Saturday 4th August 2007

07:00

Breakfast

Martin Handley

From 7.00am

Berlioz: Queen Mab Scherzo (Romeo and Juliet)
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch (conductor)

Fred Hersch: Child's Song
Fred Hersch (piano)
Jamey Haddad (percussion)

From 8.00am

Shostakovich, orch. McBurney: Hypothetically Murdered (Galop)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Mark Elder (conductor)

Beethoven: 12 Variations on a Russian dance from Das Waldmadchen
Olli Mustonen (piano)

09:00

CD Review

4 August 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

Schnittke: Film Music for The Fairytale of the Wanderings
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
Frank Strobbel (conductor)

Lefebure-Wely: Scene pastorale
Joris Verdin (Cavaille-Coll organ of church of Notre-Dame, Rouen)

Schmelzer: Sonata quinta in C minor
Helene Schmitt (violin)
Jan Krigovsky (cello)
Stephane Rath (theorbo)
Jorg-Andreas Botticher (claviorganum)

From 10.30am

Bach: Goldberg Variations (excerpt)
Glenn Gould (piano)

11.00am Mahler Symphonies Roundup

A sift through the plethora of recent recordings of Mahler Symphonies from Mariss Jansons, David Zinman, Bernard Haitink and Gustavo Dudamel. Plus Claudio Abbado's brand new DVD of Mahler's Sixth Symphony with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra.

12.20pm Disc of the Week

Falla: El Amor Brujo (excerpts)
Antonia Contreras (flamenco singer)
Orchestra of Poitou-Charentes
Jean-Francois Heisser (conductor)

13:00

The Early Music Show

Orpheus

The myth of Orpheus has provided the inspiration for operas, ballets, tone poems and other musical works throughout the ages. Catherine Bott looks at settings of this story, and plays music from works by Stradella, Luigi Rossi, D'India and Alessandro Scarlatti.

14:00

BBC Proms Chamber Music 2007

Stephen Layton

Another chance to hear conductor Stephen Layton and his vibrant young choir explore the creative interplay of words and music in a programme which focuses on settings of Shakespeare, Blake and Auden.

Vaughan Williams: O mistress mine; Willow, Willow; Come away Death (Shakespeare)
Britten: Old French Chorale; A Shepherd's Carol (Auden)
Tavener: The Tyger; The Lamb (Blake)
Bo Holten: Spring; Night (Blake)
Jaakko Mantyjarvi: Come Away Death; Lullaby; Double, Double Toil and Trouble; Full Fathom Five (Shakespeare)
Frank Martin: Full Fathom Five (Shakespeare)
Vaughan Williams: Full Fathom Five; The Cloud Capped Towers; Over Hill, Over Dale

Polyphony
Stephen Layton (conductor)

15:00

BBC Proms 2007 live

PSM 2

Presented by Christopher Cook, live from the Cadogan Hall, London.

The second Proms Saturday Matinee concert has a lively programme from England and Norway. To honour the featured composers' anniversaries, there are a selection of string classics.

They include Elgar's sumptous Serenade, and Grieg's Suite written 'in olden style'. The centenary of Elizabeth Maconchy also provides the opportunity to hear a piece that has not been performed at the Proms since its world premiere, and the Scottish Ensemble are joined by one of the world's leading clarinetists for Finzi's uplifting concerto.

Elgar: Serenade for Strings
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto
Maconchy: Music for Strings
Grieg: Holberg Suite

Michael Collins (clarinet)
Scottish Ensemble
Jonathan Morton (director)

16:45

Jazz Line-Up

Brecon Jazz Festival

Claire Martin presents a selection of new releases, and previews the 2007 Brecon Jazz Festival.

17:30

Jazz Record Requests

4 August 2007

Geoffrey Smith presents a selection of listeners' jazz requests. Email jazz.record.requests@bbc.co.uk.

18:30

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 29 Part 1

Presented by Alexandra Wilson, live from the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The annual Prom given by the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain opens with a wild orchestral showpiece, demonstrating the sheer technical brilliance of the young players. To tie in with the Prom's youthful theme, this is followed by Prokofiev's ebullient First Piano Concerto which he completed and performed at the tender age of 21.

Aaron Jay Kernis: New Era Dance (UK premiere)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No 1 in D flat

Alexander Kobrin (piano)
National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Elder (conductor)

19:00

Twenty Minutes

The Pianist

By Conrad Williams.

We meet concert pianist Philip Morahan, who can no longer play the piano. There are just too many distractions - his agent, his girlfriend, his protege, his reviews. All overwhelm him in a poignant and comic way.

Narrated by Robert Bathurst.

19:20

BBC Proms 2007 live

Prom 29 Part 2

The evening's National Youth Orchestra Prom concludes with Shostakovich's epic Seventh Symphony.

