gramophone records
gramophone records
Monteverdi
Confitebor tibi Domino (I); Cantate Domino; Salve Regina (II); O bone Jesu; Iste confessor; Confitebor tibi Domine (II)
IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
FRANCES MASON (violin) DUNCAN DRUCE (violin)
ADAM SKEAPING (viola da gamba and violone)
HAROLD LESTER (harpsichord and chamber organ)
Broadcast on February 6
Henryk Szeryng introduces records of his own choice
Broadcast on July 20
Duo concertant
HYMAN BRESS (violin) WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Broadcast on April 1. 1968
APRIL CANTELO (soprano)
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord)
FREDERICK RIDDLE (viola)
ERIC HARRISON (piano)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader, Colin Staveley
Conductor,JOHN CAREWE
Broadcast on November 29. 1967
Opera seria in two acts
Libretto after Voltaire by Gaetano Rossi
Music by Rossini
sung in Italian
Rome Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of Italian Radio
Conducted by Richard Bonynge
Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio
The action takes place in Babylon, c. 800 B.C. Semiramide has murdered her husband Nino with the help of Assur, who hopes to win her hand and the throne. She, however, loves Arsace, who is her own son, though the relationship is hidden from her. The ghost of Nino appears and prophesies that Arsace will succeed him: Assur is enraged and plans to murder Arsace, who, however, strikes a deadly blow at him first. Semiramide, who now knows that Arsace is her son, interposes herself between the two and receives the death blow. Assur is taken away to execution: Arsace is proclaimed king and the avenger of his father's murder ACT 1
Scene 1 The Temple of Baal
Scene 2 The Hanging Gardens
Scene 3 The Throne Room of the Palace
3: Chamber Organs
From the BBC Sound Archives
Scene 1 The royal apartments
Scene 2 The sanctuary of the Temple of Baal
Scene 3 The royal apartments Scene 4 A room in the Palace Scene 5 The tomb of Nino
(Stereo)
played by members of the ADELAIDE WOODWIND QUINTET
David Cubbin (flute)
Gabor Reeves (clarinet) Stanley Fry (horn)
Thomas Wightman (bassoon) with Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
See page 34
A discussion by ROBERT HUNTER
Lecturer in International Relations, University of London MEIR MICHAELIS an Israeli university lecturer currently engaged in research at the London School of Economics
PHILIP WINDSOR
Reader in International Relations, University of London
Chairman,
BRIGADIER KENNETH HUNT
Deputy Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies
It is all too easy to imagine that the recurrent crises in the Middle East are simply the products of tension between Israel and the . Arab States. But the Middle East can only be properly understood if one takes into account the Politics of the Great Powers.
Produced by Daniel Snowman
Second broadcast
MICHAEL THOMAS describes two early eighteenth-century instruments of which he has constructed replicas. To illustrate their characteristics he plays music by Dandrieu, Gaspard Ie Roux, and Roseingrave
From Hurley Manor, Berkshire
by David Mercer with Sylvia Coleridge and David March
The action takes place in and near a bungalow surrounded bv jungle in what was once a British Colony in Africa.
Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
To be repeated on August 31 See page 32
An account of a personal journey through South Africa in words, verse, and music, compiled and introduced by JENI COUZYN
Jeni Couzyn recently visited South Africa, the country of her birth, after an absence of several years. She illustrates her response to the Predicament of the black population in verse, prose, and with songs and music recorded by people she met.
Produced by George MacBeth
Tenth in a series of eleven programmes mainly drawn from his chamber and choral Works
Mass, for voices and wind instruments
10.23* Cantata on old English texts
PATRICIA KERN (mezzo-soprano) ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor) ST. ANTHONY SINGERS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by COLIN DAVIS gramophone record
The final programme, on August 8, includes string quartets and choral music
