Suite: The Virtuous Wife. Purcell
RHENISH CHAMBER Orchestra Conducted by GiiNTER KEHR MAURICE ANDRÉ LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN-BAPTISTEMari Conducted by Fritz REINER gramophone records
WELLER QUARTET Walter Weller, Alfred Staar
Helmut Weis, Ludwtg Beinl
ARNOLD STEINHARDT (violin) JOHN DALLEY (viola) MICHAEL TREE (violai) Boris KROYT (viola) DAVID SOYER (cello)
MISCHA SCHNEIDER (cello)gramophone records
Byrd and Palestrina
Dances and Fantasias by Byrd and instrumental Ricercares by Palestrina, played by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (harpsichord and chamber organ) and the DAVID MUNROW RECORDER QUARTET
A programme of recently released records Seitdem dein Aug'; Standchen;Das Geheimnis; Aus den Liedern der Trauer; Nur Mut!; Barcarole DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone) GERALD MOORE (piano) MELOS ENSEMBLE Gervase de Peyer (clarinet) William Waterhouse (bassoon) Neill Sanders (horn) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin) Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
HEINZ HOLLIGER(oboe)
URSULA HOLLIGER (harp) MARTINA ARROYO (soprano) LEONARD HOKANSON (piano) Recordings from this year's Schwetzingen Festival, made available by courtesy of South German Radio
FINNISH RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTITA
Conducted by PAAVO BERGLUND
Dec. 4: Wiirttemburg Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Jorg Faerber
Maurice Cole
Given before an invited audience tn the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Applications for tickets should be sent to the Ticket Unit[address removed]enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
The LONDON LIGHT Orchestra Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz in a programme of Italian music
Broadcast on August 18. 1967
Opera in four acts
Music by Ponchielli
Libretto by ARRIGO Boito after Victor Hugo Sung In Italian gramophone records Cast In order of singIng:
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
OF THE
ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA, ROME Conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI
The action takes place in Venice. in the seventeenth century
Act 1
Outside the Doge's palace
3.53* Act 2
The deck of a brigantine moored to an island In the Fusina lagoon
4.35* Interval
5.0* Act 3
Scene 1 An anteroom in Alvtse's house
Scene 2 The ballroom of the house
5.40* Act 4
A ruined palace on the Island of Giudecca
DURING THE INTERVAL (4.35*-5.0*)
JOHANN CHRISTIAN BACH
Sonata in G minor, Op. 5 No. 6
4.51* Sonata in A major, Op. 17
No. 5 played by † Joan DAVIES (piano)
† CHRISTOPHER GRIER takes a look at some non-broadcast musical events taking place in the West. Wales, and Northern Ireland during the next seven days
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Played by the Dartington String Quartet: Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola) Michael Evans (cello) with Penelope Howard (viola)
A series of three programmes on the background and pre-. sent situation of Britain's ' Travellers '
1: The Fourth Nail
A study of their origins and culture
Compiled and introduced by JOHN SEYMOUR with contributions by BERNARD GILLIAT-SMITH
PROFESSORWALTERSTARKIE Brian VESEY-FITZGRALD * GORDON BOSWELL. RICHARD WADE and various ' Travellers ' and with the help of Miss Dora Yates and The Gypsy Lore Society
Produced by HALLAM TENNYSON
' The Gypsies escaped with one of the nails they had made for the Cross ... the Gentiles have been lookinK for that nail ever since.'
The Gentlemen of The Road, a stndu of Gupsu life and occupations: December 6
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Two talks in which
RICHARD BEBB considers eighty years of dramatic performances on record
2: The Tragedians of the City
With the voices of SIR HENRY IRVING SARAHBERNHARDT TOMASSO Salvini ALEXANDER Moissi
SIR JOHNSTON FORBES-ROBERTSON SIR JOHN GIELGUD
How does one define great acting? Why is it that a performance recorded more than fifty years ago can still move us? Richard Bebb , collector of early recordings. and a professional actor, attempts to analyse some of the factors which go to make great performances.
Produced by BENNETT MAXWELL
by GARY GRAFFMAN
by MICHAEL GRANT
Cicero was possibly the most persuasive public speaker of all time. Michael Grant , who has just completed a translation of a number of Cicero's most important political speeches, considers some of the methods and techniques by which the Roman orator achieved his effects.
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