Given its Western concert premiere at the 1942 Proms just a few months after a legendary performance in the besieged city of Leningrad, Shostakovich's Seventh Symphony was soon hailed internationally as a beacon of protest against the Nazi invasion of Russia.

Shostakovich: Symphony No 7 in C (Leningrad)

National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain
Mark Elder (conductor)

21:00

Between The Ears

Ivories in the Outback

A radiophonic survey of pioneer pianos, harmoniums and organs which have arrived in outback Australia since white settlement.

Australia's very first piano was dumped on the beach at Sydney cove in 1788, just after arriving on the first fleet from England. In 1888, it was estimated that there were 700,000 pianos already imported into Australia: that's one piano for every three people then living on the fifth continent.

This programme consists of a series of cameos featuring various instruments and their stories. Historic texts are spoken by actors, while contemporary voices from outback Australia 'sing up' the stories surrounding the selected keyboard instruments. There are interviews with the collectors, the accidental finders and the small but dedicated group of improvisers actively seeking ruined instruments.

21:30

Pre-Hear

BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra

Garry Walker conducts the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.

Karen Francis: Adhesive Retrospection
Nigel Osborne: Violin Concerto
Malcolm Hayes: Stabat Mater

Ernst Kovacic (violin)
Alwyn Mellor (soprano)
Emma Selway (mezzo-soprano)

22:30

Hear And Now

A Portrait of Salvatore Sciarrino

Ivan Hewett talks to the Italian master of new sonorities and introduces a concert of ensemble works from the Sonorities festival, and piano music recorded in the studio.

Sciarrino: Trio; Notturni Nos 1 and 2; Lo spazio inverso; Notturni Nos 3 and 4; Codex purpureus; Piano Sonata No 5; Muro d'orizzonte

Nicolas Hodges (piano)
Ensemble Recherche

00:00

The Early Music Show

Alfred Deller

Catherine Bott talks to Michael Chance about the father of all modern day countertenors, Alfred Deller.

This remarkable musician brought the countertenor back into the limelight, and was responsible for uncovering a great deal of previously unknown music. The programme includes music by Morley, Purcell, Handel and Bach.

01:00

Through the Night

4 August 2007

4 August 2007

Presented by Jonathan Swain.

A concert recorded in Paris as part of the Présences Festival in March 2007.
1.00am
Dvorák, Antonín (1841-1904): Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70
1.41am
Adčs, Thomas (b.1971): Tevot
2.05am
Janacek, Leos (1854-1928): Sinfonietta, Op 60
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Simon Rattle (conductor)
2.30am
Brahms, Johannes (1833-1897): Quartet No 1 in G minor for piano and strings, Op 25
Helena Gafforova (piano)
Viktor Simcisco (violin)
Milan Telecky (viola)
Juraj Alexander (cello)

3.10am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Piano Sonata in D, K284
Cathal Breslin (piano)

3.43am
Goleminov, Marin (1908-2000): Symphonic Variations on a theme by Dobri Hristov
Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra
Kamen Goleminov (conductor)

4.00am
Messiaen, Olivier (1908-1992): Theme and Variations
Peter Oundjian (violin)
William Tritt (piano)

4.09am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Konzertstück in F for 4 horns and orchestra, Op 86
Kurt Kellan, John Ramsey, William Robson, Lauri Metiation (horn)
Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
Mario Bernardi (conductor)

4.28am
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai (1844-1908): The Three Wonders from The tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op 57
BBC Philharmonic
Vassily Sinaisky (conductor)

4.36am
Ravel, Maurice (1875-1937): Valses Nobles et Sentimentales
Maurice Ravel (piano)

4.49am
Koehne, Graeme (b.1956): Unchained Melody
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
David Porcelijn (conductor)

5.00am
Grieg, Edvard (1843-1907): Triumphal March (Sigurd Jorsalfar)
Danish Radio Concert Orchestra
Roman Zeilinger (conductor)

5.10am
Schumann, Robert (1810-1856): Three Romances, Op 94
Hyong-Sup Kim (oboe)
Ja-Eun Ku (piano)

5.21am
Fougstedt, Nils-Eric (1910-1961): Concert Overture
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor)

5.29am
Anonymous (12th century English): Worldes blis ne last no throwe
Sequentia:
Barbara Thornton (voice)
Benjamin Bagby (harp)

5.41am
Willan, Healey (1880-1968): Te Deum Laudamus
Vancouver Bach Choir
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Pullan (conductor)

5.53am
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791): Violin Concerto No 5 in A, K219
Igor Oistrakh (violin/conductor)
I Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia

6.24am
Shostakovich, Dmitri (1906-1975): Cello Sonata in D minor, Op 40
Arto Noras (cello)
Konstantin Bogino (piano)

6.47am
Abel, Carl Friedrich (1723-1787): Symphony in A, Op 10
La Stagione Frankfurt
Michael Schneider (conductor)