07:00
6 August 2005
With Martin Handley.
From 7.00am
Salieri: Sinfonia Veneziana
London Mozart Players
Matthias Bamert (conductor)
Liszt: Consolations
Daniel Barenboim (piano)
Vivaldi: Concerto Per eco in lontano RV 552
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (violin solo and director)
From 8.00am
Joseph Lanner: Badner Ringln, Baden Round Dance, Op 64
Berlin Symphony
Robert Stolz (conductor)
Mozart: Trio for piano and strings, K 502 in B flat major
Christian Tetzlaff (violin)
Gustav Rivinius (cello)
Lars Vogt (piano)
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No 1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Thomas Beecham (conductor)
09:00
6 August 2005
Andrew McGregor plays some of this month's newest releases and looks forward to the next week of the Proms, playing records associated with the repertoire and artists taking part.
In anticipation of the forthcoming Prom concert, there's another chance to hear Piers Burton-Page's 2003 survey of the available recordings of Holsts The Planets.
Piers also update us on more recent recordings of Holst's The Planets.
12:00
Concert Three
Another chance to hear the Proms debut for an elite ensemble made up of principal players from the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. Lutoslawski's capricious soundscape of overlapping ideas contrasts with the radiant wide-open spaces of Copland's ballet score in its original version for 13 players. John Woolrich's fascinating new piece has echoes of the darkly comic world of Goya's paintings. Presented by Stephanie Hughes.
Lutoslawski: Chain 1
John Woolrich: After the Clock (BBC commission, world premiere)
Copland: Appalachian Spring
NYO Sinfonietta
Paul Watkins (conductor)
13:00
6 August 2005
Andrew Manze continues his journey through the music of Sweden with a focus on the so-called Swedish Troubadour tradition. With songs by Gustaf Düben and Carl Michael Bellman, Manze traces the development of the Swedish song, with performances by Mikael Samuelsson and Anna Emilsson.
14:00
And All that Jazz - Part One
And All that Jazz: Charles Hazlewood begins a three-part exploration of the impact made by jazz and dance music in European music during the 1920s and 30s.
Charles Hazlewood Discovering Music
... and all that jazz
Charles Hazlewood begins a three part exploration of the impact made by jazz and dance music in European music during the 1920s and 30s. He is joined by soprano Tara Harrison, tenor Alan Oke and the BBC Concert Orchestra for an audience workshop on the little known but highly personal music Kurt Weill composed for Georg Kaiser's 1933 anti-Third Reich play with music Der Silbersee, (The Silver Lake).
15:00
Womad Festival 2005
Recorded at last weekend's WOMAD world music festival in Reading, a performance by Farida and the Iraqi Maqam Ensemble. Iraq has one of the richest of Arab classical music traditions, and Farida, a graduate of the Baghdad Music Institute, is acclaimed as one of its leading exponents.
Introduced by Lucy Duran.
16:00
6 August 2005 Mina Agossi
Helen Mayhew chats with French singer and songwriter Mina Agossi, whose minimalist approach to jazz has caused quite a storm on the UK circuit - as her new album demonstrates.
17:00
6 August 2005
With Geoffrey Smith. Request your favourite jazz cut by E mail: jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk
18:00
Rhythm 'n' Jews
Part 2 - The Hidden Light.
Rhythm 'n' Jews. The Hidden Light. 2/4: The series on the history of Jewish Klezmer music looks at the time it arrived in America and encounted jazz.
18:30
6 August 2005
As the rumbling of distant drums presages the opening of this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Kit and the Widow flick through the programme to suggest a few of the cabaret highlights on show this year.
19:30
Prom 31 Part Two
In their annual visit to the Proms, the talented young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform an all-English programme. There's an exotic showpiece for Orchestra by the Orchestra's Composer in Residence, and Tippett's set of dances in celebration of nature, followed by Elgar's grandiose first symphonic outing.
Presented by Tommy Pearson.
Paul Patterson: Orchestra on Parade (London premiere)
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage, Ritual Dances
Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
20:00
6 August 2005
The Magician's Wand: Peggy Reynolds investigates the connection between the magic wand and the conductor's baton, with the help of Kevin Jackson, Tanya Peixoto and Marina Warner.
20:20
Prom 31 Part Two
In their annual visit to the Proms, the talented young players of the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain perform an all-English programme. There's an exotic showpiece for Orchestra by the Orchestra's Composer in Residence, and Tippett's set of dances in celebration of nature, followed by Elgar's grandiose first symphonic outing.
Presented by Tommy Pearson.
Paul Patterson: Orchestra on Parade (London premiere)
Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage, Ritual Dances
Elgar: Symphony No 1 in A flat
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)
21:30
My Arm
This study of bloody-mindedness, modern art and how the things we do when we're ten stick with us for life is written and performed by Tim Crouch and features Owen Crouch within a specially created soundscape by Chris Dorley-Brown.
22:30
London Sinfonietta
Two London premieres performed by the London Sinfonietta act as an upbeat to tonight's focus on contemporary music.
