First of six concerts given by the BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and the LONDON SINFONIETTA in London colleges and schools of music.
Introduced by Arnold Whittall
KLAUS HEITZ (cello)
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-sop) STUART KALE (tenor)
ALAN DUDLEY (speaker)
LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS chorus-master CLIVE WEARING
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA guest leader DESMOND BRAD LEY, conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
Penderecki Stabat Mater
Nigel Osborne Cello Concerto (first performance)
7.30* Interval Reading
7.35* College Concerts. Pt2 Robert Saxton Canzona in memoriam Igor Stravinsky DAVID BUTT (flute)
JOHN ANDERSON (oboe)
COLIN BRADBURY (clarinet) JOHN BUTTERWORTH (horn) ELIZABETH FLETCHER (harp) DESMOND BRADLEY (Violin) JOHN COULLING (viola) JOHN BOYCE (cello)
Stravinsky A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer: cantata for alto and tenor, speaker, chorus and orchestra (Given in the Logan Hall, University of London, in October 1979)