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Thursday - James Jolly

With James Jolly. Chopin: Funeral March in C minor. Mozart: Trio in E flat (Kegelstatt). Lisle, arr Berlioz: La Marseillaise. Lumbye: Drommebilleder. Gossec: Symphony in D.

This week James Jolly spotlights the talented young artists of their generation, who appear at this year's Proms; performers who have the potential to be the Barenboims, Kennedys and Karajans of the future.

Today, Benjamin Grosvenor, the young charismatic pianist, performs rare pieces by Frederic Chopin, there is a selection of music connected with Bastille Day, and you can spot the connection between four pieces of music in our regular Thursday brainteaser.

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Thu 14 Jul 201110:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture, Op.84

    Performers: Vienna Philharmonic, George Szell (conductor)

    • ORFEO C 484 981 B.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Funeral March in C minor (2nd version), Op.72 No.2; Allegretto in F sharp minor (1829); So

    Performers: Benjamin Grosvenor (piano) Benjamin Grosvenor performs at the First Night of the Proms on Friday 15th July and at the Prom on Saturday 6th August.

    • EMI 967117-2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat, "Kegelstatt", K.498

    Performers: Pascal Moragues (clarinet), Prazak Quartet

    • PRAGA PRD/DSD 250 200.

  • Claude‐Joseph Rouget de l’Isle

    La Marseillaise

    Arranger: Berlioz Performers: Placido Domingo (tenor), Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)

    • TEDLEC 4509-98800-2.

  • Hans Christian Lumbye

    Drommebilleder; Champagne Galop

    Performers: Copenhagen Tivoli Orchestra, Lavard Friisholm (conductor)

    • EMI 268161-2.

  • François-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony in D major, Op.3 No.6

    Performers: Concerto Koln

    • Capriccio 10 280.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Prisoner's Chorus (Fidelio, Act I)

    Performers: Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

    • DG 419 436-2.

  • Étienne Méhul

    Le Chant du Depart (Hymne de guerre de 1793)

    Performers: Francoise Pollet & Ghislaine Raphanel (sopranos), Thomas Lefebvre (treble), Tibere Raffalli & Alain Chilemme (tenors), Marcel Vanaud (baritone), Jean-Philippe Courtis (bass), Toulouse Capitole Orchestra & Chorus, Michel Plasson (conductor)

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Jul 201110:00
    BBC Radio 3