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Haydn Symphony No 87, in A SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.29* Schumann Introduction and Allegro, for piano and orchestra. Op 134: RUDOLF SERKIN PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
7.45* Glazunov Finnish Rhapsody: MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EVGENY SVETLANOV gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Evgeny Svetlanov

Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Bias: SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
8.14' Dvorak Rondo in G minor MAURICE GENDRON (cello)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
8.23* Beethoven Symphony No 5: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. conducted by KARL BÖHM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Dvorak Rondo
Cello:
Maurice Gendron
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

Ives
Set No 1. for chamber orchestra: ENSEMBLE conducted by GUNTHER SCHULLER Four Songs
TEXAS BOYS' CHOIR OF FORT WORTH GREGG SMITH SINGERS
RAYMOND BEEGLE (organ)
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GREGG SMITH Central Park in the dark
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SEIJI OZAWA and MAURICE PERESS December; Three Harvest Home Chorales: The Circus Band
GREGG SMITH SINGERS
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GREGG SMITH gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Gunther Schuller
Singers:
Gregg Smith
Singers:
Raymond Beegle
Conducted By:
Gregg Smith
Conducted By:
Seiji Ozawa
Conducted By:
Maurice Peress
Singers:
Gregg Smith
Conducted By:
Gregg Smith

TUCKWELL WIND QUINTET with RONALD MOORE (clarinet) ANTHONY CHIDDELL (horn) ALAN HAMMOND (bassoon) MARGARET KITCHIN (piano)
Beethoven Sextet in E Oat, Op 71, for two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons
Rossini Prelude, Theme and Variations, for horn and piano Poulenc Sextet, for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, piano (BBC Lunchtime Concert 1970)

Contributors

Clarinet:
Ronald Moore
Bassoon:
Alan Hammond
Piano:
Margaret Kitchin
Piano:
Beethoven Sextet

This week musical life In 19th-century Dresden. ' The most costly and accomplished orchestra in Germany.' (Wagner, 1849)
Weber Overture: Abu Hassan
DRESDEN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by HEINZ RÖGNER
Lipinski Violin Concerto No 2, In D (Concerto militaire) (mono) IGOR IWANOW, WARSAW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by STANISLAW WISLOCKI
Berlioz Absence (Nuits d'été) RÉGINE CRESPIN (soprano) SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPEREB gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Abu Hassan
Conducted By:
Stanislaw Wislocki
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Otto Klempereb

THE MATRIX
Jane Manning (soprano) Alan Hacker , Tony Coe Francis Christou
(clarinets and saxophones) Ronald Lumsden (piano) Tristan Fry (percussion) with SIDONIE GOOSSENS (harp)
Martin Dalby The Keeper of the Pass
Harrison Birtwistle Dinah and Nick's Love Song, for three soprano saxophones and harp David Rowland Dreamtime , for voice and tape
Harrison Birtwistle Nenta : The death of Orpheus
(Part of an Invitation Concert given last October in Firth Hall, University of Sheffield)

Contributors

Soprano:
Jane Manning
Soprano:
Alan Hacker
Soprano:
Tony Coe
Clarinets:
Francis Christou
Piano:
Ronald Lumsden
Harp:
Sidonie Goossens
Harp:
Martin Dalby
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle Dinah
Harp:
David Rowland Dreamtime
Unknown:
Harrison Birtwistle Nenta

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6.30 The Arab Heritage
Ten programmes on the culture of the Arab world and its contribution to civilisation. 1: The Beginnings
With JAMES THOMSON
Series producer IAN GRIMBLE
7.0 The Impact of Broadcasting Six programmes presented by ALASDAIR CLAYRE
1: Mrs Buckle 's Wall is Singing

Contributors

Producer:
Ian Grimble
Presented By:
Alasdair Clayre
Presented By:
Mrs Buckle

MIRIAM BOWEN (soprano)
NORMA PROCTER (contralto) BENJAMIN LUXON (baritone)
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHORUS chorus-master EDMUND WALTERS ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, led by DENNIS SIMONS conductor SIR CHARLES GROVES direct from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Part 1 Holst The Planets

Contributors

Soprano:
Miriam Bowen
Contralto:
Norma Procter
Conductor:
Dennis Simons

Part 2
Sinfonia Sacra (The Resurrection) (first performance)
Sir Charles Groves says: ' ' This is an extremely bold conception in the 20th century -a symphony in slow tempo, based on the narrative of St John 's Gospel, beginning with the death of Christ. It is. I think, very beautiful.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Charles Groves
Unknown:
St John

violin and piano
Tartini Sonata In a minor (Devil's trill)
Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op 24 (Spring)
Stravinsky Duo concertant
Paganini Caprices (Op 1): Nol, In E major; No 6, in G minor; No 24, in A minor (Theme and Variations)
Sarasate Spanish Dances: Romanza andaluza, Op 22 No 1; Zapateado, Op 23 No 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Beethoven Sonata
Unknown:
Stravinsky Duo

Five programmes about social communication
2: Signals and the Shapes of Societies by Michael Chance
Dr Chance, who heads the Sub-Department of Ethology at Birmingham University, sees societies of monkeys, apes and humans as falling into two markedly different types - the hedonic and the agonistic. He believes that these are reflections of their communication systems, which are based ultimately on sets of signals.
(The woman who kept her son In a cage: page 11)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Chance

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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