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London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge
Wallace Overture: Maritana
Rossini Ballet Music (William Tell)
Auber Pas classique
Tchaikovsky Pas de deux (The Nutcracker, Act 2)
Donizetti Ballet Music (La Favorita)
Offenbach Overture: La fille du Tambour-Major
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Introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Mozart's Sinfonia Concertante in E flat (K 364), by ROBERT PHILIP. Recent lower-priced records, reviewed by EDWARD GREENFIELD.
A concert for children recorded last Saturday in the Royal Festival Hall, London
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Ian Partridge (tenor)
BBC Singers, director John Poole
English Chamber Orchestra
leader Jose-Luis Garcia
Introduced and conducted by Raymond Leppard
Mendelssohn Scherzo in G minor (Octet)
Walton Siesta
Mozart Exsultate, jubilate (K 165)
Berlioz Two movements from The Childhood of Christ: Trio, for two flutes and harp; Shepherds' Farewell
Bach Cantata No 191: Gloria in excelsis Deo
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Waltzes, marches and polkas, and other music in mid 19th-century arrangements played on historical instruments by the SMITHSONIAN SOCIAL ORCHESTRA and QUADRILLE BAND, conducted by JAMES WEAVER. Gramophone records
presents for your pleasure a weekly selection of popular classics, chosen from over 75 years of gramophone recordings
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Introduced by Donald Milner
Four different ways of resolving chaos by musical means demonstrated by Beethoven, Haydn (The Creation), Milhaud (La creation du monde) and Jean-Fery Rebel (Les elements) - a panorama of confused requests from the under-20s organised by Christopher Hogwood: records
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Dame Ninette de Valois, founder of the Royal Ballet and the Royal Ballet School: 'I shall wander a little, but not too far from the ballet scene. As a very young girl I wanted to be a pianist. My mother who was a singer found that I was "a born accompanist." This meant frequent summonses to play for her and so I decided to be a dancer!' Dame Ninette includes records of Tippett's Concerto for double string orchestra, Elgar's Enigma Variations and Britten's opera Peter Grimes.
Strauss Don Quixote (Variations for cello and orchestra)
Haydn Adagio cantabile (Piano Trio No 26, in F sharp minor)
Beethoven Symphony No 4, in B flat, Op 61
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Herbert Von Karajan
(Salzburg Festival recording by courtesy of Austrian Radio)
Beaux Arts Trio (record)
Introduced by Hugh Wood
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Introduced by Peter Clayton
by Virginia Browne
An English family saga, in six parts, based on unpublished letters and memoirs written between 1683 and 1883. Narrated by Robert Hardy
Music composed and conducted by Jeremy Lubbock sung by Linda Hurst, played by Patrick Gowers (keyboard) Duncan Lamont (flute) Roy Carter (oboe) Marcia van Kampen (Violin) Janet Schlapp (Viola) Nick Hill (horn) Christopher van Kampen (Cello) Johnny Dean (percussion) Skaila Kanga (harp)
John Higgins (in the Chair) talks with Susan Hill, Peter Porter and Bryan Robertson.
Opera seria in three acts
Libretto by Antonio Salvi from an episode in Ariosto's Orlando furioso
Music by Handel
Act 1
8.35* Winton Dean talks about the background of Handel's opera.
8.55* Ariodante Act 2
9.45* Janet Baker talks about the performer's mind - public and private.
10.5* Ariodante Act 3
Serenade No 8, in D (Notturno) (K 286): ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER : records
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