Wednesday 1st August 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Sara Mohr-Pietsch

Including from 7.00am

Arne: Overture (Alfred)
Collegium Musicum 90
Simon Standage (violin/director)

Haydn: Stabat mater (Virgo virginium praeclara)
Barbara Bonney (soprano)
Elisabeth von Magnus (mezzo-soprano)
Herbert Lippert (tenor)
Alastair Miles (bass)
Arnold Schoenberg Choir
Concentus Musicus Wein
Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor)

Szymanowski: Romance for violin and piano, Op 23
Miriam Kramer (violin)
Nicholas Durcan (piano)

From 8.30am

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man
London Symphony Orchestra
Aaron Copland (conductor)

Giordano: La mamma morta (Andrea Chenier)
Maria Callas (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Tullio Serafin (conductor)

Ravel: La valse
Martha Argerich, Alexandre Rabinovitch (pianos)

10:00

Classical Collection

1 August 2007

With Sarah Walker.

10.00am
Brahms: Academic Festival Overture, Op 80
Cleveland Orchestra
George Szell (conductor)
SONY CLASSICAL SBK46330

10.11am
Dvorak: String Quartet in A flat, Op 105
Smetana Quartet
TESTAMENT SBT1075

10.43am
Zemlinsky: Six Songs, Op 13
Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
NDR Symphony Orchestra
John Eliot Gardiner (conductor)
DG 439 928-2

11.04am
FJ Nadermann: Sonata in C
Osian Ellis (harp)
BOSTON SKYLINE BSD119

11.12am
Saint-Saens: Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78 (Organ)
Gillian Weir (organ)
Ulster Orchestra
Yan Pascal Tortelier (conductor)
CHANDOS CHAN8822

11.47am
Chabrier: L'ile heureuse; Les metamorphoses; Les cigales
Felicity Lott (soprano)
Graham Johnson (piano)
HYPERION CDA67133/4 (2-CD set)

12:00

Composer of the Week

Frank Martin (1890-1974)

Part Three

Donald Macleod turns his attention to music Frank Martin wrote during World War II. Talking to Martin's widow, Maria, he discusses the very different soundscapes of Der Cornet and In Terra Pax. The former paints a bleak portrait of life as a soldier, the latter a joyous celebration of the end of the war.

Cantata for the 1st of August
The Sixteen
Harry Christophers (conductor)

Der Cornet (excerpt)
Marjana Lipovsek (contralto)
Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra
Lothar Zagrosek (conductor)

Petite Symphonie Concertante
Symphony Orchestra of North German Radio
Gunter Wand (conductor)

In Terra Pax (excerpt)
Della Jones (contralto)
Roderick Williams (baritone)
Brighton Festival Chorus
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Bamert (conductor)

13:00

Afternoon on 3

1 August 2007

Presented by Penny Gore.

1.00pm Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

Hay Music Festival 2007

2/4. A series of concerts with a literary twist, recorded during the Guardian Hay Festival. In this recital, Wagner's song cycle of settings of poems by Mathilde von Wesendonck, Barber's Songs of James Joyce and Copland's ever-popular settings of traditional songs.

Sara Fulgoni (mezzo-soprano)
Drake (piano)

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder
Barber: Four Songs, Op 13
Barber: Songs of James Joyce, Op 10
Copland: Long time ago; Simple gifts; At the river; Ching-a-ring chaw (Old American Songs)

2.00pm BBC Proms 2007

Another chance to hear the Halle conducted by Mark Elder bring together two of this year's themes: Shakespeare and Auden.

Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Halle Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Strauss: Macbeth
Britten: Les Illuminations
Nielsen: Symphony No 4 (The Inextinguishable)

3.45pm From Wigmore Hall, London

Brahms: Sonata in E flat for viola and piano, Op 120 No 2
Antoine Tamestit (viola)
Cedric Tiberghien (piano)

Haydn: String Quartet in G minor (Rider)
Borodin: String Quartet No 2 in D
Prazak Quartet

17:00

In Tune

1 August 2007

Petroc Trelawny chats with conductor Jac van Steen ahead of his concert with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Also, clarinettist Kari Kriikku discusses his proms performance.

19:30

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 26 Part 1

Presented by Martin Handley, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

Ilan Volkov conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Kurtag's first orchestral work, composed in 1994.

Gyorgy Kurtag: Stele

19:45

Twenty Minutes

Prayer

By Istvan Orkeny.

Hungarian-born actress and writer Mia Nadasi introduces and reads her own translation of a moving short story by Istvan Orkeny, one of the most significant figures in post-war Hungarian literature.

Prayer is a story told by a mother who must identify the body of her dead son, an emotional journey from denial to acceptance that unfolds with quiet passion.

20:05

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 26 Part 2

Live from London's Royal Albert Hall. Tonight's Prom concludes with one of the greatest romantic orchestral masterworks, Mahler's last completed symphony, his valedictory Ninth.

