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Haydn Symphony No 17, in F major
VIENNA FESTIVAL CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA conducted by WILFRIED BOETTCHER
7.18* Schubert Rondo in A major (D 438)
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX (violin)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
7.32* tiumperdinck String Quartet in c major TONHALLE QUARTET
7.47* Wagner Overture: Rienzi VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORG SOLTI

Contributors

Conducted By:
Wilfried Boettcher
Conducted By:
Schubert Rondo
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard
Conducted By:
Georg Solti

Morning Concert: part 2 @
8.4 Copland An Outdoor Overture: Our Town
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
8.25* Lyadov Eight Russian Folk Songs
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN
8.39* Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez SIEGFRIED BEHREND (guitar)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by REINHARD PETERS gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
André Previn
Guitar:
Siegfried Behrend
Conducted By:
Reinhard Peters

Britten Sinfonia da Requiem
NKW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
9.25* Cantata academica
JENNIFER VYVYAN (Soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto) PETER PEARS (tenor)
OWEN BRANNIGAN (bass)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE MALCOLM gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Britten Sinfonia
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Conducted By:
George Malcolm

Tenth of a series of 13 programmes of Scandinavian music which include the ten string quartets of Vagn Holinboe
Holmboe String Quartet No 10 (first performance in this country)
WISSEMA QUARTET
11.31* Gade Elverskud
KIRSTEN HERMANSEN (soprano) GURLI PLESNER (contralto) IB HANSEN (baritone)
ROYAI, OPERA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, COPENHAGEN conducted by JOHAN HYE-KNUDSEN (gramophone record)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gade Elverskud
Soprano:
Kirsten Hermansen
Conducted By:
Johan Hye-Knudsen

BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader REGINALD STEAD conductor BRYDEN THOMSON Part 1
Schubert Symphony No 2, in B flat major
12.44* Wagner Siegfried 's Journey to the Rhine (The Twilight of the Gods)

Contributors

Leader:
Reginald Stead
Unknown:
Wagner Siegfried

Seventh in a weekly series Part 1: Stravinsky Ballet: Apollo
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS. directed by NEVILLE MARRINER (violin)
2.26* Capriccio for piano and orchestra
PHILIPPE ENTREMONT
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT CRAFT

Contributors

Violin:
Neville Marriner
Conducted By:
Robert Craft

Seventh in a series of programmes of keyboard music by Bach, Handel, and Domenico Scarlatti
Handel Suite No 2, in F major Scarlatti Sonatas: G minor (L 488): A minor (T. 378)
Bach Suite in A minor (s 996) CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD † (harpsichord)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bach Suite
Harpsichord:
Christopher Hogwood

Glinka Chernomor 's March (Rustan and Ludmilla)
USSR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EVGENY SVETLANOV
3.50* Prokofiev Symphony No 5. in B flat major
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Glinka Chernomor
Conducted By:
Evgeny Svetlanov
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein

Quartet in A minor, Op 132 HAMANN STRING QUARTET
Bernhard Hamann (violin) Fritz Koehnsen (violin) Fritz Lang (viola)
Siegfried Palm (cello)
(Recording made available by courtesy of North German Radio)

Contributors

Violin:
Bernhard Hamann
Violin:
Fritz Koehnsen
Viola:
Fritz Lang
Cello:
Siegfried Palm

The uses of nature
2: Untapped Resources
Man uses only very few of the earth's plants and animals. Who discovered the useful ones? How will others be discovered in the future?
Presented by RICHARD MABEY , with contributions from CONRAD GORINSKY of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College, and DR K. BLAXTER , Director of the Rowett Research Institute.
Produced by ROBIN BRIGHTWELL

Contributors

Presented By:
Richard Mabey
Unknown:
Conrad Gorinsky
Unknown:
Dr K. Blaxter
Produced By:
Robin Brightwell

Seven programmes tracing the growth of intimate music-making from 1600 to the present day.
3: The String Quartet
ROGER FISKE talks about the beginnings of the string quartet and describes some of the characteristics of the form which have made it such a favourite of players and listeners alike.
The musical illustrations are taken from quartets by Haydn, Mozart. Brahms, and Dvorak.
Produced by EILEEN BROWNE

Contributors

Talks:
Roger Fiske
Produced By:
Eileen Browne

from the Royal Albert Hall London
HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
PATRICIA KERN < mezzo-soprano) RONALD DOWD (tenor)
RAIMUND HERINCX (bass) MICHAEL LANGDON (baSS) BBC CHORUS
BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conductor COLIN DAVIS Part 1
Overture: Leonora No 3
7.49' Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Bass:
Raimund Herincx
Bass:
Michael Langdon
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Colin Davis

Part 2
Symphony No 9, in D minor (Choral)
(Michael Langdon broadcasts bv permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden)
(Beethoven Symphonies by Robert Simpson , one in the series of BBC Music Guides, is available through booksellers or by sending a crossed po or cheque to BBC Publications[address removed]. Price 5s, postage and packing 9d)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Langdon
Unknown:
Robert Simpson

by GUNTER GRASS
A radio version of the stage play Noch zehn Minuten bis Buffalo adapted from the German by CHRISTOPHER HOLME , with music by HUMPHREY SEARLE with a section of the SINFONIA OF LONDON conducted by THE COMPOSER Produced by CHRISTOPHER HOLME

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Holme
Music By:
Humphrey Searle
Produced By:
Christopher Holme
Krudewil, an engine driver:
Paul Daneman
Pempelfort, a fireman:
Hugh Burden
'Frigate':
Mary O'Farrell
Kotschenreuther, a painter:
Norman Shelley
Axel, a countryman:
Lee Fox
Narrator:
Brian Wilde

BBC Radio 3

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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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