In the nth programme music from 1781-6, his first years as a freelance musician in Vienna.
Violin Sonata in E flat major (k 380: 1781)
SZYMON GOLDBERG (violin) LILI KRAUS (piano)
(gramophone record: 1937)
Da schlagt die Abschiedsstunde (The Impresario: sung by Aloysia Lange on 3 February 1786): MIMI COERTSE (soprano) VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ RIEU (gramophone record)
String Quintet in c minor (K 406: his own transcription, made in 1787, of the Wind Serenade, K 388, composed five years before)
AI.LEGRI STRING QUARTET Eli Goren (violin)
Peter Thomas (violin) Patrick Ireland (viola) William Pleeth (cello) with CECIL ARONOWITZ (viola) (BBC 1966 recording)

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9.28* Roussel Three Pieces, Op 49: GRANT JOHANNESEN (piano)
9.36* Shostakovich Piano Quin tet in G minor, Op 57 LYUBOV YEDLINA (piano) BORODIN STRING QUARTET
19.10* Walton Ballet Suite: The Quest: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by the COMPOSER: records

Introduced by Michael Oliver
At the sign of the Red Crayfish: a portrait of the surroundings of Schubert's childhood.
Pietro Francesco Cavalli : ROBERT DONINGTON considers the work of the Italian composer in the light of a new book by Jane Glover.
Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK

The last in a series of four programmes compiled from recorded concerts in which ARTURO TOSCANINI conducted the NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival
Tchaikovsky Manfred Sym phony, Op 58
(From a concert given in Carnegie Hall, New York, in January 1953)

A. S. Byatt , novelist and lecturer in English, reflects on some of the things we say and write
BBC Manchester
.(Repeated: Thursday 3.4 pm)

(piano)
Toch Profiles
Brahms Klavierstficke , Op 119; Paganini Variations, Book 2
Schumann Waldscenen , Op 82

Antony Hopkins discusses a work or theme of current interest.
(Repeated: Monday 9.45 am)

Opera in three acts by Handel Libretto adapted from the Alcestis of EURIPIDES (sung in Italian)
Cast in order of singing:
IL COMPLESSO BAROCCO Continuo:
WOUTER MOELLER (Cello) MICHAEL EAGAN (lute)
ALAN CURTIS (harpsichord)
BOB VAN ASPEREN (harpsichord) conducted by ALAN CURTIS
(Recording made available by courtesy of Netherlands Radio) Act 1
3.5* Interval Reading
3.10* Admeto, Act 2
4.15* Interval Reading
4.20* Admeto, Act 3

The Songs of Francis Poulene
The final chapter of this 13-part biographical series, named after the song-writing diary Poulenc kept for many years.
Written by the accompanist Graham Johnson , produced by Elaine Padmore and presented by both. with Philip Monnet reading Poulenc's own words. 13: Epitaphe - the Last Years The ' Journal' is concluded. Bernac retires, and Poulenc writes his last set of songs for a new partner, Denise Duval. Sonata for two pianos (extract); Jouer du bugle; La souris; Nuage; Le travail du peintre (cycle); Chanson de porcelaine; La courte paille (cycle); Sonata for clarinet and piano; Timor et tremor performed by FELICITY LOTT (soprano) and RICHARD JACKSON (baritone) with GRAHAM JOHNSON (piano) ANTONY PAY (clarinet) and CLIFFORD BENSON (piano) and on records:
FEVRIER AND TACCHINO (two pianos) pierre BERNAC (baritone) FRANCIS POULENC (piano)
Poetry translations throughout the series came from WINIFRED RADFORD 'S translation of the book Francis Poulenc , The Man and his Songs, published by Gollancz.

Written by MR GAY
With the original music newly realised and conducted by David Cain for this production to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the first production at the Theatre Royal in Lincoln's Inn Fields on Monday 29 January 1728.
Directed by IAN COTTERELL PRAETORIUS CONSORT director CHRISTOPHER BALL (recorders)
Paul Arden Tavlor
(recorders and oboe) Simon Standage (baroque violin) Rachael Isserlis (baroque violin)
Christopher Wilson
(lute and baroque guitar) Alan Wilson (harpsichord) Fiances Kelly (harp)
Anthony Pleeth (baroque cello) Michael Laird (trumpet) Roger Brenner (sackbut) Anne Collis (percussion)
(Patrick Stewart is a member of the RSC)

ECO WIND ENSEMBI.E
TAMAS VASARY (piano)
Mozart Piano Quintet in I flat (K 452)
Chopin Piano Sonata In B minor, Op 58

Change in British Society
3: The Reconstitution of Status Dr A. H. Halsey. Professor of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Oxford, argues that the Marxist emphasis on class interest trivialises status. At the same time the liberal emphasis on status constitutes the trivialisation of class. The ultimate implication is that both theories lead to false doctrines of historical progress and neither deals adequately with the problem of social order.

Part 2
Elliott Carter Eight Etudes and Fantasy
Beethoven Piano Quintet in I flat. Op 16
(Arranged by the Bath Festival Society Ltd in association with W.D. & H.O. Wills, from the Assembly Rooms, Bath) BBC Bristol

Abendlied für die Entfernte Der Liebliche Stern
RUUD VAN DER MEER (baritone) RUDOLF JANSEN (piano) with at
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