07:00
Rob Cowan
Including from 7.00am
Korngold: The Sea Hawk
The Oregon Symphony
James DePreist (conductor)
Telemann: Sonata in E minor for oboe and continuo (Essercizii Musici)
Sarah Francis (oboe)
London Harpsichord Ensemble
Ernesto Nazareth: Nenê (Baby)
Iara Behs (piano)
From 8.30am
Narvaez: Tercero Tono
Pablo Marquez (guitar)
Haydn: Piano Sonata No 58 in C
Andras Schiff (piano)
Mussorgsky: A Night on Bald Mountain
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner (conductor)
10:00
16 July 2007
With Sarah Walker.
10.00am
Rameau: Overture (Platee)
Les Talens Lyriques
Christophe Rousset (conductor)
OISEAU-LYRE 455 293 2
10.05am
Beethoven: Twelve Contredanses
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Neville Marriner (conductor)
PHILIPS 438 706 2 (2 CDs)
10.19am
Tippett: The Heart's Assurance
Philip Langridge (tenor)
John Constable (piano)
DECCA 475 717 2 (2 CDs)
10.36am
Cage: Amores
Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
Amadinda
HUNGAROTON HCD 12991
10.47am
Shostakovich: Quartet No 9 in E flat, Op 117
Borodin Quartet
MELODIYA 7432 1407152
11.15am
Szymanowski: Five Mazurkas, Op 50 Nos 6-10
Marc-Andre Hamelin (piano)
HYPERION CDA 67399
11.29am
Rossini, orch. Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque
Boston Pops Orchestra
Arthur Fiedler (conductor)
RCA 09026618472
12:00
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
The Russia of the Tsars
Donald Macleod begins his survey of Sergei Prokofiev with his childhood years, which were spent on a vast estate in the agricultural region of Ukraine. It was through his mother, an accomplished pianist, that Prokofiev first developed an interest in music.
Winter Bonfire, Op 122 (excerpt 1st mvt)
Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Jose Serebrier (conductor)
Vivo
Frederic Chiu (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1
Evgeny Kissin (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
The Ugly Duckling
Carole Farley (soprano)
Roger Vignoles (piano)
The Alien God and the Dance of the Evil Spirits from Scythian
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
Classical Symphony, Op 25
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Claudio Abbado (conductor)
13:00
BBC Proms
Presented by Fiona Talkington.
1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert
BBC Proms Chamber Music
Live from London's Cadogan Hall, Christopher Cook presents mezzo-soprano Alice Coote, who revisits the poignant song cycle specially composed for her by Judith Weir, a series of fleeting conversations between humans and birds. This is set in the context of music by earlier generations of lyrical English song composers.
Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
Including Judith Weir's The Voice of Desire, Britten's A Charm of Lullabies, plus songs by Quilter, Vaughan Williams, Gurney and Stanford.
2.00pm BBC Proms 2007
Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra launch the 113th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts, broadcast last Friday from London's Royal Albert Hall. Presented by Petroc Trelawny.
Paul Watkins (cello)
Maria Haan (soprano)
Patricia Bardon (mezzo-soprano)
Paul Groves (tenor)
Rene Pape (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus
BBC Symphony Chorus and Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Walton: Portsmouth Point Overture
Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
Beethoven: Symphony No 9 in D minor (Choral)
4.00pm From Wigmore Hall, London
Swedish soprano Miah Persson with pianist Mattias Bohm.
Schuman: Widmung 1; Der Himmel hat eine Trane geweint; Volksliedchen; Schneeglockchen
Clara Schumann: Er ist gekommen; Liebst du um Schonheit; Warum willst du andre fragen; Lorelei
Sibelius: Den forsta kyssen; Var det en drom?; Varen flyktar hastigt; Sav, sav susa; Flickan kom ifan sin alsklings mote
Strauss: Standchen; Ich schwebe; Schlagende Herzen; Morgen; Zueignung
17:00
16 July 2007
Orli Shaham joins Sean Rafferty live in the studio ahead of her performance with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the Proms.
Professor Davitt Moroney and conductor Peter Philips talk about the recently discovered Striggio Mass ahead of its first performance in modern times at the Proms this week; and conductor Douglas Boyd also chats to Sean about his work with the Manchester Camerata as they perform at the Barbican.