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Ilan Volkov (conductor)

21:45

Feature

George Buchanan: Not for Burning

Robert Crawford explores the life and works of Scotland's hot-tempered Renaissance poet, a religious dissident who barely escaped the Inquisition and whose works contributed to the downfall of Mary Queen of Scots.

If he is almost completely forgotten today, it is because he wrote in the language of educated Europe, Latin. Robert Crawford uses his own translations to introduce us to Buchanan's poetry.

22:30

Artist Focus

Anne Sofie von Otter

With Jonathan Swain. A sequence of music with a featured Proms performer leading the way. Anne Sofie von Otter sings Strauss's The Presentation of the Rose from Der Rosenkavalier.

23:00

The Essay

Under the Influence

Three contemporary poets talk about poets whose work has influenced their own.

2/3. Imtiaz Dharker was born in Pakistan, but grew up in a strict Muslim home in Glasgow before eloping with an Indian Hindu. It is not surprising then that she is influenced not by a single writer, but a whole school: the Sangam poets who, two millennia ago, wrote their poems in Tamil.

Although Dharker does not know the language, through the lens of their translator AK Ramanjuan, these ancient poems of love and war have a profound impact on her work today.

23:15

Late Junction

2007 WOMAD festival

Fiona Talkington presents highlights from the 2007 WOMAD festival, including American blues from the Taj Mahal Trio and the welcome return of the voice of Sheila Chandra.

Plus music for string quartet by Aaron Jay Kernis and 13th-century polyphony from the Huelgas Ensemble.

01:00

Through the Night

1 August 2007

1 August 2007

Susan Sharpe introduces music, beginning with works performed on a selection of Dutch organs.

1.00am
Bach, Johann Sebastian (1685-1750): Italian Concerto in F, BWV 971
Sietze de Vries (Hervormde kerk, Langweer, organ built by Lambertus van Dam 1784)
1.16am
Bach, Carl Philip Emanuel (1714-1788): Fugue a 2 in D minor; Sonata in G minor
Wim Diepenhorst (Doopsgezinde kerk, Zaandam, organ built by Johannes Pieter Künckel 1784)
1.33am
Mendelssohn, Felix (1809-1847): Variations sérieuses, Op 54; St Paul Overture, Op 36
Rietze Smits (Grote kerk, Zaltbommel, organ built by Andries Wolfferts 1786)

1.53am
Spohr, Louis (1784-1859): Notturno in C for wind and Turkish band, Op 34
Octophoros
Paul Dombrecht (conductor)

2.25am
Mahler, Gustav (1860-1911): Symphony No 1 in D (Titan)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Andrew Litton (conductor)

3.19am
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585): Pass'č mezzo antico
Rinaldo Alessandrini (harpsichord)

3.23am
Gabrieli, Andrea (1532/3-1585): Sonata for three violins and basso continuo
Tragicomedia

3.27am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Piano Quintet in A, Op 81
Menahem Pressler (piano)
Orlando Quartet

4.00am
Martinu, Bohuslav (1890-1959): Polkas and Études for Piano (Book 3)
Antonin Kubálek (piano)

4.10am
Respighi, Ottorino (1879-1936): Impressioni Brasiliane
The West Australia Symphony Orchestra
Jorge Mester (conductor)

4.30am
Corelli, Arcangelo (1653-1713): Sarabande, Gigue and Badinerie
Ion Voicu (violin)
Bucharest Chamber Orchestra
Madalin Voicu (conductor)

4.38am
Hove, Joachim van den (1567-1620): Praeludium; Allemande Monsieur, Pavane, Susanneken; Chanson Flameng; Orlando
Toyohiko Satoh (lute)

4.51am
Quinault, Jean-Baptiste (1687-1745): Overture and Dances (Le nouveau monde)
L'Ensemble Arion

5.00am
Haydn, Joseph (1732-1809): Symphony No 6 in D (Le matin)
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Gabriel Chmura (conductor)

5.17am
Schubert, Franz (1797-1828): Trio in E flat for piano and strings (Notturno)
Grieg Trio

5.28am
Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915): Počme de l'extase for orchestra
Orchestre National de France
Evgeny Svetlanov (conductor)

5.53am
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770-1827): Piano Sonata No 5 in C minor
François-Frédéric Guy (piano)

6.11am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Symphony No 26 in E flat
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra
Franz-Paul Decker (conductor)

6.22am
Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich (1840-1893): 4 songs to texts by Alexei Tolstoy
Mikael Axelsson (bass)
Niklas Sivelöv (piano)

6.35am
Malecki, Maciej (b.1940): Dziki golab, las i panna
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Katowice
Wojciech Michniewski (conductor)

6.52am
Soriano, Francesco (1548-1621): Dixit Dominus
BBC Singers
Bo Holten (conductor)