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Mozart Symphony No 35, in D major (Haffner) (K 385)
PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
OF NEW YORK conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
8.24* Papanini, arr Kreisler Violin Concerto in D major 0 FRITZ KREISLER
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
8.42* Ravel Rapsodieespagnole© NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arturo Toscanini
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein

A record request programme
Prokofiev Suite: Le pas d'acier MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
10.15* Shostakovich Concerto, for piano, trumpet, and orchestra
ANDRE PREVIN , WILLIAM VACCHIANO NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
10.40' Weill Suite (The Threepenny Opera)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ERICH LEINSDORP

Contributors

Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Unknown:
Andre Previn
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Erich Leinsdorp

FaurS and his mélodies: by PIERRE BERNAC
Antonin Reicha (1770-1836): by RONALD STEVENSON
Kerstin Thorborg (1896-1970): by CHARLES OSBORNE
Schoenberg on Composition: book review by GEOFFREY BUSH Edited by ANNA INSTONE and JULIAN HERBAGE
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Bernac
Unknown:
Antonin Reicha
Unknown:
Ronald Stevenson
Unknown:
Kerstin Thorborg
Unknown:
Charles Osborne
Review By:
Geoffrey Bush
Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage

AMBROSIAN SINGERS chorus-master JOHN MCCARTHY LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor BERNARD HAITINK Berlioz Overture: Beatrice and Benedict
Ghedini Credo di Perugia (first performance in this country)
12.32* Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
John McCarthy
Leader:
Rodney Friend

Second of five programmes played by the AMADEUS STRING QUARTET Norbert Brainin (violin)
Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello) with CECIL ARONOWITZ (viola)
From the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London
Part 1
Quartet in D major (K 499)
1.37* Quintet in E flat major (K 614)-

Contributors

Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Cello:
Martin Lovett
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall

Opera in four acts Music by VERDI Libretto by FRANCESCO MARIA PIAVE after Shakespeare Sung in Italian
(gramophone records)
Cast in order of singing:
Generals in the army of King
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ACCADEMIA DI SANTA CECILIA, ROMg conducted by THOMAS SCHIPPERS
Act 1 Sc 1 A heath; Sc 2 A hall in Macbeth's castle
3.46* Act 2 Se 1 A room in the castle; Sc 2 The castle grounds; Sc 3 The banqueting hall in the castle

Contributors

Unknown:
Francesco Maria Piave
Conducted By:
Thomas Schippers

Visions de I'Amen (1943) Amen de la Création
Amen des étoiles, de la planète a l'anneau
Amen de l'agonie de Je"sus Amen du désir
Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux Amen de jugement
Amen de la consommation played by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT and MALCOLM WILLIAMSON (two pianos)

Contributors

Played By:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Played By:
Malcolm Williamson

JOHN WILLIAMS (guitar)
JOHN WILBRAHAM (trumpet) BRISTOL SINFONIA leader COLIN SAUER conductor SIDNEY SAGER
Rodrioo Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar and orchestra
Albeniz Asturias, for guitar
7.9* Paul Patterson Concerto for trumpet, strings, and timpani (first performance)

Contributors

Leader:
Colin Sauer
Conductor:
Sidney Sager
Conductor:
Rodrioo Concierto
Guitar:
Paul Patterson

by HENRY REED with music by ANTHONY SMITH-MASTERS starring Flora Robson and Marius Goring
The Streets of Pompeii (awarded an Italia Prize in 1953) evokes a sun-drenched day in 1952 among the ruins of Pompeii, through which wander the tourists, the archaeologists. and the young lovers, dimly aware of the brooding terror of the volcano that overwhelmed the city in AD 79.
Cast:
Solo clarinet SIDNEY FELL Orchestra conducted by PATRICK SAVILL
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Reed
Music By:
Anthony Smith-Masters
Unknown:
Flora Robson
Unknown:
Marius Goring
Conducted By:
Patrick Savill
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
The Sibyl:
Flora Robson
The traveller:
Marius Goring
Francesca:
Rosalind Shanks
AttiliO:
Carlo Cura
The lizard:
Carleton Hobbs
Judy:
Hilda Kriseman
Margery:
Deborah Dallas
Bill:
Derek Seaton
Walter:
David Spenser
Professor MacBride:
Frank Duncan
Professor MacFarlane:
John Laurie
The guide:
Hector Ross
The merchant:
Godfrey Kenton
His Wife:
Kathleen Helme
An old man:
Malcolm Hayes
The silent old lady:
Kathleen Helme
The silent old gentleman:
Carleton Hobbs

EDWIN o. REISCHAUER, us Ambassador in Tokyo between 1961 and 1966, and now Professor of Far Eastern Languages at Harvard University, discusses with JOHN TUSA the historical development of education in Japan over the past century, and its impact on the evolution of a democratic style of government
Japan's success In the world is widely attributed to the quality of education available to all people. The introduction of universal education has turned Japan in less than a hundred years from a purely feudal society into a modern nation state with all the essential attributes of a democratic system of government.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tusa

Anthem: My beloved spake APRIL CANTELO (soprano)
ALFRED DELLER (counter-tenor) GERALD ENGLISH (tenor)
MAURICE BEVAN (baritone)
KALMAR ORCHESTRA OF LONDON conducted by ALFRED DELLER
A Song for St Cecilia's Day (1692)
APRIL CANTELO soprano)
ALFRED DELLER (counter-tenor) PETER SALMON (counter-tenor) WILFRED BROWN (tenor)
MAURICE BEVAN (baritone) JOHN FROST (bass) AMBROSIAN SINGERS
KALMAR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT gramophone records

Contributors

Soprano:
Alfred Deller
Baritone:
Maurice Bevan
Conducted By:
Alfred Deller
Soprano:
Alfred Deller
Tenor:
Wilfred Brown
Baritone:
Maurice Bevan
Conducted By:
Sir Michael Tippett

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