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Ambroise Thomas Overture: Raymond NEW YORK
PHII.HARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
7.13* Franck Symphonic Varia tions, for piano and orchestra
CLIFFORD CURZON LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
7.30* Bizet Symphony in c
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Franck Symphonic Varia
Unknown:
Clifford Curzon
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Purcell Chacony in G minor STRINGS OF THE
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
8.13* Michael Haydn Concerto in c, for viola, organ and orchestra
STEPHEN SHINGLES SIMON PRESTON ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.45* C. P. E. Bach Sinfonia in D (Wq 183 No 1)
MUNICH BACH ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL RICHTER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Conducted By:
Michael Haydn
Unknown:
Stephen Shingles
Unknown:
Simon Preston
Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
P. E. Bach Sinfonia
Conducted By:
Karl Richter

Beethoven
Overture: Leonora No 2 PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by orro KLEMPERER
9.20* Piano Concerto No 2, in B flat
JULIUS KATCHEN LONDONSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERINO GAMBA gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Orro Klemperer
Unknown:
Julius Katchen
Conducted By:
Pierino Gamba

GALLIARD HARPSICHORD TRIO Stephen Preston (flute) Anthony Pleeth (cello)
Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord) Part 1
Sonata No 6, in E, for flute and harpsichord (bwv 1035)
Partita No 2, in c minor, for harpsichord (bwv 826)
10.30* Bach in Our Time
A talk by HUMPHREY SEARLE t
10.50* Bach: part 2
Suite No 1. in G major, for cello (Bwv 1007)
Sonata No 5. in E minor, for flute and harpsichord (awv 1034)
(A public concert from the 1972 Brighton Festival)

Contributors

Flute:
Stephen Preston
Cello:
Anthony Pleeth
Harpsichord:
Trevor Pinnock
Talk By:
Humphrey Searle

RONALD SMITH (piano)
Rondo in E flat, Op 16: Bolero, Op 19; Nocturne in c sharp minor (Op posth): Tarantelle in A flat, Op 43: Variations brillantes in 8 flat, Op 12; Ecossaises. Op 72: Mazurka in P minor, Op 68 No 4; Polonaise-Fantaisie in A flat, Op 61

Contributors

Piano:
Ronald Smith

'The famous small-coal man, lover of learning, performer in music, and a companion for gentlemen,' was- how Thomas Britton was known to early 18th-century Londoners. His Clerkenwell music club was among the earliest concert organisations in Europe, and his large library of music, auctioned after his death, indicates the wide variety of works performed there.
It includes a Trio-Sonata by Pepusch. himself a patron of the club; sonatas by William Lawes and Corelli; vocal duets by Blow and catches by Purcell; organ music by Bull: a concerto by Albinoni; and Purcell's Te Deum and Trumpet Sonata.
Producer KEITH HORNER gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Britton
Unknown:
William Lawes
Producer:
Keith Horner

Opera in three acts
Music by Humperdinck
Libretto by ADELHEfD WETTE, after the BROTHERS GRIMM (sung in English)
(gramophone records)
One of the most famous of aU fairy tales is the basis of this opera for children, first performed 80 years ago.
MEMBERS OF THE
LONDON BOY SINGERS
SADLER'S WELLS CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by MARIO BERNARDI

Contributors

Conducted By:
Mario Bernardi

6.30 Getting into Focus
Six programmes for the keen amateur photographer
5: Amateurs and Professionals How does one influence the other?
H. JOHN PODMORE , GEORGE HUGHES JOHN CAMPBELL , BILL RISDON Introduced by BRIAN GEAR
6.50 pm Perspective Music Stands
Tonight at the Royal Albert Hall there is a Winter Prom. BERNARD KEEFFE talks to JOHN TOOLEY , General Administrator of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, its Music Director COLIN DAVIS , and some enthusiasts, about the enjoyment and economics of musical promenades.
Producer PEGGY BACON
7.10 Focus on Education
Parents phone in their questions on the three Rs to miss EDITH BIGGS , Her Majesty's Inspector for Mathematics in Primary Schools, and RONALD PALMER , Head of the Education Department of Wentworth Castle College of Education Chairman DR ALAN LITTLE Producers JUDITH BUMPUS and JACK SINGLETON
(Starting next week: The Person for the Job)

Contributors

Unknown:
H. John Podmore
Unknown:
George Hughes
Unknown:
John Campbell
Unknown:
Bill Risdon
Introduced By:
Brian Gear
Talks:
Bernard Keeffe
Unknown:
John Tooley
Unknown:
Colin Davis
Producer:
Peggy Bacon
Unknown:
Edith Biggs
Unknown:
Ronald Palmer
Unknown:
Dr Alan Little
Producers:
Judith Bumpus
Producers:
Jack Singleton

direct from the Royal Albert Hall London
In association with Fanfare for Europe Beethoven
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by Herbert von Karajan Part 1
Symphony No 4, in B flat major
8.10* Péguy and Beethoven
In 1903 Péguy published, In his Cahiers de la Quinzaine, Rolland's Life of Beethoven. BASIL LAM introduces and reads passages he has chosen and translated.
8.30* Prom: part 2
Symphony No 5, in c minor followed by an interlude

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert Von

direct from Westminster
Cathedral, London
WENDY EATHORNE (soprano) SALLY LE SAGE (soprano)
CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor) JOHN-ANGELO MESSANA (counter-tenor)
PHILIP LANGRIDGE (tenor) JOHN ELWES (tenor)
RICHARD SALTER (baritone)
MICHAEL RIPPON (bass-baritone) MONTEVERDI CHOIR Continuo:
MALCOLM HICKS (chamber organ) NICHOLAS KRAEMER (harpsichord) PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE
MONTEVERDI ORCHESTRA leader SYLVIA CLEAVER conducted by John Eliot Gardiner The Great Venetians
Giovanni Gabrieli Sonata No 13 a 8 Monteverdi Adoramus te
Giovanni Gabrieli Canzon a 9; Angelus ad pastores ait; Salvator noster
Grandi 0 quam tu pulchra es Monteverdi Gloria (1632)
Cavalli Ave maris stella; Son. ata a 10; Salve Regina
Monteverdi Exultent caell

Contributors

Soprano:
Wendy Eathorne
Soprano:
Sally Le Sage
Unknown:
Charles Brett
Unknown:
John-Angelo Messana
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Tenor:
John Elwes
Baritone:
Richard Salter
Bass-Baritone:
Michael Rippon
Unknown:
Malcolm Hicks
Harpsichord:
Nicholas Kraemer
Harpsichord:
Philip Jones
Leader:
Sylvia Cleaver
Conducted By:
John Eliot Gardiner
Unknown:
Giovanni Gabrieli

1873-1914
A centenary programme of poems, chosen, translated and Introduced by DOUGLAS PARMÉE, Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge
The poems read in French by ANDRE MARANNE and in English by GERALD CROSS
Producer TERENCE TILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
Andre Maranne
Producer:
Terence Tiller

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