A programme of recent records Jacob Paix and Giovanni Picchi , arr László Czldra 16thcentury Hungarian dances
CAMERATA HUNGARICA ENSEMBLE
8.12* Mozart Sonata in A minor (K 310)
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH (pianO)
8.33* Schubert Symphony No 8. in B minor (Unfinished) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Cantata No 7: Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
Cantata No 9: Es ist das Heil uns kommen her
BOY TREBLE
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) KURT EQUlLUZ (tenor)
MAX VAN EGMOND (baSS) CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE, LEONHARDT CONSORT directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT gramophone records
A record request programme Reznicek Overture: Donna Diana VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY
10.7* Brahms Concerto in A minor
HENRYK SZERYNG (violin) JANOS STARKER (CellO)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
10.42* Mozart Serenade No 8, in d, for four orchestras (x 286): LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PETER MAAG
Elgar's The Apostles: by PERCY YOUNG
Hilding Rosenberg (born 21 June 1892): by ROBERT LAYTON
Musical Profile: Daniel Barenboim by HENRY RAYNOR
Contemporary British Composers: book review by ROBERT HENDERSON
Edited by ANNA INSTONE and JULIAN HERBAGE
leader VIKTOR LIEBERMAN conducted by ARVID YANSONS Part 1 Beethoven Overture: Egmont
Symphony No 7. in A
12.50* During the Interval
Brahms's Fourth Symphony: an illustrated talk by JOHN HORTON ‡
1.10* Concert: part 2
Brahms Symphony No 4, in E minor
(A public concert given in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in September 1971)
iZwingburg)
A dramatic cantata
Words by FRANZ WERFEL
English version by NORMAN PLATT Music by Ernst Krenek
(first performance in this country)
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by LEON LOVETT Repetiteur MARY NASH
Producer ERNEST WARBURTON
(John Dobson and David Lennox broadcast by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden)
ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest. (Rptd: Monday, 9.55 am)
Norman Bailey (bass-baritone) with Sylvia Schulman (piano) sings some of the best-loved songs of the German romantic repertoire
Schubert Der Doppelganger (Schwanengesang); Erstarrung; Der Lindenbaum (Winterreise); Die Post (Winterreise)
Schumann Widmung (Myrthen); Belsatzar; Fruhlingsfahrt; Der Schatzgraber; Der Hidalgo
Strauss Morgen; Heimliche Aufforderung; Zueignung
Beethoven Quartet In G major. Op 18 No 2
Bartok Quartet No 2. Op 17 GABRIELI STRING QUARTET
A cross-section of music by the distinguished Polish composer beginning with his tribute to
Bartok ANNA MALEWICZ-MADEY (mezzo-sop) BELGRADE RADIO CHORUS
POLISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Part 1
Funeral Music, for string orchestra
Trois poemes d'Henri Michaux, for chorus and orchestra
ROBERT SHERLAW JOHNSON plays La bouscarle from Messiaen's Catalogue d'oiseaux
Part 2
Five Songs
Livre pour orchestre
(Recording from the 1971 Musik Protokoll made available by courtesy of Austrian Radio)
A piano recital to set the scene for this evening's play. Liszt Two Legends
Berg Sonata in B minor
Stravinsky Three Dances (Petrushka) played by IDIL BIRET 1
A tragicomedy by FRANK WEDEKIND , translated from the German by ANTHONY VIVIS with Alan Howard and Robert Eddison
Frank Wedekind (1864-1918) is being increasingly recognised as one of the creators of modern drama and a powerful influence on playwrights like Brecht. Frisch and Diirrenmatt. The Marquis of Keith, which dates from 1899, is one of his most important plays in which Wedekind. confronts two basic character types: a Don Quixote of immorality and a Don Quixote of decency.
Other parts: KATHERINE PARR and STEPHANIE TURNER
Producer MARTIN ESSLIN
(Alan Howard is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Co)
A record of the music Berg extracted from his unfinished opera based on two of Wedekind's plays
MARGARET PRICE (SOpranO) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted bv CLAUDIO ABBADO
(' Pandora's Box.' Pabst's film: BBC2. Thursday 10.55 pm)
Last of four conversations 4: Inward Landscapes
DR CHRISTOPHER EVANS and J. G. BALLARD talk about man's changing view of himself in the universe,
(mezzo-soprano) sings Mahler's Ruckert Lieder with PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
In the second of these programmes JERROLD NORTHROP MOORE introduces a recently reissued record of Elgar conducting his Symphony No 1, in A flat, and describes the intricate process of transferring 78 rpm records, made in 1930, into the LP of today.
He also discusses how fashions of orchestral playing influence composers in the way they conceive their music.