Listings
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
Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music, with studio guests and a round-up of news from the arts world.
RT Introduced live from the Royal Albert Hall in London by Martin Handley. Potent symphonies
CHOICE 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 soil 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
Unknown:
Albert
Hall
Unknown:
Martin
Handley.
Conductor:
Gianandrea
Noseda.
Unknown:
Renee
Fleming
Soprano:
Renee
Fleming
Conductor:
Gianandrea
Noseda.
Unknown:
Christopher
Gordon
Unknown:
Joseph
Roth
Translated By:
Michel
Hoffman.
Translated By:
Korngold
Ich
Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim is arguably the leading living exponent of the American musical. Norman Lebrecht talks to him about his work at his home in New York. Producer Tony Cheevers
HPodcast available at www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/ lebrecht/
Contributors
Unknown:
Stephen
Sondheim
Talks:
Norman
Lebrecht
Producer:
Tony
Cheevers
Presented by Ian Skelly. Masaaki Suzuki directs Bach Collegium Japan in Bach's Cantata No 176: Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding, written for Leipzig in 1725. With Yukari Nonoshita (soprano), Robin Blaze (countertenor) and Peter Kooy (bass).
Contributors
Presented By:
Ian
Skelly.
Presented By:
Masaaki
Suzuki
Soprano:
Robin
Blaze
Soprano:
Peter
Kooy
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
Sitting in for Andy Kershaw , with an eclectic mix of world music, folk, blues and rock.
Contributors
Unknown:
Andy
Kershaw
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.