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. Glinka Spanish Overture No 2
(Summer Night in Madrid) USSR SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EVGENY SVETLANOV
7.15* Dohnanyi Concertstuck in D, .OP 12
JANOS STARKER (Cello)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by WALTER SUSSKIND
7.38* Copland Ballet Suite: Billy the Kid
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Evgeny Svetlanov
Conducted By:
Dohnanyi Concertstuck
Conducted By:
Walter Susskind
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein

Handel Suite No 1, in F (Water Music)
ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.33* Bach Harpsichord Concerto No 5, in F minor GEORGE MALCOLM
MENUIIIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conducted by YEHUDI MENUHIN
8.43* Handel Coronation Anthem: The King shall rejoice CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS gramophone records

Contributors

Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
George Malcolm
Conducted By:
Yehudi Menuhin
Conducted By:
David Willcocks

Albeniz, Granados and Falla Falla Concerto in D
GONZALO SORIANO (harpsichord) MICHEL DEBOST (flute) ROBERT CASIER (oboe)
ANDRÉ BOUTARD (clarinet) PIERRE NERINI (violin) ROBERT CORDIER (cello) conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
Granados Canciones amatorias MONTSERRAT CABALLE (soprano) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FERRER gramophone records

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Gonzalo Soriano
Flute:
Michel Debost
Oboe:
Robert Casier
Clarinet:
André Boutard
Violin:
Pierre Nerini
Cello:
Robert Cordier
Conducted By:
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Soprano:
Montserrat Caballe
Conducted By:
Rafael Ferrer

JOAQUIN ACHUCARRO (piano) BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA leader COLIN STAVELEY conducted by YUVAL ZALIOUK Overture: King Stephen
10.10* Piano Concerto No 3, In c minor
10.49* Symphony No 8, in F major

Contributors

Piano:
Joaquin Achucarro
Leader:
Colin Staveley
Conducted By:
Yuval Zaliouk

A preview by JON CURLE of some of the plays and features on Radio 3 and Radio 4 in the week ahead.
(Some coming events on Radio 3 and 4, October-December, were given in a supplement to The Listener dated 28 September)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Curle

One hundred years ago last week, Ralph Vaughan Williams was born. This centenary series features a variety of music written in England during his lifetime. This week, from the North of England, a programme of chamber and vocal music by Vaughan Williams and two of his friends.
IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) WISSEMA STRING QUARTET with DAVID LLOYD (piano)
Howells Fantasy String Quartet
Vaughan Williams Merciless Beauty; Violin Sonata in A minor
Ivor Gurney Song-cycle: Ludlow and Teme (poems by A. E. Housman)

Contributors

Music By:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Piano:
David Lloyd
Unknown:
Ivor Gurney
Unknown:
A. E. Housman

A comic opera in three acts Words by GIOVANNI RUFFINI after ANELLI'S
Ser Marc' Antonio Music by DONIZETTI (sung in Italian)
In order to spite his nephew an old bachelor decides to marry - only to find that he has walked headlong into a trap. Cast:
Servants, waiters
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
WALTER HAGEN-GROLL
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RICCARDO MUTI
The action takes place near
Act 1 Sc 1: A room in Don Pasquale's house; Sc 2: Norina's apartment
Act 2: A room in Don Pasquale's house
Act 3 Sc 1: A room in Don Pasquale's house; Sc 2: The garden at night

Contributors

Unknown:
Giovanni Ruffini

Mediumwave
6.30 The True Style
6: Neo-Classicism in the Home In the last programme of this series leading up to the Council of Europe Exhibition, FRANCIS WATSON , Director of the Wallace Collection, and DESMOND FITZ GERALD of the Victoria and Albert Museum , London, talk about the furniture, fashion and decorative style of the period.
Series producer
ELIZABETH ST JOHNSTON
7.0 The Impact of Broadcasting
Six programmes presented by ALASDAIR CLAYRE 3: MusicMatters .To what extent has broadcasting created new audiences for music, and at what cost, if any, to music-making?

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Watson
Unknown:
Desmond Fitz
Unknown:
Albert Museum
Unknown:
Elizabeth St Johnston
Presented By:
Alasdair Clayre

Third of five chronological programmes, each containing a quartet, a symphony and a mass
WISSEMA STRING QUARTET
Nella Wissema , Fav Campey Ludmila Navratil , Paul Ward HONOR SHEPPARD (soprano) MARGARET CABLE (Contralto) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
JOHN BARROW (baritone) BBC NORTHERN SINGERS chorus-master
STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Bernard Keeffe Part 1
Quartet in B minor, Op 33 No 1 (1781)
Symphony No 73, in D major (La chasse) (1781)
8.25* Haydn and the Mass A talk by BERNARD KEEFFE
8.45* Haydn: part 2
Mass in c major (Mariazell) (1782)

Contributors

Unknown:
Nella Wissema
Unknown:
Ludmila Navratil
Unknown:
Paul Ward
Chorus-Master:
Stephen Wilkinson
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Bernard Keeffe
Talk By:
Bernard Keeffe

A weekly programme of reviews, discussions and interviews
Presented by John Spurling This edition includes:
ARTHUR KOESTLER discussing The Call-Girls, his first novel for 21 years
A. ALVAREZ on W. H. Auden 's Epistle to a Godson, and Joseph Losey 's The Assassination of Trotsky
Producer PHILIP FRENCH

Contributors

Presented By:
John Spurling
Unknown:
Arthur Koestler
Unknown:
A. Alvarez
Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Unknown:
Joseph Losey

The third in a series of programmes in which Peter Frankl and Andre Tchaikowsky play all of Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas
Sonata in E flat major. Op 7 (Tchaikowsky)
Sonata in D major. Op 28 (Pastoral) (Tchaikowsky)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Frankl
Unknown:
Andre Tchaikowsky

BBC Radio 3

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