21 July 2008
Monday 21 July 2008 14:00-17:00 (Radio 3)
Presented by Penny Gore.
2.00pm BBC Proms 2008
Another chance to hear the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor opening the 114th season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts. The concert launches Proms celebrations of the centenaries of Elliott Carter and Olivier Messiaen and features a rich line-up of soloists.
Playlist:
Christine Brewer (soprano)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Nicholas Daniel (oboe)
Wayne Marshall (organ)
Royal College of Music Brass
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jiri Belohlavek (conductor)
Strauss: Festliches Praludium
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314
Strauss: Four Last Songs
Messiaen: La Nativite du Seigneur (Dieu parmi nous)
Beethoven: Rondo in B flat for piano and orchestra
Elliott Carter: Catenaires for solo piano (UK premiere)
Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy
4.00pm Chamber Music
The first in a series of chamber music performances, featured throughout the Proms season, with Radio 3 New Generation Artists the Ebene Quartet in a recital given last year at the Wigmore Hall, London.
Haydn: Quartet, Op 76 No 1
Ravel: Quartet
