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BBC Proms: Shostakovich, Ravel and Walton
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The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra opens its first Prom under new Chief Conductor Mark Wigglesworth with Shostakovich’s jovial Suite for Variety Orchestra. Inspirational one-handed pianist Nicholas McCarthy is the soloist in Ravel's Piano Concerto for the Left Hand, which is followed by Walton's First Symphony. John Shea presents. 12:31 AM Dmitry Shostakovich (1906-1975), Levon Atovmyan (arr.) Suite for Variety Orchestra no 1 Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) 12:54 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major Nicholas McCarthy (piano), Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) 01:14 AM Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op 9 no 2 Nicholas McCarthy (piano) 01:20 AM William Walton (1902-1983) Symphony no 1 in B flat minor Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Mark Wigglesworth (conductor) 02:05 AM Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) Violin Sonata no 2 in G major Johan Dalene (violin), Charles Owen (piano) 02:23 AM Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625), William Walton (1902-1983) Drop, Drop, Slow Tears Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director) 02:31 AM Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) Flute Concerto in D major, Op 283 (1908) Matej Zupan (flute), RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, David de Villiers (conductor) 02:52 AM Robert Schumann (1810-1856) Kreisleriana, Op 16 Jakub Kuszlik (piano) 03:26 AM Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904) Slavonic Dance no 12 in D flat major, Op 72 no 4 Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena (conductor) 03:32 AM Charles Gounod (1818-1893), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Meditation sur le premier prelude de Bach (Ave Maria) Kyung-Ok Park (cello), Myung-Ja Kwun (harp) 03:38 AM Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) Eternal Father - 3 Motets, Op 135 no 2 BBC Singers, Stephen Cleobury (conductor) 03:44 AM Anton Wilhelm Solnitz (c.1708-1753) Sinfonia in A major, Op 3 no 4 Musica ad Rhenum 03:57 AM Franz Grothe (1908-1982) Illusion (from the film Illusion) (1941) Robert Kortgaard (piano), Marie Bérard (violin), Joseph Macerollo (accordion) 04:02 AM Jacques-François Halévy (1799-1862) Gerard & Lusignan's duet: "Salut, salut, à cette noble France" Benjamin Butterfield (tenor), Brett Polegato (baritone), Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, Richard Bradshaw (conductor) 04:13 AM Fryderyk Chopin (1810-1849) Two Nocturnes, Op 32 (no 1 in B major; no 2 in A flat major) Kevin Kenner (piano) 04:23 AM Maciej Radziwill (1749-1800) Divertimento in D major Polish Radio Orchestra, Warsaw, Michal Klauza (conductor) 04:31 AM Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962) Sicilienne Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Mätlik (guitar) 04:34 AM Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805) Rondeau, Op 28 no 4 Henry-David Varema (cello), Heiki Mätlik (guitar) 04:38 AM Andrea Falconieri (c.1585-1656) Alemana dicha la Ciriculia; Canciona dicha la Pretiosa United Continuo Ensemble 04:48 AM Jean Sibelius (1865-1957) Music to a Scene Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste (conductor) 04:54 AM Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) Piano Sonata in E minor, Op 90 Xaver Scharwenka (piano) 05:07 AM Michael Tippett (1905-1998) Five Spirituals from the oratorio "A Child of our Time" Vancouver Bach Choir, Bruce Pullan (conductor) 05:18 AM Antonín Kraft (1749-1820) Cello Concerto in C major, Op 4 Michal Kanka (cello), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Pavel Safarik (conductor) 05:41 AM Claude Debussy (1862-1918) Estampes Lars David Nilsson (piano) 05:56 AM Joseph Jongen (1873-1953) Elegie nocturnale (Tres modere), Op 95 no 1 - from 2 pieces for Piano Trio Grumiaux Trio 06:08 AM Herbert Howells (1892-1983) Requiem Gabrieli Consort, Paul McCreesh (director)

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