cantata
Soprano:
Barbara Schlick
Soprano:
Gerard Lesne
Tenor:
Howard Crook
Tenor:
Peter Kooy
Conductor:
Philippe Herreweghe
Conductor:
Herbert von Karajan

Presented by Sarah Walker. Takemitsu Namino Bon
Sapporo SO, conductor Tadaaki Otaka
10.19 Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 David Sanger (organ)
10.29 John Williams Theme from Jaws
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, conductor Erich Kunzel Herrmann The Bathroom; The Murder (Psycho) Royal Scottish National Orchestra, conductor Joel McNeely Steiner King Kong
National Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Charles Gerhardt
10.42 Vaughan Williams Sinfonia Antartica (Symphony No 7)
Alison Hargan (soprano), Ian Tracey (organ),
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Vernon Handley
11.27 Debussy Suite Bergamasque Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
11.45 Busoni, arr John Adams Berceuse Elegiaque London Sinfonietta, conductor John Adams

Contributors

Presented By:
Sarah Walker.
Conductor:
Tadaaki Otaka
Conductor:
Bach Toccata
Unknown:
David Sanger
Unknown:
John Williams
Conductor:
Erich Kunzel
Conductor:
Joel McNeely
Conductor:
Charles Gerhardt
Soprano:
Alison Hargan
Soprano:
Ian Tracey
Conductor:
Vernon Handley
Unknown:
John Adams
Conductor:
John Adams

Introduced by Suzy Klein.
Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
A piano recital recorded in May this year at the Schwetzingen Festival Andras Schiff contrasts Bach with Bartok in a rectial from the Rococo Theatre. Andras Schiff (piano) Bartok Out of Doors
Bach English Suite No 3 in G minor, BWV808 Bartok Mikrokosmos, Bk 6; Piano Sonata
2.00 BBC Proms 2007
Another chance to hear last Monday's Prom, introduced by Martin Handley.
Matthias Goerne (baritone), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Paavo Jarvi Weber Overture: Oberon
Mahler Des knaben Wunderhorn (excerpts)
Brahms, arr Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor Repeated from 13 August
3.30 Britten Sinfonia
Works by Berio, Mozart, Purcell, Woolrich, Strauss and Dowland with Nicholas Daniel (oboe),
Joanna MacGregor (piano), Britten Sinfonia

Contributors

Introduced By:
Suzy Klein.
Unknown:
Andras Schiff
Piano:
Andras Schiff
Introduced By:
Martin Handley.
Baritone:
Matthias Goerne
Conductor:
Paavo Jarvi
Oboe:
Nicholas Daniel
Piano:
Joanna MacGregor

Presented from the Royal Albert Hall , London, by Andrew McGregor. In this all-American programme John Adams conducts the world premiere of his symphony, drawn from his opera based on the life of the atomic-bomb inventor
J Robert Oppenheimer. Pianist Olli Mustonen plays Adams's concerto inspired by piano rolls and, to open, there's Copland's thrilling ballet score.
Olli Mustonen (piano), BBC SO, conductor John Adams Copland Suite: Billy the Kid John Adams Century Rolls
8.30 Twenty Minutes Andrew McGregor goes behind the scenes of tonight's Prom.
8.50 John Adams Doctor Atomic Symphony (BBC co-commission, first performance)
This Prom is repeated on Thursday 30 August at 2pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Unknown:
Andrew McGregor.
Unknown:
John Adams
Pianist:
J Robert Oppenheimer.
Pianist:
Olli Mustonen
Piano:
Olli Mustonen
Conductor:
John Adams
Unknown:
John Adams
Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Unknown:
John Adams

Fiona Talkington introduces a live set by Adrian Klumpes alongside instrumental tunes from Martin Carthy , a Josquin motet and Wounded Angel for charango and tape by Bolivian composer Agustin Fernandez.

Contributors

Introduces:
Fiona Talkington
Unknown:
Adrian Klumpes
Unknown:
Martin Carthy
Unknown:
Agustin Fernandez.

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