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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Sandy Burnett.
1.00pm Bristol Lunchtime Concert Bartok Plus
Introduced by Chris de Souza . Kocian Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 Dohnanyi String Quartet in D flat, Op 15 Repeat
2.00 Music Restored
In the second of three programmes,
Graham Dixon introduces a service to commemorate the departed, sung in early Russian chant by the Moscow
Orthodox Church Male Choir under their conductor Anatoly Grindenko. The celebrant was Fr Michael Fortunatto and the recording took place in the Russian Orthodox Cathedral, London in 1993. Repeat
3.00 Mining the Archive
Edinburgh International Festival
Sir John Drummond presents the third of four programmes celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Edinburgh
Festival with recordings from the BBC archives. Today's programme remembers Lord Harewood's time as director, including the extraordinary visits of Czech National Opera in 1964 and Shostakovich in 1962. Smetana Dalibor (Act 2, finale) Alena Mikova (soprano), Vilem Pribyl (tenor), Prague NO, conductor Jaroslav Krombholc
Janacek In the Mist
Rudolf Serkin (piano)
Nono Sul Ponte di Hiroshima
Dorothy Dorow (soprano), Richard Lewis (tenor), LSO, conductor John Pritchard
Debussy Nocturnes
Edinburgh Choral Union, LSO, conductor John Pritchard
Tchaikovsky Cradle Song; Not a Word My Friend; None but the Lonely Heart Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Mstislav Rostropovich (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 14 in E flat, K449
Rudolf Serkin (piano), ECO, conductor Alexander Schneider
Villa Lobos Bachiana Brasiliera No 5
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Ensemble of eight cellos

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett.
Introduced By:
Chris de Souza
Introduces:
Graham Dixon
Conductor:
Anatoly Grindenko.
Unknown:
Fr Michael Fortunatto
Unknown:
Sir John Drummond
Soprano:
Alena Mikova
Tenor:
Vilem Pribyl
Conductor:
Jaroslav Krombholc
Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Soprano:
Dorothy Dorow
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Soprano:
Galina Vishnevskaya
Piano:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Conductor:
Alexander Schneider
Soprano:
Galina Vishnevskaya

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