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Weber Overture: Abu Hassan - BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.9* Krommer Flute Quartet in D, Op 75 - PETR BROCK (flute), JOSEF VLACH (violin), JOSEF KOD'OUSEK (viola), VICTOR MOUCKA (cello)
7.35* Dvorak Czech Suite. Op 39 - ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS
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Wieniawskl Polonaise Brillante No 1. in D, Op 4 - PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (Violin), LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS
8.12* Sibelius Tone Poem: Finlandia - SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA, conducted by HORST STEIN
8.21* Tchaikovsky Tatiana's Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin) - ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF (soprano), LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ALCEO GALLIERA
8.34* Khachaturyan Ballet Suite: Spartacus - VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
Palestrina Madrigals : Il tempo vola: Se fra quest' erb' e fiore; Ahi che quest' occhi miei
REGENSBURG CATHEDRAL CHOIR conducted by HANS SCHREMS
9.18* Motets from the Song of Songs: Quam pulchri sunt gressus tui; Duo ubera tua: Quam pulchra es, et quam decora; Guttur tuum sicut vinum optimum; Veni, dilecte mi, agrediamur in agrum CANTORES IN ECCLESIA conducted by MICHAEL BOWARD
(gramophone records)
The Rite of Spring
NORTH GERMAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by MOSHE ATZMON
(Recording from this year's Bergen International Festival made available by courtesy of Norwegian Radio)
played by Dennis Townhill on the organ of the Cathedral Church of St Mary, Edinburgh
Bach Allabreve in D (BWV 589)
Bach Chorale Partita on O Gott, du frommer Gott (BWV 767)
Reger Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor
Conductor, Peter Godfrey
Byrd Laudibus in sanctis
Gesualdo O vos omnes
Dufay Ave regina coelorum
Okeghem Agnus Dei
David Griffiths Five Credo Extracts
Britten Five Flower Songs. Op 47
Holst Three Canons: If you love songs; Lovely Venus; The fields of sorrow
Holst Bring us in good ale
Finzi My spirit sang all day
(Part of a public concert recorded in Blythburgh Parish Church during this year's Aldeburgh Festival)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Johann Strauss Overture: The Gypsy Baron
Liszt Piano Concerto No 2, in A major
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
(Recording made available by courtesy of Austrian Radio)
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Patricia O'Neill (soprano) Mary Hill (piano) Andrew Haigh (piano)
Parry When the dew is falling; To blossoms
Brahms Schwesterlein; In stiller Nacht; Feinsliebchen; Es steht ein Lind
Beethoven 32 Variations In C minor (WoO 80)
Seiber O my love, how long; Have pity on me; Each time, my love, you say farewell; Oh, your eyes are dark and beautiful
Chopin Preludes: No 15 in D flat; No 16 in B flat minor; Nocturne in F, Op 15 No 1; Study in C minor, Op 25 No 12
(Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets from: Ticket Unit, BBC, [address removed])
conducts the PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Strauss Dance Suite after harpsichord pieces by Couperin (excerpt)
2.20* Strauss Symphonic Poem: Death and Transfiguration gramophone records
Saeverud Dances and Country Tunes (Volume 2), Op 22
Bentzon Sonata No 5
Nielsen Theme with variations (1916) played by Kjell Baekkelund
BARTOK STRING QUARTET
Tchaikovsky String Quartet No 1, in D major
4.10* Interval Reading
4.15* Quartets Part 2
Kodaly String Quartet No 1
(Hungarian Radio recording)
from Ely Cathedral
Versicles and Responses (Ayleward)
Psalm 89 (Russell, Randall)
Lessons: 1 Kings 18, vv 17-29; Luke 7, vv 24-28
Office hymn: O God, thy soldiers' crown and guard (EH 181)
Magnificat: Plainsong tone ii (Fauxbourdon: Wills)
Nunc Dimittis: Tye (to four voices)
Anthem: Hosanna to the Son of David (Gibbons)
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Language and Communication
6.30 Wegweiser
Holiday Programme 2: Wintersport - auf deutsch!
Introduced by GABI ENGLET and JURGEN ANDERSEN
Script by ANNE CUFF
(Repeated: Sunday 2.30 pm R4 VHF)
(Holiday programme 3: 31 December)
(Part 2 of Wegweiser starts on 14 January 1976)
Book 2, £1.00, Record 2 £1.40 or Cassette £2.48, from bookshops
7.0 Ensemble
Magazine 1: Le premier de trois programmes speciaux avec CATHERINE GRAHAM et YVES LOISEL
Script de JOHN ROSS
(Rptd: Sunday 3.0 pm R4 VHF) (Ensemble Part 2 starts on 14 January)
Leader Brendan O'Brien conducted by Vernon Handley
David Wilde (piano)
Part 1
Grainger Fanfare
Brahms Academic Festival Overture
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor
A weekly news bulletin of events in the arts abroad.
Part 2
Bourgeois Symphony No 2
by THOMAS MANN , born 1875 translated by H. T. LOWE-PORTER and abridged for radio in three parts by FREDERICK BRADNUM Read by Paul Scofield 1: The Traveller
Producer JOHN TYDEMAN
(Part 2: tomorrow at 10.0 pm)
(tenor)
Hubert Giesen (piano)
Beethoven Adelaide; Resignation; Der Kuss
Schubert Im Abendrot; Die Forelle
(gramophone record)
(A portrait of Fritz Wunderlich: 29 December)
The Plastic Brain
Why is it that brain function is still so little understood? What is the mechanism of learning? How does the brain rectify malfunctions?
John Maddox presents a report from a recent Royal Society meeting at which the present state of knowledge in this field of research was discussed.
Editor THELMA RUMSEY
Last programme in the series Missa Papae Marcelli SCHOLA POLYPHONICA director HENRY WASHINGTON
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