07:00
26 July 2006
Presented by Sandy Burnett.
Saint-Saëns: Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs, Op 79
William Bennett (flute)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
James Campbell (clarinet)
Julius Drake (piano)
Shostakovich: Festival Overture, Op 96
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor)
Gershwin, arr Heifetz: Three Preludes
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
John Novacek (piano)
From 8.30am
Chabrier: Suite Pastorale
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Paul Paray (conductor)
Mozart: Flute Quartet in G, K285a
Carol Wincenc (flute)
Members of the Emerson Quartet
Vivaldi: Nulla in mundo pax, RV 630
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Simon Preston (director)
10:00
26 July 2006
With Jonathan Swain.
Bach: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue in Dm, BWV 903
Claudio Arrau (piano)
Rathgeber: Die Bettelzech
Udo Wildenblanck (treble)
Lisabeth Montini (contralto)
Willi Brokmeier (tenor)
Gottlob Frick (bass)
Munich Instrumental Soloists
Fritz Neumeyer (harpsichord)
Martin: Cello Concerto
Pierre Fournier (cello)
Suisse Romande Orchestra
Ernest Ansermet (conductor)
Francaix: Divertissement for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon
Melos Ensemble
Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann, Act I, excerpt
Van Bett ...... Gottlob Frick (bass)
Staatskapelle Dresden
Robert Heger (conductor)
Schumann: Faschingsschwank aus Wien
Yves Nat (Piano)
Strauss: Metamorphosen
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
12:00
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
3/5. Five First Nights - Madama Butterfly
Donald Macleod recreates the premieres of five different Puccini operas.
On 17th February 1904, Madama Butterfly had its eagerly awaited premiere at La Scala, with Rosina Storchio in the title role. But circumstances conspired to make this occasion one of the most notorious flops in operatic history.
Act I: Gran ventura/Ed eccoci in famiglia/Vogliatemi bene
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Un bel di vedremo
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: E questo? E questo?
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Addio, fiorito asil
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Con onor muore
Pinkerton ...... Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
12:00
Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
3/5. Five First Nights - Madama Butterfly
Donald Macleod recreates the premieres of five different Puccini operas.
On 17th February 1904, Madama Butterfly had its eagerly awaited premiere at La Scala, with Rosina Storchio in the title role. But circumstances conspired to make this occasion one of the most notorious flops in operatic history.
Act I: Gran ventura/Ed eccoci in famiglia/Vogliatemi bene
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Un bel di vedremo
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: E questo? E questo?
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Coro a bocca chiusa (Humming Chorus)
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Addio, fiorito asil
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Act II: Con onor muore
Pinkerton ...... Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
La Scala Chorus
Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Milan
Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
13:00
Postcards from Vienna
Programme 2
Stephanie Hughes introduces this concert from the City of London Festival celebrating piano duets written in, and inspired by, the city of Vienna. This concert comes from St Mary-le-Bow.
Mozart: Andante with Variations, K501
Schubert: Trois Marches Militaires, D733
Brahms: Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52, selection
Ravel: La Valse (arr. Lucien Garban)
Strauss: Künstlerleben (arr. Moore)
Simon Crawford-Phillips (piano)
Philip Moore (piano)
14:00
Prom 13
Another chance to hear Sunday's Prom. There's an Italian flavour to the music of Elgar's sunny overture, and rich drama in Walton's biblical choral epic, while Bliss explores the relationship between music and colours in his bold and iridescent score.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.
Elgar: In the South, Alassio
Bliss: A Colour Symphony
Walton: Belshazzar's Feast
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone)
BBC National Chorus of Wales
London Symphony Chorus
Cor Caerdydd
London Brass
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Richard Hickox (conductor)
16:00
Live from Buckfast Abbey
Live from Buckfast Abbey during the 2006 Exon Singers Festival.
