Eight programmes of prewar recordings by London dance bands. 7: Crazy Rhythm
With Ray Starita and the Ambassadors Orchestra, Henry Hall and the BBC Dance Orchestra, Harry Roy at the Mayfair Hotel, Mantovani and his Tipica Orchestra, bandleader Jack Hylton , and vocalists Pat O'Malley , Sam Browne and Ronnie Hall. Repeat
SOUNDING THE CENTURY
7.30 Performance on 3 Elliott Carter 90th Birthday Concert A performance given on Monday at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London. Michael Collins (clarinet),
John Constable (harpsichord), Ian Brown (piano), London Sinfonietta, conductor Oliver Knussen
Witold Lutoslawski Slides
Milton Babbitt The Crowded Air
Elliott Carter Clarinet Concerto (first UK performance)
8.15 Excerpts from the pre-concert talk between Elliott Carter and George Benjamin.
8.35 Elliott Carter Double Concerto