Programme information

Saturday 18th August to Friday 24th August 2018

WEEK 34

KIRSTY GALLACHER

Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th August, 1pm to 3pm

Kirsty Gallacher – one of the UK’s best loved TV presenters – makes her debut behind the Classic FM mic this weekend. She is sitting in for Alexander Armstrong to host his Saturday and Sunday afternoon shows while he’s on holiday.

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SATURDAY 18 AUGUST

1pm to 3pm: KIRSTY GALLACHER

Join Kirsty Gallacher – sitting in for a holidaying Alexander Armstrong – as she makes her debut behind the Classic FM mic this afternoon.

5pm to 7pm: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES with ANDREW COLLINS

This evening, Andrew Collins celebrates children’s films across the decades – and the great scores that helped to bring them to life on the big-screen.

The programme features music from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Harry Potter. Andrew also selects popular animation scores including Frozen, The Jungle Book and The Lion King, promising to evoke happy memories for young and old alike.

7pm to 9pm: COWAN’S CLASSICS with ROB COWAN

Tonight, Mozart’s Symphony No.40 is the starting point as Rob then takes us Beyond the Hall of Fame, with a lesser-known but similar piece that does not appear in Classic FM’s annual listener poll.

Meanwhile, Rob’s Artist of the Week is the conductor Gerard Schwarz. On the eve of Schwarz’s 71st birthday, Rob will showcase some of the finest recordings from across his career.

9pm to 10pm: LEONARD BERNSTEIN’S JOY OF MUSIC with HUMPHREY BURTON

Humphrey Burton continues Classic FM’s summer series celebrating one of the 20th century’s most famous and influential musicians: Leonard Bernstein.

As Bernstein’s official biographer, Humphrey offers an unparalleled insight into the life and music of the outstanding composer, conductor and pianist – in this, his centenary year.

Tonight, Humphrey presents an evening of jazz with a symphonic twist, including Bernstein’s Prelude, Fugue and Riffs with Benny Goodman as the solo clarinettist and Bernstein himself conducting the Columbia Jazz Band.

2 SUNDAY 19 AUGUST

3pm to 5pm: CHARLOTTE HAWKINS

Charlotte plays the perfect selection of Classic FM favourites and new discoveries, with a particular focus on young artists.

This week’s Young Classical Star is the 17-year-old Swedish violinist, Daniel Lozakovich, who could have led a very different life. Lozakovich’s parents once believed he would become a professional tennis player (he showed tremendous sporting prowess from a very early age) but when he turned 6, he put down the tennis racket and picked up a violin. Now, 11 years later, Lozakovich has released his debut album on the prestigious label; we’ll hear highlights from it this afternoon.

9pm to 10pm: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC with CATHERINE BOTT

On this day in 1847, Hector Berlioz turned down a job at the Paris in order to take up a music directorship at Drury Lane in London. Tonight, Catherine Bott takes inspiration from this to create a programme about composers moving to, and working in, London.

Catherine will take us on a musical tour of the city, stopping at Cecil Court where a young Mozart stayed, to Brook Street and a former home of Handel – and a couple of centuries later, Jimi Hendrix! – and also Regent Street and the site of the UK premiere of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9.

3 MONDAY 20 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – NATIONAL TREASURES

Jane Jones presents an evening of music written by some of Europe’s most treasured composers.

The evening begins in England, with Edward Elgar’s Pomp & Circumstance March No.1. We’ll also stop off in Germany for Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.2; pays visit to the homes of Grieg, Dvorak and Chopin; and travel across the North Sea to Finland, for the most nationalistic piece of music by that country’s most famous composer, Sibelius.

Edward Elgar Pomp & Circumstance No.1 in D major Opus 39 Mark Elder conducts the Halle Orchestra

Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major Opus 19 Lars Vogt leads the Orchestra of Opera North from the keyboard

Jean Sibelius Finlandia Opus 26 Osmo Vanska conducts the Lahti Symphony Orchestra

Edvard Grieg Holberg Suite Opus 40 Neville Marriner conducts the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Frederic Chopin Polonaise in A major Opus 40 No.1 Piano: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Johann Strauss Junior Tales from the Vienna Woods Opus 325 conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Antonin Dvorak Czech Suite Opus 39 Jose Serebrier conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

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8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – BADLY BEHAVED COMPOSERS

Jane Jones presents an evening of music written by the naughtiest of composers.

