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LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI conducts the NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Rossini Overture: William Tell Rachmaninov Vocalise
Bizet L'Arlésienne; Suites 1 and 2: records
Building a Library: Brahms Violin Sonatas, by STEPNEN DODGSON ,
Recent choral records, roviewed by GORDON REYNOLDS ,,
Elgar Coronation Ode, Op 44 FELICITY Lorr (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) RICHARD MORTON (tenor)
STEPHEN ROBERTS (bass), CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE BAND OF THE ROYAL MILITARY
SCHOOL OF MUSIC, KNELLER HALL NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by PHILIP LEDGER
Rawsthorne Symphonic Studies LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD gramophone records
born 23 April 1564 ATHENA ENSEMBLE with MARY THOMAS (soprano) and TIMOTHY WALKER (guitar) Adrian Cruft Stratford Music, for wind quintet
Malcolm Williamson Three Shakespeare Songs
Alan Boustead Three Madrigals, for wind quartet
Peter Racine Fricker 0 Mistress Mine
Christopher Brown Diverti mento before The Merry Wives of Windsor, for wind quintet
(first broadcast performances of wind music; repeats of songs)
presents a weekly selection of popular classics on records,
DAVE ARTHUR discusses ttie legend of Saint George.
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Margaret Major (viola) Derek Simpson (cello)
Shostakovich String Quartet No 12, Op 133
Haydn String Quartet in G, Op 76 No
Eric Dodson. actor and maker of early keyboard instruments, introduces his personal choice of records
Mozart Symphony No 40, in G minor (K 550)
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RAYMOND OVENS conductor CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN
Schumann Aufschwung; Warum?; In der Nacht (Fantasiestucke, Op 12)
RAE DE LISLE (piano)
Brahms Violin Concerto in p MIRIAM FRIED (violin)
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor Christopher SEAMAN
Introduced by Peter Clayton
ALBERNI STRING QUARTET
Anthony Milncr String Quartet (1975): composed for the Alberni String Quartet
Britten String Quartet No 1, in D
John Higgins (in the Chair) talks with Edward Lucie-Smith , Gillian Reynolds and John Weightman.
Producer PHILIP FRENCH
(The Silent Woman)
A comic opera in three acts
Music by Strauss. Libretto after BEN JONSON by STEFAN ZWEIG (sung in German)
FRENCH RADIO CHOIR chorus-master JEAN-PAUL KREDER
NATIONAL ORCHESTRA OF FRANCE conducted by LEIF SEGERSTAM
The action takes place in a room in the London house of Sir Morosus, around 1780. Act 1: A spring morning
Detention for Questioning
Michael Zander , Professor of Law at the London School of Economics, argues that a recent Court of Appeal decision appears to make legal for the first time the common police practice of detaining suspects for questioning prior to arrest. He contends that the decision is wrong, both in law and in principle.
(The Tameside Affair: 2 May)
Act 2: The next day
9.30* Interval Reading
9.35* Die schweigsame Frau
Act 3: The following afternoon (French Radio recording)
Christopher Palmer talks about Constant Lambert and his relationship with the music of Warlock and Delius, as well as his interest in jazz.
One of the most fascinating recent meetings between Eastern and Western musical traditions is featured tonight by Derek Jewell : the band formed by guitarist John McLaughlin and called SHAKTI. Apart from McLaughlin, the band is notable for L. SHANKAR on violin and the unusual percussion effects created by T. H. VINAYAKRAM playing the ghatam (claypot). The latest album by JANIS ian , Miracle Row, marking a major step forward in her career, and the guitar of JOE PASS are also to be heard: records
