Mozart Symphony in c (K 96) ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
Handel Organ Concerto No 4, in f: E. POWER BIGGS
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Mozart Symphony No 34. in c (K 338): AMSTERDAM CONCERTGI-BOUW ORCHESTRA, conducted by GEORGE SZELL : records
Weather
Listeners' record requests presented by Dominic Gill with his guest James Bowman
Practorius Dances from Terpsichore and Motets: FERDINAND CONRAD INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE
NIEDERSACHSISCHER SINGKREIS, HANNOVER conducted by WILLI TRÄDER
9.17* Debussy Danse sacree et danse profane: NICANOR ZABALETA (harp); STRING ORCHESTRA conducted by PAUL KUENTZ
9.30* Ligeti Lux Aeterna HAMBURG RADIO CHORUS conducted by HELMUT FRANZ
18.0* Chopin Andante Spianato and Polonaise in E flat (mono) VLADIMIR HOROWITZ fpiano)
10.14* Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No 2 (mono)
NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
Edited and introduced by CHRISTOPHER GRIER
Franz Schmidt. born 100 years ago today: NORMAN KAY
The 19th-century Carol Revival: JEREMY NOBLE
20th-Century Composers in France, Italy and Spain: book review by ROBERT HENDERSON Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
Götterdämmerung
A music-drama in three acts by Wagner (sung in German)
In the final episode Siegfried Is murdered by Hagen. Briinnhllde 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
A talk by Chaim Raphael
(Rptd: Boxing Day 10.50 am)
Eighth of nine programmes played by Alfred Brendel Sonata in A major (D 959)
(Final programme: next Sun)
Act 2
Antony Hopkins
(Repeated: Monday 9.55 am)
Act 3
(Reyer's opera Sigurd: Thursday 2 January 1.5 pm) followed by an interlude
The New Liberty. Six talks by Ralf Dahrendorf
6: Steps in the Right Direction
Leclair Sonata in c minor (Le Tombeau): EDUARD MELKUS (violin) JOHANNES KOCH (viola da gamba) HUGUETTE DREYFUS (harpsichord) Rameau Ballet Suite: Les surprises de l'amour: LAMOUREUX CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by MARCEL COURAUD : records
His last chamber work Quintet in A major
Thea King (clarinet) Jose-Luis Garcia (violin) Rusen Gunes (viola) Thomas Igloi (cello) Clifford Benson (piano)
(The Book with the Seven Seals: Monday 30 December 7.30)
Birds In a Gilded Cage by JEREMY SEABROOK and MICHAEL O'NEILL
Another tragi-comic study of working-class life, this time dealing with the problems of a family living in a new environment, by the authors of Once Round Lill, Twice Round the Gasworks.
The observation, the dialogue, the wickedly accurate knowledge of the ambitions and frustrations of life on the new estates, was ribald, true and funny. And the acting, catching the exact mixture of optimism and dejection, never faltered. (THE GUARDIAN) Producer RICHARD WORTLEY
(William Relton is a National Theatre player)
Stravinsky Symphony in three movements: AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by MILAN HORVAT (Austrian Radio recording)
Bartok Ballet Suite: The Miraculous Mandarin: Moscow RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COnducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVEN-SKY
(Norwegian Radio recording from the 1974 Bergen Festival)
Leo Avien introduces some personal reflections on Heaven.
Maker of Heaven and Earth
A programme of readings and music based on the Creation. Sung by the combined choirs of Chichester. Organist and Master of the Choristers JOHN BIRCH
Salisbury. Organist and Choir. master
RICHARD SEAL Winchester. Organist and Master of the Music MARTIN NEARY Michael SMITH (organ) with readings by JOHN WESTBROOK
(Haydn's Creation: New Year's Eve 9.45 pm)
Weather
Introduced by Derek Jewell
Including Seals and Crofts, another look at Home's "The Alchemist", Steeleye Span, songs by Barbara Dickson from the musical "John, Paul, George, Ringo and Bert" and some of the year's best performances.
(Gramophone records)
(Stereo)
