07:00
6 August 2006
Presented by Martin Handley.
Elgar: Harmony Music, No 2
Athena Ensemble
Chopin: Scherzo No 1 in Bm, Op20
Claudio Arrau (piano)
From 8.00am
Mozart: Regina coeli, K276
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (alto)
Uwe Heilmann (tenor)
Giles Cachemaille (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wien
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)
Respighi: The Birds
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Tamas Vasary (conductor)
09:00
6 August 2006
Rob Cowan introduces some surprises and treasures from his record collection. Regular features include The Innocent Ear, and Rob's recommendation for a Bargain Hunter CD. The programme includes:
Handel: Overture to Radamisto
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Karl Richter (conductor)
Mendelssohn: Andante with Variations in D
Marie-Claire Alain (organ)
Wagner: Die Frist ist um from The Flying Dutchman
Hermann Uhde (bass-baritone)
Bayreuth Festival Orchestra
Joseph Keilberth (conductor)
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in A, BWV 1055
Skip Sempé (harpsichord)
Capriccio Stravagante
Glazunov: From Darkness to Light
USSR Symphony Orchestra
Yevgeny Svetlanov (conductor)
Haydn: Symphony No 96 in D (Miracle)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Eduard van Beinum (conductor)
Mehldau: I love you, gentlest of ways
Renee Fleming (soprano)
Brad Mehldau (piano)
Delius: Piano Concerto
Clifford Curzon (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
John Pritchard (conductor)
Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 10 in Bm
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur from La Juive
Dimitri Tarkhov
Unnamed orchestra and conductor
Debussy: La Mer
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)
12:00
Sheila Hancock
Michael Berkeley's guest today is one of Britain's best-loved actresses. Sheila Hancock has starred in countless stage productions, films and comedy series for BBC TV and radio. Last year she published The Two of Us, a moving memoir of her marriage to the actor John Thaw. Her musical passions include piano concertos by Tchaikovsky, Ravel and Rachmaninov, chamber music by Beethoven, Elgar and Britten, and Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.
13:00
Portugese music of the 15th and 16th centuries - prog 2
Catherine Bott presents the second of two programmes devoted to the early music of Portugal. With music by the great keyboard master Carlos de Seixas, and contemporaries such as Antonio Teixeira and Joao de Sousa Carvalho, this programme highlights the patronage of the Braganca family in the lead-up to the great earthquake of 1755.
14:00
Heinrich Schiff and Martin Helmchen
Stephanie Hughes introduces a concert given at this year's Schwetzingen Festival by cellist Heinrich Schiff and BBC New Generation Artist Martin Helmchen.
Beethoven: Sonata No 1 in F, Op 5, No 1; Sonata No 4 in C, Op 102, No 1; Variations in F on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from Magic Flute Op 66; Sonata No 3 in A, Op 69
Heinrich Schiff (cello)
Martin Helmchen (piano)
15:30
Our Man in Vienna
Our Man in Vienna: Humphrey Burton presents the second of four programmes tracing the life and achievements of the founder of the Philharmonia Orchestra.
16:00
Prom 31 - Organ Music
The recently restored Father Willis organ is put through its paces by leading British organist David Goode, playing an eclectic variety of organ music including works by both of this year's Proms anniversary composers, plus those of Glière and Glazunov. Written for Bach's centenary year, Liszt's magnificent Fantasia and Fugue on a theme from Meyerbeer's opera Le Prophète is prefaced by chorale preludes by Bach himself and Georg Böhm, whose music was an early influence on Bach's style.
Presented by Martin Handley live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Mozart: Fantasia in Fm for mechanical organ, K608
Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Credo; The Cathedral Service
Glière: Fugue on a Russian Christmas Song
Glazunov: Fantasy, Op 110
Böhm: Chorale Prelude on Vater unser im Himmelreich
JS Bach: Chorale Prelude on Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 678
Liszt: Fantasia and Fugue on Ad nos, ad salutarem undam
David Goode (organ)
17:40
Mrs Warren's Profession by Bernard Shaw
Mrs Warren's Profession: By Bernard Shaw. The issue of Victorian prostitution and double standards are examined in dramatic form. With Diana Quick and Claire Skinner.
Mrs Warren's Profession
By Bernard Shaw
The issue of Victorian prostitution and double standards are examined in dramatic form as Mrs Warren reveals to her daughter the source of her income and admits her daughter's own parentage.
Having completed her studies at Cambridge, Vivie Warren intends to become a lawyer. She has two suitors, Frank Gardiner, the son of the local rector and an older man-about-town, Sir George Croft. She is shocked when her mother reveals that the source of the family income is from European brothels, and that Croft is involved in the business. Vivie rejects Croft, who reveals that she cannot marry Frank Gardiner because he is her half-brother. Vivie rejects her mother and pursues an independent life.
This is an important play - effectively banned by the Royal Chamberlain for 30 years because of its subject matter. It still raises issues of morality and fair trade, as well as the role of women in the workplace.
Mrs Warren ...... Diana Quick
Vivie ...... Claire Skinner
Frank Gardner ...... Scott Handy
Sir George Croft ...... Geoffrey Whitehead
Praed ...... John Rowe
Rev Samuel Gardner ...... Roger Hammond
Adapted and directed by John Tydeman
Produced by Nicolas Soames
19:30
Prom 32 - Part 1
Inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Julian Anderson's new Proms commission is a non-religious work with purely orchestral movements framing a setting of sections from the Latin Mass, together with other texts in Latin and English. The mezzo part was especially written for tonight's soloist, whose versatility and depth of the sound the composer has always admired.
