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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Susan Sharpe.

1.00 Viola and Piano
Philip Dukes (viola) Sophia Rahman (piano)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat, Op 70 Henze Sonata
Brahms Sonata in E flat, Op 120 No 2 Rpt

Fairest Isle
2.00 Britten's Radio Music
In the final programme, Paul Hindmarsh introduces the first production since the 1930s of the third of Britten's radio anthologies, The World of the Spirit, which received a single broadcast on Whit Sunday in 1938. It's preceded by the music that opened the BBC's Third Programme on 29 September 1946. Occasional Overture
CBSO/Simon Rattle
The World of the Spirit
Hannah Gordon and Cormac Rigby (readers) Susan Chilcott (soprano) Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo) Martyn Hill (tenor) Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Britten Singers
BBC PO/Richard Hickox
Series producer Paul Hindmarsh

3.00 Midweek Choice
With Susan Sharpe.
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Ring in by lunchtime for a chance to hear your request today. Including:
Rubinstein Staccato Etude
Schumann Konzertstuck , Op 86
Producer Susan Kenyon Discs
Written Requests: Midweek Choice, [address removed]
Fax: [number removed]

4.00 Choral Evensong
From Guildford Cathedral.
Introit: Ecce concipies (Handl)
Responses (Tomkins)
Office Hymn: Come, Thou Redeemer (plainsong)
Psalm 104 (Hopkins, Goss, Vann)
First Lesson: Micah 4, wl-7
Canticles: Rubbra in A flat
Second Lesson: Colossians 1, w 3-14
Anthem: Laetentur caeli (Byrd)
Hymn: Wake, O wake, with tidings thrilling (Wachet auf)
Organ Voluntary: Chorale Improvisation on "Wachet auf" (Karg-Elert)
Organist and Master of the Choristers Andrew Millington.
Sub-organist Geoffrey Morgan.

Contributors

Viola:
Susan Sharpe.
Piano:
Sophia Rahman
Introduces:
Paul Hindmarsh
Unknown:
Hannah Gordon
Readers:
Cormac Rigby
Soprano:
Susan Chilcott
Soprano:
Pamela Helen Stephen
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Producer:
Paul Hindmarsh
Unknown:
Susan Sharpe.
Unknown:
Rubinstein Staccato Etude
Unknown:
Schumann Konzertstuck
Producer:
Susan Kenyon
Unknown:
Geoffrey Morgan.

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