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BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Tom Rowlette
Conducted by CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN
Overture to an English Opera
LITTLE ORCHESTRA OF LONDON Conducted by LESLIE JONES
9.9* Violin Concerto No. 1, in C
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
9.28* Symphony No. 64, in A major
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ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest
CATHEDRAL CONSORT OF BELFAST
Conductor, HARRY GRINDLE
JAMES GALWAY (flute)
HAVELOCK NELSON (piano)
in St. Paul's Cathedral
See top of page followed by an interlude at 12.55
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major
JOHN OGDON
BBC NORTHERN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by GEORGE HURST
Broadcast on February 2. 1966
MARLBORO TRIO
Michael Tree (violin) David Soyer (cello)
Mitchell Andrews (piano)
MARIAN NOWAKOWSKI (bass) WILFRID PARRY (piano)
The Mozart broadcast on December 23. 1966; the Mussorgsky on July 28. 1968
Concert-Master, Peter Mountain
Conducted by EDGAR COSMA
A series of programmes in which musicians sketch in the background of their musical lives and introduce the music
This week:
Morag Noble (soprano) with PAUL HAMBURGER (piano) sings
VESUVIUS ENSEMBLE
William Bennett (flute and piccolo) Neil Black (oboe)
Thea King (clarinet)
Stephen Trier (bass-clarinet) Roger Birnstingi (bassoon) Ronald Harris (horn) Brian Hawkins (viola) Charles Tunnell (cello) Susan Bradshaw (piano)
On an overgrown path by Janacek broadcast on December 3. 1968
† BAND OF
THE LIFE GUARDS
Conducted by MAJOR W. JACKSON Director of Music
March (Suite in E flat) Hoist
Suite: Looking Upwards Sousa
By the light of the Polar Star Beneath the Southern Cross Mars and Venus Portugal em festa.Dennis Farnan
ALAN BLYTH takes a look at some musical events in London and the South-East during the coming weekend
See page 48
A musical drama in three acts
Libretto by THE REV. THOMAS BROUGHTON after Sophocles and Ovid
Music by Handel
Cast in order of singing:
BBC CHORUS
Continuo
Charles Spinks
(harpsichord and organ) Keith Harvey (cello)
Derek Simpson (cello)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leaders. Emanuel Hurwitz and Kenneth Sillito
Conducted by HERBERT HANDT ACT 1
8.40* Interval
8.50* ACT 2
9.58' Interval
10.8* ACT 3
DURING THE INTERVALS
Basil LAM, who has also provided the narration, discusses some aspects of Handel's life and work
Broadcast on November 3. 1968
Today's overseas commodity and financial news. London Stock Market closing reports
