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Handel
Violin Sonata in A major, Op. 1
No.
Prelude, Air, and Five Variations, in B flat major
Minuet in G minor
7.24* Violin Sonata in G minor,
Op. 1 No. 10
7.36* Chaconne and Twenty-one
Variations, in G major
7.48' Fantasia in C major; Violin
Sonata in F major, Op. 1 No. 12
YEHUDI MENUHIN (violin)
GEORGE MALCOLM (harpsichord) AMBROSE GAUNTLETT (viola da gamba) gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin
Harpsichord:
George Malcolm
Viola:
Ambrose Gauntlett

La Critica
Operatic burlesque in one act Libretto by GAETANO MARTINELLI Music by Niccolo Jommelli Sung in Italian
First broadcast In this country Cast:
ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI Orchestra OF NAPLES
Conducted by MASSIMO PRADELLA
Recordings made available by court tcsy of Italian Radio

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaetano Martinelli
Music By:
Niccolo Jommelli
Unknown:
Alessandro Scarlatti
Conducted By:
Massimo Pradella

From the Royal Albert Hall, London

Zara Nelsova (cello)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
BBC Chorus, Alexandra Choir, Conductor, Charles Proctor
Goldsmiths' Choral Union, Conductor, Frederick Haggis
Harrow Choral Society, Hon. Conductor Clarice Brooksbank
Royal Choral Society, Wembley Philharmonic Society, Conductor, Rae Jenkins
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Leader, Eli Goren
Conducted by Charles Groves, Peter Maxwell Davies

Symphonic Impression: In the Fen Country...Vaughan Williams

7.48* Cello Concerto in E minor...Elgar

8.17* Worldes Blis...Peter Maxwell-Davies - commissioned by the BBC: first performance, conducted by the composer

See page 35

Contributors

Cellist:
Zara Nelsova
Baritone:
Raimund Herincx
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Singers:
Alexandra Choir
Conductor:
Charles Proctor
Singers:
Goldsmiths' Choral Union
Conductor:
Frederick Haggis
Singers:
Harrow Choral Society
Conductor:
Clarice Brooksbank
Singers:
Royal Choral Society
Singers:
Wembley Philharmonic Society
Conductor:
Rae Jenkins
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Charles Groves
Conductor/Composer:
Peter Maxwell Davies

by Nesta Pain based on his memoirs and letters with John Gielgud
Lord Hervey was Vice-Chamberlain at the Court of George II. He became a close friend of Queen Caroline and left an intimate record of the sayings and doings of this unusual family.
Produced by Nesta Pain
Second broadcast
John Glelgud Is in Forty Years On ' at the Apollo Theatre. London

Contributors

Unknown:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
John Gielgud
Produced By:
Nesta Pain
Unknown:
John Glelgud

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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