19:30
Prom 4 Part 1
Presented by Penny Gore live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The Santa Cecilia Foundation is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, and until his death in 2003, Luciano Berio was the foundation's chairman. Poignantly, in this concert Santa Cecilia forces bring his Sinfonia back home to the Proms where it received its first performance in 1969, with the Swingle Singers reprising the vocal part that was created for them.
Swingle Singers
Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Berio: Sinfonia
20:05
Antonio Pappano
Tom Service talks to tonight's Proms conductor Antonio Pappano about what it means to be the musical director of the orchestra and an active academician of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome.
20:25
Prom 4 Part 2
In the second half of tonight's Prom, Antonio Pappano conducts Rossini's large-scale operatic setting of the Stabat mater with a cast of fine young soloists.
Janice Watson (soprano)
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano)
Colin Lee (tenor)
Ildar Abdrazakov (bass)
Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome
Antonio Pappano (conductor)
Rossini: Stabat mater
21:45
Kurt Masur
Norman Lebrecht in conversation with the conductor Kurt Masur, who celebrates his 80th birthday this Wednesday.
In an in-depth interview, Masur talks about his 26 years as director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in former East Germany and the impact of the fall of the Berlin Wall, his stormy 11 years at the New York Philharmonic and his current role in Paris as conductor of the French National Orchestra.
22:30
Antonio Pappano
With Ian Skelly.
A sequence of music with a featured Proms performer leading the way. After his performance in this evening's Prom, we hear Antonio Pappano conducting his other orchestra, the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, in Wagner's Siegfried's Funeral March.
23:00
Life, But Not As We Know It
A biologist, a writer and a philosopher each explore their fascination with the notion of extraterrestrial intelligence and what such a discovery could mean for the future of humanity.
1/3. Biologist Jack Cohen on why the discovery of aliens would change our view of biology, evolution and organised religion.
23:15
Kekele
Lucy Duran sits in for Andy with a global mix of music.
01:00
16 July 2007
16 July 2007
With Jonathan Swain.
1.00am
A concert recorded as part of La Folle Journee de Nantes.
Dvorak, Antonin (1841-1904): Trio for piano and strings No 1 in B flat; Trio for piano and strings No 4 (Dumky); Humoresque in G flat, Op 101 No 7
Guarneri Trio
2.03am
Bruckner, Anton (1824-1896): Symphony No 7 in E
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Simone Young (conductor)
3.12am
Handel, Georg Frideric (1685-1759): Ode for St Cecilia's day
Birgitte Christensen (soprano)
Ulf Oyen (tenor)
The oratory choir Caeciliaforeningen
Norwegian National Opera Choir and Orchestra
Arnulv Hegstad (conductor)
4.04am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): Overture (Paria)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Antoni Wit (conductor)
4.14am
Tailleferre, Germaine (1892-1983): Sonata for harp
Godelieve Schrama (harp)
4.24am
Massenet, Jules (1842-1912): Voilà donc la terrible cité! (Thais)
Allan Monk (baritone)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)
4.28am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata in F sharp, Op 78
Ernst von Dohnányi (piano)
4.38am
Schoenberg, Arnold (1874-1951): Friede auf Erden for chorus, Op 13
Erik Westbergs Vocal Ensemble
4.48am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emmanuel (1714-1788): Sinfonia No 2 in B flat
Camerata Bern
5.00am
Wolf, Hugo (1860-1903): Italian Serenade for string quartet
Ljubljana String Quartet
5.08am
Moniuszko, Stanislaw (1819-1872): 4 Choral Songs
Polish Radio Choir
Marek Kluza (director)
5.16am
Jommelli, Nicolo (1714-1774): Sonata in D
Camerata Tallin
5.26am
Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich (1804-1857): Symphony on two Russian themes
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Ondrej Lenard (conductor)
5.40am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Variations on a Theme by Clara Wieck
Angela Cheng (piano)
5.48am
Auric, Georges (1899-1983): The Titfield Thunderbolt Suite
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba (conductor)
5.53am
Poulenc, Francis (1899-1963): Les Biches Suite
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink (conductor)
6.14am
Copland, Aaron (1900-1990): Danzon Cubano
Aglika Genova, Liuben Dimitrov (piano)
6.20am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Cello Concerto in C
Steven Isserlis (cello)
Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra
Jean Fournet (conductor)
6.47am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Divertimento in E flat, K166
Bratislavska Komorna Harmonia
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