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| With Rob Cowan.Featuring part of Purcell's Hail Bright Cecilia, Krejci's Nonet-Divertimento and Barber's seasonal Knoxville, a musical recollection of the summer of 1915. | |
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| With James Jolly.Including: | |
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| Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787)4/5. Donald Macleod looks at Gluck's decision in 1774 to apply his radical aesthetic ideals within the narrow traditions of French opera. Triumph overcame initial hostility with the Paris premiere of Iphigenie en Aulide and a French version of Orfeo. | |
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| Jonathan Swain presents a concert from the West Cork Music Festival in Bantry. Featuring Eastern and Western delights as the Badke String Quartet, winners of last year's Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, are joined by Swiss clarinettist Reto Bieri to perform Golijov's Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind. Plus Frank Martin's Trio on Popular Irish Melodies, performed by artists including the dynamic Moldovian violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja. | |
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| Presented by Jonathan Swain.2.00pm BBC Proms 2008 | |
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| Petroc Trelawny presents a selection of music and guests from the arts world. | |
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| Live from the Royal Albert Hall, Suzy Klein presents the first act of Monteverdi's opera The Coronation of Poppaea. | |
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| Ceramics expert Lars Tharp explores the work of designer, architect and artist Bernardo Buontalenti, a contemporary of Monteverdi's, who, under the patronage of the Medici, was responsible for producing the first European porcelain in the 16th century. | |
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| Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, presented by Suzy Klein. | |
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| The featured artists are the vocal ensemble I Fagiolini, who are heard in a selection of Italian music, including Gabrieli and Monteverdi. | |
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| Four commentators reflect on aspects of Elgar in the context of his time and after, exploring the contradictions and enigmas in his complex and paradoxical personality. | |
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| Max Reinhardt's musical mix features a selection from Miles Davis's Jack Johnson sessions and Karlheinz Stockhausen's seminal work for voice and electronics Gesang der Junglinge. | |
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| With Jonathan Swain.1.00am | |
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| With Jonathan Swain.5.00am | |
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