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Handel Concerto Grosso in D, Op 3 No 6: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.12* Croft Harpsichord Sonata No 3, in c minor: TREVOR PINNOCK
7.20' Clarke Suite in D
MAURICE ANDRT (trumpet) L'OISEAU LYRE ENSEMBLE conducted by PIERRE COLOMBO
7.34* Croft A Hymn on Divine Musick: HONOR SHEPPARD (SOp)
ROBERT ELLIOT (harpsichord) JANE RYAN (viola da gamba)
7.41' Vaughan Williams Concerto Grosso
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONYORCHESTRA conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR

Contributors

Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Trevor Pinnock
Unknown:
Clarke Suite
Unknown:
Maurice Andrt
Conducted By:
Pierre Colombo
Viola:
Jane Ryan
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar

born 7 January 1876 TUNNELL PIANO QUARTET
Piano Trio in G
10.15* William Hurlstone , who died in 1906 at the early age of 30, was one of the outstanding young composers of his generation. Harold Truscott talks about the qualities of Hurlstone's music, and suggests that regret for the complete fulfilment of his genius should not blind us to the mature mastery of his actual achievement.
10.35* William Hurlstone Part 2 Piano Quartet in E minor

Contributors

Unknown:
William Hurlstone
Talks:
Harold Truscott

Robin Leggate (baritone) Keith Swallow (piano)
André de Groote (piano)
Vaughan Williams Songs of travel
Scarlatti Three Sonatas
Mendelssohn Variations sérieuses. Op 54
Schubert Songs from Schwanengesang
(Before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets from: [address removed])

1887-1961: ' I think I may honestly say that I am perhaps the pianist for whom the greatest number of special compositions has been written.'
The first of two programmes of music composed for this Austrian pianist who lost his right arm in the 1914-18 war and devoted the rest of his life to playing works for left hand only. Ravel Piano Concerto In D (for the left hand): PAUL WITTGEN STEIN NEW YORK METROPOLITAN OPERA
ORCHESTRA conducted by MAX RUDOLF
2.20* Rcger Prelude and Fugue in e minor: PAUL WITTGENSTEIN
2.27* Donizetti, arr Leschetizky Andante finale (Lucia di Lam mermoor) (mono) PAUL WITTGENSTEIN
2.35 Britten Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra (mono): JULIUS KATCHEN LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE COMPOSER: records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Max Rudolf
Unknown:
Lucia Di Lam

Eleanor Bron with David Wilde (piano)
The programme begins with Schumann's Scenes from Childhood and ends with The Story of Babar the little Elephant by Poulenc. Between them Eleanor Bron reads poems by or about children.

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Bron
Piano:
David Wilde
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron

from the Peak Music Society SHERIDAN ENSEMBLE with JUDITH NELSON (soprano)
Loeillet Trio-Sonata in c minor Telemann Cantata No 35
Couperin Concert royal No 4, in E minor
Arne Four songs from Shakespeare's plays
(A concert given in the Edensor Institute. Baslow, Derby)

Contributors

Soprano:
Judith Nelson
Soprano:
Loeillet Trio-Sonata
Unknown:
Arne Four

from Bradford Cathedral
Introit: Bethlehem, of noblest cities (Hurford)
Responses (Clucas)
Psalm 87 (Rogers. Huntley)
Lessons: Wisdom 11, v 21 to 12, v 2; Ephesians 5, vv 1-14
Canticles (Blair in B minor)
Anthem: There shall a star (Mendelssohn)
Hymn: What star is this? (EH 44)
Organist and Master of Choristers KEITH RHODES
Assistant organist BRIAN TETLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Keith Rhodes
Organist:
Brian Tetley

Opera in two acts
Libretto by FELICE ROMANI Music by Donizetti (sung in Italian) direct from the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden Dulcamara, a travelling quack
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, leader CHARLES TAYLOR ' conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD
(Production mounted with assistance from the Corbett Foundation of America) Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Felice Romani
Chorus-Master:
Robin Stapleton
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
John Pritchard

Judith Wright
An occasional series of readings of contemporary Australian poetry broadcast in association with The New Australian Drama. Reader RUTH CRACKNELL (22 January: A. D. Hope , postponed from 6 December)

Contributors

Unknown:
Judith Wright
Reader:
Ruth Cracknell
Unknown:
A. D. Hope

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