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Boyce Symphony No 5, In D
WÜRTTEMBERG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by JÖRG FAERBER
7.13* Field Piano Concerto No 2, in A flat: RENA KYRIAKOU BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by c. A. BÜNTE
7.43* Enesco Romanian Rhapsody No 1. in A: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANDRE PREVIN : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Andre Previn

Arne Symphony No 4. in c minor: BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIEITA conducted by KENNETH MONTGOMERY
8.17* Rossini Sonata No 5, in E flat: ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-iN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.33* Poulenc Concerto in c minor, for organ, string orchestra and timpani
MAURICE DURUFLE , FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA, conducted by GEORGES PRÊTRE : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bournemouth Sinfonieita
Conducted By:
Kenneth Montgomery
Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Maurice Durufle
Conducted By:
Georges Prêtre

Stravinsky
Variations for orchestra (Aldous Huxley in memoriam) COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT CRAFT
Threni: BETHANY BEARDSLEE (sop) BEATRICE KREBBS (contralto)
WILLIAM LEWIS , JAMES WAINNER (tenors), MAC MORGAN (baritone) ROBERT OLIVER (baSS), NEW YORK SCHOLA CANTORUM, COLUMBIA
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE COMPOSER: records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Robert Craft
Contralto:
William Lewis
Bass:
Robert Oliver

EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON director DAVID MUNROW
THE FIRES OF LONDON director PETER MAXWELL DAVIES With AVERIL WILLIAMS (flute) MARILYN SANSOM (cello)
Fifteenth-century Flemish music, including works by Obrecht, Ockeghem, Busnois, Compere and Josquin des Prés. Introduced by David Munrow
10.35* Interval Reading
10.45* Concert Part 2
Peter Maxwell Davies Hymn to St Magnus
Introduced by the composer and preceded by the anonymous St Magnus hymn, Nobilis humilis, on which it is based
(Given in the Arts Centre, Christ's Hospital, Horsham. Sussex, in February 1975)

Contributors

Director:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Cello:
Marilyn Sansom
Introduced By:
David Munrow
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies

(died 1875) A concert given last October to mark the centenary of Bizet's death. JEAN KNIBBS (soprano) PETER HALL (tenor)
THAMES CHAMBER CHOIR chorus-master LOUIS HALSEY
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA, conducted by HANS-HUBERT SCHÖNZELER Part 1
Overture: Patrie, Op 19; Suite: Jeux d'enfants, Op 22; Te Deum

Contributors

Unknown:
Te Deum

Fourth of six concerts from the series presented last year in the Raphael Cartoon Court of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
WIELAND KUIJKEN (bass viol) COLIN TILNEY (harpsichord)
Bach Sonata in D (bwv 1028)
Francois Couperin Pieces from Ordre No 5. in a, for harpsichord: Allemande la Logiviere; Courantes; Sarabande la Dangereuse: Gigue; La tendre fanchon (Rondeau): La villers Francois Couperin Suite in « minor (Pieces de violes)
3.15* Preserving the Past: Norman Brommelle, Keeper of Conservation at the V and A, on the problems of restoration and conservation in a national museum.
3.25* Concert Part 2
Louis Couperin Suite in G minor, for harpsichord
Marin Marais Les folies d'Espagne

(1911-1968)
First of four programmes
In this series of his music It is hoped that some idea of the wide range of his creativity will become apparent. Some of the programmes will include seldom heard works and also feature Reizenstein as performer.
Scherzo in a, Op 21
FRANZ REIZENSTEIN (piano) gramophone record tmono)
4.26* Introductory talk by Margaret Reizenstein
Sonatina for clarinet and piano (1968), Op 48 (two movements only completed) (first performance): THEA KING (clarinet) CLIFFORD BENSON (piano) Sonata, Op 46 gyorgy PAUK (violin) (monoMRpt) Theme, Variations and Fugue for clarinet and string quartet (1932, revised 1960), Op 2 THEA KING (clarinet)
ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET

Contributors

Talk By:
Margaret Reizenstein
Piano:
Clifford Benson

Leisure and Recreation
6.30 It's Catching
NICK HUGHES looks to the East and investigates some leisure activities from mini-gardens to music, and from cookery and crafts to kung fu.
7.6 Where It's At
3: The Supreme Sacrifice
JOHN PEEL considers the continuing interest of pop musicians in blues, gospel and soul.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nick Hughes

In Westminster Abbey
At the invitation of the Dean and Chapter, Archbishop Basil Hume. on the evening of his Installation as Archbishop of Westminster on 25 March. joined 140 English Benedictine monks in Westminster Abbey to sing in Latin the Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The service is introduced by The Very Rev Edward Car penter, Dean of Westminster.

Contributors

Unknown:
Basil Hume.
Unknown:
Virgin Mary.
Unknown:
Rev Edward Car

A weekly survey of the world of music including this week Nicholas Kenyon introducing some newly discovered Bach. Introduced by John Amis Producer NATALIE WHEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Kenyon
Introduced By:
John Amis
Producer:
Natalie Wheen

PETER BARKER reads from Nelly Brooke. A Homely Story, by FLORENCE MARRYAT , published in 1868. Miss Marryat stayed in Winchester in 1863, and her novel contains a thinly disguised portrait of the city and of the leading members of the cathedral circle, including S. S. Wesley himself, who appears as ' Dr Nesbitt.'
(S. S. Wesley Centenary Concert live from Winchester Cathedral: tomorrow 7.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Barker
Unknown:
Nelly Brooke.
Story By:
Florence Marryat
Unknown:
S. S. Wesley

Two programmes based upon John Bunyan 's autobiographical works, poems and trial. Written and narrated by Ruth Spalding
1: Despair and Discovery
All ether parts RUTH SPALDING and ROGER SNOWDON
Producer TERENCE TILLER

Contributors

Unknown:
John Bunyan
Unknown:
Ruth Spalding
Unknown:
Ruth Spalding
Unknown:
Roger Snowdon
Producer:
Terence Tiller
John Bunyan:
John Graham

BBC Radio 3

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