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Beethoven and Contemporaries Vorisek Rhapsody in G minor, Op 1 No 9
HANS KANN (Hammerklavier)
7.10* Zelter Song: Um Mitternacht
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (bar) JÔRG DEMUS (Hammerklavier)
7.14* Tomasek Eclogues in B flat and G, Op 35 Nos 1 and 6 HANS KANN (Hammerklavier)
7.21* Beethoven Symphony No 4, in B flat: LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA, conducted by KURT MASUR : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Tomasek Eclogues
Conducted By:
Kurt Masur

Hoist Scherzo
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
8.11* Bax Two lyrical pieces (Oliver Twist)
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HERRMANN
8.19* Bridge Tone Poem: Summer: ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHAR
MONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
8.29* Britten Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge: ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. conducted by THE COMPOSER: records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Bernard Herrmann
Conducted By:
Sir Charles Groves

EDVARD GRIEG b. 1843. d. 1907
Norway's greatest composer - Grieg's music is deeply rooted in his homeland and he drew widely on his country's folk songs for inspiration. He composed a large quantity of piano pieces and his piano concerto remains one of the most popularintherepertoire.Works plaved this week include the incidental music to Ibsen's Peer Gynt and the song-cycle The Mountain Maid.
Incidental Music: Peer Gynt
APRIL CANTELO (soprano), ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, COndUCted by ALEXANDER GIBSON : record

Contributors

Unknown:
Edvard Grieg
Unknown:
Alexander Gibson

The second in this series in which Peter Frankl and Andre Tchaikowsky play Beethoven's 32 piano sonatas.

Sonata in G major, Op 49 No 2 (Andre Tchaikowsky)
Sonata in C major, Op 2 No 3 (Andre Tchaikowsky)
Sonata in F major, Op 54 (Peter Frankl)

(Repeat)

Contributors

Pianist:
Peter Frankl
Pianist:
Andre Tchaikowsky

born 5 July 1895 MUSICA DA CAMERA Harold Clarke
(flute and piccolo) Roger Lord (oboe)
Vera Kantrovitch (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Denis Vigay (cello)
Hubert Dawkes (harpsichord) play three of his chamber works to celebrate his birthday.
Three Inventions, for flute and oboe (first broadcast performance)
Quartet, for oboe and string trio Trio

Contributors

Flute:
Harold Clarke
Oboe:
Roger Lord
Violin:
Vera Kantrovitch
Viola:
Keith Cummings
Cello:
Denis Vigay
Harpsichord:
Hubert Dawkes

RUDOLF PIERNAY (bass-barltone) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Schubert Fischerweise ; Erlafsee; Der Strom
Pfltzner Im Herbst ; 1st der Himmel darum im Lenz so blau; Zum Abschied meiner Tochter
Mussorgsky Song-cycle: Sunless

Contributors

Piano:
Schubert Fischerweise
Unknown:
Pfltzner Im Herbst

Baccholtan Singers
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Stephen Spender (reciter) Tlppett Fanfare
Elgar The Reveille; The Wanderer; Feasting I watch
Raymond Premru Music from Harter Fell
Holst A Dirge for two veterans Barber A stopwatch and an ordnance map
Songs from the Yale Song Book: Careless love; Slow motion time: Mv Evaline
Copland Ceremonial Fanfare

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Spender
Unknown:
Raymond Premru Music

Haydn Quartet in D, Op 50 No 6 (The Frog)
TOKYO STRING QUARTET
3.30* Schumann Song-cycle:; Frauenliebe und -leben
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) DANIEL BAKENBOIM (pianO)
3.55* Schubert Quintet In A (The Trout) (D 667) BEAUX ARTS TRIO
With SAMUEL RHODES (viola)
GEORG HORTNAGEL (double-bass)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Piano:
Daniel Bakenboim
Viola:
Samuel Rhodes
Double-Bass:
Georg Hortnagel

RICHARD COULSON at St George's, Hanover Square. London
Richard Popplewell Suite (first broadcast performance)
James Nares Introduction and Fugue in E flat major
Liszt Variations on a theme of Bach: Welnen, Klagen, Sorgen. Zagen

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Coulson

DESFORD COLLIERY BAND conductor ALBERT CHAPPELL
Gordon Jacob Rhapsody for brass band; A Joyful Noise Meindert Boekel Scherzo
Eric Ball Tone Poem: Penlel BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Conductor:
Albert Chappell
Conductor:
Gordon Jacob Rhapsody

Home and Family
6.30 Coming up to Five
Eight programmes introduced by PENELOPE LEACH
5: Early Speech Development
PROFESSOR PETER MITTLER and DR JOAN TOUGH talk about the chilJ's acquisition of language.
7.0 Family Matters
Eight programmes on different styles of family living.
5: JAN BROOKES meets LIZZIE, a miner's widow, and six of her eight children who all live within a six-mile radius.

Contributors

Introduced By:
Penelope Leach
Unknown:
Professor Peter Mittler
Unknown:
Jan Brookes

A virtuous wife shall soften fortune's frown.
She's far more precious than a golden crown.
An oratorio in three acts, in which the wisdom of the boy Daniel saves Susanna from her false accusers, the lustful Elders.
Continuo:
RICHARD COULSON (organ)
DEREK STEVENS (harpsichord) ROSS POPLE (cello)
FRANCIS BAINES (double-bass) TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR
AND ORCHESTRA leader TREVOR WILLIAMS conductor DENYS DARLOW Act 1
8.30. Interval Reading
8.40. Handel: Susanna
The cause is decided, the sentence decreed
Susanna is guilty, and death is her meed.
Acts 2 and 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Coulson
Harpsichord:
Derek Stevens
Cello:
Ross Pople
Double-Bass:
Francis Baines
Leader:
Trevor Williams
Conductor:
Denys Darlow
Susanna:
Felicity Palmer (sod)
Joachim, her husband:
Paul Esswood (counter-Tenor)
First elder:
Ian Partridge (tenor)
Second elder:
Don Garrard (bass)
Chelsias:
David Thomas (baritone)
Judge:
David Thomas (baritone)
Daniel:
Nancy Long (mezzo-Soprano)
Attendant:
Nancy Long (mezzo-Soprano)

Derek Jewell celebrates the bicentenary of America's independence by playing some of the popular sounds she has given to the world and underlining the Anglo-American connection implicit within the music. Modern and more ancient music comes from the L. A. EXPRESS, featuring VICTOR FELDMAN , BILLIE HOLIDAY, ELLA FITZGERALD , BIG BILL BROONZY. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN , BING CROSBY and (no relation) CROSBY, STILLS AND NASH: records

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jewell
Unknown:
Victor Feldman
Unknown:
Ella Fitzgerald
Unknown:
, Big Bill Broonzy.
Unknown:
Bruce Springsteen
Unknown:
Bing Crosby

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