Introit: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Unto the Hills (David Briggs) First performance
Responses: Plainsong
Office Hymn: Creator of the Earth and Sky (Deus creator)
Psalms: 122, 123, 124, 125 (plainsong)
First Lesson: Genesis 12 vv1-9
Anthem: Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars (Jonathan Dove)
Second Lesson: Hebrews 11 vv8-16a
Homily: Canon Jeremy Davies
Canticle: Magnificat (plainsong)
Anthem: Hymne à la Vierge (Villette)
Final Hymn: Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow (Rustington)
Organ Voluntary: Improvisation (David Briggs)
Matthew Owens (conductor)
David Briggs (organist)
17:00
26 July 2006
Sean Rafferty is joined by French pianist Helene Grimaud who performs at the BBC Proms tomorrow. Plus Daniel Slater, director of Glyndebourne's new production of Prokofiev. Email: in.tune@bbc.co.uk
19:00
Prom 16 Part 1
Dazzling young American violinist Leila Josefowicz returns to the Proms with Shostakovich's haunting yet searingly virtuosic concerto. The influence of Brahms can be heard in Webern's youthful Passacaglia while Brahms' final symphony was the culmination of a lifetime of struggle with symphonic form.
Presented by Sandy Burnett live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Webern: Passacaglia, Op 1
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No 1 in Am
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
19:55
Homer in a Dudley Accent
Louis MacNeice lived in Birmingham in the early 1930s, teaching Classics at the university. Despite his ambivalent relationship with the city, the years he spent there were to prove critical in both his personal and poetic life. The poet Paul Farley goes in search of MacNeice's 'hazy city'.
20:15
Prom 16 Part 2
Presented by Sandy Burnett live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The concert climaxes with Brahms' final Symphony which for him was the culmination of a lifetime of struggle with the symphonic form.
Brahms: Symphony No 4
Leila Josefowicz (violin)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
21:30
Paul Sacher - The Man who Made 20th Century Music
Paul Sacher - The Man who Made 20th Century Music: Richard Morrison profiles the benefactor who used his wealth to commission over 200 pieces and conduct many premieres.
22:15
Prom 17
The Great Venetians are celebrated tonight with a cross-selection of sacred and secular music from the high water mark of Venice's musical history. A mosaic of motets, psalm settings and canticles, with performers placed around the Royal Albert Hall to recreate the spatial splendour of the Basilica of St Mark's.
Presented by Sara Mohr-Pietsch live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata XIII a 8 (1615)
Monteverdi: Kyrie - Gloria from Messa a 4 voci (1650)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Plaudite, psallite a 12 (1597)
Grandi: Plorabo die ac nocte a 4 (1616)
Rigatti: Dixit Dominus a 8 (1640)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Sonata XVIII a 14 (1615)
Monteverdi: Credo from Messa a 4 voci (1650)
Grandi: O beata Virgo a 3 (1613)
Cavalli: Salve Regina a 4 (1656)
Monteverdi: Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei from Messa a 4 voci (1650)
Rigatti: Magnificat a 7 (1640)
Giovanni Gabrieli: Dulcis Jesu - Sonata con voce a 20
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Monteverdi Choir
English Baroque Soloists
Sir John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
23:45
Patrick Wedd plays music by Healey Willan
3/8. Patrick Wedd plays music by Healey Willan.
00:00
Samuel Barber (1910-1981)
Part Four
By the time Barber reached the age of 40, he was in constant demand, both as composer and conductor.
He was invited to London to record his cello concerto with the soloist Zara Nelsova. Donald Macleod introduces the final movement from that vintage recording, plus two commissions - one to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the League of Composers and the other a chamber piece for the principals of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Sonata for Piano, Op 26, in E flat m
John Browning (piano)
Concerto for cello and orchestra, Op 22
Zara Nelsova (cello)
New Symphony Strings
Samuel Barber (conductor)
Hermit songs for voice and piano, Op 29, No 8, The Monk and his Cat
Leontyne Price (soprano)
Samuel Barber (piano)
Summer Music for wind quintet
Michael Thompson Wind Quintet
Prayers of Kierkegaard for soprano, choir and orchestra, Op 30
Chicago Symphony Chorus
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Andres Schenk (conductor)
01:00
26 July 2006
26 July 2006
With John Shea.
