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A record request programme
Sullivan Overture in c (In memoriam)
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR VIVIAN DUNN
7.18* Scharwenka Piano Concerto No 1, in 8 flat minor EARL WILD
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ERICH LEINSDORP
7.47* Mendelssohn Nocturne and Wedding March (A Mid. summer Night's Dream)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Vivian Dunn
Conducted By:
Erich Leinsdorp
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

Part 2
Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto in B flat, for trombone and military band
VIKTOR BATASHOV
USSR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SYMPHONY BAND conducted by NICOLAI NAZAROV
8.16* Dmitri Shostakovich Ballet Suite No 1
BOLSHOI THEATRE ORCHESTRA conducted by MAXIM SHOSTAKOVICH
8.29* Kabalevsky Cello Concerto No 2
DANIEL SHAFRAN
LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by THE composes

Contributors

Conducted By:
Nicolai Nazarov
Conducted By:
Dmitri Shostakovich
Conducted By:
Maxim Shostakovich

First broadcast performance of a recent organ work by Charles CamiUeri , based on Teilhard de Chardin 's meditation ' La Messe sur le Monde.' played by GILLIAN WEIR at All Saints' Church, Margaret Street, London
(Part of a public recital given on 20 May)

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Camiueri
Unknown:
Teilhard de Chardin
Played By:
Gillian Weir

Two works allowing different kinds and degrees of freedom to the performer, followed by a pair of free improvisations, Lutoslawski String Quartet NEW BUDAPEST QUARTET
(Hungarian Radio recording)
Marcello Panni Che cosa apparira? (first broadcast in this country)
ENSEMBLE MUSIQUE VIVANTI director DIEGO MASSON
(Italian Radio recording) Two Improvisations JAMES GALWAY (flute)
BARRY GUY (double-bass)
Devised and introduced by ANTHONY BURTON

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcello Panni
Director:
Diego Masson
Introduced By:
Anthony Burton

A weekly series given by artists of the younger generation, Anne Murray (soprano) David Harper (piano) Duke Piano Trio
Jennifer Thorn (violin) Christine Shillito (cello) Paul Roberts (piano)
Wolf Der Gartner ; Verborgenheit: Die ihr schwebet um diese Palmen; Er ist's
Rodrigo Cuatro madrigales amatorios
Granados El tra la la y el punteado: El majo discreto
Dvorak Piano Trio in E minor, Op 90 (Dumky)
(Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets from: Ticket Unit, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW)

Contributors

Soprano:
Anne Murray
Piano:
David Harper
Violin:
Jennifer Thorn
Cello:
Christine Shillito
Piano:
Paul Roberts
Piano:
Wolf Der Gartner
Unknown:
Rodrigo Cuatro

conducted by KARL MÜNCHINGER Vivaldi Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 3 No 11 transc Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances (Suite No 3)
Strauss Prelude (Capriccio), for string sextet
Gluck Chaconne (Paris and Helen)
2:45* Interval Reading
2.50* Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra Part 2
Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge
(South German Radio recording from this year's Schwetzingen Festival)

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Bridge

ATHENA ENSEMBLE
Richard McNicol (flute and piccolo)
David Theodore (oboe)
Roger Fallows (clarinet) Robert Jordan (bassoon) John Butterworth (horn) with ANTHONY JENNINGS (bass clarinet)
Hindemith Kleine Kammer musik, Op 24 No 2
JanacekMladi(Youth)

Contributors

Flute:
Richard McNicol
Oboe:
David Theodore
Clarinet:
Roger Fallows
Bassoon:
Robert Jordan
Horn:
John Butterworth
Bass:
Anthony Jennings
Clarinet:
Hindemith Kleine Kammer

5: Impressions of Bad
Ischl MICHAEL HARDWICK gives some personal impressions of the summer resort closely associated with composers and performers of Viennese operetta, and plays gramophone records of their works and of music of the Salzkammergut region.

Contributors

Unknown:
Ischl Michael Hardwick

from Paisley Abbey
Introit: 0 Quam Gloriosum (Victoria)
Responses (Bernard Rose )
Psalm 119, vv 145-176 (Turle, Buck)
Canticles (Robin Orr : Short Service)
Anthem: Te Lucis ante Terminum (Baifour Gardiner )
Hymn: Jesus calls us! (CB 3: 211)
Organist and Master of the Choristers GEORGE MCPHEE
Assistant organist MARTIN DOOLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Rose
Unknown:
Robin Orr
Unknown:
Baifour Gardiner
Organist:
Martin Doole

Language and Communication C.30 Wegweiser
A 20-part second-stage course in German to follow Kontakte. 9: Was haben Sie vort
(Rptd: Sunday 2.30 pm R4 VHF) Book 1 £ 1.00, Record 1 £1.40 or Cassette 1 £ 2.48, from bookshops
7.0 Ensemble
A 24-part French course for beginners on radio and TV.
9: Qu'est-ce que vous aimer foire de votre temps libref
(Rptd: Sunday 3.0 pm R4 VHF) (Television programmes: Tuesday 6.40 pm BBC2; Wed 12.5 pm: Sunday 10.10 am BBC1)
Book 1 £ 1.30. Record 1 £ 1.73 or Cassette 1 £ 2.81; Tutors' Notes £1.00, from bookshops

Cantata No 148: Bringet dem Herrn Ehre seines
Namens JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) THEO ALTMEYER (tenor) EDWARD TARR (trumpet) WERNER NEUHAUS (violin)
SOUTH GERMAN MADRIGAL CHOIR CONSORTIUM MUSICUM conducted by WOLFGANG GÖNNENWEIN: record

Contributors

Unknown:
Herrn Ehre
Mezzo-Soprano:
Namens Janet Baker
Violin:
Werner Neuhaus

A Hard God by PETER KENNA
The first play in a series of new Australian drama. Set in 1946 in a suburb of Sydney the play explores the themes of dislocation and loss through the parallel experiences of two generations of an Irish immigrant family. with Madge Ryan as Aggie Kevin Flood as Dan and Milo O'Shea as Paddy
' Working on those ships I've watched the Buddhists and the Mohammedans and the Hindus at their worship and I can't believe they're praying to an empty space. But, whoever it is, whatever it is outside ourselves, it's not telling anybody.
Producer JOHN SCOTNEY
(David Timson is in ' On The Rocks ' at the Mermaid Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kenna
Unknown:
Madge Ryan
Unknown:
Aggie Kevin Flood
Unknown:
Milo O'Shea
Producer:
John Scotney
Unknown:
David Timson
Joe Cassidy:
David Timson
Jack Shannon:
Nigel Lambert
Martin Cassidy:
Alan Barry
Sophie Cassidy:
Gwenda Wilson
Monica Cassidy:
Madi Hedd

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