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Strauss Symphonic Poem: Don Juan VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
8.24* Sibelius Violin Concerto in 9 minor:
GEORG KULENKAMPFF BERLINPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA gramophone records
Bizet Jeux d'enfants, Op 22
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by JEAN MARTINON
9.15* Rimsky Korsakov Quintet in B flat, for piano and wind MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA OCTET
9.47* Telemann Cantata: Die Landlust: HERMANN PREY (bar)
MEMBERS OF THE GERMAN BACH SOLOISTS, conducted by HELMUT WINSCHERMANN
9.56* Sibelius Symphony No 6 BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN : records
Mr Cole 's Chorus Hall
As the 1977 Henry Wood Promenade Concerts begin their second week, Michael Oliver examines the history of the Royal Albert Hall. ' erected for the advancement of the arts and sciences in fulfilment of- the intention of Albert, Prince Consort '.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK (Music Weekly returns in Oct)
1877-1960
The first of three programmes in which some of his chamber and piano music is heard, and today his greatness as a pianist. This is his last recital given in March 1959 at Florida University, when he was in his 82nd year.
Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 31 No 1
Dohnanyl Scherzino, Op 41 No 2; March on a ground bass; Cascades, Op 41 No 4
11.50* Jon Curie reads a section from Message to Posterity, a book that appeared in a limited edition in 1960 and contains some of Dohnanyi's last thoughts on life and music.
12.0* Recital Part 2 Schubert Sonata in G (Fantasia) (D 894) (BBC Sound Archive recording)
Mary Goldring , economist (Repeated: Wed 11.55 am)
International Amateur Choral Competition (4)
School Class: Match 1
United Kingdom: KIDDERMINSTER HIGH SCHOOL MADRIGAL CHOIR Bulgaria:
TOLBUHIN CHILDREN'S CHOIR
Contemporary Music Class: Match 2
West Germany: MARKUS VOCAL ENSEMBLE, STUTTGART
Finland: POLYTECH choir
Introduced by Bernard Keeffe
(Let the Peoples Sing is organised by the BBC with the EBU)
First of seven programmes In which all of Olivier Messiaen's music for one and two pianos will be played. ROBERT SHERLAW JOHNSON introduces the series. Preludes (1929): MALCOLM TROUP Piece (Le tombeau de Couperin); Rondeau
YVONNE LORIOD
His final opera, first seen at the 1973 Aldeburgh Festival Death in Venice
Opera in two acts with libretto by MYFANWY PIPER , closely based on the novella by THOMAS MANN.
English clerk in a travel bureau.PETER LEEMING (baritone)
Venetians and hotel guests from many countries: MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH OPERA GROUP
' ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader KENNETH SILLITO conducted by STEUART BEDFORD The English Opera Group production: records Act 1
3.30* Interval Reading
3.40* Death in Venice Act Z
1884-1947
God, thou great symmetry
Who put a biting lust in me
From whence my sorrows spring,
For all the frittered days
That I have spent in shapeless ways
Give the one perfect thing.
R. D. Smith discusses the life and work of this remarkable and comparatively little-known poet. Reader Judi Dench Producer JOHN SCOTNEY
NORMAN DYSON , IVOR KEYS
RICHARD LESTER ,
ROGER v BIRMINGHAM BACH SOCIETY ORCHESTRA, leader CHRISTOPHER HIRONS conductor RICHARD BUTT
J. S. Bach Concerto in c minor, for two harpsichords (BWV 1060)
W. F. Bach Sonata in F, for two harpsichords
J. S. Bach Concerto in c, for three harpsichords (bwv 1064)
No country is as experienced as Britain in writing constitutions for other nations. Nor as content that we do not need one for ourselves. But are we writing one now when it comes to devolution for Scotland and Wales? Does the UK need a Bill of Rights in such circumstances? Brian Garrett discusses some of the issues involved. '.Repeat)
Part 2
J. S. Bach Concerto in c, for two harpsichords (Bwv 1061)
Soler Concerto in G, for two harpsichords
Vivaldi, arr J. S. Bach Concerto in A minor, for four harpsichords (Bwv 1065)
(Given in Birmingham Cathedral in April) BBC Birmingham
by SLAWOMIR MROZEK , translated by TERESA WRONA AND MACIEJ WRONA With ROBERT HOLMAN
and Two East Europeans - one an immigrant worker and the other an ' intellectual ' - with diametrically opposed backgrounds and opinions, live together in a basement flat in a West European city. What keeps them together and why do they never return home? Directed by MARTIN JENKINS
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader FELIX KOK conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
Britten Prelude and Fugue for 18 strings
Searle Poem , for 22 strings
Strauss Metamorphosen: study for 23 strings
BBC Birmingham
A Jubilee look at the British domestic scene in three parts by Peter Lloyd Jones , Head of Three-Dimensional Design at Kingston Polytechnic.
2: Chippendale and Old Chelsea
After 30 years of functional modern design, popular taste still hankers after a touch of class. Peter Lloyd Jones discusses the social realities behind the enduring need for symbols of status.
(piano)
Three Waltzes, Op 34 gramophone record
1622-1677
The first of two programmes of choral and keyboard music by Locke and two of his contemporaries, marking the 300th anniversary of his death. BBC NORTHERN SINGERS
Conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON
ALAN CUCKSTON
(organ and harpsichord)
Locke Anthem: How doth the city sit solitary; Suite in D, for harpsichord
George Jeffreys Anthem: Whisper it easily
Christopher Gibbons Voluntary for organ
Locke Anthem: Turn thy face from my sins; Voluntary for a Double Organ; Anthem: Who shall separate us? BBC Manchester