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MacCunn Overture: The Land of the Mountain and the Flood
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON
7.14* Bruch Scottish Fantasia JASCHA HEIFETZ (violiri)
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
7.41* Bizet Suite: The Fair Maid of Perth: FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA, conducted by JEAN MARTINON : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson
Unknown:
Jascha Heifetz
Unknown:
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon

Liszt Fantasia on Hungarian folk tunes
SIEGFRIED STOCKIGT (piano)
LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA conducted by VACLAV NEUMANN
8.20* Wagner Siegfried Idyll MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
8.38* Mahler Rondo-Finale (Symphony No 7): NEW YORK
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, Conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN : records

Contributors

Piano:
Siegfried Stockigt
Piano:
Leipzig Gewandhaus
Conducted By:
Vaclav Neumann
Conducted By:
Sir Georg Solti
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein

played by PETER SCHMALFUSS
Bengt Hambraeus Invenzione II; Klockspel
Yannis Papaioannou Riddle Peter Ruzicka Nachtstiicke Norbert Linke Piccotelli Andre Laporte Ascension
(first broadcasts in this country) (Belgian Radio recording)

Contributors

Played By:
Peter Schmalfuss

played by PETER HURFORD
Bach Trio-Sonata No 6, in G Hurford Suite: Laudate Dominum
Giovanni Pescetti Sonata in c minor
Mozart Fantasia in F minor (K 608)
(Part of a public recital in the Church of St Mary. The Boltons, London, on 24 May)

Contributors

Played By:
Peter Hurford

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

An opera in two acts
Libretto by Clemens Krauss (sung in German)
A concert performance of the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production

In 1939 Strauss wrote to Clemens Krauss, 'I do not really want to write another opera, but would like to write something quite unusual, a dramatic discussion, a theatrical fugue (good old Verdi couldn't resist writing one at the end of Falstaff) - they are entertaining for old men!'
London Philharmonic Orchestra, leader Rodney Friend, conducted by John Pritchard

Act 1

8.30* 'First the Words.... ?'
Elisabeth Soderstrohm talks to Andrew Porter about the Countess's dilemma in Capriccio, and her own love for opera as a compromise between words and music.

8.50* Proms 73: Capriccio, Act 2

Contributors

Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conductor:
John Pritchard
Producer:
John Cox
Presenter (First the Words):
Andrew Porter
Guest (First the Words):
Elisabeth Soderstrohm

BBC Radio 3

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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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