07:00
28 July 2007
From 7.00am
Corelli: Concerto grosso in C minor, Op 6, No 3
Europa Galante
Fabio Biondi (director)
Faure: L'horizon chimerique
Christopher Maltman (baritone)
Graham Johnson (piano)
From 8.00am
Tippett: Little Music
Guildhall String Ensemble
Robert Salter (director)
Bizet: Carmen Suite No 1
French National Radio Orchestra
Thomas Beecham (conductor)
09:00
28 July 2007
Andrew McGregor introduces the latest releases and looks at some of the CDs of the past season chosen by the CD Review critics and listeners.
Including from 9.05am:
Magnus Lindberg: Steamboat Bill Jr
Kari Krikku (clarinet)
Anssi Karttunen (cello)
Morten Lauridsen: Les chansons des roses to poems by Rainer Maria Rilke (excerpts)
Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)
Highlights from Skip Sempe's Pandora's Box CD including Scarlatti Sonatas and Pancrace Royer's La Marche des Scythes.
From 9.45am
Mozart: Final Ballet (Idomeneo)
Les Musiciens du Louvre
Marc Minkowski (conductor)
Mozart: Piano Trio in G, K496
Florestan Trio
10.15am
An extended look at two recent recordings of rarities by Frank Martin. One from the late 1930s, based on the Tristan story and the other, from a decade later, after a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.
Martin: Le Vin Herbe
Sandrine Piau (soprano)
Steve Davislim (tenor)
Jutta Bohnert (soprano)
RIAS Chamber Choir
Scharoun-Ensemble
Daniel Reuss (conductor)
Martin: The Song of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke
Christianne Stotijn (contralto)
Orchestra of the Musikkollegium Winterthur, College Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
11.15am
Disc of the Week: George Tsontakis: Man of Sorrows
Stephen Hough (piano)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)
12:00
James Ehnes and Eduard Laurel
Another chance to hear last Monday's lunchtime Proms Chamber concert given at Cadogan Hall, London, and presented by Sara-Mohr Pietsch. Canadian violinist James Ehnes and his regular duo partner pianist Eduard Laurel perform a programme including an exciting new work and Elgar's profound Sonata, a work written towards the end of the First World War at Elgar's country retreat in Suffolk - music that is both valedictory and forward-looking.
James Ehnes (violin)
Eduard Laurel (piano)
Mozart: Violin Sonata in E minor, K304
Aaron Jay Kernis: Two Movements, with Bells (BBC commission; world premiere)
Elgar: Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82
13:00
Lucy Duran at Womad
Lucy Duran visits the WOMAD festival. With live music by Polish folkies Warsaw Village Band and Belgian musical hybrid Jaune Toujours.
14:00
Brass Day - Bingham, Monteverdi and Grillo
Presented live from the Royal Albert Hall by Petroc Trelawny.
The Proms devotes a whole day to all things brass, in what promises to be one of the most joyous events of the season. The first concert ranges widely across the brass world: from Uzbek trumpeters and two of the most famous brass bands from the north of England, to early music sagbutts and cornets and a specially commissioned fanfare from Judith Bingham.
Bingham: Ziggurat Fanfare
Monteverdi: Toccata (Orfeo)
Gabrieli: Sonata pian' e forte
Grillo: Canzon Terza (Sacri concentus ac symphoniae, Venice 1618)
Mark Lee (organ)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Musicians from Uzbekistan
Black Dyke Mills Band
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Nicholas Childs, Allan Withington (conductors)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic
Musicians from Royal Northern College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire
Hakan Hardenberger, Andre de Ridder (conductors)
Plus traditional music from Uzbekistan.
14:40
Where There's Muck
Lynn Walker explores the world of brass bands in contemporary Britain.
Despite the decline of Britain's manufacturing and mining industries from which they sprang, do brass bands still have a part to play in high quality music-making? Contributors include composer Philip Wilby, whose Dove Descending will be heard during the Proms Brass Day.
