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Beethoven Overture: Fidelio LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERRE MONTEUX
7.11* Bach 3randenburg Concerto No 1, in F major
MALBORO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conducted by PABLO CASALS
7.34* Haydn Symphony No 99, in E fiat major
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Pierre Monteux
Conducted By:
Pablo Casals
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

A record request programme
Schubert Overture in c major (In the Italian style)
DRESDEN STATE ORCHESTRA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
8.13' Berlioz Symphony: Harold in Italy
YEHUDI MENUHIN (viola) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by COLIN DAVIS

Contributors

Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Viola:
Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted By:
Colin Davis

Part 1
Bartok Improvisations on Hungarian peasant songs
RONALD LUMSDEN (piano)
8.57* Stravinsky Symphonies of wind instruments
DOMAINE MUSICAL ENSEMBLE conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ
10.7* Bartok Dance Suite
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORG SOLTI (gramophone records)

Contributors

Piano:
Ronald Lumsden
Conducted By:
Pierre Boulez
Conducted By:
Georg Solti

Part 2
Stravinsky The Soldier's Tale words by CHARLES RAMUZ English version by ROSA NEWMARCH
MELOS ENSEMBLE
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
William Waterhouse (bassoon) Philip Jones (trumpet)
Arthur Wilson (trombone) Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Adrian Beers (double-bass) James Blades (percussion) conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosa Newmarch
Clarinet:
William Waterhouse
Bassoon:
Philip Jones
Unknown:
Arthur Wilson
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Double-Bass:
James Blades
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
The Narrator:
Deryck Guyler
The Soldier:
Ronald Shiner
The Devil:
Marius Goring
The Princess:
Petronella Barker

Born 1770
A series of lunchtime concerts from the Concert Hall. Broadcasting House. London, each including a Beethoven work Alan Civil Horn Trio Alan Civil (horn)
Hugh Bean (violin)
David Parkhouse (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op 17. for horn and piano
Brahms Trio in E flat major, Op 40
For tickets write to: Ticket Unit, BBC, Broadcasting House, London. W1A 1AA. enclosing SAE

Contributors

Violin:
Hugh Bean
Piano:
David Parkhouse

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by MARCUS DODS
Humperdinck Overture: Hansel and Gretel
W. L. Reed Scherzo for orchestra
Svendsen Two Old Swedish Folk Songs
Respighi Suite: The Birds
Norman Fulton Symphonic Dances

Contributors

Conducted By:
Marcus Dods

conducted by MICHAEL ROSE PETER MOUNTAIN (violin) ROBERT CHADWICK (violin) MARTIN ELMITT (cello)
Walton Johannesburg Festival Overture
3.9* Vivaldi Concerto in D minor (L'estro armonico)
3.23* Mozart Symphony No 38, in D major (Prague) (K 504)
3.49* Berlioz Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Michael Rose
Violin:
Robert Chadwick

by Margaret Cobb
Bach Chorale Preludes: Wachet auf. ruft uns die Stimme (s 645); Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten (s 647)
Rheinberger Sonata No 13
(From St Lawrence Jewry next Guildhall. London: broadcast on 4 December 1968)

Contributors

Unknown:
Margaret Cobb

ELISABETH HOLDEN (Contralto) DAVID HAINES (trumpet) ORCHESTRA DA CAMERA conducted by IVOR KEYS
(who is also the soloist in the organ concertos)
Handel Organ Concerto No 2
Purcell Sonata for trumpet and strings
Bach Two arias: Stirb in mir (Cantata No 169); Vergniigte Ruh. beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata No 170)
Telemann Sonata in D major, for trumpet and strings
Handel Organ Concerto No 4

Contributors

Contralto:
Elisabeth Holden
Conducted By:
Ivor Keys
Unknown:
Vergniigte Ruh.

An approach to critical reading 9: Poet of the Countryside
GEOFFREY SUMMERFIELD talks about the poetry of John Clare Presented by SYDNEY BOLT Produced by PEGGY BACON

Contributors

Talks:
Geoffrey Summerfield
Unknown:
John Clare
Presented By:
Sydney Bolt
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

Introduced by JULIAN MITCHELL This edition includes:
Choreographer RUDI VAN DANT -ZIG and designer TOER VAN SHAYK talking to OLEG KERENSKY about The Ropes of Time which was first performed by the Royal Ballet at Covent Garden last week
A discussion 4 the exhibition of recent "ngravings by Picasso at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, Nash House, London
DAVID PLANTE on his first novel The Ghost of Henry James Produced by PHILIP FRENCH

Contributors

Introduced By:
Julian Mitchell
Unknown:
Rudi van Dant
Unknown:
Toer Van
Unknown:
Oleg Kerensky
Produced By:
Philip French

Purcell Consort of Voices (Susan Longfield, Eileen Poulter, Grayston Burgess, Ian Partridge, Geoffrey Shaw, Christopher Keyte)
Michael East: Poor is the life
Weelkes: Lady, your eye
Morley: I love, alas, I love thee
Bateson: Her hair, the net of golden wire
Ward: Hope of my heart
George Kirbye: See what a maze of error
Tomkins: Come shepherds, sing with me; Oft did I marie; How great delight
Weelkes: Hark all ye lovely saints
Michael East: Quick, quick away

Introduced by Geoffrey Shaw

Contributors

Singer:
Susan Longfield
Singer:
Eileen Poulter
Singer:
Grayston Burgess
Singer:
Ian Partridge
Singer:
Geoffrey Shaw
Singer:
Christopher Keyte
Introduced By:
Geoffrey Shaw

A reflection for radio by FREDERICK BRADNUM
(a sequel to A Lonely Place In a Dark Wood which won the merit award of the Writers Guild for a radio feature 1967) Music specially composed by HUMPHREY SEARLE Members of the SINFONIA OF LONDON conducted by THE COMPOSER with JO MANNING WILSON
WILFRID CARTER , FRANK DUNCAN DENIS GOACHER , CHARLES SIMON Produced by TERENCE TILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Bradnum
Composed By:
Humphrey Searle
Unknown:
Jo Manning Wilson
Unknown:
Wilfrid Carter
Unknown:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Denis Goacher
Produced By:
Terence Tiller

Reger, Busoni and Schoenberg Introduced by ROBERT HENDERSON
A programme in the series illustrating the new directions in music and society during the years preceding the First World War
Reaer Symphonic Prologue to a Tragedy
Busoni Berceuse élégiaque BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conducted by MICHAEL GIELEN
Schoenberg Erwartung
HELGA PILARCZYK (soprano) WASHINGTON OPERA SOCIETY
ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT CRAFT gramophone record
(Eric Cahm on the Parisian Scene: 15 March)
10.55 Interlude

Contributors

Introduced By:
Robert Henderson
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conducted By:
Michael Gielen
Unknown:
Schoenberg Erwartung
Soprano:
Helga Pilarczyk
Conducted By:
Robert Craft
Unknown:
Eric Cahm

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