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Michael Pamer Waltz In E
Eduard Melkus Ensemble, directed by Eduard Melkus (violin)
7.10* Viotti Violin Concerto No 24 in B minor:
Andreas Rohn, English Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Charles Mackerras
7.36* Haydn Symphony No 100 in G (Military):
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Eugen Jochum

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Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Bias: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN
8.14* Thalberg Fantasy on Donizetti's Don Pasquale EARL WILD (piano)
8.29' Schumann Symphony No 1, in b flat (Spring)
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA. conducted by GEORGE SZELL : records

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Mussorgsky orch Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude: Khovanshchina
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
9.10* orch Markevitch Songs
GALINA VISHNEVSKAYA (SOP); RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH
9.32 orch Rimsky-Korsakov Entr'acte; Dance of the Persian slaves (Khovanshchina. Act 4): BERLIN PHILHARMONIC and PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRAS conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAX -. records

COLIN HORSLEY
Ravel Valses nobles et sentlmentales
Balakirev Sonata to flat minor (1905)

Portraits in words and music of Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Alma Mahler (1879-1964) and Dame Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) The first two limited their composing in deference to the great men they married, but Ethel, 'the battling Dame' fought the ridicule of the world at large and brought about the present-day acceptance of women as composers ORIEL SUTHERLAND (mezZO-SOp) with DAVID WILLISON (piano) sings songs by all three women. Plus gramophone records of chamber music by Clara Schu mann, Ethel Smyth 's Overture 'The Wreckers,' and archive recordings of the voices of DAME ETHEL and SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
Narrators MARY WIMBUSB and PETER BARKER
Written and produced by ELAINE PADMORE

The orchestra's first broadcast was given on 3 October 1934

Raymond Leppard, the present principal conductor, introduces a programme conducted by Bryden Thomson with contributions from Sir Charles Groves, George Hurst and members of the orchestra past and present

The music is by Giovanni Gabrieli, Gounod, Britten and Ravel

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Norbert Brainin (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola)
Mozart Duo in G major (iK 423) Martinu Three Madrigals for violin and viola
Mozart Duo in b Bat major (K 424)
(From the Friends' Meeting House, Manchester. The first of 12 concerts promoted by the Manchester Midday Concerts Society in association with the BBC)

Opera in three acts by Wagner
(sung in German)
The story of a medieval minstrel who succumbs to the temptations of the flesh
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE BAYREUTH FESTIVAL chorus-master NORBERT BALATSCH conducted by HEINRICH HOLLREISER
(Recording made available by courtesy of Bavarian Radio)
The action takes place in Thuringia at the beginning of the 13th century. Acts 1 and 2 4.15* Interval Reading
4.20* Tannhauser, Act 3

with David Munrow
The climax of Walton's oratorio Bekhazzar's Feast: the king sees the writing on the wall and is slain.

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6.30 New series
Foreign Correspondent
A weekly study of a topic of current international significance Presented and produced by GRAHAM TAYAR
6.50 New series Perspective
The Big Break
' Singer wakes up to dream ' proclaimed one newspaper when an unknown member of the Prom audience took over a solo part. But how important Is the big break to an artistic career? ALAN ERE IRA investigates.
7.10 New series Early Promise
Six programmes about the first signs of artistic talent in the child and the questions arising for parents and teachers
1: Infant Prodigyt
' Well, from the very earliest age there was this uncanny ability to reproduce tunes on the piano....'
Presented by LEONARD PEARCEY
Series producer DENNIS siuuons

Leader Felix Kok conducted by Louis Frimauz and Sir Adrian Boult with Ayung-Wha Chung (violin) direct from the Town Hall
Part 1
Beethoven: Overture, Fidelio
Violin Concerto in D

Patric Dickinson introduces and reads, with HUGH DICKSON , a selection of poems from his last book A Wintering Tree Producer GEORGE MACBETH

Part 2 Brahms
Symphony No 1. In c minor
On 7 October 1924 Dr Adrian Boult ended his first concert as principal conductor of the City of Birmingham Orchestra with a performance of Brahms's First Symphony. Tonight. 50 years later, Sir Adrian returns to conduct the same work.

JOHN MCCABE discusses Bartok's Third Piano Concerto, as recorded by ANDA, BERNATHOVA, GABOS, KATCHEN, OGDON, SANDOR, PETER SERKIN , and others

died 1924
First of 18 programmes devoted to his songs, piano music and chamber works
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) with CLIFFORD BENSON (piano) VALERIE TRYON (piano) Songs
Nocturne No 3. in A flat; Barcarolle No 6, in E flat; Impromptu No 2. in F minor Songs
Nocturne No 5, in a Bat; Barcarolle No 3, in G flat
followed by an interlude

from the late 14th century
EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON director DAVID MUNROW

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