15:00
Brass Day - V-Williams, Henze and Wilby
The Proms celebration of all things brass continues, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
Mark Lee (organ)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Musicians from Uzbekistan
Black Dyke Mills Band
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Nicholas Childs, Allan Withington (conductors)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic
Musicians from Royal Northern College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire
Hakan Hardenberger, Andre de Ridder (conductors)
Vaughan Williams: Overture (Henry V)
Hans Werner Henze: Ragtimes and Habaneras
Wilfred Heaton: Toccata (Oh the Blessed Lord)
Philip Wilby: Dove Descending
Elgar: Severn Suite
16:25
The Great British Summertime
2007 marks the centenary of William Willet's pamphlet The Waste of Daylight, which paved the way for the introduction of British Summer Time. Richard Foster takes a light-hearted look at energy saving and the great British summer.
16:45
Brass Day - Pictures at an Exhibition
Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London. The Proms celebration of all things brass concludes with a performance of Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, arranged by Elgar Howarth.
Mark Lee (organ)
His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts
Musicians from Uzbekistan
Black Dyke Mills Band
Grimethorpe Colliery Band
Nicholas Childs, Allan Withington (conductors)
Members of the BBC Philharmonic
Musicians from Royal Northern College of Music and Birmingham Conservatoire
Hakan Hardenberger, Andre de Ridder (conductors)
Mussorgsky, arr. Howard: Pictures at an Exhibition
17:30
Kenny Garrett and his Quartet
Julian Joseph presents American saxophonist Kenny Garrett in concert with his Quartet, recorded in Glasgow's Old Fruitmarket as part of the Glasgow International Jazz Festival.
18:30
28 July 2007
Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.
19:30
Brass Day - Schumann, Bingham and Gruber
Presented by Petroc Trelawny, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.
The second of today's Proms dedicated to the brass section opens with a second realisation of Judith Bingham's fanfare, followed by a rare outing for Schumann's virtuosic piece for horns and orchestra and HK Gruber's 1999 Proms commission that spotlights the trumpets (and cow horn).
David Pyatt, Michael Thompson, Martin Owen, Cormac O'Haodain (horns)
Hakan Hardenberger, Jamie Prophet (trumpets)
The Fanfare Trumpets of the Band of the Coldstream Guards
Massed brass players from the RNCM, Birmingham Conservatoire, London and South East England
Musicians from Uzbekistan
BBC Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras, Andre de Ridder, Peter Wiegold (conductors)
Judith Bingham: Ziggurat Fanfare
Schumann: Konzertstuck
HK Gruber: Aerial
20:20
Proms Talk with Petroc Trelawny
Proms Talk: Petroc Trelawny goes behind the scenes of tonight's Prom and talks to some of the participants.
20:40
Brass Day - Weigold and Janacek
The second half of tonight's Prom concludes with the premiere of Peter Wiegold's BBC commission He is armoured without, and Janacek's life-affirming Sinfonietta.
David Pyatt, Michael Thompson, Martin Owen, Cormac O'Haodain (horns)
Hakan Hardenberger, Jamie Prophet (trumpets)
The Fanfare Trumpets of the Band of the Coldstream Guards
Massed brass players from the RNCM, Birmingham Conservatoire, London and South East England
Musicians from Uzbekistan
BBC Philharmonic
Charles Mackerras, Andre de Ridder, Peter Wiegold (conductors)
Peter Wiegold: He is armoured without (BBC commission; world premiere)
Janacek: Sinfonietta
21:30
Communicating Underwater
Lisa Walker is a classically trained musician who has taken her music out onto Pacific waters to collaborate with musicians of the underwater world - humpback whales.
Combining Lisa's music with her journey into scientific exploration of the whales' song, the programme dives into the haunting yet magical underwater musical world of the humpback whale.
22:00
Festival Highlights
More live sets and recorded highlights from the WOMAD festival at Charlton Park, Wiltshire.
