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Rossini Overture: La scala di seta: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.11* Wolf-Ferrari Serenata
I SOLISTl VENETI conducted by CLAUDIO SCIMONE
7.31* Respighi Symphonic Poem: Pines of Rome: NEW philHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by CHARLES MUNCH : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Claudio Scimone
Conducted By:
Charles Munch

Brahms Academic Festival Overture
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
8.15* Riisager Ballet: Etudes (Excerpts): ROYAL DANISH ORCHESTRA, conducted by JERZY SEMKOW
8.26* Bronsart Piano Concerto in f sharp minor, Op 10
MICHAEL PONTI , WESTPHALIA SYMPHONY orchestra, conducted by Richard KAPP : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Claudio Abbado
Conducted By:
Jerzy Semkow
Unknown:
Michael Ponti
Conducted By:
Richard Kapp

1881-1945
Historic Recordings
Just as the phonograph played a vital role in Bartok's researches into folk music, so does the later, much-improved gramophone provide valuable documentation concerning the authentic interpretation of his own music.
Three Hungarian folk songs (arr Bartok): VILMA MEDGYASZAY (sop), accompanied by BARTOK
9.8* Evening in Transylvania; Bear Dance (Ten Easy Pieces, for piano): introduced and played by THE COMPOSER
9.13* Sonata for two pianos and percussion: played by THE COMPOSER and his second wife DiTTA, who first performed the sonata in Basle on 31 October 1938.
Percussionists: HARRY BAKER and EDWARD RUBSAN : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Vilma Medgyaszay
Unknown:
Harry Baker
Unknown:
Edward Rubsan

MICHAEL CHAPMAN (baSSOOn) SINIFONIA CHORUS chorus-master ALAN FEARON
NORTHE'RN SIN'FONIA ORCHESTRA leader BARRY WILDE conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
Handel Coronation Anthem No 4: Let thy hand be strengthened
Parry Lady Radnor's Suite, for strings
John Joubert Concerto for bassoon and chamber orchestra (first broadcast performance: Northern Sinfonia commission)
Berkeley Signs in the dark. for chorus and string orchestra BBC Manchester

Contributors

Bassoon:
Michael Chapman
Chorus-Master:
Alan Fearon
Leader:
Barry Wilde
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies
Unknown:
John Joubert

played by NICHOLAS DANBY on the 18th-century organ of St Mary's, Rotherhithe
Orlando Gibbons Fantasia in c
John Blow Two Verses; A Double Voluntary
John Stanley Three Voluntaries: in E minor, Op 7 No 7; in c, Op 7 No 2; in G, Op 7 No 9

Contributors

Played By:
Nicholas Danby
Unknown:
John Stanley

Two archetypal human characters as imagined by two great composers, thanks to the inspiration of GOETHE'S play Faust Liszt Faust (first movement of Faust Symphony)
FRENCH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by YUVAL ZALIOUK (French Radio recording)
Schubert Songs (settings of poetry associated with Gretchen in Goethe's play: sung in German): Ballad of the King of Thule; Margaret at the Spinning-wheel; Margaret's Prayer; Scene in the Cathedral GUNDULA JAINOWITZ (soprano) IRWIN GAGE (piano)
(Austrian Radio recording from the 1976 Salzburg Festival)
Liszt Gretchen
SOUTH-WEST GERMAN RADIO ORCHESTRA, conducted by JASCHA HORENISTEIN : record

Contributors

Unknown:
Faust Liszt Faust
Conducted By:
Yuval Zaliouk
Unknown:
Liszt Gretchen
Conducted By:
Jascha Horenistein

All this week, two intensive language courses for travellers on business or holiday

6.30 Get By in Spanish 1: Getting a Drink
Calling the waiter, saying how you like something, being polite

7.0 Get By in German: 1: Getting Food and Drink
Ordering breakfast, going to a restaurant, paying the bill and tipping the waiter

(Study notes, 50p each, from: Brighton Polytechnic [address removed]. Please enclose large SAE and state which course)

in Hong Kong
A public concert recorded on 4 March at the Hong Kong Arts Festival leader RAYMOND OVENS conducted by Alun Francis with Thea King (clarinet)
Respighi Symphonic Poem: Fountains of Rome
Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1. in F minor
Hamilton Aurora

Contributors

Leader:
Raymond Ovens
Conducted By:
Alun Francis
Clarinet:
Thea King

No 48: Ich elender Mensch, wer wird mich erlosen
PAUL ESSWOOD (couruter-tenor) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR, CHORUS VIENNENSIS, VIENNA CONCENTUS musicus, directed by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT : record

Contributors

Directed By:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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