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CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Bizet L'Arlésienne: Suite No 1 conducted by JEAN MARTINON
7.24* Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor ARTUR RUBINSTEIN conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Unknown:
Artur Rubinstein
Conducted By:
Carlo Maria Giulini

CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Kodaly Dances from Galanta conducted by SEIJIOZAWA
8.22* Janacek Sinfonietta conducted by SEIJI OZAWA
8.44* Falla Three Dances (The Three-cornered Hat) conducted by FRITZ REINER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Seiji Ozawa
Conducted By:
Fritz Reiner

Tallis and Lassus
Lassus Timor et tremor; Pelli meae; Surgens Jesus PHII.IPPE CAILLARD
VOCAL ENSEMBLE conducted by PHII.IPPE CAILLARD
9.25* Tallis Lamentations of Jeremiah
CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Willcocks

Duet Concertino, for clarinet, bassoon and string orchestra DIETRICH FRITSCHE JÛRGEN GODE
RADIO SAAR8RÜCKEN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by HELMUT MÜLLER-BRȔHL
(Recording made available by courtesy of Radio Saarbriicken) Oboe Concerto
HANSJORG SCHELLENBERGER
BAVARIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by FRITZ RIEGER
(Recording made available by courtesy of Bavarian Radio)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Fritz Rieger

Gottfried August Burger 's lyric-ballad of 1773 inspired both Duparc's only surviving orchestral work and one of Raff's best orchestral works.
Duparc Symphonic Poem: Lenore
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA
Raff Symphony No 5, in E (Lenore)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HERRMANN gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Gottfried August Burger
Conducted By:
Antonio de Almeida
Conducted By:
Bernard Herrmann

MERIEL DICKINSON (meZZO-SOp) JOHN MCCABE (piano)
Haydn Variations in F minor (h xvi 6)
Maw Song-cycle: The voice of love
Haydn Sonata in E (H XVI 13)
(From the Northern College of Music, Manchester. The first of three concerts promoted by the Manchester Tuesday Midday Concerts Society in association with the BBC as part of the 1973 Manchester Festival)

Contributors

Unknown:
Meriel Dickinson
Piano:
John McCabe

Alun Hoddinott
Part of a Meet the Composer evening held by Youth and Music at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in October 1972.
The composer introduces three of his works:
Sonata No 3. Op 78 No 1
LEVON CHILlNGIRIAN (violin) CLIFFORD BENSON (piano) Danegeld, Op 33
TIFFIN SCHOOL CHOIR director BRUCE PULLAN Piano Sonata No 6 MARTIN JONES

Contributors

Unknown:
Alun Hoddinott
Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Piano:
Clifford Benson
Piano:
Bruce Pullan

Lyric drama in two episodes Libretto, after PUSHKIN by ENRICO CAVACCHIOLI and GUGLIELMO EMANUEL Music by LeoncavaHo (sung in Italian)
(first broadcast in this country) Specialty commissioned by the London Hippodrome, Leoncavallo conducted his opera there twice daily in 1912. sandwiched between Fred Woodward 's Performing Seals and the American Ragtime Octet.
TURIN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master ROBERTO GOITRE conducted by ELIO BONCOMPAGNI (Italian Radio recording)
The action takes place by the banks of the lower Danube in the early years of this century.

Contributors

Unknown:
Enrico Cavacchioli
Unknown:
Guglielmo Emanuel
Unknown:
Fred Woodward
Chorus-Master:
Roberto Goitre
Conducted By:
Elio Boncompagni

1816-1875
There is an Englishman, William Bennett , in our daily circle, an out-and-out Englishman, a splendid artist, a poetic, beautiful soul.
(ROBERT SCHUMANN)
A performance of William Sterndale Bennett 's Sextet in f sharp minor, for two violins, viola, cello, double-bass and piano. It is preceded by the first broadcast performance of Duo for two violins in F major by G. F. Pinto , and followed by the Quintet for two violins, viola, cello and piano by John Field.
AD SOLEM QUARTET with JEFFREY BOX (double-bass) ALAN CUCKSTON (fortepiano)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Bennett
Unknown:
William Sterndale Bennett
Unknown:
G. F. Pinto
Unknown:
John Field.
Double-Bass:
Alan Cuckston

