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Minkus Act 3 (Ballet: Don Quixote)
ELIZABETHAN TRUST MELBOURNE
ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN LANCHBERY
8.25* Johann Strauss Waltz : Artist's Life
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CLEMENS KRAUSS
8.35* Rachmaninov, orch Respighi Five Etudes Tableaux NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by YURI KRASNAPOLSKY gramophone records
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Edited and introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Beethoven's Piano Sonata in D, Op 28, by STEPHEN DODGSON.
Recent choral records reviewed by JEREMY NOBLE.
To include Stephen Dodgson 's recommended performance of Beethoven's Piano Sonata in D, Op 28, and some of the choral records reviewed by Jeremy Noble in this morning's Record Review. gramophone records
Can a solo piece become a symphony? Is a symphony any less as a piano trio?
In today's programme of record requests by the under-20s CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD plays examples of composers' own orchestrations and considers the piano trio arrangement of Beethoven's Second Symphony. Ravel Pavane pour une Infante défunte played by RAVEL and conducted by CANTELLI
Bach Prelude (Partita in e major for solo violin); Sinfonia from Cantata No 29.
PETER FRANKL (piano)
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by CHRISTOPHER ADEY Part 1
Stravinsky Suites Nos 1 and 2, for small orchestra
Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, in a major (k 488)
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A weekly survey of the more hopeful trends in the world's news, compiled and introduced by Donald Milner
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Franck Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra
Dvorak Symphonic Variations on an original theme
Sir Hugh Casson , architect and Professor of Environmental Design at the Royal College of Art, says that his understanding of music has been developed by his personal and professional associations with the theatre and concert hall - he has designed productions and buildings.
His choice of records includes a trumpet concerto by Vivaldi, one of the songs of the Auvergne, a duet from Monteverdi's Poppea and a concerto by Bach.
A series of programmes devoted to the guitar and guitarists
Today's guest: Anthea Gifford plays music by Mudarra, Dowland. Villa-Lobos, Buxtehude, Gordon Crosse and Malats, and talks to PETER SENSIER
Producer GARETH WALTERS
Concertos for String Orchestra: E minor; c major COLLEGIUM AUREUM gramophone record
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE CAVANAGH conducted by MARCUS DODS
Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville
Mozart Divertimento in D (K 136)
John Addison Suite: Carte Blanche
Locke Suite (The Tempest) Lalo Two Aubades
Chabrier Fete Polonaise
Introduced by Peter Clayton
A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts. This week:
Edwin Mullins (in the chair) talks with JOHN GROSS
ROGER MANVELL and CLANCY SIGAL Producer PHILIP FRENCH
Music drama in three acts by Wagner
(sung in German)
Based on a medieval legend. this opera has been described as the most powerful expression of romantic love in all music.
Sailors, knights and attendants to King Marke
BBC MEN'S CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conducted by COLIN DAVIS
The action takes place in Arthurian days.
Act 1 On board Tristan's ship returning from Ireland
Act 2 In the garden of King Marke's castle in Cornwall
DAVID MARCH reads from
JOHAN HUIZINGA 'S classic description of the passions of the medieval world in his The Waning of the Middle Ages.
Act 3 In the courtyard of Tristan's castle in Brittany
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