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A series to include the complete sets published as Op 9 and Op 17
String Quartet in c, Op 9 No 1 AEOLIAN QUARTET
Minuet and Trio (H xiv 5) RUDOLF BUCHBINDER (piano)
String Quartet in G minor, Op 20 No 3
AEOtlAN QUARTET gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Rudolf Buchbinder

Listeners' record requests
C. P. E. Bach Harpsichord Concerto in D minor (Wq 23) GUSTAV LEONHARDT COLLEGIUM AUREUM
9.28* Mozart Andante and Variations in G (K 501)
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH and JUSTUS FRANTZ (piano duet)
9.37* Rimsky-Korsakov Musical Picture: Sadko, Op 5
LONDON PHILHARMONIC. ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID LLOYD-JONES
9.48* Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2, in G minor JASCHA HEIFETZ BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MUNCH
10.12* Smetana From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (Ma vlast)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK
Requests, on a postcard please, to Your Concert Choice, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW

Contributors

Unknown:
Mozart Andante
Unknown:
Christoph Eschenbach
Conducted By:
David Lloyd-Jones
Conducted By:
Charles Munch
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Introduced by Michael Oliver
An Indian Summer in London: WILLIAM MANN recalls Richard Strauss 's visit in 1947. The opinions (and prejudices) of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Handel and the Concerto Grosso by ROGER FISKE.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
William Mann
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Unknown:
Roger Fiske.
Producer:
Christine Hardwick

13: Semi-finals
Mixed Voice Class: Match 1 West Germany:
MONTEVERDI-CHOR, HAMBURG
Finland: CANDOMINO, YOUTH CHOIR OF THE OLARI PARISH, ESPOO School Class Yugoslavia:
DR VOJISLAV VUCKOVIC
Introduced by Bernard Keeffe
(Organised by the BBC under the auspices of the EBU)

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr Vojislav Vuckovic
Introduced By:
Bernard Keeffe

Opera in three acts and a prologue, by Benjamin Britten
Words by MONTAGU SLATER , after the poem by GEORGE CRABBE (gramophone records)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN conducted by THE COMPOSER
The action takes place around the year 1830, in the Borough, a small fishing town on the East Coast.
Prologue and Act 1
2.35* Interval Reading
2.40* Peter Grimes : Act 2
3.30* Interval Reading
3.35* Peter Grimes : Act 3

Contributors

Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Montagu Slater
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Peter Grimes

The most excellent history of the Merchant, with the extreme cruelty of Shylock the Jew towards said merchant, in cutting a just pound of his flesh, and the obtaining of Portia by the choice of three chests.

Written by William Shakespeare
with music by Christos Pittas
with Anna Massey as Portia, Alan Badel as Shylock, Sarah Badel as Jessica, Christopher Bidmead as the Lord Bassanio, Richard Goolden and Steve Hodson as the Gobbos and Patrick Barr as Antonio

Philomusica of London conducted by The Composer

A Transcription Services recording by Adrian Revill, Paul Nickson
Studio managers ANTHEA DAVIES and ENYD CLOWES
Produced and directed by IAN COTTERELL
(Stereo)

Contributors

Author:
William Shakespeare
Music/Conductor:
Christos Pittas
Musicians:
Philomusica of London
Recording by:
Adrian Revill
Recording by:
Paul Nickson
Studio Manager:
Anthea Davies
Studio Manager:
Enyd Clowes
Producer/Director:
Ian Cotterell
Portia:
Anna Massey
Shylock:
Alan Badel
Jessica:
Sarah Badel
The Lord Bassanio:
Christopher Bidmead
The Gobbos:
Richard Goolden
The Gobbos:
Steve Hodson
Antonio:
Patrick Barr
Merchants of Venice - Salerio:
David Neal
Merchants of Venice - Solanio:
William Eedle
Friends of Antonio - Lorenzo:
Peter Craze
Friends of Antonio - Gratiano:
Malcolm Reid
Nerissa:
Jane Knowles
Duke of Morocco:
Brian Sanders
Prince of Arragon:
John Rye
Balthasar:
Leslie Heritage
Tubal:
Jeffrey Segal
Duke of Venice:
John Ruddock
Court clerk:
Marcus Campbell
Stephano:
David Neal
Singer:
Martin Rill

ELISABETH SODERSTROM (soprano) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led by Desmond BRADLEY conducted by ANTAL dorati direct from the Royal Festival Hall
Don Juan ; Four Last Songs

Contributors

Soprano:
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Unknown:
Desmond Bradley
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Unknown:
Don Juan

Current economic and social developments are accentuating the differences between the free countries of Europe and pushing them apart.
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf. Director of the London School of Economics, reflects on the tensions that arise from such developments and asks. how much divergence can Europe tolerate? BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Ralf Dahrendorf.

Lewis Mumford in the second of six conversations with Malcolm MacEwen
Mumford's studies of technology, in which he is recognised as a leading historian, led him to perceive the significance of ritual and language before this had been appreciated by anthropologists and linguists.
His four Rs might be said to be repetition, rhvthm, ritual and religion, and he shows how they apply to the artists and architects who flourished in America after the Civil War.
(14 Oct: Frank Lloyd Wright and the Flowering of Chicago) followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Lewis Mumford
Unknown:
Malcolm MacEwen
Unknown:
Frank Lloyd Wright

Music for viols
Pavan and Galliard a 6 Fantasie for two treble viols (Viola da Gamba Society No 1) Galliard a 3 (vgs No 1)
Fantasie a 4, with the Great Dooble Base (VGS No 1)
In Nomine a 5 (VGS No 1)
Variations a 6 on Go from my window
Fantasie a 3 (vgs No 1) Fantasie a 6 (vgs No 3) ENGLISH CONSORT OF VIOLS

An imaginary conversation written by JOHN SPURLING.
The time: evening. 26 July 1794 The place: the Champs-Elysées The participants:
Producer PATRICIA BRENT

Contributors

Written By:
John Spurling.
Producer:
Patricia Brent
William Wordsworth:
John McEnery
Stranger:
Ronald Pickup

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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