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Hely-Hutchinson Carol Symphony: PRO ARTE ORCHESTRA conducted by BARRY ROSE
8.29* Mendelssohn Six Children's Pieces, Op 72
ANDRE PREVIN (piano)
8.38* Tchaikovsky Marche miniature: Scherzo (Suite No 1, in D minor)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
8.48* Johann Strauss Annen-Polka: Waltz: Accelerationen VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by WILLI ROSKOVSKY
gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Hely-Hutchinson Carol Sym
Conducted By:
Barry Rose
Piano:
Andre Previn
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Conducted By:
Johann Strauss Annen
Conducted By:
Willi Roskovsky

1735-1971 Part 1
Boyce Overture (Ode for His Majesty's Birthday. 1775)
LAMOUREUX CONCERTS ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTHONY LEWIS
9.15* Greene Orpheus with his lute: APRIL CANTELO (soprano) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by RAYMOND I.EPPARD charpsichord)
9.19* Stanley Concerto in A minor. Op 2 No 5
HURWITZ CHAMBER ENSEMBLE directed by EMANUEL HURWITZ

Contributors

Conducted By:
Anthony Lewis
Conducted By:
Greene Orpheus
Directed By:
Raymond I.Eppard
Directed By:
Emanuel Hurwitz

Part 2
Bliss Introduction and Allegro LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
9.48* Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor: JACQUELINE DU PRÉ
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
10.19* Bax Symphonic Poem: The Happy Forest
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDWARD DOWNES
10.29* Bliss Hymn to Apollo LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Conducted By:
Bliss Hymn

in King's College Chapel, Cambridge
(Friday's broadcast. R4)
Hymn: Once in royal David's city (H.J. Gauntlett)
The Bidding Prayer
Hymn: Of the Father's heart begotten (Piae Cantiones, 1582)
First Lesson: Genesis 3, vv 8-13. 22-24: A Chorister
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord); On Christmas night (trad English)
Second Lesson: Genesis 22, vv 15-18: A Choral Scholar
I saw three ships (trad Eng)
Third Lesson: Isaiah 9, vv 2, 6. 7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES
Hymn: O little town of Bethlehem (trad English)
Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11, vv l-3a, 4a, 6-9: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
In dulci jubilo (14th-century German)
Fifth Lesson: St Luke 1, vv 26-35. 38: THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
The angel Gabriel (Basque Noel); Joseph was an old man (trad English)
Sixth Lesson: St Luke 2. vv 1, 3-7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SISTER COLLEGE AT ETON
In the bleak midwinter (Harold Darke)
Sans Day Carol (trad Cornish)
Seventh Lesson: St Luke 2, vv 8-16: A Fellow
Personent hodie (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (trad English)
Hymn: While shepherds watched (Este's Psalter, 1592)
Eighth Lesson: St Matthew 2. VV 1-11: THE VICE-PROVOST
Lully, lulla, thou little tiny child (Kenneth Leighton ): A Babe is born (William Mathias) Ninth Lesson: St John 1. vv 1-14: THE PROVOST
Hymn: O come, all ye faithful (J. F. Wade)
Collect for Christmas Eve The Blessing
Hymn: Hark. the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn)
Director of Music DAVID WILLCOCKS
IAN HARE (organ)

Contributors

Unknown:
Harold Darkei
Unknown:
Kenneth Leighton
Unknown:
William Mathias
Unknown:
F. Wade
Music:
David Willcocks

ITZHAK PERI.MAN (Violin) PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (violin and viola) ALAN CUCKSTON
(harpsichord continuo)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader KENNETH SILLITO conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM Part 1
Bach Concerto in D minor, for two violins and strings
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, for violin, viola and orchestra (K 364)

Contributors

Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman
Harpsichord:
Alan Cuckston
Leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Conducted By:
Daniel Barenboim

A personal choice of records presented by Edward Greenfield including at 1.38* SIR WILLIAM WALTON conducting his own Music for Children; at 2.10* a group of songs sung by JANET BAKER ; at 2.35* Elgar's Concert Overture: In the south, conducted by CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI ; at 3.5* JOHN OGDON playing Shostakovich's Piano Concerto No 2; and at 3.48* the final scene of Puccini's opera Fanciulla del West

Contributors

Presented By:
Edward Greenfield
Unknown:
Sir William Walton
Sung By:
Janet Baker
Unknown:
Constantin Silvestri
Unknown:
John Ogdon

LONDON MEDIAEVAL GROUP
John Whitworth (counter-tenor) Roland Tatnell (counter-tenor) Martyn Hill (tenor)
Duncan Robertson (tenor) Mary Remnant (fiddle)
Marylin Wailes (bellchimes) Alan Lumsden (sackbut) Tony Moore (sackbut)
Introduced by GILBERT REANEY anonic 1200) Nicholai sollempnia; Nicholai presulis inon (c 1250) Pour celi que j'ains - Nicholaus igitur - Portare anon (c 1200) Ex eius tumba;
Catervatim Carmen Pontifici decori speculi anon Sequence: Sospitati dedit anon (c 1325) Salve, cleri speculum
Dufay 0 gemma, lux et speculum anon (c 1450) Ex eius tumba; Sospitati dedit

Contributors

Unknown:
John Whitworth
Unknown:
Roland Tatnell
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Unknown:
Marylin Wailes
Unknown:
Alan Lumsden
Unknown:
Tony Moore
Introduced By:
Gilbert Reaney
Unknown:
Catervatim Carmen Pontifici

met last Sunday to talk about this and that. Contemporaries at Oxford, and friends for several centuries they claim, their lives have often taken them far apart always to come together again. Sir John has lately returned from a long visit to Australia and Mr Pryce-Jories now lives mostly in the United States,
(Alan Pryce-Jones on December in New York: Friday. 8.25 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Pryce-Jories
Unknown:
Alan Pryce-Jones

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by MAURICE BRETT conducted by ANDREW DAVIS Bach Suite No 3, in d major Elgar Symphony No 1
(Given before an invited audience in Studio 1, Maida Vale, London, on 20 November)

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Brett
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis

A sequence of poems for Christmas compiled and produced by TERENCE TILLER
Readers in order of speaking FRANK DUNCAN , NORMAN SHELLEY GRETTA GOURIET and NICOLETTE BERNARD

Contributors

Duced By:
Terence Tiller
Unknown:
Frank Duncan
Unknown:
Norman Shelley
Unknown:
Gretta Gouriet
Unknown:
Nicolette Bernard

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