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A programme of recently released records BLANCHE CHRISTENSEN (soprano)
JEAN BASINGER FRAENKEL (soprano)
CHRISTINA Politis (contralto) Diane HEDER (contralto) DON WATTS (bass)
UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by MAURICE ABRAVANEL

Comic opera in one act
Words and music by Pascal Bentoiu
Biised on Moliere's L'amour médecin
English version by RADU GEORGESCU (adapted)
First performance in this country
Produced by BRIAN TROWELL
The scene is the living-room of Sganarelle's house, about 1660
John Constable and Richard Nunn were engaged by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden
See panel below and page 49

Contributors

Music By:
Pascal Bentoiu
Unknown:
Radu Georgescu
Produced By:
Brian Trowell
Unknown:
John Constable
Unknown:
Richard Nunn

Heather Harper (soprano) Peter Pears (tenor) Thomas Hemsley (baritone)
Melos Ensemble
Conducted by Benjamin Britten
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
Highgate School Choir
Director of Music, Edward Chapman
SIMON PRESTON (organ and chamber organ)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT and MEREDITH DAVIES
Part 1
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Music:
Edward Chapman
Music:
Simon Preston
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Purcell 0
LEONHARDT CONSORT
Directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT
(harpsichord and viola da gamba)
Overture in G minor (Z.772)
Trio-Sonata No. 3, in A minor (set of 10) Overture and Suite (fragment) In
G major (Z.770) gramophone records

Contributors

Directed By:
Gustav Leonhardt

Fifth of six programmes consisting of Quintets by Mozart and Beethoven's Quartets. Op. 18
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Margaret Major (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) with Kenneth Essex (viola)
K.581 and Op. 18 No. 6: July 11

Contributors

Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Cello:
Derek Simpson

by John Hales
Tod is a well-known comedian but his fortunes are on the wane and he is on the bottle. He is also now on his third marriage. with Lee Montague as Tod produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Pearl Hackney is in ' Not Now Darling ' at the Strand Theatre, London
To be repeated on July 21 See page 48

Contributors

Unknown:
John Hales
Unknown:
Lee Montague
Judy, a former wife:
Jennifer Hilary
Peggy, his present wife:
Isabel Dean
Olive, an ex-wife:
Pearl Hackney

by SIR NIKOLAUS PEVSNER
Using excerpts from the Discourses, Professor Pevsner comments on the contradiction between Reynolds's advice to artists and his own performance
This programme was originally broadcast in connection with the recent bicentenary of the founding of the Royal Academy of Arts, of which Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) was the first President.
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner
Unknown:
Sir Joshua Reynolds

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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