Through October 5th, WQED-FM will air highlights from the BBC Proms on SymphonyCast, Saturday nights from 8-10pm. Dubbed the world’s greatest classical music festival, highlights from the BBC Proms include Anne Sophie-Mutter playing the Brahms Violin Concerto; Anthony McGill playing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto; and the Final Night of the Proms with pianist Stephen Hough.
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WQED Airdate: September 7, 2024
Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Daniel Barenboim, conductor
BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D major
SCHUBERT: Symphony No. 9 in C major, ‘Great’
–concert from 8/11/24
WQED Airdate: September 14, 2024
Anthony McGill, clarinet
NYCOS Chamber Choir
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Gemma New, conductor
BONIS: Salomé
MOZART: Clarinet Concerto in A major
MENDELSSOHN: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music
–concert from 8/16/24
WQED Airdate: September 21, 2024
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
Orchestre de Paris
Klaus Mäkelä, conductor
DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
STRAVINSKY: Petrushka (1947 version)
BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique
–concert from 9/3/24
WQED Airdate: September 28, 2024
Patricia Kopatchinskaja, violin
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Tarmo Peltokoski, conductor
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Fantasia on ‘Greensleeves’
SCHOENBERG: Violin Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 in D minor
–concert from 9/9/24
WQED Airdate: October 5, 2024
Angel Blue, soprano
Sir Stephen Hough, piano
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Sakari Orama, conductor
CHAPÍ: Las hijas del Zebedeo – ‘Al pensar en el dueño de mis amores’ (Carceleras)
FAURÉ: Pavane
IVES: Yale–Princeton Football Game
PUCCINI: Gianni Schicchi – ‘O mio babbino caro’/Madam Butterfly – Humming Chorus
SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, ‘Egyptian’ – Andante
SIMON: TBD
WOOD (Arranger): Fantasia on British SeaSongs
ARNE (Arr. Sargent): Rule, Britannia!
ELGAR: Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major (‘Land of Hope and Glory’)
PARRY (Orch. Elgar): Jerusalem
BRITTEN (Arranger): The National Anthem
TRADITIONAL (Arr. Campbell): Auld lang syne
–concert from 9/14/24