Andrew McGregor and Verity Sharp introduce Massoukos from Mozambique on the Open Air Stage and American gospel star Candi Staton and Guinean kora virtuoso N'Faly Kouyate from the Siam Tent. Fiona Talkington introduces a set by Norwegian Saami singer Mari Boine, live from the Radio 3 stage.
00:00
Shakespeare and Music in the Time of Henry Purcell
Actor Simon Russell Beale explores the world of the Restoration theatre, sharing his insights into the plots and characters in musical settings of Shakespeare's plays by Purcell and his contemporaries.
Music includes examples from Richard II, Timon of Athens, The Tempest and The Fairy Queen.
01:00
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28 July 2007
Susan Sharpe introduces music, beginning with a concert recorded in February in Oslo, Norway.
1.01am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Overture (Don Giovanni)
1.08am
Scarlatti, Alessandro (1660-1725): Sinfonia amore, pace e providenza
1.12am
Tartini, Giuseppe (1692-1770): Violin Concerto in D, D28
1.29am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 36 in C, K425 (Linz)
Stavanger Symphony Orchestra
Fabio Biondi (conductor)
2.00am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Il Tramonto - poemetto lirico
Andrea Trebnik (soprano)
Borromeo String Quartet
Nicholas Kitchen, Ruggero Allifranchini (violins)
Hsin-Yun Haeng (viola)
Yeesun Kim (cello)
2.16am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Selected Lyric Pieces
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
2.33am
Holst, Gustav (1874-1934): The Planets, Op 32
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
New London Chamber Choir
Martyn Brabbins (conductor)
3.24am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): String Quartet in E flat, Op 74 (Harp)
Oslo Quartet
3.59am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Introduction and allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and string quartet
Tinka Muradori (flute)
Josip Nochta (clarinet)
Paula Ursic (harp)
Zagreb String Quartet
4.11am
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel (1714-1788): Rondo in C minor, Wq 59 No 4
Andreas Staier (pianoforte)
4.16am
Telemann, Georg Philipp (1681-1767): Concerto in F minor for three violins and orchestra (Musique de table, partagée en trois productions)
European Union Baroque Orchestra
Roy Goodman (director)
4.31am
Byrd, William (c.1543-1623): The Earl of Salisbury
Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
4.34am
Tomkins, Thomas (1572-1641): Toy - made at Poole Court
Margreet Prinsen (organ)
4.36am
Pearsall, Robert Lucas (1795-1856): Lay a garland on her hearse
BBC Singers
Bob Chilcott (conductor)
4.39am
Françaix, Jean (1912-1997): 11 Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Members of Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Hannu Koivula (conductor)
4.52am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Alborada del gracioso
Bengt-Ake Lundin (piano)
5.00am
Reinecke, Carl (1824-1910): Trio in A minor for oboe, horn and piano, Op 188
Jaap Prinsen (horn)
Maarten Karres (oboe)
Ariane Veelo-Karres (piano)
5.23am
Chopin, Frédéric (1810-1849): Ballade No 4 in F minor, Op 52
Valerie Tryon (piano)
5.34am
Berwald, Franz (1796-1868): String Quartet No 2 in A minor
Bernt Lysell, Per Sandklef (violin)
Thomas Sundkvist (viola)
Mats Rondin (cello)
5.53am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897) arr. for orchestra by Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): 5 Hungarian Dances
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
Eivind Aadland (conductor)
6.06am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1759-1791): 4 Kontra Tänze, K267
English Chamber Orchestra
Mitsuko Uchida (conductor)
6.12am
Gluck, Christoph Willibald (1714-1787): Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice, Act 2)
Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra
Lovro von Matacic (conductor)
6.21am
Tippett, Michael (1905-1998): Five Spirituals (A Child of Our Time)
BBC Singers
Stephen Cleobury (conductor)
6.33am
Willan, Healey (1880-1968): Five Pieces
Ian Sadler (organ)
6.45am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Sonata for viola da gamba and keyboard No 2 in D, BWV 1028
Paolo Pandolfo (viola da gamba)
Mitzi Meyerson (harpsichord)
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