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The Afternoon on Three

on BBC Radio 3

With Sandy Burnett.
1.00 Bristol Lunchtime Concert
Bartok Plus
Introduced by Chris de Souza . Louise Hopkins (cello), Carole Presland (piano) Kodaly Sonatina Bartok Rhapsody
Dohnanyi Sonata in B flat minor, Op 8 Repeat
2.00 Music Restored
Another chance to hear three major Radio 3 early music reconstructions. The first programme features vespers as they may have been celebrated in Salzburg in Mozart's time.
Gillian Fisher (soprano), Robert Harre-Jones (countertenor), Andrew King (tenor), Michael George (bass)
Westminster Cathedral Choir and Hanover Band , conductor
James O'Donnell
Mozart Vesperae de Dominica, K321; Misericordias Domini, K222: Litaniae lauretanae, K109
Trad Chant from Salzburg Cathedral archives
Repeat
3.00 Mining the Archive
Edinburgh International Festival
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Edinburgh Festival,
Sir John Drummond presents the second of four programmes of recordings from the BBC archives. Today's programme remembers four legendary performers who gave the Festival some of its greatest triumphs: Callas, Abbado, Barenboim and Giulini.
Bellini La Sonnambula (Act 2 scena; finale)
Maria Callas (soprano),
La Scala Chorus and Orchestra, conductor Antonino Votto
Schubert Symphony No 4 in C minor (Tragic)
New Philharmonia, conductor Carlo Maria Giulini
Berlioz Les Troyens (Death of Dido) Janet Baker (mezzo), Gwynne Howell (baritone), Bernadette Greevey (contralto), Keith Erwen (tenor), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, LSO, conductor Alexander Gibson
Bartok Piano Concerto No 1
Daniel Barenboim (piano), New Philharmonia, conductor Claudio Abbado
Wagner Lohengrin (Act 2, Sc 4) LSO, conductor Claudio Abbado Producer Svend Brown

Contributors

Unknown:
Sandy Burnett.
Introduced By:
Chris de Souza
Cello:
Louise Hopkins
Piano:
Carole Presland
Soprano:
Gillian Fisher
Soprano:
Robert Harre-Jones
Tenor:
Andrew King
Tenor:
Michael George
Conductor:
Hanover Band
Conductor:
James O'Donnell
Conductor:
Mozart Vesperae
Unknown:
Sir John Drummond
Soprano:
Maria Callas
Conductor:
Antonino Votto
Conductor:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Unknown:
Janet Baker
Baritone:
Gwynne Howell
Baritone:
Bernadette Greevey
Contralto:
Keith Erwen
Conductor:
Alexander Gibson
Piano:
Daniel Barenboim
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Conductor:
Wagner Lohengrin
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado
Producer:
Svend Brown

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