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A programme of recent records Mozart Symphony No 29, in A (K 201): ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELD conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.27* Richard Nicolson No more, good herdsman; In the merry May morn
PAUL ELLIOT (tenor), CHOIR OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE, OXFORD
ELIZABETHAN CONSORT OF VIOLS conducted by BERNARD ROSE
8.30* Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses
JOSEPH KALICHSTEIN (piano)
8.42* anon, ed Warlock Have you seen but a white lily grow? Warlock
Piggesnie IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) VOCAL ENSEMBLE
JENNIFER PARTRIDGE (piano)
8.46* Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No 1: Moscow RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by MAXIM SHOSTAKOVICH

Contributors

Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Conductor:
Richard Nicolson
Conductor:
Bernard Rose
Piggesnie (tenor):
Ian Partridge
Piano:
Jennifer Partridge

Bach Cantata No 108
HERTHA TOPPER (contralto) ERNST HAEFLIGER (tenor) THEO ADAM (bass)
MUNICH BACH CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA, conducted by KARL RICHTER Telemann Concerto Polonaise in B flat: EDUARD MELKUS (violin) VIENNA CAPELLA ACADEMICA conducted by KURT REDEL Bach Cantata No 12
HILDE RÕSSL-MAJDAN (contralto) ANTON DERMOTA (tenor) WALTER BERRY (bass) VIENNA CHAMBER CHOIR
VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by MOGENS WÕLDIKE gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karl Richter
Conducted By:
Kurt Redel
Tenor:
Anton Dermota
Bass:
Walter Berry

A record request programme
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for strings: ALLEGRI QUARTET
SINFONIA OF LONDON, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
10.15* Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks: concerto for chamber orchestra
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
10.30* Haydn Symphony No 31, in D (Horn Signal)
STUTTGART BACH COLLEGIUM conducted by HELMUT RILLING

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Conducted By:
Stravinsky Dumbarton
Conducted By:
Helmut Rilling

Handel's semele: by ANTHONY
LEWIS
Musical Profile - Jean-Pierre Rampal : by ALAN BLYTH
Hugo Alfv2 én(1872-1960): by ANDREW PORTER
Johann Strauss : Father and-Son: book review by MARK LUBBOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean-Pierre Rampal
Unknown:
Alan Blyth
Unknown:
Hugo Alfv2
Unknown:
Andrew Porter
Unknown:
Johann Strauss

An opera in three acts Libretto by CONGREVE Music by Handel, revised and ornamented by BRIAN TROWELL Mortals:
BBC WEST OF ENGLAND CHORUS Continuo: JOHN CONSTABLE and DAVID PETTIT (organs)
HELEN JONES (cello)
ROY MCGEOCH (double-bass)
BBC TRAINING ORCHESTRA conductor MEREDITH DAVIES Repetiteurs JOHN CONSTABLE and MARK ELDER
(A concert performance recorded in the Great Hall, Bristol University: 6 March 1971) Acts 1 and 2 1.40* During the Interval
Handel's ' Semete ' as Music-Drama: a talk by WINTON DEAN
1.55* Semele, Act 3
(Forbes Robinson , John Con stable, Mark Elder broadcast by permission of Covent Garden)

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Trowell
Unknown:
John Constable
Unknown:
David Pettit
Cello:
Helen Jones
Double-Bass:
Roy McGeoch
Conductor:
Meredith Davies
Repetiteurs:
John Constable
Repetiteurs:
Mark Elder
Talk By:
Winton Dean
Unknown:
Forbes Robinson
Unknown:
John Con

by racine, translated and Introduced by JOHN EDMUNDS with Barbara Jefford
Prunella Scales , Martin Jarvis and John Moffatt
Bajazet. is based on a true story. It is set in the harem of the Turkish Sultan Murad about 1635.
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING If you're used to touring the texts with one finger under the Alexandrines and the other in the dictionary, productions like this one can positively take the mind by storm. (THE GUARDIAN)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Edmunds
Unknown:
Barbara Jefford
Unknown:
Prunella Scales
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Sultan Murad
Producer:
Christopher Venning
Achmet, Grand Vizir:
John Moffatt
Osmin, confidant to Achmet:
Rodney Diak
Roxana, Sultaness, favourite of Murad:
Barbara Jefford
Atalida, daughter of the Blood Royal of the Ottomans:
Prunella Scales
Zaira, slave and confidante toAtalida:
Eva Stuart
Bajazet brother of the Sultan Murad:
Martin Jarvis
Zatima, slave and confidante to Roxana:
Katherine Parr

1810-1951
' The real discovery is one that makes me capable of stopping doing philosophy when I want to - the one that gives philosophy peace.'
A radio portrait of the philosopher, written and presented by NICHOLAS BOYLE
Those taking part include: SIR DESMOND LEE NORMAN MALCOLM
BRIAN MCGUINESS , PETER STERN with the voices of BERTRAND RUSSELL and W. J. H. SPROTT
JULIAN GLOVER reads from Witt genstein 's letters, and HILDA SCHRODER from the writings of Hermine, his sister. Other readings by DOUGLAS BLACKWELL and NIGEL LAMBERT
Producer MICHAEL HEFFERNAN
(Extended version of the prog broadcast on 9 April 1971)

Contributors

Presented By:
Nicholas Boyle
Unknown:
Sir Desmond Lee
Unknown:
Norman Malcolm
Unknown:
Brian McGuiness
Unknown:
Peter Stern
Unknown:
Bertrand Russell
Unknown:
W. J. H. Sprott
Unknown:
Julian Glover
Unknown:
Witt Genstein
Unknown:
Hilda Schroder
Unknown:
Douglas Blackwell
Unknown:
Nigel Lambert
Producer:
Michael Heffernan

In the second of two talks JOHN LEVY presents recordings he made recently in Bhutan of orchestral music accompanying dance, archery contests, an early form of drama performed by "yak herdsmen, together with other instruments and songs which reveal a musical culture hitherto unknown outside the country.
Producer MADEAU STEWART

Contributors

Unknown:
John Levy
Producer:
Madeau Stewart

BBC Radio 3

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