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for Yehudi Menuhin 's 60th birthday
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
YEHUDI MENUHIN
COLONNE CONCERTS ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGES ENESCO (mono)
7.33* Haydn Symphony No 87, in A
MENUHIN FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA conducted by YEHUDI MENUHIN gramophone records
(Menuhin: tonight 8.0 pm BBC2)

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Britten, arr Bream The courtly dances (Gloriana)
JULIAN BREAM CONSORT
8.17' Grieg Holberg Suite
MEMBERS OF THE PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI
8.42* Praetorius Three Dances from Terpsichore
EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON directed by DAVID MUNROW
8.49* Warlock Capriol Suite ENGLISH SINFONIA conducted by NEVILLE DILKES gramophone records

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The Late Venetians
Albinoni Sonata a cinque In G minor, Op 2 No 6
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by RAYMOND LEPPARD (harpsichord) Alessandro Marcello Oboe Concerto in D minor HEINZ HOLLIGER
MEMBERS OF THE DRESDEN STATE
ORCHESTRA conducted by VITTORIO NEGRI
9.32* Vivaldi Nisi Dominus TERESA BERGANZA (mezzo-soprano)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTONI ROS-MARBA gramophone records

died 24 April 1936
Alastair Chisholm discusses the man and his music.
10.15* Six Sketches, Op 4a: Netherland Melodies; Theme with Variations played by EILUNED DAVIES (piano)
11.0* String Quartet No 1, Op 5 (first performance in this country) played by the GABRIELI STRING QUARTET Kenneth Sillito (violin)
Brendan O'Reilly (violin) Ian Jewel (viola)
Keith Harvey (cello)

SUSAN DENNIS (soprano) CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
Faurd Clair de lune; Prison; Apres un reve; Notre amour; Fleur jetée
Dvorak Gypsy Songs, Op 55 (sung in Czech)

CHRISTOPHER GOUGH (cello)
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RAYMOND OVENS conducted by RUDOLF SCHWARZ Part 1
Bax Symphonic Poem: Tintagel Hans Gil Cello Concertino

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Part 2
Schumann Symphony No 2, in c major
BBC Scotland

Balletto del Granduca; Pavana Lachrimae; More Palatino;
Pavana Hispanica; Engelsche Fortuyn; Oonder en Linde groen played by RUTH DYSON (harpsichord)

Tragic opera in three acts
Libretto by GIUSEPPE BARDARI , after SCHILLER
Music by Donizetti (sung in English)
Knights, maids-of-honour, cour. tiers, huntsmen, officers, guards ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master HAZEL VIVIENNE ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS The action takes place in London and Fotheringhay.
Act 1: A gallery in the Palace of Westminster: Act 2: The park at Fotheringhay
3.25* Tracking Down a Forgotten Librettist: a talk by JEREMY COMMONS
3.35* Mary Stuart
Act 3 Sc 1: The Palace of Westminster; Sc 2: A guarded room in the Palace of Fotheringhay; Sc 3: The place of execution
(An English National Opera production recorded in Nov 1974 at the London Coliseum)

BURTON CONSTRUCTIONAL NEWHALL BAND conductor ERNEST WOODROUSE Maldwyn Price Henry V Eric Ball Resurgam
Percy Fletcher March from An Epic Symphony

David Munrow discusses the astonishing development of two youngsters who were soon to take Europe by storm: Rossini and Mendelssohn.

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(continued)

The Wider World
6.30 Speculations
Introduced by PAT WILLIAMS Religious Experience
Institutional religion is said to be in decline, but experimental approaches seem to be on the increase, particularly among the young. What is the future shape of religious experience? Discussed by RABBI LIONEL BLUE and DR CHRIS EVANS. Series producer MICHAEL TOTTON
7.0 East, West, Home's Best
Individuals from nine different countries talk about their expectations and experiences of life in Britain.
8: The Nigerian Experience Compiled and presented by SANDRA NAIOOO

CLIFFORD CURZON (piano)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD
The second concert of the 1978 European tour direct from the Grosses Festspielhaus
Britten Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes )
7.4S* Mozart Piano Concerto No 27. in B flat major (K 595)

2: The Revival of Materialism by J. J. C. Smart. Reader in the Department of Philosophy, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
'There is nothing in the universe over and above the entities postulated by physics.'
<29 April: Gilbert Harman on Logic and Language)

Part 2 Brahms
Symphony No 3, in F major

Jack Shcppard and Jonathan Wild
Written and narrated by Rayner Heppenstall with Christopher BidmeadJack Sheppard
Peter Woodthorpe Jonathan Wild and the voices of ANNE JAMESOM
MICHAEL BURLINGTON, PETER CRAZE MALCOLM HAYES , LESLIE HERITAGE HAYDN JONES. GODFREY KENTON
In his occasional series of documentary accounts of famous 18th-century crimes and criminals. Rayner Heppenstall deals with the legendary highwayman Jack Sheppard and Jonathan Wild , the king of the London underworld.
Produced and directed by MARTIN ESSLIN followed by an interlude

VIJAYSHRIE SHANKAR (singer) LAKSHMI SHANKAR (singer) ZAMIR AHMAD KHAN (tabla) VINAYAK VORA (dilruba) Khyal Rag Jog

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