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on BBC Radio 3

of some composers and performers who appear prominently in the week's music broadcasting

Tippett The weeping babe; Plebs angelica: Dance. Clarion air; Lullaby: JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano)
BBC CHORUS, conducted by ALAN G. MELVILLE [repeat]
Tippett Helen's aria: Let her rave (King Priam)
JANET BAKER, OSIAN ELLIS (harp), MARGARET KITCHIN (piano)
HARRY DANKS, JOHN COULLING, NORMAN KENT, ERIC SARGON (Violas)
(Tomorrow, 1.45: The Midsummer Marriage: Friday evening: The Vision of St Augustine)
Beethoven Variations and Fugue on a theme from Prometheus, Op 35 (Eroica Variations) CLIFFORD CURZON (piano) (gramophone record)
(Tuesday evening: Eroica Symphony: Friday evening: Clifford Curzon playing the 'Emperor' Piano Concerto)
Shostakovich Symphony No 6
FINNISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by PAAVO BERGLUND
(Recording made available by courtesy of Finnish Radio)
(Tomorrow, 5.50: Symphony No 8: Wed. 1.5: Cello Sonata)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Conducted By:
Alan G. Melville
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Piano:
Margaret Kitchin
Viola:
Harry Danks
Viola:
John Coulling
Viola:
Norman Kent
Viola:
Eric Sargon
Piano:
Clifford Curzon
Conducted By:
Paavo Berglund

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