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To include music by Auber, Wagner, Saint-Saens, and the Tati-Tati Paraphrase by Borodin, Cui, Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov and Liszt, orchestrated by Nicholas Tcherepnin gramophone records
Introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, by NICHOLAS KENYON.
Recent orchestral records: reviewed by STEPHEN DODGSON
To include music by Elgar, Britten and Strauss from records reviewed earlier this morning by Stephen Dodgson ,
MUSICA ANTICA E NUOVA director CELIA BIZONY
FELICITY PALMER (Soprano) BENJAMIN LUXON (baritone) NEIL BLACK (oboe)
PENELOPE HOWARD (violin) CAROL SLATER (Violin)
CHARLES TUNNELL (cello)
CELIA BIZONY (harpsichord)
Johann Rosenmiiller Lamenta tiones Jeremiae Prophetae , for baritone and continuo
Alessandro Grandi Solo motet: Quam pulchra es, for baritone and continuo
Heinrich Albert Monologue for soprano and continuo
Tomas Milan Quam vidistis pastores, for soprano and continuo
Johann Rosenmiiller Die Himmlischen Freuden, for baritone, two violins and continuo
Christoph Graupner Aria from Cantata: Ach, Gott und Herr, for soprano, oboe obbligato, two violins and continuo
presents a weekly selection of popular classics on records.
J. Geraint Jenkins , Keeper of Material Culture at the Welsh Folk Museum, talks about the Welsh wool textile industry. Producer BRIAN COOK
Bartok String Quartet No 6
Haydn String Quartet in D, Op 64 No 5 (The Lark)
Professor Max Beloff. Principal of the University College at Buckingham, introduces his personal choice of records.
Bach Concerto in c (bwv 1061) CLARA HASKIL, GEZA ANDA (pianos) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by ALCEO GALLIERA: record Mozart Abendempfindung
MARGARET MARSHALL (soprano) JOHN FRASER (piano)
Mozart Violin Sonata in A (K 526) (mono): NORBERT BRAININ (violin) LAMAR CROWSON (piano) Brahms Concerto in A minor, Op 102: ZINO FRANCESCATTI (violin) PIERRE FOURNIER (cello), COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by BRUNO WALTER : record
Introduced by Peter Clayton
Second of six programmes
Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne; Chorale Prelude on Kommt her zu mir; Fugue in c; Chorale Preludes on Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich and Herr Jesu Christ, ich weiss gar wohl!; Toccata and Fugue in F
RENE SAORGIN, at St Nicholas, Altenbruch, Germany: record
Philip French (in the Chair) talks with Benedict Nightingale , Hilary Spurling and Anthony Thwaite. followed by an interlude
It had been planned to broadcast the complete operas of Benjamin Britten during 1977 as a Jubilee Year celebration of the work of our greatest opera composer. Now the series will also be a memorial. The operas will be broadcast not chronologically but grouped by subject, starting with tonight's relay from Scottish Opera, to be followed by his other operas on religious themes. The Rape of Lucretia An opera in two acts
Libretto by RONALD DUNCAN after the play Le viol de Lucrece by andre OBEY
Music by Benjamin Britten direct from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow
SCOTTISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader JOHN TUN ,NELL conducted by RODERICK BRYDON Producer ANTHONY BESCH Set in Rome in 510 BC.
Act 1 Sc 1: The General's tent in the army camp; Interlude: The ride to Rome; Act 1 Sc 2: Lucretia's house that evening
Walter Bodmer , Professor of Genetics at Oxford University, gives the third of four talks.
The Rape of Lucretia
Act 2 Sc 1: Lucretia's bedroom the same night; Interlude: A chorale; Sc 2: Lucretia's house the next morning; Epilogue
Alessandro Grandi was a contemporary of Monteverdi who has excited the admiration of scholars. Denis Stevens sketches the composer's career and artistic 1 development, and conducts excerpts from his works. followed by an interlude
Four anthologies compiled by IAN NORRIS and CHRYS SALT
3: The Dragon and the Basilisk Producer TERENCE tiller
After reopening the major London rock theatre, The Rainbow, last month, the British band GENESIS are now embarked upon a world tour. Derek Jewell takes an extended look at their latest compositions with extracts from their new album, Wind and Wuthering.
