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Don Quixote , or The Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance
Cervantes' hero, and his servant Sancho Panza , portrayed in music by Telemann, Courbois and Strauss, plus songs written for Chaliapin in the 1934 film Don Quixote by Ravel and Ibert. Record requests introduced by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD.
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Introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Verdi's Otello, by CHARLES OSBORNE.
MICHAEL BERKELEY talks tO the pianist ROGER WOODWARD.
Recent orchestral records: reviewed by STEPHEN DODGSON.
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Johann Strauss Overture: Waldmeister conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY Brahms Violin Concerto in D
NATHAN MILSTEIN conducted by EUGEN JOCHUM
Johann Strauss Csardas (Ritter Pásmán); Annen-Polka conducted by willi BOSKOVSKY gramophone records
Seventh of 18 programmes
BRUNO CANINO. ANTONIO BALLISTA Schumann Pictures from the East, Op 66
Brahms Variations on a theme of Schumann, Op 23
(Repeated: Monday 11.10 am)
presents for your pleasure a weekly selection of popular classics, chosen from over 75 years of gramophone recordings.
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Introduced by Mark Tully
CLEVELAND STRING QUARTET with CRAIG SHEPPARD (piano)
Hofstetter Quartet No 5, in r (formerly attrib Haydn*
Brahms Piano Quintet in F minor. Op 34
Marghanita Laski , journalist and writer, makes a personal choice of records that includes a late Beethoven Quartet, a Scarlatti Sonata played by WANDA LANDOWSKA , and music by Stockhausen, Ligeti and Tavener. She also examines the influences that have contributed to her musical education. retracing a path from nursery rhymes, the synagogue and the tango, and she recalls how a simple piano piece by Beethoven has led to a fondness for musical jokes.
Schubert Entr'acte No 3 (Rosamunde): CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA OF AMSTERDAM, conducted by WILLEM MENGELBERG : record Schubert Quartet in A minor (D 804): TANEYEV STRING QUARTET (Soviet Radio recording)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5. in E flat, Op 73 (Emperor) CLIFFORD CURZON (piano)
BUDAPEST PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JANOS FERENCSIK
(Austrian Radio recording from the 1975 Carinthian Summer Festival)
Introduced by Peter Clayton
Variations and Fugue on an original theme. Op 73, played by NICOLAS KYNASTON on the organ of the Royal Festival Hall, London.
Julian Mitchell (in the Chair) talks with RICHARD CORK, MARGHANITA LASKI and PHILIP OAKES. Producer PHILIP FRENCH followed by an interlude
Operetta in two acts and a prologue. Libretto by W. H. AUDEN Music by Benjamin Britten
A second chance to hear this masterpiece of its kind (THE LISTENER), with Auden's imaginative and ambitious treatment of the American folk hero (DAILY TELEGRAPH) and the mature and -memorable achievement (THE OBSERVER) of Britten's score.
spoken by BRIAN HAINES
spoken by DAVID MARCH
spoken by BRIAN HEWLETT
spoken by DAVID MARCH spoken by DENISE BRYER
spoken by DENISE BRYER spoken by HILARY NEWCOMBE
spoken by BRIAN HEWLETT
spoken by DENISE BRYER
Other parts spoken by MEMBERS OF THE BBC DRAMA REPERTORY COMPANY and sung by BBC NORTHERN SINGERS, chorus. master STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by STEUART BEDFORD, Technical assistants BILL AITKEN , PIP SHEPHERD
JOHN SPARROW and BOB HARRISON Producers ERNEST WARBURTON and CHARLES LEFEAUX Act 1
8.25* Interval Reading
8.30* Paul Bunyan Act 2
BBC Manchester
Trevor Harvey talks about Holst's suite "The Planets", and attempts to explain the differences between recordings by Sir Adrian Boult, who conducted the first performance with the composer present, and Holst himself.
Valse-Caprice No 3, in G flat, Op C9; Two Nocturnes: No 13, in B minor, Op 119; No 6, in D flat, Op 63: Ballade in F sharp, Op 19: Two Impromptus: No 3, in A Hat, Op 34; No 5, in F sharp minor, Op 102; Theme and Variations, Op 73
GRANT JOHANNESEN (piano)
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