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Suite from the Royal Brass Music of King James I
LONDON GABRIELI BRASS ENSEMBLE
7.19* Avison Concerto in E minor. Op 6 No 8
HLRWITZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE directed by EMANUEL HURWITZ (violin)
7.29' Handel Water Music: Suite No 1, in p
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard

A record request programme
Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI
8.21* Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor: JASCHA HEIFETZ BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MUNCH
8.46* Liszt Symphonic Poem: Hamlet
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK

Contributors

Conducted By:
Leopold Stokowski
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz Boston
Conducted By:
Charles Munch
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

Stravinsky Octet
JAMES PELLERITE (flute)
DAVID OPPENHEIM (clarinet)
LOREN GLICKMAN , ARTHUR WEISBURG (bassoons) ROBERT NAGEL
THEODORE WEISS (trumpets) KEITH BROWN , RICHARD HIXON (trombones)
9.20* Berceuses du chat; Three Shakespeare Songs
CATHY BERBERIAN (mezzo-sop) COLUMBIA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
9.29* Septet
COLUMBIA CHAMBER ENSEMBLE conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Stravinsky Octet
Flute:
James Pellerite
Clarinet:
David Oppenheim
Clarinet:
Loren Glickman
Bassoons:
Robert Nagel
Bassoons:
Theodore Weiss
Unknown:
Keith Brown
Unknown:
Richard Hixon
Songs:
Cathy Berberian

by Norman Finlay from Down Cathedral, Downpatrick, County Down

Lubeck Prelude and Fugue in E major

9.52* Bach Chorale Prelude on Wo soll ich fliehen hin (s 694)

9.57* Liszt Variations on a theme of Bach: Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen

Contributors

Organist:
Norman Finlay

conductor KENNETH ALWYN
Paul Reade Overture: To a City
Grieg Two Elegiac Melodies
Rossini, arr Britten Matinees musicales
Bizet Intermezzo: Minuet; Farandole (L'Arlésienne: Suite No 2)

Contributors

Conductor:
Kenneth Alwyn
Conductor:
Paul Reade

Sincronie
SOCIETA CAMERISTICA ITALIANA
(Recording made available by courtesy of Swiss Radio)
Sinfonia EVA MARIA KAPEK (soprano) MARGARITA HEPPE (soprano)
ELFRIEDEZIMMERMANN (contralto) MAGGIE SWARBRICK (contralto) ALFRED WINKLER (tenor)
WOLFGANG SATTMANN (tenor) HEINZ GERGER (bass) GUSTAV BAUER (baSS)
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by MILAN HORVAT (Recording made available by courtesy of Austrian Radio)

Contributors

Soprano:
Sinfonia Eva Maria Kapek
Soprano:
Margarita Heppe
Contralto:
Maggie Swarbrick
Tenor:
Alfred Winkler
Tenor:
Wolfgang Sattmann
Bass:
Gustav Bauer
Conducted By:
Milan Horvat

A scries of little-known piano concertos, and, this week, three operatic transcriptions
Thalberg Fantasy on Donizetti's Don Pasquale , Op 67 EARL WILD
12.14* Tausia Reminiscences of Monsiuszko's Halka MICHAEL PONTI
12.27* Busoni Elegie No 4: Turandots Frauengemach (Intermezzo) : JOHN OGDON
12.32* Moscheles Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 58 MICHAEL PONTI
PHILHARMONIA HUNGARICA conducted by OTHMAR MAGA gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Don Pasquale
Unknown:
Halka Michael Ponti
Unknown:
John Ogdon
Conducted By:
Othmar Maga

The third of eleven weekly programmes in which distinguished musicians discuss. and in some cases perform. music for which they have a special affection
Today Robert Simpson talks about Beethoven's String Quartet in F minor, Op 95, which will be played by the AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
(Given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London)

Contributors

Talks:
Robert Simpson

GERALDINE O'GRADY (violin) HAVELOCK NELSON (pianO) THE LINDSAY SINGERS
Conductor ETHNA BARROR KAREN AVERY (horn)
STEWART BENZIE (horn) DEREK BELL (harp)
Palestrina Pleni sunt coeli Isaak 0 esca viatorum
Casciolini Panis angellcus
Praetorius Regina coeli jubila
Villa-Lobos Sonata-fantaisie No 1 (Désespérance), for violin and piano
Brahms Songs for women's voices, two horns and harp, Op 17
Schumann Sonata No 1, in A minor, for violin and piano

Contributors

Violin:
Geraldine O'Grady
Piano:
Havelock Nelson
Conductor:
Ethna Barror
Horn:
Karen Avery
Horn:
Stewart Benzie
Unknown:
Casciolini Panis
Unknown:
Praetorius Regina

from St Gabriel's Church. Cricklewood, sung by MEMBERS OF THE BBC CHORUS
Introit: Unto thee. 0 Lord do I lift up my soul (Thalben-Ball) Responses (Bernard Rose )
Psalm 104 (Higgins; Thalben-Ball)
Lessons: Job 18: Hebrews 8 Canticles (Murrill in E)
Anthem: The Wilderness (S. S. Wesley)
Director of Music JOHN pooh Organist BARRY ROSE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Rose
Organist:
Barry Rose

Records chosen by the under-20s, introduced by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
Schoenberg Pierrot Lunaire, part 1
Holst Uranus the Magician (conducted by THE COMPOSER)
David Bedford Music for Albion Moonlight
Gait MacDermot The Age of Aquarius (Hair)
Carl Ruggles Sun-treader

Contributors

Introduced By:
Christopher Hogwood
Unknown:
David Bedford Music
Unknown:
Carl Ruggles

A four-part case-history in research and development presented by PAUL VAUGHAN 3: Pills as Products
Paul Vaughan Jooks at the considerable changes In the production and marketing of The Pill since its introduction in 1957. Producer ROBIN BRIGHTWELL
7.0-7.30 VHF Open University: see Radio 3 VHF on this page

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Producer:
Robin Brightwell

Theatre
Introduced by BRYAN MAGEE This edition includes:
A survey of recent Shakespearean productions, including John Barton 's Othello at Stratford, with MICHAEL BILL INGTON and CHARLES MAROWITZ A report on the new Birmingham Repertory Theatre
A discussion between MARTIN ESSLIN and OLEG KERENSKY on Edward Bond 's new play Lear at the Royal Court
A look at other new productions, including James Joyce 's play Exiles at the Aldwych
Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bryan Magee
Unknown:
John Barton
Unknown:
Michael Bill
Unknown:
Charles Marowitz
Unknown:
Oleg Kerensky
Unknown:
Edward Bond
Unknown:
James Joyce

Evangelist. KURT EQUILUZ (tenor) Chrisitus. KARL RIDDERBUSCH (bass) PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) TOM SUTCLIFFE (counter-tenor) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
MAX VAN EGMOND (bass) MICHAEL SCHOPPER (baSS) SOLOISTS OF THE
VIENNA BOYS CHOIR
BOYS OF REGENSBURG CATHEDRAL CHOIR
MEN OF THE CHOIR OF
KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS and NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT gramophone records Part 1

Contributors

Tenor:
Nigel Rogers
Conducted By:
David Willcocks
Conducted By:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

by Idris Parry, Professor of Modern German Literature in the University of Manchester
Robert Musil, Hermann Hesse, Kafka, and Rilke all use in different ways the image of the wall and the hole in the wall as the symbol of the situation in which man is at once brought to a standstill and offered a mysterious, ambiguous way out of his trap.

Contributors

Speaker:
Idris Parry

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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