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Mozart Adagio and Fugue in c minor (K 546): 1 musici
7.15* Palestrina Stabat Mater
AMBROSIAN SINGERS conducted by DENIS STEVENS
7.30* Vivaldi Flute Concerto in G (P 140)
SEVERINO GAZZELLONI ; I MUSICI
7.42* Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN , Records
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Mussorgsky, arr Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude: Khovanshchina LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
8.12' Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2, Op 102: LEONARD BERNSTEIN directing the NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8.33* Copland Appalachian Spring: BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE COMPOSER
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Chabrier and Duparc
Une Education manquée Operetta in one act
Libretto by D'EUGÈNE LETERRIER and ALBERT VANLOO
Music by Chabrier (records)
The young Gontran de Bois massif has been given a thorough grounding in science and the arts by his tutor, Pausanias. On his wedding night, however, Gontran realises that his technical education is not quite as complete as his bride expects it to be , .
ORCHESTRE DE LA SOCIÉTÉ DES CONCERTS, conducted by JEAN-CLAUDE HARTEMANN
byDANIELCHORZEMPA
Bach Toccata and Fugue (Dorian) (bwv 538)
Messiaen Combat de la mort et de la vie (Les corps glorieux) Widor Symphony No 5, in F
(Part of a recital given on 11 February in the Royal Festival Hall, London)
David Blake Quartet No 2
Haydn Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5
with the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Part 1 Mendelssohn Symphony No 4. in A conducted by Stanlslav Macura (USSR: Third prize)
Christopher Driver
Part 2 Brahms
Symphony No 2, In D conducted by Daniel Oren (Israel: First Prize)
(RIAS Berlin recording)
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A weekly series given by artists of the younger generation, Ian Caddy (baritone)
Jennifer Coultas (piano) Donizetti Canto d'Ugolino
Moeran Seven Poems by James Joyce
Hugh Ockenden Three songs
Schubert Der Schiffer ; Liebesbotschaft: An Schwager Kro nos; Schafers Klagelied; Der Musensohn
(Given before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London)
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
Kimsky Korsakov Overture: May Night
Gounod Ballet Music (Faust)
Houberger Variations on a Theme of Schubert Copland Quiet City
Peter Hope Kaleidoscope
Arnold Whittall presents the third of six programmes.
Grace Williams Four Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins , for voice and string sextet
Richard Roderick Jones Mosaic for string quartet
Grace Williams Three Medieval Welsh Songs, for voice, harp and harpsichord
EIRIAN JAMES (mezzo-soprano) UNIVERSITY ENSEMBLE OF CARDIFF With GEOFFREY YORK (viola) MICHAL KAZNOWSKI (cello)
GLENYS GORDON-FLEET (harp) and MICHAEL SMITH (harpsichord)
Schubert Overture: Des Teufels Lustschloss
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
3.55* Paganini Violin Concerto No 3, in E: SALVATORE ACCARDO LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES DUTOIT
4.32* Liszt Symphonic Poem: Tasso: THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI gramophone records
from Paisley Abbey
Responses (Bernard Rose)
Psalms 47. 48. 49 (Crotch, Buck, Alcock)
Canticles (Murrill In e)
Anthem: Come Holy Ghost (Cedric Thome Davie )
Lessons: 1 Thessalonians 2, vv 2-12; St Matthew 28, vv 16-20 Hymn: Christ is the world's redeemer (cH3 301)
Organist and Master of the Choristers GEORGE MCPHEE
Assistant organist MARTIN DOOLE BBC Scotland
LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by JAMES STOBART
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA conducted bv MARCUS DODS with artists on records
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Language and Communication
6.30 Starting Chinese
Twenty-five programmes Part 1: Introduction to Chinese Programme 10: Introduced by Lucia Liu and Terry Chang. Script by DAVID POLLARD
(Rptd: Sun 2.30 pm R4 VHF)
7.0 Teaching Languages
Seven programmes for teachers of foreign languages.
3: What Goes into a Good Lessont
Opera in four acts
Libretto by TEMISTOCLE SOLERA after the poem by TOMMASO GROSSI
Music by Verdi (sung in Italian) direct from the Royal Opera House
Covent Garden
The Royal Opera House has never previously staged this early Verdi opera (his fourth), which is an epic in the grandiose traditions of Meyerbeer. Based on a romantic novel it tells of the intrigues and loves of a medieval noble family of Lombards and the part they played in the First Crusade.
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader CHARLES TAYLOR conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI A production borrowed from the BUDAPEST STATE OPERA Producer ANDRAS MIKO
The action takes place during the years 1095-7. Act 1
8.10' The Lombards at the First Crusade: CHARLES OSBORNE talks about the historical basis of the story, and traces the course of the libretto from Grossi's poem to Verdi's opera.
8.30* I Lombardi Act 2
A weekly news bulletin.
Acts 3 and 4
A volume containing almost the complete lyrical work of Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) the great German playwright and poet, has recently been published in this country. This is the second of two programmes in which the new translations can Le heard with the original German.
HELENE WEIGEL and the well-known German actor EKKEHARD SCHALL read on gramophone records. The English translations are read by FREDA DOWIE and JOHN RYE Producer MARTIN ESSLIN followed by an interlude
Quatrieme livre de clavecin, 1730: Ordre No 27
KENNETH GILBERT (harpsichord) gramophone records
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