
Spotlight on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Performing Groups
A focus on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers. Including music by Adams, Strauss, Kuhnau, Brahms and Rachmaninov. Plus Haydn String Quartets.
As the first night of the 2009 ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms approaches, Jonathan Swain throws the spotlight onto the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Performing Groups, who provide the backbone of every year's Proms performances including on the first and last nights.
This programme focuses on the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers.
John Adams: The Chairman Dances
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor)
Strauss: Metamorphosen
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Gullberg Jensen (conductor)
Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 76, No 1
Doric String Quartet
3.00pm
Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea
Stephen Farr (organ)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Singers
David Hill (conductor)
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
Shai Wozner (piano)
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Jonas Alber (conductor)
3.55pm
Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77, No 1
Jerusalem Quartet
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra
Mikhail Agrest (conductor).
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- Fri 17 Jul 2009 14:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3