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Sixth of 14 programmes
Mozart Sonata in D major (K 306; composed in Paris in the summer of 1778) (mono) NORBERT BRAININ (violin)
LILI KRAUS (piano)
Mozart Concerto in E flat major for two pianos and orchestra (K 365; one of the first works he composed after his return to Salzburg early in 1779): EMIL AND ELENA GILELS SOVIET STATE SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, directed from the keyboard by EMIL GILELS (Soviet Radio recording)
Gerald Finzi Dies natalis WILFRED BROWN (tenor)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by CHRISTOPHER FINZI
9.30* Dietrich/Schumann/ Brahms FAE Sonata (mono) ISAAC STERN (violin)
ALEXANDER ZAKIN (piano)
9.57* Saint-Saens Grand Zoological Fantasy: The carnival of the animals
ELEANOR BRON (narrator)
VESUVIUS ENSEMBLE: records
(piano)
Liszt Vallée d'Obermann (Premiere année de pèlerinage. No 6); Sonata in B minor
First of two programmes based on concerts given in Carnegie Hall, New York, in February 1951: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by BRUNO WALTER Brahms Concerto in A minor JOHN CORIGLIANO (Violin) LEONARD ROSE (cello)
11.55* Interval Reading
12.5* Brahms Concert Part 2 Symphony No 2, in D major
(Voice of America recording)
The Queen speaks to the Commonwealth
Part 1
Haydn Quartet in c. Op 9 No 1 Bartok Quartet No 2
Roy Fisher , poet BBC Manchester
Part 2 Beethoven
Quartet in A minor, Op 132
(Given at the University of East Anglia in May 1976) BBC Birmingham
In King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Hymn: Once in royal David's city (H. J. Gauntlett ) The Bidding Prayer
A Hymn to the Virgin (Britten) First Lesson: Genesis 3, w 8-15, 17-19: A CHORISTER
Adam lay ybounden (Boris Ord); Sussex Carol (trad English)
Second Lesson: Genesis 22, w 15-18: A CHORAL SCHOLAR
King Herod and the cock (Walton); Ding, dong! merrily on high (16th-century French) Third Lesson: Isaiah 9, vv 2, 6, 7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CAMBRIDGE CHURCHES
In dulci jubilo (14th-century German)
Hymn: 0 little town of Bethlehem (trad English)
Fourth Lesson: Isaiah 11, w 1-3a, 4a, 6-9: A REPRESENTATVE OF
THE CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Stille Nacht (Gruber); Sans day Carol (trad Cornish)
Fifth Lesson: St Luke 1, vv 26-35, 38: THE DIRECTOR OF MUSIC
The Linden Tree Carol (Gwllym Beechey); Personent hodie (Mosburg Gradual)
Sixth Lesson: St Luke 2, w 1, 3-7: A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
SISTER COLLEGE AT ETON
I saw three ships (trad English) Seventh Lesson: St Luke 2, vv 8-16: A FELLOW
Hymn: While shepherds watched (Este's Psalter, 1592)
Quelle est cette odeur agrgable? (trad French)
Eighth Lesson: St Matthew 2. W 1-11: THE VICE-PROVOST
The three kings (P. Cornelius ); A babe is born (William Mathias )
Ninth Lesson: St John 1, w 1-14: THE PROVOST
Hymn: 0 come, all ye faithful (J. F. Wade )
Collect and Blessing
Hymn: Hark, the herald angels sing (Mendelssohn)
Director of Music PHILIP LEDGER THOMAS TROTTER (organ scholar)
Portrait of a playwright by ANTHONY CURTIS
Sir Terence Rattigan , who died last month, was famous for a wide range of plays from French without Tears to Cause Célèbre. In this programme, which is repeated as a tribute to him, you will hear Sir Terence talking about his 40 years in the theatre.
With contributions from
PEGGY ASHCROFT , ALAN AYCKBOURN ROLAND CULVER, JOHN GIELGUD
HAROLD HOBSON , ROGER MACHELL
KENNETH MORE, SHERIDAN MORLEY LAURENCE OLIVIER , T. C. WORSLEY and EMLYN WILLIAMS
Producer CHRISTOPHER VENNING
JILL GOMEZ (soprano)
CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor)
PHILIP LANGRIDGE , IAN PARTRIDGE (tenors), STEPHEN ROBERTS (bar) ALASTAIR Ross (chamber organ)
RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA, leader SIMON STANDAGE conductor RICHARD HICKOX
Part 1
Cantatas 1-3: Jauchzet, frohlocket!; Und es waren Hirten in derselben Gegend; Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen
The Importance of Being Earnest
A trivial comedy for serious people by OSCAR WILDE
The first broadcast of the original four-act version, edited by OWEN DUDLEY Worthing and With
Music composed and played by TERENCE ALLBRIGHT
Directed by IAN COTTERELL
Part 2
Cantatas 4-6: Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben; Ehre sei dir, Gott!; Herr, wenn die stolzen Feinde schnauben
Eight Novelletten, Op 21 played by PETER FRANKL (piano)
Locatelli Concerto Grosso in F minor. Op 1 No 8 (Christmas Concerto)
MAINZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by GUNTER KEHR
Respighi Trittico botticelliano
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER : records
Tonight the Boston Camerata perform two versions of the hymn, In dulci jubilo. from the 15th century, preceded by a 12th-century conductus: Congaudct hodie: record