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Handel Overture, Ballet and Dream Music (Alcina)
7.26* Corelli Concerto Grosso in F, Op 6 No 9
7.35* Bach Suite No 3, in D
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, directed by NEVILLE MARRINER : records

Contributors

Directed By:
Neville Marriner

The Concertos
Walton has contributed four major works to the concerto repertoire, the three string concertos which are all close relatives, and a Sinfonia Concertante for orchestra with piano, which is sadly neglected.
Partita for orchestra
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE SZELL
9.20* Sinfonia Concertante for orchestra with piano (1928, rev 1944):
PETER KATIN LONDONSYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
George Szell
Unknown:
Peter Katin

At 1.5 Nell Gotkovsky , an outstanding woman fiddler, will be heard with William Glock , and in this unscripted talk Ida Haendel discusses, amongst other things, the question of sex differences in violin-playing.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nell Gotkovsky
Unknown:
William Glock
Unknown:
Ida Haendel

direct from St John's, Smith Square
Nell Gotkovsky (violin)
William Glock (piano)

Schubert Sonatina No 1, in D (D 384); Sonatina No 2, in A minor (D 385); Sonatina No 3, in G minor (D 408)

(A series of concerts from St John's, Smith Square, London, SW1. Tickets: 80p at the door)

Contributors

Violinist:
Nell Gotkovsky
Pianist:
William Glock

Part of the re-dedication recital given by FRANCIS JACKSON on the restored instrument in St Lawrence's Parish Church, Appleby, Cumbria
Kenneth Leighton Paean
Sweelinck Variations on Soil es sein
Bach Toccata and Fugue in F (bwv 540). BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Jackson

Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
3.43* Saint-Saens Havanaise for violin and orchestra
HENRYK SZERYNG , MONTE CARLO OPERA ORCHESTRA, conducted by EDUARD VON REMOORTEL
3.53* Dvorak Symphony No 2, in B fiat: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Claudio Abbado
Conducted By:
Saint-Saens Havanaise
Unknown:
Henryk Szeryng
Unknown:
Monte Carlo
Conducted By:
Eduard von Remoortel
Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz

6.30 Sound by Design
MICHAEL smee explores and illustrates some of the major developments and technical advances that have taken place in 50 years of radio broadcasting, With contributions from:
EDWARD PAWLEY , DAVID STRIPP R. D. SMITH , GEORGE DIXON NESTA PAIN and others
Realised at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by PETER HOWELL
Producer DESMOND BRISCOE

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Pawley
Unknown:
David Stripp
Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Unknown:
George Dixon
Unknown:
Peter Howell
Producer:
Desmond Briscoe

Peter Grimes , Billy Budd and Albert Herring form the next group in this series, each one dealing with society's treatment of a misfit. Tonight, Peter Grimes
An opera in three acts with a prologue after the poem by GEORGE CRABBE
Libretto by MONTAGUE SLATER direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Her nieces, main attractions at
The Boar.............TERESA CAHILL
ANNE PASHLEY (sopranos)
Bob Boles , fisherman and Methodist...JOHN DOBSON (tenor)
Swallow, a lawyer
FORBES ROBINSON (bass)
Mrs Sedley , a widow
PATRICIA PAYNE (contralto)
The Rector... JOHN LANIGAN (tenor) Hobson, the village carrier
ROBERT LLOYD (baSS)
Ned Keene , apothecary and quack THOMAS ALLEN (bar)
The Boy, Peter Grimes 's new apprentice
JOHN FOWLER (treble)
Townspeople, fisherfolk of the Borough
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master ROBIN STAPLETON
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, leader JOHN BROWN conducted by David Atherton
The action takes place in the Borough, a small fishing town on the East Coast of England, about 1830.
Prologue: The Courtroom at the Moot Hall; Act 1 Sc 1: The village street and beach; Sc 2: Inside The Boar, the same night

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Billy Budd
Unknown:
Albert Herring
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
Montague Slater
Unknown:
Teresa Cahill
Sopranos:
Anne Pashley
Sopranos:
Bob Boles
Tenor:
John Dobson
Bass:
Forbes Robinson
Bass:
Mrs Sedley
Contralto:
Patricia Payne
Tenor:
John Lanigan
Bass:
Robert Lloyd
Bass:
Ned Keene
Unknown:
Thomas Allen
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Unknown:
John Fowler
Chorus-Master:
Robin Stapleton
Leader:
John Brown
Conducted By:
David Atherton

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

New writing from the West Country with poems by PATRICIA BEER, JACK CLEMO, FRANCES HOROVITZ, MICHAEL HOROVITZ, JIM HUNTER, PETER REDGROVE, VERNON SCANNELL, PENELOPE SHUTTLE, C. H. SISSON and CHARLES TOMLINSON
Read by: IAN CROSS, FRANCES BOROVITZ, MICHAEL HOROVITZ, TOM SALMON and GARY WATSON
Producer BRIAN MILLER
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Beer
Unknown:
Jack Clemo
Unknown:
Frances Horo
Unknown:
Michael Horovitz
Unknown:
Peter Redgrove
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell
Unknown:
Penelope Shuttle
Unknown:
C. H. Sisson
Unknown:
Charles Tomlinson
Read By:
Ian Cross
Read By:
Frances Borovitz
Read By:
Michael Horovitz
Read By:
Tom Salmon
Read By:
Gary Watson
Producer:
Brian Miller

Dietrich Buxtehude
Seven Holy Week cantatas, devotions to the body of the crucified Christ
II: Ad genua (The knees)
SARAH LEONARD , SUSAN VARLEY
(sopranos), JOHN YORK SKINNER (counter-tenor), ALAN BYERS
(tenor), FRANCIS THOMAS (bass) BBC SINGERS
CATHERINE MACKINTOSH , POLLY WATERFIELD (baroque violins) JANE RYAN (baroque cello) WALTER HILLSMAN (organ) conducted by KERRY WOODWARD

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarah Leonard
Sopranos:
Susan Varley
Sopranos:
John York Skinner
Tenor:
Alan Byers
Tenor:
Francis Thomas
Singers:
Catherine MacKintosh
Singers:
Polly Waterfield
Conducted By:
Kerry Woodward

BBC Radio 3

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