Presented by Penny Gore live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Julian Anderson: Heaven is Shy of Earth (BBC commission; world premiere)
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
20:05
Do My Ears Deceive Me?
To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of George Bernard Shaw, William Crawley explores Shaw's Dublin, including a visit to the National Gallery of Ireland, the home of Shaw's early education.
In the late 1950s, Shaw left a third of his posthumous royalties to the gallery which has helped enhance its art collection as well as the building of the gallery's millennium wing.
20:25
Prom 32 - Part 2
Ravel's idyllic evocation of 'the Greece of my dreams' created a distinctly French work for Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes.
Presented by Penny Gore live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Ravel: Daphnis and Chloë
Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo soprano)
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor)
21:45
The Poet Who Lost His Head - Francis Petrarch
Introduced by Kevin Jackson, with readings by Derek Jacobi.
Francis Petrarch - first of the modern poets laureate - established the language for European love poetry with his sonnets to Laura. He has also been dubbed the first Humanist, the first mountaineer and a Romantic ahead of his time.
Germaine Greer, Clive James, Nicholas Mann and others reflect on his enduring influence, while the pathologist in charge of the recent exhumation of Petrarch's bones reveals some bizarre findings.
22:30
On Location In Algeria - prog 1
Torn apart by civil war, Algeria has been off limits for many years. With the situation improving, Andy presents two special on-location programmes, including sessions recorded all over this vast and diverse country. This week he goes to the heart of Rai music in the port town of Oran, visits the famous Kasbah in Algiers and attends a circumcision ceremony in a disused bowling alley.
00:00
Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
St Petersburg
Although he lived in America for almost 30 years, Igor Stravinsky referred to the loss of his homeland Russia and its language as the greatest crisis in his life as a composer. Donald Macleod examines the impact of his exile from Russia and the music his homeland inspired.
Scherzo a la russe
Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
David Atherton (conductor)
Petrushka: 1st tableau
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)
Three Songs, Recollections of my Childhood
Phyllis Bryn Julson (soprano)
Ensemble InterContemporain
Pierre Boulez (conductor)
Sonata in F sharp minor, 2nd movement
Martin Jones (piano)
The Firebird, suite
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)
01:00
6 August 2006
6 August 2006
With Louise Fryer.
1.00am
La folle journée de Nantes 2006
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Cantata 'Liebster Gott, wann werd' ich sterben?', BWV 8
1.21am
Cantata 'Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot', BWV 39
Aurélia Legat (soprano)
Guillemette Laurens (contralto)
Marc Molomot (tenor)
Alain Buet (bass)
Nantes Stradivaria Vocal Ensemble
Paul Colléaux (conductor)
1.45am
Boulogne, Joseph - Chevalier de Saint-Georges (c.1748-1799): Concerto in D, Op 3, No 1
Linda Melsted (violin)
Tafelmusik Orchestra
Jeanne Lamon (conductor)
2.07am
Tulindberg, Erik (1761-1814): String Quartet No 3 in C
Ostrobothnian Quartet
2.28am
Hannikainen, Ilmari (1892-1955): At a Fountain
Lissa Pohjola (piano)
2.35am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 8
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Manfred Honeck (conductor)
4.00am
Hubay, Jenö (1858-1937): Violin Solo from The Violin Maker of Cremona
Ferenc Szecsódi (violin)
István Kassai (piano)
4.04am
Sweelinck, Jan Pieterszoon (1562-1621): Psalm 23 - from the Thysius Lute Book; Volte from The Edward Herbert Lute Book
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)
4.10am
Schuyt, Cornelis (1557-1616): Voi bramate, ben mio
Netherlands Chamber Choir
Paul van Nevel (conductor)
4.15am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Kirchen-Sonate No 13 in C, K328
Netherlands Radio Philharmonic
Kent Nagano (conductor)
4.20am
Bach, Johann Christian (1735-1782): Quintet in F for flute, oboe, violin, viola and continuo, Op 11, No 3
Les Adieux
4.29am
Liszt, Franz (1811-1886): Gnomenreigen from Two Concert studies for piano, S145
Lana Genc (piano)
4.33am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937), arr. Bernard Gillet: Pièce en forme de habanera
Roger Cole (oboe)
Linda Lee Thomas (piano)
4.37am
Sor, Fernando (1778-1839): Fantaisie et variations brillantes sur 2 airs favoris connus in Em for guitar, Op 30 (Fantasia No 7)
Tomaz Rajteric (guitar)
4.52am
Bartók, Béla (1881-1945) arr. Arthur Willner: Romanian folk dances from Sz56
I Cameristi Italiani
5.00am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Peeter Lilje (conductor)
5.12am
Groneman, Johannes Fredericus (1710-1778): Flute Sonata in G
Jed Wentz (flute)
Balazs Mate (cello)
Marcelo Bussi (harpsichord)
5.24am
Weelkes, Thomas (1576-1623): When David Heard, O My Son Absalom!
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (director)
5.29am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Symphony No 3 in D, D200
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Olaf Henzold (conductor)
5.54am
Gabrieli, Andrea (c.1533-1586): Ricercar settimo tono
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)
6.01am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture to Paria, opera in 3 acts
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
6.11am
Milhaud, Darius (1892-1974): Scaramouche
James Anagnoson and Leslie Kinton (piano)
6.21am
Rebel, Jean-Féry (c.1666-1747): Les élémens
Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Roy Goodman (conductor)
6.46am
Allegri, Gregorio (1582-1652): Miserere mei Deus, Psalm 51
Camerata Silesia
Anna Szostak (conductor)
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