Did you know, for example, that Haydn was expelled from school? Or that Mozart used to play practical jokes on unsuspecting performers, while Handel found himself on the receiving end of an irritating prank? Tonight, hear the tales behind their troublesome past, alongside some of their greatest music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture Claudio Abbado conducts the Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Claude Debussy Suite Bergamasque Piano: Ji Liu

Jean Sibelius Karelia Suite Opus 11 Andrew Davis conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Henry Purcell & Jeremiah Clarke Trumpet Tune Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Joseph Haydn Symphony No.82 in C major conducts the Concentus Musicus Vienna

George Frideric Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Alfredo Bernadini conducts Zefiro

Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo a Capriccio in G major Opus 129 Piano: Alice Sara Ott

5 WEDNESDAY 22 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – A NIGHT THROUGH THE AGES

On tonight’s Full Works Concert, Jane Jones presents a night through the ages, featuring a piece of music from each era of classical music.

We start in the Baroque period, with Johann Sebastian Bach. Fast-forward nearly a century, and we’re in the Classical era with Joseph Haydn. Meanwhile, Ludwig van Beethoven proved to be crucial in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras, and tonight, we hear a complete performance of his Symphony No.4.

Later in the programme: piano music by Robert Schumann and Tchaikovsky’s famous Violin Concerto, and a modern-day piece by Karl Jenkins to round off the evening.

Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude & Fugue No.1 in C major BWV.846 Piano: Angela Hewitt

Joseph Haydn Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major Hob.VIIe:1 Alison Balsom leads the Germans Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Bremen from the trumpet

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.4 in B-flat major Opus 60 Riccardo Chailly conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Robert Schumann Kinderszenen Opus 15 Piano: Martha Argerich

Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major Opus 35 Violin: Anne-Sophie Mutter Andre Previn conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Karl Jenkins Adiemus Soloists: Mary Carewe and Miriam Stockley Karl Jenkins conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra

6 THURSDAY 23 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – MILLION-SELLING MUSIC

Tonight, Catherine Bott takes us on a journey through some of the most successful classical recordings ever made. We’ll hear iconic pieces, each one taken from a recording that’s sold over a million copies.

Tonight’s star-studded line-up includes Nigel Kennedy, leading the Berlin Philharmonic in a full performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No.9, the Hilliard Ensemble, and a real treat to close: The Three Tenors – Domingo, Carreras and Pavarotti – with two Italian greats, conducted by Zubin Mehta.

Antonio Vivaldi Four Seasons Opus 8 – Spring Nigel Kennedy leads the English Chamber Orchestra from the violin

Johann Strauss Junior Vienna Blood Opus 24 Seiji Ozawa conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Christobal de Morales Parce mihi Domine Jan Garbarek leads the Hilliard Ensemble from the saxophone

Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.9 in D minor Opus 125 (‘Choral’) Soprano: Janet Perry Alto: Agnes Baltsa Tenor: Vinson Cole Bass: Jose van Dam Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Wagner Siegfried’s Funeral March (From Götterdämmerung) Georg Solti conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Eduardo di Capua ‘O Sole Mio’ Tenor: Placido Domingo Tenor: Jose Carreras Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti Zubin Mehta conducts the Orchestras of the Rome Opera House

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7 THURSDAY 23 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – MILLION-SELLING MUSIC

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Giacomo Puccini ‘Nessun Dorma’ Tenor: Placido Domingo Tenor: Jose Carreras Tenor: Luciano Pavarotti Zubin Mehta conducts the Orchestras of the Rome Opera House & the Maggio Musicale of Florence

8 FRIDAY 24 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE

Catherine Bott presents an evening of music that’s the perfect soundtrack to any entrance into a room, bound to make you feel like royalty.

Tonight’s programme opens with Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, a piece which has been used as a sports theme, before political speeches, as royal processional music and even in outer space! We’ll also hear rousing marches by Verdi, John Ireland and Jeremiah Clarke, as well as Prokofiev’s ‘Dance of the Knights’ from Romeo & Juliet.

Aaron Copland Fanfare for the Common Man Antal Dorati conducts the Detroit Symphony Orchestra

Antonio Vivaldi Gloria in D major RV.589 John Eliot Gardiner conducts the English Baroque Soloists

Giuseppe Verdi Grand March Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Giuseppe Torelli Trumpet Concerto in D major Alison Balsom leads the German Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra of Bremen

John Ireland Epic March Richard Hickox conducts the London Symphony Orchestra

Leopold Hoffmann Cello Concerto in D Cello: Sol Gabetta Sergio Ciomei conducts the Basel Chamber Orchestra

William Walton Orb & Sceptre Andrew Litton conducts the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Alan Menken Beauty and the Beast – Overture Michael Kosarin conducts a studio orchestra

Johann Christian Bach Symphony in B-flat major Opus 18 No.2 David Zinman conducts the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

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9 FRIDAY 24 AUGUST

8pm to 10pm: THE FULL WORKS CONCERT – HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE

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Jeremiah Clarke The Prince of Denmark’s March Trumpet: Wynton Marsalis Anthony Newman conducts the English Chamber Orchestra

Sergei Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet – Dance of the Knights Andrew Litton conducts the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

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