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Purcell Four-part Sonata No 6, in g minor
LEONHARDT CONSORT
8.13* Debussy Images. Series 1 ARTURO BENEDETTO MICHELANGELI (piano)
8.29* Elgar String Quartet in E minor
MUSIC GROUP OF LONDON QUARTET

Contributors

Piano:
Arturo Benedetto Michelangeli

Cantata No 52: Falsche Welt, dir trau' ich nicht
NELLY VAN DER SPEK (soprano)
MANNHEIM BACH CHOIR, conducted by HEINZ MARKUS GOTTSCHE
Cantata No 198: Lass Fiirstin lass noch einen Strahl (Funeral Ode)
ROTRAUD HANSMANN (soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
MAX VAN EGMOND (bass)
HAMBURG MONTEVERDI CHOIR CONCERTO AMSTERDAM conducted by JÜRGEN JÜRGENS gramophone records

Contributors

Soprano:
Nelly van Der Spek
Conducted By:
Heinz Markus Gottsche
Soprano:
Rotraud Hansmann
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Tenor:
Kurt Equiluz
Bass:
Max van Egmond
Conducted By:
Jürgen Jürgens

A record request programme
Satte, arch Debussy Gymnopedies Nos 1 and 2 UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by MAURICE ABRAVANEL
10.7* Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (Cello) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
10.27* Mendelssohn Symphony No 5, in D (Reformation)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH

Contributors

Conducted By:
Maurice Abravanel
Cello:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch

One Piano, Four Hands-4: modern British composers by DENIS MATTHEWS and BRENDA MCDERMOTT
Musical Profile: Raymond Leppard, by ALAN BLYTH
Berg's Wozzeck, by ANDREW PORTER
César Franck and his Circle: book review by JAMES HARDING Introduced by JULIAN herbage
(Wozzeck can be heard on Thursday at 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Matthews
Unknown:
Brenda McDermott
Unknown:
Raymond Leppard
Unknown:
Alan Blyth
Unknown:
Andrew Porter
Review By:
James Harding
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage

A music drama in three acts by Wagner (sung in German) Cast in order of singing:
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conducted by HORST STEIN
Producer WOLFGANG WAGNER
Act 1
3.24* During the interval The Hero and the Dragon
Talk by KONSTANTIN RAZAROV
3.40* Siegfried Act 2

Contributors

Conducted By:
Horst Stein
Producer:
Wolfgang Wagner
Talk By:
Konstantin Razarov

by BERTOLT BRECHT
Translated from the German by RICHARD BECKLEY with Barry Foster and Mary Wimbush
KATE BINCHY , JOHN HOLLIS ELIZABETH PROUD
Brecht explains the collapse of the Paris Commune of 1871. He feels that it was the leaders' unwillingness to use violence which caused their defeat. In this year of the centenary of the Commune Brecht's play is being given its first professional English production. aongs by HANNS EISLER
Incidental music composed and conducted by HANS HEIMLER Played by JUDITH PEARCE , BRAM GAY
TERRY EMERY , HENRY KREIN
Producer RICHARD WORTLEY
(Mary Wimbush is in Butley,' at the Criterion Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Bertolt Brecht
Unknown:
Richard Beckley
Unknown:
Barry Foster
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Unknown:
Kate Binchy
Unknown:
John Hollis
Unknown:
Elizabeth Proud
Unknown:
Hanns Eisler
Conducted By:
Hans Heimler
Played By:
Judith Pearce
Played By:
Bram Gay
Played By:
Terry Emery
Played By:
Henry Krein
Producer:
Richard Wortley
Unknown:
Mary Wimbush
Jean Cabet:
Barry Foster
Madame Cabet:
Mary Wimbush
Genevieve:
Kate Binchy
Papa:
John Hollis
Babette:
Elizabeth Proud
Philippe:
Anthony Jackson
Coco/Chairman:
Martin Friend
Coco/Chairman:
Geoffrey Beevers
Narrator:
Stephen Thorne
The portly gemleman/Deles- Cluze.:
Ronald Herdman
Jules Favre/ Tax Collector:
Rolf Lefebvre
Langevin:
Haydn Jones
Thiers:
David March
Varlin:
John Rye
Woman Delegate/Baker's Wife:
Sheila Grant
Waiter/Officer:
Brian Hewlett
Dying Woman:
Diana Bishop
Aristocratic Lady:
Eva Stuart
Mayor/Ranvier:
Edward Kelsey
De Ploeuc:
Willlam Fox
Bestay:
James Thomason
Rigault:
Malcolm Terris
Guy:
Robin Browne
Women and children:
Jean England
woman:
Stephanie Turner

Emiko Iiyama (soprano)
Die Reihe Ensemble of Vienna conducted by Richard Dufallo

Carl Kuggles Vox clamans in deserto for soprano and orchestra
Earle Brown Synergy II
(first broadcasts in this country)
(Recording made available by courtesy of Austrian Radio)

Contributors

Soprano:
Emiko Iiyama
Conducted By:
Richard Dufallo

Compiled and narrated by JOHN BECKETT. recounting the early years during which the great Irish dramatist strove to be a professional musician withand Olweh Griffiths
Music by a section of the MUSIC GROUP OF LONDON directed by JOHN BECKETT and JOHN KELLY
(traditional fiddler)
Producer TERENCE TILLER followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
John Beckett.
Unknown:
Olweh Griffiths
Directed By:
John Beckett
Directed By:
John Kelly
Producer:
Terence Tiller
J.M. Synge.:
Denys Hawthorne

Henry Morrison (clarinet)
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Davis

Haydn Symphony No 83, in G minor (The Hen)

10.37* Sebastian Forbes Essay for clarinet and orchestra conducted by The Composer

10.53* Beethoven Symphony No 2

Contributors

Clarinettist:
Henry Morrison
Musicians:
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Andrew Davis
Conductor:
Sebastian Forbes

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