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Edited and introduced by CHRISTOPHER CRIER
Berlioz and Shakespeare by JOHN WARRACK.
PETER CLAYTON recalls the forgotten sound of the polyphon. Palestrina and the Council of Trent by DENIS ARNOLDt

Contributors

Introduced By:
Christopher Crier
Unknown:
John Warrack.
Unknown:
Peter Clayton

NEIL JENKINS, JOHN ELWES (tenors)
CATHERINE MACKINTOSH ELEANOR SLOAN (violins)
JANE RYAN (viola da gamba)
ALAN HARVERSON (harpsichord)

Monteverdi Chioma doro; Ardo e scoprir: Armato il cor
Schutz Der Herr ist mein Licht: Verbum caro factum est
Marini Sonata 'Fuggi dolente core'
Rossi Sonata in D minor
Monteverdi Tornate, o cari baci: Perche fuggi

Contributors

Tenor:
Neil Jenkins
Tenor:
John Elwes
Violin:
Catherine MacKintosh
Violin:
Eleanor Sloan
Viola da Gamba:
Jane Ryan
Harpsichord:
Alan Harverson

Ideas and experiments in political liberty in Milton's England. "Everyone talks of freedom, but there are few that act for freedom." (WINSTANLEY) Partly as a result of the Civil Wars, the 1640s in England saw a radical questioning of the foundations of government. The various attempts to put these ideas into practice were the backcloth of political debate before which Milton thought and wrote. with HUGH DlCKSON, WILLIAM EEDLE, JOHN SAMSON, MICHAEL HARBOUR, SEAN ARNOLD, BARBARA BLISS, TRADER FAULKNER, DAVID BRIERLEY, HECTOR ROSS, ALAN LAWRANCE, JOHN BULL, DAVID SINCLAIR and PAUL GAYMON
Singer VIC GAMMON
Compiler PETER YAPP
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY

Contributors

Unknown:
William Eedle
Unknown:
John Samson
Unknown:
Michael Harbour
Unknown:
Sean Arnold
Unknown:
Barbara Bliss
Unknown:
Trader Faulkner
Unknown:
. David Brierley
Unknown:
Hector Ross
Unknown:
Alan I.Awrance
Unknown:
John Bull
Unknown:
David Sinclair
Singer:
Paul Gaymon
Singer:
Vic Gammon
Unknown:
Peter Yapp
Producer:
John Scotney

leader BELA DEKANY
Chorus: STUDENTS OF THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT OF LEEDS UNIVERSITY conductor PIERRE BOULEZ
Bach, arr Stravinsky Chorale Variations on Vom Himmel
Bartok Divertimento for strings Goehr Chaconne for Wind Instruments (first performance)

Contributors

Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Pierre Boulez

(died 1924)
Eighth of 18 programmes IMOGEN COOPER (piano)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) BRIAN LAMPORT (piano)
Nocturnes: No 9. in B minor: No 1, in E flat minor
Songs: Lydia: Cinq melodies, Op 58: Mandoline, En sour-dine, Green, A Clymene, C'est l'extase X
Theme and Variations. Op 73

Contributors

Piano:
Imogen Cooper
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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