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Piano Sonatas and String Quartets
Mozart Sonata in A minor (K 310) l mono)
Schubert Two Scherzos (D 593) (mono): PETER FRANKL (piano) Mozart Quartet in B flat major (K 589)
GABRIELI STRING QUARTET
(Part of a BBC Lunchtime Concert given in St John's, Smith Square, London, in May 1972) t

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Andre Previn introduces this week's programme of record requests, which includes:

Prokofiev Symphony No 1. in D (Classical) - conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

9.22* Haydn Piano Trio in G (H XV 25) - with Thibaud, Casals and Cortot

9.38* Wieniawski Scherzo-Tarantelle - played by Jascha Heifetz

9.50* Poulenc Four Motets for Christmas

10.2* Litolff Concerto Symphonique No 4, in D minor, Op 102 - Gerald Robbins (piano), Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra conducted by Ebouard van Remoortel

10.42* Walton Partita for orchestra - Cleveland Orchestra conducted by George Szell

Written requests to Your Concert Choice, [address removed]

Introduced by Dominic Gill
ELIZABETH POSTON looks at the spirit and origin of the Christmas carol.
From Small-Coals to Symphony Orchestra: CHARLES CUDWORTH on early concert life in England.
PAUL TORTELiER in profile Producers KEITH HORNER and PETER BUTLER

Gotterdammerung
A music-drama in three acts by Wagner (sung in German)
In the final episode Siegfried is murdered by Hagen, Briinnhilde kills herself on his funeral pyre, the flames burn down Valhalla and the gods - but the gold is restored to the Rhine.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE BAYREUTH FESTIVAL
Chorus-master NORBERT BALATSCB conducted by HORST STEIN
(Bavarian Radio recording) Prelude and Act 1

Ian Grimble reflects on some of the things we say and write. (Repeated: Thursday, 10.0 am)

HEINZ HOLLIGER, MAURICE BOURGUS (oboes and cors anglais) HANS ELHORST (oboe)
Beethoven Variations on La ci darem from Mozart's Don Giovanni , for two oboes and cor anglais attrib Haydn Duo in F, for two oboes
Beethoven Trio in c, Op 87, for two oboes and cor anglais
(Recording made available by South German Radio)

Antony Hopkins discusses a work or theme of current interest. Producer DAVID EPPS
(Rptd: Monday, 10.20 am)

Gbtterdammerung, Act 2
4.10. Thomas Mann on Wagner DAVID MARCH reads Richard Wagner and The Ring, the lecture Thomas Mann gave in Zurich in 1937 Translated by H. T. LOWE-PORTER
Adapted and produced by PATRICIA BRENT
4.40* The Ring from Bayreuth Gotterdammerung, Act 3

HENRY RAYNOR introduces some examples of the creative work of trained and untrained young composers and tries to draw some conclusions about youthful taste and imagination. t followed by an interlude

by JAMES ELROY FLECKER with the music of FREDERICK DELIUS with Joss Ackland , Leslie French
Rachel Gurney , Robert Hardy Carleton Hobbs
Elizabeth Morgan Stephen Murray Norman Shelley and BBC SINGERS trained by KERRY WOODWARD BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA leader COLIN STAVELEY conducted by RAE JENKINS
Other parts played by DIANA BISHOP , FRASER KERR DIANA OLSSON , SION PROBERT
TERRY SCULLY and STEPHEN THORNE The ' Serenade ' is sung by GARETH ROBERTS (tenor), with the ' Persian Lute ' played by HUGO D'ALTON
Programme arranged for stereo and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES

Treble soloist from the VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
SIEGMUND NIMSGERN (bass) VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR CHORUS VIENNENSIS
VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS directed by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT : records Parts 1-3
10.25' Reading
10.35* Bach: Christmas Oratorio Parts 4-6

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