1.00am
Sviatoslav Richter
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Sonata for piano No 17 in Dm, Op 31, No 2, 'Tempest'
1.25am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Impromptu in G flat, D899, No 3; Impromptu in A flat, D899, No 4
1.40am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Fantasy for piano in C 'Wandererfantasie', D760
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
2.01am
Biber, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von (1644-1704): Missa Alleluja, a36
Gradus ad Parnassum
Concerto Palatino
Choral scholars from Wiener Hofburgkapelle/Konrad Junghänel
2.38am
Weiss, Silvius Leopold (1686-1750): Partita in Dm
Hopkinson Smith (baroque lute)
2.53am
Stenhammar, Wilhelm (1871-1927): Fantasia in Bm, Op 11, No 3
Wilhelm Stenhammar (piano)
2.58am
Norman, Ludvig (1831-1885): Sextet for piano, 2 violins, viola, violincello and double bass in Am, Op 29
Bengt-Åke Lundin (piano)
Uppsala Chamber Soloists
3.30am
Elsner, Józef Antoni Franciszek (1769-1854): Rondo à la mazurka in C
Urszula Bartkiewicz (harpsichord)
3.34am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 40 in Gm, K550
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra in Katowice/Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
4.03am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): 8 Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano', Wo028
Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe)
Ja-Eun Ku (piano)
4.12am
Borodin, Alexander (1833-1887), orch. Malcolm Sargent: Notturno, Andante, from String Quartet No 2 in D
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra/Bramwell Tovey
4.21am
Vivaldi, Antonio (1678-1741): Concerto in Dm for strings and basso continuo, RV 128
Arte dei Suonatori/Eduardo Lopez
4.27am
Bach, Heinrich (1615-1692): Ich danke dir, Gott - cantata
Musica Antiqua Köln
Rheinische Kantorei/Reinhard Goebel
4.33am
Scarlatti, Domenico (1685-1757): Sonata IX in Dm, K9
Wolfgang Brunner (fortepiano)
4.37am
Boccherini, Luigi (1743-1805): Minuet for Strings
Varazdin Chamber Orchestra
David Geringas (conductor)
4.42am
Obrecht, Jacob (1450-1505): Salve Regina
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)
4.47am
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883): Overture: The Flying Dutchman
BBC Philharmonic
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
5.00am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, Op 129
Barbara Hendricks (soprano)
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Martin Fröst (clarinet)
5.11am
Neefe, Christian G (1748-1798): Keyboard Concerto in G
Christine Schornsheim (fortepiano)
Michael Niesemann (oboe)
Neue Düsseldorfer Hofsmusik
5.33am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Tragic Overture, Op 81
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard (conductor)
5.46am
Handel, Georg Friedrich (1685-1759): Alceste: Gentle Morpheus, Son of Night
Emma Kirkby (soprano)
Academy of Ancient Music
Andrew Manze (director)
5.56am
Pipkov, Lyubomir (1904-1974): Sleep, My Damiancho, Sleep
Violeta Sartsanova (soloist)
Sofia Chamber Choir
Vassil Arnaudov (conductor)
6.01am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Mazurka in Am, Op 17, No 4
Jane Coop (piano)
6.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Agnus Dei from the Missa Brevis in B flat, K275
Lucy Crowe (soprano)
Susan Atherton (alto)
Edward Lyon (tenor)
Christopher Adams (bass)
Royal Academy of Music Chamber Choir
Royal Academy of Music Becket Ensemble
Patrick Russill (conductor)
6.12am
Verdi, Giuseppe (1813-1901): Giovanna D'Arco - Sinfonia
Canadian Opera Company Orchestra
Richard Bradshaw (conductor)
6.20am
Elgar, Edward (1857-1934): Serenade for string orchestra, Op 20 in Em
BBC Concert Orchestra
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
6.32am
Dowland, John (1563-1626): Mr Dowland's Midnight
Manuel Calderon (guitar)
6.35am
Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958): Rest - Partsong for 5 voices
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
6.39am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Träumerei from 'Kinderszenen', Op 15
Jane Coop (piano)
6.42am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Mother Goose Suite
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Oramo (conductor)
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