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Bach Concerto in A minor, for four harpsichords and string orchestra
EDUARD MULLER , GUSTAV LEONHARDT JANNY VAN WERING , ANNEKE UITTENBOSCH, LEONHARDT CONSORT directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT
9.16* Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 5, for soprano and eight cellos MADY MESPLE
THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by PAUL CAPOLONGO
9.28* Stravinsky Suite: Pulcinella
ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
9.52* Rodrigo Fantasia para un gentilhombre
JOHN WILLIAMS (guitar)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES 10.15* Strauss Trio and Final duet from Der Rosenkavalier M HELGA DERNESCH (soprano) Sophie TERESA CAHILL (soprano) ANNE HOWELLS (mezzo-soprano)
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON Requests to Your Concert Choice, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW

Contributors

Unknown:
Eduard Muller
Unknown:
Leonhardt Janny van Wering
Directed By:
Gustav Leonhardt
Conducted By:
Paul Capolongo
Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Directed By:
Rodrigo Fantasia
Guitar:
John Williams
Conducted By:
Sir Charles Groves
Soprano:
Helga Dernesch
Soprano:
Teresa Cahill
Soprano:
Anne Howells
Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson

Introduced by Michael Oliver Reconstructions: in particular and in general. GERALD ABRAHAM considers Tchaikovsky's 7th Symphony. berio at 50: the Italian composer talks about his work to MISHA DONAT.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Gerald Abraham
Unknown:
Misha Donat.
Producer:
Christine Hardwick

Part 2 Julian Carrillo
Prelude for Columbus (1921)
(first broadcast in this country) MITSOUKO SHIRAI (Sop). ROSWITHA STAEGE (flute), MONIQUE ROLLIN (harp), ADRIAN STRING QUARTET , conducted by JUAN PABLO IZQUIERDO Henry Cowell Concerto for Percussion and orchestra
(first broadcast in thiscountry) FINK PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE
RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF FRANKFURT, conducted by JUAN PABLO IZQUIERDO (Hess Radio recordings)

Contributors

Unknown:
Julian Carrillo
Flute:
Monique Rollin
Harp:
Adrian String Quartet
Conducted By:
Juan Pablo
Conducted By:
Juan Pablo Izquierdo

1838-1875
The Pearl Fishers
Opera in three acts
Libretto by MICHEL CARRE and EUGENE CORMON Music by Bizet (sung in French: records) A story of love, friendship and self-sacrifice, set in a primitive Brahmin community.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
THEATRE NATIONAL DE
L'OPÉRA-COMIQUE, PARIS conducted by PIERRE DERVAUX Act 1
3.0* Interval Reading
3.10* The Pearl Fishers Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Michel Carre
Unknown:
Eugene Cormon
Conducted By:
Pierre Dervaux

Concertos from L'Estro Armonico: No 2, in G minor; No 3. in G major; No 9, in D major: No 6, in A minor; No 12. in e major
SOUTH-WEST GERMAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, leader
GYÖRGY TEREBESI, conducted by THOMAS UNGAR

Contributors

Conducted By:
Thomas Ungar

by Kenneth Clark Michelangelo signed himself
Michelangelo scultore, and in a letter to his father protested that ' painting is not my profession.' LORD CLARK argues that however much Michelangelo himself deprecated his painting, it formed not only a vital part of his work but exerted a considerable influence on the next generation of artists.
A broadcast version of a lecture first given in Italian at the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence on behalf of the Florentine Academy of which Lord Clark is a member. followed by an Interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Kenneth Clark

Timon of Athens by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE ' with Stephen Murray , Denis Quilley John Slater , Norman Wooland
Arranged for stereo and produced by RAYMOND RAIKES , with music by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN
VERONICA LUCAS (soprano)
BBC SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by CHRISTOPHER WHELEN

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Stephen Murray
Unknown:
Denis Quilley
Unknown:
John Slater
Unknown:
Norman Wooland
Duced By:
Raymond Raikes
Music By:
Christopher Whelen
Soprano:
Veronica Lucas
Conducted By:
Christopher Whelen
Poet:
Nigel Lambert
Painter:
Trader Faulkner
Merchant:
Hector Ross
Jeweller:
Paul Gaymon
Timon:
Stephen Murray
CaphiS:
Denis McCarthy
Varro:
Malcolm Hayes
Flaminius:
Peter Pacey
Apemantus:
John Slater
Flavius:
Peter Pratt
Alcibiades:
Denis Quilley
Lucullus:
Kerry Francis
Lucius:
Norman Wooland
Ventidius:
John Rye
Servilius:
Alan Rowe
Isidore:
John Gabriel
Philotus:
Peter Whitman
Phrynia:
Carole Boyd
Timandra:
Kate Coleridge
Soldier:
Hector Ross

direct from the Fairfield Halls. Croydon MICHEL BEROFF (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor RUDOLF KEMPE Britten Four Sea Interludes
(Peter Grimes )
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1 Janacek Sinfonietta
(A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2)

Contributors

Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Rudolf Kempe
Unknown:
Peter Grimes

0 quam gloriosum: Domine salva nos; Exsurge Domine ; Psallite Domine ; Sing ye to our Lord; I have been young; Sing joyfully; This day Christ was born: Tristitia et anxietas ST CLEMENT DANES CHORALE conductor MARTINDALE SIDWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Domine Salva
Unknown:
Exsurge Domine
Unknown:
Psallite Domine
Unknown:
St Clement Danes
Conductor:
Martindale Sidwell

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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