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French Church Music
Henry Dumont Magnificat SOLOI STS
PHILLIPECAILLARD VOCAL EN SEMBLK
JEAN-FRANÇOIS PAILLARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by LOUIS FRÉMAUX
Francois Couperln Deuxieme leçon de tenebres
JEANNINE COLLARD (contralto)
MARIE-ANN MOCQUOT (viola da gamba)
NOËLIE PIERRONT (organ)
Marc -Antoine Charpentier Messe pour plusieurs instruments au lieu des orgues
ANCIENT INSTRUMENTS ENSEMBLE
9F PARIS
INSTRUMENTAL AND VOCAL ENSEMBLE directed by JACQUES CHAILLEY gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Louis Frémaux
Contralto:
Jeannine Collard
Viola:
Marie-Ann Mocquot
Unknown:
Noëlie Pierront
Unknown:
Marc -Antoine Charpentier
Directed By:
Jacques Chailley

Denis Matthews presents listeners' record requests by telephone.
This week's guest caller will be Nina Milkina , who at 10.0* will be introducing her choice - the recording of the Quintet from Wagner's Die Meistersinger, With ELISABETH SCHUMANN as Eva. Telephone [number removed]with your request between 8.0 am and
10.30 today or send details on a postcard, with your name, telephone number, and reason for choice

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Matthews
Unknown:
Nina Milkina
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schumann

Presented by Stephen Walsh
Death in Venice: Music Weekly reviews the first broadcast performance of Britten's new opera, which can be heard on Friday at 8.10 pm
CHRISTOPHER GRADWELL , With members of the LONDON SAXOPHONE quartet, outlines the history and repertoire of the saxophone quartet Editor KEITH BORNER

Contributors

Presented By:
Stephen Walsh
Unknown:
Christopher Gradwell
Editor:
Keith Borner

The Letter of Lord Chandos Translated by TANIA STERN AND JAMES STERN Read by ROBIN BROWNE
Hofmannsthal's fictional letter which Philip, Lord Chandos, it supposed to be writing to Francis Bacon , is one of the key documents in the development of 20th-century art.

Contributors

Translated By:
Tania Stern
Translated By:
James Stern
Read By:
Robin Browne
Unknown:
Francis Bacon

JONATHAN MILLER discussing his production of John Marston 's The Malcontent with PHILIP OAKES in a conversation first broadcast in Arts Commentary last April.
Dr Miller's production has now transferred from the Nottingham Playhouse to the Globe Playhouse in London. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Miller
Unknown:
John Marston
Unknown:
Philip Oakes

The Return of Tobias An oratorio by Haydu direct from The Mattings, Snape Cast in order of singing:
Alexander Young (tenor)
Chorus of the Hebrews
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL CHORUS GRAHAM BARKER
(harpsichord continuo)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader KENNETH SILLITO conducted by PHILIP LEDGER Part 1
4.5* H. C. Robbins Landon talks about the composition and revision of Haydn's oratorio The Return of Tobias.
4.25* Aldeburgh Festival:
The Return of Tobias, Part 2

Contributors

Tenor:
Alexander Young
Harpsichord:
Graham Barker
Leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Conducted By:
Philip Ledger

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Music specially composed by DEREK OLDFIELD with Nigel Stock
Anthony Bate , Peter Jeffrey Julian Glover , Martin Jarvis Dudley Foster , Jane Wenham
Caesar's servant.LEWIS STRINGER Producer MARTIN JENKINS
Anthony Bate was a superb Brutus, Nigel Stock was Caesar revealed, and the thunderstorm has never sounded more convincing. (THE GUARDIAN) followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Composed By:
Derek Oldfield
Unknown:
Nigel Stock
Unknown:
Anthony Bate
Unknown:
Peter Jeffrey
Unknown:
Julian Glover
Unknown:
Martin Jarvis
Unknown:
Dudley Foster
Unknown:
Jane Wenham
Unknown:
Lewis Stringer
Producer:
Martin Jenkins
Unknown:
Anthony Bate
Unknown:
Nigel Stock
Julius Caesar:
Nigel Stock
Octavius Caesar:
Martin Jarvis
Mark Antony:
Julian Glover
Lepidus:
John Rowe
Cicero:
Lewis Stringer
Brutus:
Anthony Bate
Cassius:
Peter Jeffrey
Casca:
Dudley Foster
Trebonius:
Manning Wilson
Metellus Cimber:
Henry Knowles
Cinna:
Michael Harbour
Decius Brutus:
Martin Jarvis
Caius Ligarius:
Rolf Lefebvre
Lucius:
David Howe
Portia:
Jane Wenham
Calpliurnia:
Kate Binchy
PubliUS:
Geoffrey Beevers
Popilius Lena:
Douglas Blackwell
Flavius:
William Fox
Marullus:
Rolf Lefebvre
Artemidorus:
Ronald Herdman
Soothsayer:
Martin Friend
Cinna, poet:
Geoffrey Beevers
First Plebeian:
Douglas Blackwell
Cobbler:
Douglas Blackwell
Second Plebeian:
Ronald Herdman
Carpenter:
Ronald Herdman
Third Plebeian:
Helen Worth
Fourth Plebeian:
Martin Friend
Messala:
Manning Wilson
Titinius:
William Fox
Young CatO:
Geoffrey Beevers
Lucilius:
Michael Harbour
Claudius:
William Sleigh
Clitus:
William Sleigh
Pindarus:
John Rowe
Dardanius:
Douglas Blackwell
Volumnius:
Martin Friend
Strato:
Henryknowles
Antony's servant:
William Sleigh
Octavius' servant:
Michael Harbour

Tragedy in one act. Libretto by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL after SOPHOCLES
Music by Richard Strauss (sung in German)
Etektra, mourning the death of her father Agamemnon, swears that she and her brother Orestes will avenge his murder.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
(Recording by Bavarian Radio)-

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Music By:
Richard Strauss
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawallisch

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