Weather

Lortzing Overture: Der Wildschiitz
BAMBERG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHRISTOPH STEPP
8.13* Smetana Polka (Act 1: The Bartered Bride)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
8.19* Reinecke Harp Concerto in E minor: NICANOR ZABALETA - BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNST MARZENDORFER
8.42* Korngold Incidental music: Much Ado About Nothing: SOUTH GERMAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by willy mattes: records

Weather

Edited and introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Mendelssohn's first and second piano concertos, by RICHARD OSBORNE. Recent Opera: reviewed by NOEL GOODWIN

Excerpts from the new complete recordings of Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani and Donizetti's Anna Bolena : records

from the Royal Festival Hall, London
This, the first concert in the 52nd season of Robert Mayer Concerts, is also the first to be presented by the BBC
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA led by BERNARD PARTRIDGE
Introduced and conducted by Antony Hopkins
Mozart Overture: The Marriage of Figaro Dukas Scherzo: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Sibelius Valse triste
Copland Suite: Billy the Kid
Dvorak Slavonic Dances: No 3, in A flat; No 8, in a minor
(All seats for the 1974/5 season have been allocated but listeners who wish to be added to the mailing list for future seasons should write to Nicholas Kenyon, BBC, Yalding House, 156 Great Portland Street, London WIN 6AJ)
(Antony Hopkins begins a new series of Talking about Music tomorrow at 5.25)

Craig Sheppard (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in c sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight) Albeniz Three pieces from Iberia. Book 1: Evocacion; El Puerto; Fete-Dieu a Seville

Weather

Compiled and introduced by Donald Milner

Part 2
Stockhausen Klavierstiick IX No 4
Chopin Sonata in b minor

Sir Hugh Willatt , Secretary-General of the Arts Council of Great Britain, presents a personal choice of records which he says is frankly reminiscent. He remembers the delight of musicals like No No Nanette, the impact of JOHN GIELGUD as Hamlet, the artistry of DAME MYRA HESS. His choice also includes music by Purcell and Handel.

1713-1780
Concerto in A minor
ZSUZSA PERTIS, jANOS SEBESTYEN (harpsichords) ; (Hungarian Radio recording) !

Selma Kurz (1874-1933)
The centenary of a great singer
Recordings, with reminiscences and comments by her daughter Desi Halban , in conversation with Jerrold Northrop Moore

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by JIRI STAREK
Elgar March: Pomp and Circumstance No 2, in A minor
Janacek Lachian Dances Nos 1 and 2 Delius A song before sunrise
Vilem Tausky Suite: In our village
Holst A Somerset Rhapsody
Dvorak Overture: Amid nature

Introduced by Peter Clayton

followed by an interlude

This week:
Michael Billington (in the chair) talks with CHRISTOPHER RICKS , KEITH ROBERTS and GILLIAN TINDALL
Producer PHILIP FRENCH

MURRAY PERAHIA (piano)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD direct from the Town Hall Part 1
Elgar Introduction and Allegro for strings
7.47* Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor

Reflections on current affairs
Joel Hurstfleld , Astor Profes sor of English History in the University of London, gives the third of four talks.
(Fourth talk: 26 October)

Part 2 Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 4, in F minor
(Presented by the BBC in association with the City of Leeds Libraries and Arts Committee) BBC Music Guide: Tchaikovsky Symphonies and Concertos, 45p from bookshops

Christopher Palmer talks about Constant Lambert and his relationship with the music of Warlock and Delius, as well as his interest in jazz.

with cantatas and concertos by other baroque masters
The ninth of ten programmes PRUDENCE LLOYD (soprano) ELIZABETH LANE (soprano)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) PETER HALL (tenor) PAUL TAYLOR (tenor)
STEPHEN VARCOE (baSS) TESS MILLER (oboe)
MARTINDALE SIDWELL CHOIR
JONATHAN REES-WILLIAMS (Organ continuo)
BARBARA HILL (harpsichord continuo)
LONDON BACH ORCHESTRA leader JÜRGEN HESS conductor MARTINDALE SIDWELL
Handel Chandos Anthem No 7: My song shall be alway
Albinoni Oboe Concerto in B flat, Op 7 No 3
Bach Cantata No 33: Allein zu dir. Herr Jesu Christ
followed by an interlude

Seventh of nine programmes.
Six Preludes and Fugues, Op 35: JOHN OGDON

Weather: