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Rossini Overture: Semiramide
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
7.17* Mendelssohn Concerto in A flat
MARIE-JOSE BILI.ARD and JULIEN AZAÏS (two pianos) SAAR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL HISTENPART gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Karl Histenpart

8.4 Dittersdorf Sinfonia in c DANISH STATE RADIO
CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by MOGENS WÖLDIKE
8.18* Haydn Horn Concerto in D major (H VIId 3)
BARRY TUCKWELL ; ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.35- Joseph Martin Kraus Symphony in c minor
ANGELICUM ORCHESTRA OF MILAN conducted by NEWELL JENKINS gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Dittersdorf Sinfonia
Unknown:
Barry Tuckwell
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Conducted By:
Joseph Martin Kraus
Conducted By:
Newell Jenkins

Schubert
The fourth of five programmes of music from the last year of his life
Der Atlas; Ihr Bild; Das Fisch ermadchen; Die Stadt; Am Meer; Dcr Doppelganger (Schwanengesang)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU with GERALD MOORE (pianot
9.24* Fantasia in c (D 934)
WOLFGANG SCHNEIDERHAN (Violin) WALTER KLIEN (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Das Fisch
Pianot:
Gerald Moore
Violin:
Wolfgang Schneiderhan
Piano:
Walter Klien

LONDON STUDIO STRINGS leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by MYERS FOGGIN Elgar Serenade in E minor
Mozart Adagio and Fugue in c minor (K 546)
Delius Air and Dance
Willy Burkhard Toccata, Op 55

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Leopold
Conducted By:
Myers Foggin
Conducted By:
Elgar Serenade

A series of musical exchanges between Wales and the North. Today: members of the BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA and the BBC NORTHERN SINGERS conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON
Mozart Serenade No 11 (K 375) Bach Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer Schwachheit auf, for double choir
Gounod Petite symphonie
Schumann Four Songs. Op 141, for double choir
John Hywel Sextet (first performance)

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephen Wilkinson
Conductor:
Mozart Serenade
Unknown:
John Hywel

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader TOM ROWLETTE conducted by CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN
Part 1
Mozart Symphony No 36, in c major (Linz) (K 425)
12.31* Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge

Contributors

Leader:
Tom Rowlette
Conducted By:
Christopher Seaman

Opera in five acts
Music by MUSSORGSKY
Arranged and orchestrated by SHOSTAKOVICH
Libretto by VLADIMIR STASSOV and THE COMPOSER
Narrator RONALD HARVI
BOYS OF MANCHESTER GRAMMAR SCHOOL
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS
AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader REGINALD STEAD conducted by EDWARD DOWNES repetiteur ROBERT KEYS
Produced by ERNEST WARBURTON Act 1 The Red Square, Moscow

Contributors

Unknown:
Vladimir Stassov
Narrator:
Ronald Harvi
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Produced By:
Ernest Warburton
English version,:
Edward Downes
Kouzka a Strelyets:
Peter Walker (baritone)
1st Strelyets BRIAN:
Fish (tenor)
2nd Strelvets:
Terence Rogan (baritone)
A scribe:
David Lennox (tenor)
Shaklovity, a Boyar:
Gwyn Griffiths (baritone)
Prince Ivan Khovansky. Commander of the Streltsy:
Gordon Farrall (bass)
Emma, a girl from the German quarter:
Gwenyth Annear (soprano)
Prince Andrei Khovansky,Prince Ivan's son:
Robert Thomas (tenor)
Martha, an Old Believer:
Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo)
Dosifei, Leader of the Old Believers:
Don Garrard (bass)
Prince Vassily Galitsin, a lover of the Regent Sophia:
John Lanigan (tenor)
Varsonofiev, his servant:
Raymond Aspin (bass)
A servant:
John Stenson
Streshnev, a Boyar:
Arthur Gardner (tenor)

Act 4
Scene 1 Prince Ivan's house
Scene 2 The square before St
Basil's church, Moscow
Act 5 A pine forest
(Elizabeth Bainbridge. Robert Keys , Edward Downes , John Lanigan. and David Lennox broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Bainbridge.
Unknown:
Robert Keys
Unknown:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
John Lanigan.
Unknown:
David Lennox

Cheshire County Youth Orchestra conductor R.J. Mallaband

Weber Overture: Oberon

Sibelius Symphony No 1, in E minor (first movement)

Delius The walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

Rimsky-Korsakov Cortege (Le coq d'or)

Introduced by Ernest Warburton
12th in a weekly series

Contributors

Presenter:
Ernest Warburton

The first of two lectures about what listeners may hear with their ears in serial music as distinct from what they may deduce from the printed notes. IVOR KEYS. Professor of Music at the Barber Institute, Birmingham University, addresses students of Morley College. Produced by PETER DODD
(First broadcast in January)

Contributors

Produced By:
Peter Dodd

ORREA PERNEL (violin)
HURWITZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE directed by EMANUEL HURWITZ (Violin) with CHARLES SPINKS
(harpsichord continuo)
Bach Violin Concerto in A minor Mozart Divertimento in D major (K 136)
Bach Violin Concerto in E major

Contributors

Violin:
Orrea Pernel
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks

A special rebroadcast of his play for radio to mark the award to Samuel Beckett of the Nobel Prize for Literature. with Mary O'Farrell and J. G. Devlin
Produced by DONALD MCWHINNIE (First broadcast on 13 January 1957: Third)

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Beckett
Unknown:
Mary O'Farrell
Unknown:
J. G. Devlin
Produced By:
Donald McWhinnie
Mrs Rooney (Maddy), an old lady:
Mary O'Farrell
Christy, a carter:
Allan McClelland
Mr Tyler, a retired bill-broker:
Brian O'Higgins
Mr Slocum, Clerk of the Race-course:
Patrick Magee
Tommy, a porter:
Jack MacGowran
Mr Barrell, a station-master:
Harry Hutchinson
Miss Fitt, a lady:
Shela Ward
A Female Voice:
Peggy Marshall
Mr Rooney (Dan), husband of Mrs Rooney:
J. G. Devlin
Jerry, a small boy:
Terrance Farrell

APRIL CANTELO (soprano) MERIEL DICKINSON (mezzo-sop) JEAN ALLISTER (contralto)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) KENNETH BOWEN (tenor) JACK IRONS (tenor) ROGER STALMAN (bass) NEIL HOWLETT (bass)
HEINRICH SCHUTZ CHORALE, HEINRICH SCHUTZ CHOIR, PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE, CHARLES SPINKS (organ) CHRISTOPHER DEARNLEY (Organ), ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader, JOSE-LUIS GARCIA conducted by ROGER NORRINGTON

Schutz Zion spricht, der Herr hat mich verlassen: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Saul, Saul, was verfolgst du mich
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzona del primi toni a 8
Schutz Ich beschwore euch
Schutz Ich danke dem Herrn von ganzem Herzen

Contributors

Soprano:
April Cantelo
Mezzo-soprano:
Meriel Dickinson
Contralto:
Jean Allister
Countertenor:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Kenneth Bowen
Tenor:
Jack Irons
Bass:
Roger Stalman
Bass:
Neil Howlett
Organ:
Charles Spinks
Leader:
Jose-Luis Garcia
Conducted By:
Roger Norrington

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