6.30 The Person for the Job
A practical guide, in five parts, to recruitment in business and industry
Presented by ROGER WILLIAMS 2: Attracting a Good Field Book, 50p: see page 62
6,50 Community Care: The Patient at Home
Seven case-studies for nurses in training
2: Handicapped Children
A young married couple talk about the practical considerations involved in bringing up a child born with spina bifida Book, 45p: see page 62
7.10 Focus on Education
Parents phone in their questions on reading to OR JOAN TOUGH, Institute of Education, Leeds University, and MICHAEL MARLAND , Headmaster of Wood-berry Down School, London. Chairman DR BARRY TURNER

Contributors

Presented By:
Roger Williams
Presented By:
Michael Marland
Unknown:
Dr Barry Turner

Wagner came to London in 1855 to conduct the entire season of eight concerts for the Philharmonic Society. This programme is based on the first of those concerts. Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 99, in E flat: ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Mozart Soave sia il vento (Cosl fan tutte)
CHRISTA LUDWIG (mezzo-soprano) LISA DELLA CASA (soprano) PAUL SCHOEFFLER (bass)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BOHM
Spohr Violin Concerto No 8, tn A minor (mono) JASCHA HEIFETZ
RCA VICTOR ORCHESTRA conducted bv IZLER SOLOMON
Weber Ocean, thou mighty monster (Oberon)
GUNDULA JANOWITZ (soprano) BERLIN OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by FERDINAND LEITNER Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PETER MAAG
8.45* Wagner as Conductor
After the final concert a London critic described Wagner as ' the worst conductor to whom the Philharmonic baton has yet been entrusted.' BERNARD KEEFFE thinks otherwise,
9.0* Wagner in London: part 2 Beethoven Symphony No 3, in E flat (Eroica)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KIEMPERER .Weber Wie nahte mir der
Schlummer (Der Freischiitz) BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano)
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT HEGER
Mozart Overture: Die Zauberflote
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by COLIN DAVIS Producer KEITH HORNER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Mozart Soave
Mezzo-Soprano:
Christa Ludwig
Bass:
Paul Schoeffler
Conducted By:
Karl Bohm
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz
Conducted By:
Ferdinand Leitner
Conducted By:
Peter Maag
Conducted By:
Otto Kiemperer
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Conducted By:
Robert Heger
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Producer:
Keith Horner

7: Mao Tse-tung and Maoist Society
Formed by revolutionary experience. by Marxism, and 1-.v a deeply held China-centred nationalism, Mao's revolutionary drive has not ebbed after 24 years in power. How have the ideas come together to make the man?

Contributors

Unknown:
Mao Tse-Tung

Motets from the Toulouse collection at Tenbury, edited by PHILIPPE OBOUSSIER , who introduces the programme. APRIL CANTELO (soprano)
FELICITY PALMER (soprano) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) NIGEL WICKENS (bass)
CAROLYN SPAREY (violin) JONATHAN SPAREY (violin)
DESMOND DUPRE̛̍̏(viola da gamba) CHARLES SPINKS (organ)

Contributors

Edited By:
Philippe Oboussier
Soprano:
Felicity Palmer
Bass:
Nigel Wickens
Violin:
Carolyn Sparey
Violin:
Jonathan Sparey

BOB COBBING reads a group of his sound poems with the members of Abana:
Paul Burwell. Herman Hauge
David Toop , Christopher Small and Lyn Conetta
Sound sources employed are flute, mirliton, alto and soprano saxophones, electric guitar, piano, percussion and voices. Introduced by BOB COBBING and PAUL BURWELL
Producers JOHN F. MUIR and GEORGE MACBETH

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Cobbing
Unknown:
Paul Burwell.
Unknown:
Herman Hauge
Unknown:
David Toop
Unknown:
Christopher Small
Introduced By:
Bob Cobbing
Introduced By:
Paul Burwell
Producers:
John F. Muir
Producers:
George MacBeth

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