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Prokofiev Symphony No 1, in D (Classical)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
7.18* Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in C:
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Unknown:
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Conducted By:
Sir Georg Solti

Wagner A Faust Overture
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
8.16* Gounod Ballet Music (Faust): BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
8.34* Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 3 JOHN OGDON (piano)
8.43* Eisler Rhapsody on a text from Goethe's Faust
ELISABETH BREUL (SOpranO) BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GÜNTHER HERBIG gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Piano:
John Ogdon
Piano:
Eisler Rhapsody
Unknown:
Nther Herbig

Josquin des Pres
Planxit autem David MUNICH CAPELLA ANTIQUA conducted by KONRAD RUHLAND
9.15* Mass: Pange lingua
NEW YORK PRO MUSICA MOTET CHOIR
AND WOODWIND ENSEMBLE
RUSSELL OBERLIN (counter-tenor) CHARLES BRESSLER (tenor) GORDON MYERS (baritone) BRAYTON LEWIS (bass) gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Konrad Ruhland
Tenor:
Charles Bressler
Baritone:
Gordon Myers
Bass:
Brayton Lewis

led by ARTHUR PRICE conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
Light music by British composers Anthony Hedges Kingston Sketches Arne, arr Geoffrey Bush Sinfonietta
Ronald Finch Divertimento for string orchestra
Bill Connor Quarter Mile Hill Peter Warlock Capriol Suite
David Gow Overture: 125

Contributors

Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Unknown:
Geoffrey Bush
Unknown:
Ronald Finch Divertimento
Unknown:
David Gow

Sixth of seven programmes JUDITH PEARCE (flute)
RONALD LUMSDEN (piano) Martinu Sonata (1945)
Copland Vocalise (1928/72)
Martinu Scherzo from Sextet (1929)
Copland Duo (1971)
Introduced by ANTHONY BURTON

Contributors

Flute:
Judith Pearce
Piano:
Ronald Lumsden
Introduced By:
Anthony Burton

Malcolm Binns discusses with Christopher Hogwood the way 19th-century keyboard music is affected by playing it on period instruments and using the playing instructions of the time.
The programme was recorded at the Colt Clavier Collection and includes discussion and illustrations of music by Clementi, Hummel, Schubert,-Chopin and Liszt played on pianos made between 1806 and 1868, Producer CLIVE BENNETT

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Binns
Unknown:
Christopher Hogwood
Producer:
Clive Bennett

medium only
Leisure and Recreation
6.30 In Your Own Time
Things to Do, Places to Go
New, purposeful and perhaps profitable ways of enjoying your spare time, extending your interests and developing your skills and abilities.
Presented by PETER CLAYTON
Series producer JUDITH BUMPUS
7.0 How Does Your Garden Grow?
3: Be Fruitful and Multiply DR GLYN JONES shows how seeds germinate, and discusses the many different ways of increasing plants.

Contributors

Presented By:
Peter Clayton
Producer:
Judith Bumpus
Unknown:
Dr Glyn Jones

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall

Zara Nelsova (cello)
Richard Coulson (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Eli Goren, conducted by Charles Mackerras

Bartok Dance Suite

Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor

Contributors

Cellist:
Zara Nelsova
Organist:
Richard Coulson
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Charles Mackerras

A selection of poems compiled and introduced by Michael Ffinch
Readers Mary Wimbush
Gerald Cross and John Rowe
' I like railway travelling much,' said Wordsworth in 1839, but when it was proposed a few years later to construct the railway between Kendal and Windermere, he felt threatened.
' Is there no nook of English ground secure From rash assault? ' he asked.
He was unaware that the steam train would become a familiar theme in English poetry. Technical assistance by DAVID GREENWOOD , IAN CAMERON Producer SHAUN MACLOUGHLIN. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Ffinch
Introduced By:
Readers Mary Wimbush
Introduced By:
Gerald Cross
Introduced By:
John Rowe
Unknown:
David Greenwood
Unknown:
Ian Cameron
Producer:
Shaun MacLoughlin.

Second of eight programmes
Ha'nacker Mill; Away to Twiver; My own country JOHN NOBLE (baritone)
GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
Spring; The sick heart; Late summer
CAROLE ROSEN (mezzo-soprano) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Delius Sonata No 2, in c, for violin and piano (1924)
HUGH BEAN, DAVID PARKHOUSE
To the memory of a great singer; Mockery; Lusty Juven tus; Yarmouth Fair ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
Delius Sonata No 3, for violin and piano (1930)
HUGH BEAN, DAVID PARKHOUSE
Roister Doister ; Passing by (1928); Good Ale
JOHN NOBLE (baritone)
GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)

Contributors

Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Mezzo-Soprano:
Carole Rosen
Unknown:
David Parkhouse
Unknown:
Lusty Juven
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Unknown:
David Parkhouse
Unknown:
Roister Doister
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons

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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