Time: GTS 8.0 am
Beethoven Turkish March (The Ruins of Athens)
Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Johann Strauss Waltz : Morning Papers; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka:
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Ferenc Fricsat
Brahms Waltzes, Op 39
Julius Katchen (piano)
Smetana Scherzo (Triumph Symphony)
Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Vaclav Smetacer Dvorak Slavonic Dances: Nos 3 and 16:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan
(gramophone records)
GUNTHER RADHUBER (harpsichord) ELISABETH SPEISER (soprano) ANNA REYNOLDS (contralto) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
SIEGMUND NIMSGERN (bass) MUNICH BACH CHORUS AND
ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL RICHTER Part 1
Concerto in the Italian style, for harpsichord Cantata No 39
Bartok Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos, Volume 5
Vackar Three Studies (first broadcast in this country) GUNTHER RAPHUBER
(Recording made available by courtesy of Yugoslav Radio)
Part 2
Cantata No 31
Toccata in D minor, for harpsichord (s 913) Cantata No 34
(Recordings made available by courtesy- of Yugoslav and Bavarian Radios)
Introduced by JOHN LADE Summer Retrospect (i) contributed by STEPHEN DODGSON NOEL GOODWIN , EDWARD GREENFIELS
CHARLES ROSEN (piano) BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA conducted by PAAVO BERGLUND
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro
12.20* Schumann Piano Concerto In A minor
Midday Prom; part 2 Beethoven
1.5 Overture: Coriolan
1.13* Symphony No 2. in
A personal choice of records presented by Hugh Macdonald including at 1.52* Janacek's Sinfonietta, with GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY conducting the USSR RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA; at 2.16* madrigals by Gesualdo sung by the MONTEVERDI CHOIR; at 2.32* RONALD SMITHplaying Alkan's Sonarine, Op 61; all
2.55* RUGGIERO RICCI playing Paganini Caprices: at 3.16* Satie's ballet: Helache, with PHILIPPE ENTREMONT conducting the ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA; at 3.42* GEORGE LONDON, accompanied by LEO TAUBMAN. singing Mussorgsky's Songs and Dances of Death; and at 4.9* Scriabin's Prometheus (Poem of Fire) with DIMITRI MITROPOULOS conducting the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (mono)
A study of the music composed in the 12 years following the First World War with particular reference to neo classicism and the music of commitment conducted by ALEXANDER GOEHR Part 1
Weill Vom Tod lm Wald DAVID THOMAS (bass)
MUSIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE Eisler Gegen den Krieg
LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS Eisler Tempo der Zeit
JAMES LAURENSON (speaker) SYBIL MICHELOW (contralto) BENJAMIN LUXON (baritone) LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS MUSIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE
DAVID drew, in conversation with MICHAEL hall, talks about the music composed during the 20s in Germany, with particular reference to Eisler and Weill.
Part 2 Weill
Zu Potsdam unter den Elchen LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS Mahagonny - Songspiel
MUSIC THEATRE ENSEMBLE
JOHN AMIS talks to artists concerned with the highlights of next week's broadcast music,
Introduced by STEVE RACE
by ALBAN BERG
Libretto by the COMPOSER based on texts by FRANK WEDEKIND
English version by STUART HOOD and RICHARD ARMSTRONG
The first British production given by the Welsh National Opera at the New Theatre, Cardiff
WELSH PHILHARMONIA leader JOHN STEIN conductor JAMES LOCKHART Producer MICHAEL GELIOT
(Eric Garrett and Paul Hudson broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden) The action takes place in Germany, Paris and London in the late 19th century. Prologue and Act 1
discusses his new production of Lulu with KENNETH LOVELAND.
Acts 2 and 3
(completed 1469-1470) by SIR THOMAS MALORY
DEREK BREWER , Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. introduces his selection of 12 weekly dramatised readings with the voice of NORMAN SHELLEY as Sir Thomas Malory and Caxton
Music by STEPHEN DODGSON
Producer RAYMOND RAIKES
(First reading: Mon, 10.30 pm)
BRIANLARGEhas done a good deal of research, both in Czechoslovakia and France, into Martinu's life and work, and in this programme tries to form some assessment of his stature. He argues that the operas, choral works and symphonies represent him at his best, and that the chamber music (more often heard in this country) shows a less comprehensive side of his personality.
c, major. Op 79
A major, Op 2 No NORMA FISHER