Morgan Hayes: Dark Room
Mark van der Wiel (clarinet)
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
Silvina Milstein: Tigres Azules
Oliver Knussen (conductor)
23:00
Sligo Festival: Andrew Toovey
The focus is on composer and director Andrew Toovey and his ensemble Ixion, recorded in Sligo in April. Alongside pieces by Toovey, Ixion also plays music by Aldo Clementi, Michael Finnissy and Judith Weir.
Also there are two contemporary views of the viola: the world premiere of Andrew Toovey's Viola Concerto, commissioned by the BBC and performed by Lawrence Power with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Henrik Schaefer; and Diana Burrell's Viola Concerto played by Jane Atkins with the Northern Sinfonia conducted by John Lubbock.
01:00
6 August 2005
6 August 2005
With John Shea.
1.00am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 8, Symphony of a Thousand, for soloists, choruses and orchestra
Turid Karlsen, Toril Carlse, Mona Julsrud (soprano)
Randi Stene,Tone Kruse (alto)
Per Hakan Precht (tenor)
Jochen Kupfer (baritone)
Carsten Stabell (bass)
Oslo Philharmonic Choir,
Oslo Cathedral Youth Choir
Oslo Trinity Church Girls' Choir
Norwegian State Opera's Children's Choir
Norwegian State Academy of Music Choir and Symphony Orchestra
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Leif Segerstam (conductor)
2.25am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Partita for solo violin No 2 in Dm, BWV 1004
Sigiswald Kuijken (violin)
2.51am
Tchaikovsky, Peter Illych (1840-1893): The Seasons, for piano, Op 37b
Juhani Lagerspetz (piano)
3.34am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): String Quartet in G, Op 77, No 1
Australian String Quartet
3.59am
Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894): Espańa - rhapsody for orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Davis (conductor)
4.06am
Falla, Manuel de (1876-1946): Ritual fire dance - from 'El Amor brujo', arranged for piano
Natalya Pasichnyk (piano)
4.10am
Cassado, Gaspar (1897-1966): Requiebros for cello and piano
Il-Hwan Bai (male/cello)
Dai-Hyun Kim (male/piano)
4.15am
Plaza, Julián (b. 1928): Tango: Danzarin (Homenaje a la danza del tango)
Daniel Binelli (bandonéon)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)
4.21am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Aria from Rigoletto, Act 3: Cortigiani, vil razza
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.25am
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997): 8 Danses exotiques vers. for 2 pianos - No 1 Pambiche (Risoluto); No 2 Baiao (Con morbidezza); No 3 Nube gris (Allegrissimo); No 4 Merengue (Vivo con spirito); No 5 Mambo (Allegrissimo); No 6 Samba lente (Tranquillo); No 7 Malambeando (Vivo); No 8 Rock 'n' roll (Allegro)
László Baranyai, Jenö Jandó (piano)
4.35am
Smit, Leo (1900-1943): Concerto for piano & wind (1937)
Bart van de Roer (piano)
Netherlands Philhamonic Orchestra
Lucas Vis (conductor)
4.49am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1916): Sonata for cello and piano in Dm
Zara Nelsova (cello)
Grant Johannesen (piano)
5.00am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Legend No 4 in C (Molto maestoso) - from Legends, Op 59
orchestrated by the composer (originally for piano duet)
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Stefan Robl (conductor)
5.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791) arranged by Franz Danzi (1763-1826): Duos from Die Zauberflöte arranged for 2 cellos (Zum Ziele führt dich diese Bahn, Marsch der Priester, Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, Auftritt, Soll ich dich)
Duo Fouquet
Elizabeth Dolin, Guy Fouquet (cello)
5.16am
Foerster, Kaspar (1616-1673): Viri Israelite (dialogus de Juditha e Holoferne for chorus and instruments)
La Capella Ducale
Gundula Anders (soprano)
David Cordier (counter-tenor)
Wilfried Jochens (tenor)
Harry van der Kamp (bass)
Musica Fiata
Roland Wilson (director)
5.33am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Fantasie in Cm, Wq 63/6
Lorenzo Ghielmi (fortepiano - after Gottfried Silbermann - 1749)
5.37am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - overture, Op 26
The Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Takuo Yuasa (conductor)
5.50am
Leschetizky, Theodor (1830-1915): Andante Finale from Lucia di Lammermoor, arranged for piano for the left hand
Dennis Hennig (piano)
5.55am
Debussy, Claude (1862-1918): Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and strings
Eva Maros (harp)
orchestra and conductor not credited (probably Hungarian Radio Orchestra)
6.05am
Vierne, Louis (1870-1937): Cello Sonata in Bm, Op 27
Elizabeth Dolin (cello)
Carmen Picard (piano)
6.28am
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924): En pričre (song)
Dilber (soprano)
Ilkka Paananen (piano)
6.31am
Sibelius, Jean (1865-1957): Rakastava, Op 14 - suite for string orchestra
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)
6.44am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): 4 Songs for women's voices, 2 horns and harp, Op 17
Danish National Radio Choir
Leif Lind, Per McClelland Jacobsen (horn)
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