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Weber Overture: Ruler of the Spirits: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.11* Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 4. in c minor
PHILIPPE ENTREMONT PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
7.37* Sullivan, arr Mackerras Ballet: Pineapple Poll (Scene 3) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras

Rossini Overture: Tartcredi
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA. conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI
8.12* Schumann Violin Concerto in D minor: HENRYK SZERYNG LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
8.41* Tchaikovsky Italian Caprice: AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA, conducted by BERNARD HAITINK : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlo Maria Giulini
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

Purcell
King Arthur. Acts 4 and 5 HEATHER HARPER (soprano) MARY THOMAS (contralto)
JOHN WHITWORTH (counter-tenor) WILFRED BROWN (tenor)
JOHN CAMERON (baritone) TREVOR ANTHONY ( bass) ST ANTHONY SINGERS
PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON conducted by SIR ANTHONY LEWIS gramophone records

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Mary Thomas
Contralto:
John Whitworth
Tenor:
Wilfred Brown
Baritone:
John Cameron
Bass:
Trevor Anthony
Conducted By:
Sir Anthony Lewis

BBC NORTHERN SINGERS perform music by Byrd. Parry, Warlock. Rubbra and Sebastian Forbes conducted by STEPHEN WILKINSON who also talks to DORIS PARKINSON , conductor of the Wirral Singers, about the deliights and problems of amateur choral music making
Producer JAMES LANGLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Sebastian Forbes
Conducted By:
Stephen Wilkinson
Conductor:
Doris Parkinson
Producer:
James Langley

JOAQUIN ACHUCARRO (piano)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by URI SEGAL
Wagner Prelude: The Master-singers
12.30* Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2. in G minor

Contributors

Piano:
Joaquin Achucarro
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Uri Segal

from Manchester
KEITH SWALLOW (piano) WISSEMA STRING QUARTET Nella Wissema (violin) Fay Campey (violin)
Ludmila Navratil (viola) Paul Ward (cello)
Mozart Quartet in g (K 387)
2.31* Schubert Valses sentimertbailes (D 779): Ecossaises (D 145; 783: 734): Hommage aux belles Viennoises (D 734)
2.57* Haydn Quartet in E, Op 54 No 3

Contributors

Violin:
Nella Wissema
Viola:
Ludmila Navratil
Cello:
Paul Ward

Nutcracker
The new series of Royal Repertoire begins with a complete performance of Tchaikovsky's two-act ballet following the production by RUDOLF NUREYEV . LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRE PREVIN
Introduced by Cormac Rigby gramophone records

Contributors

Production By:
Rudolf Nureyev
Conducted By:
Andre Previn
Introduced By:
Cormac Rigby

Opera in three acts Music by Puccini
Libretto by GIUSEPPE ADAMI and RENATO SIMONI (sung in Italian)
(gramophone records)
Turandot, like Madam Butterfly, has an oriental setting, against which take place a series of events which emphasise the horror and cruelty brought about by sexual passions.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROME OPERA HOUSE conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF
The action takes place in Peking in legendary times.

Contributors

Unknown:
Renato Simoni
Conducted By:
Erich Leinsdorf

A weekly survey of the world of music with the artists and personalities who create it.
This week: the Royal Opera's new production of Un baUo in maschera
Introduced by John Amis
Producers DENYS GUEROULT and NATALIE WHEEN

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Amis
Producers:
Denys Gueroult
Producers:
Natalie Wheen

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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More