A weekly programme of recent records

SYBIL MICHELOW (contralto) ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
JOHN BARROW (baritoneO
TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR
Obbligati:
MARY MURDOCH , SARAH FRANCIS (oboe d'amore and cor anglaisD
Continuo :
DEREK STEVENS (chamber organ) GEOFFREY GAMBOLD (bassoon) OLGA HEGEDUS (cello)
ADRIAN CRUFT (double-bass)
TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA Leader, Kelly Isaacs
Conductor, DENYS DARLOW
Cantata No. 86: Wahrlich, wahrlich, ich sage euch
931* Cantata No. 87: Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinem Namen Broadcast on May 19. 1968

A request programme of gramophone records

Record Review
Contributed by STEPHEN DODGSON , TREVOR HARVEY PHILIP HOPE-WALLACE
Edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE

Beati omnes qui timent Dominum Let God arise
Let mine eyes run down with tears
Voluntary in C major
Hear my prayer. 0 Lord
Blow up the trumpet in Sion
BBC CHORUS
MARTIN NEARY (organ)
Conducted by SEBASTIAN FORBES
From St. George the Martyr. Queen
Square. London

A piano recital given at the Royal Festival Hall, London on October 20, 1968
Part 1: Beethoven
Sonata in B flat major, Op. 22
1.2* Fifteen Variations and Fugue in E flat major, on a theme from Prometheus, Op. 35

Words by CHARLES RAMUZ Music by Stravinsky
English version by ROSA NEWMARCH
MELOS Ensemble
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
William Waterhou. se (bassoonO Philip Jones (trumpet)
Arthur Wilson (trombone) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Adrian Beers (double-bass) James Blades (percussion)
Conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
Produced by John Manduell and Hugh Stewart
Broadcast on June 17. 196R

Part 2
Sviatoslav Richter broadcasts by arrangement with Victor Hochhauser Ltd.

A Concert conducted by members of Rafael Kubelik 's Master Classes with the BBC TRAINING ORCHESTRA
Concert-Master, Peter Mountain from The Dome, Brighton
See page 43
During the Interval
Philip Moore talks to RAFAEL
KUBELLK and to some of the conductors in his Master Classes

in conversation with David Sylvester
6: Barnett Newman with contributions about his work and influence by Harold Cohen and John Richardson
Although he belongs to the generation that brought about the breakthrough of American painting in the late forties and early fifties. Barnett Newman has always remained separate from the mainstream of Abstract Expressionism.
Another chance to hear some of the interviews recorded by David Sylvester in New York: third broadcast
(Frank Stella: May 18)

(violin) with ERNEST LUSH (piano;
Broadcast on November 21. 1968

A discussion between
The RT. HON. QUINTIN HOGG M.P , ANTHONY LESTER , barrister
ANTHONY Lewis , chief London Correspondent. New York Times ANTHONY LINCOLN, Q.C.
Chairman. ROBIN DAY
Produced by Daniel Snowman
Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 7.20

From the Royal
Festival Hall, London
Claudio Arrau (piano)
London Philharmonic
Orchestra
Leader, Rodney Friend
Conductor, Bernard Haitink
Part 1: Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 5, in E flat major (Emperor)
Last of three concerts in which Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven's last three Piano concertos.

by ERICH HELLER
Professor of Humanities at
Northwestern University. Illinois
Busoni's libretto differs significantly from the Faust story as developed by Goethe. In this it is like some other more recent versions: it takes as its model the original German puppet play and has Faust asking of Mephistopheles the gift of genius, not simply that of knowledge and power.
Recorded in Illinois
' Doktor Faust ': Monday, 8.0 p.m.

Part 2: Shostakovich @ Symphony No. 4

Based on the story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The trilogy by Robert Lowell adapted by Archie Campbell
with Robert Beatty, David Bauer, Heron Carvic, Robert Howay

Boston, 1770: just before the Revolution. The American States are already seething with the ferment of revolt, and their 'rattle-snake' banner flaunts its warning challenge: 'Don't tread on me!' before the hated symbol of oppression - the Union Flag of Britain.
Citizens and others: Peter Baldwin Godfrey Kenton. Peter Tuddenham Margaret Wolfit , Joan Miller
Music composed and conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
Repetiteur, Arthur Tatler
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

('Benito Cereno': May 22)

String Trio (1945)
TUNNELL STRING TRIO John Tunnell (violin) Brian Hawkins (viola) Charles Tunnell (cello)
Broadcast on February 25