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Stravinsky Circus Polka for a young elephant
CBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer
7.9* Gliere Harp Concerto in E flat: Osian Ellis
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynyge
7.34* Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (mono)
Cyril Smith (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargaent: records
Manfredini Concerto in D, for two trumpets and string orchestra: Hellmut Schneidewind, Wolfgang Pasch
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra,
conducted by Jorg Faerber
8.12* Verdi String Quartet in E minor (orchestral version)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman
8.35* Respighi Suite: The Birds
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner
(records)
(Stereo)
Szymanowski and Luloslawski Szymanowski Ballet: Harnasie, Op 55
WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by WITOLD ROWICKI
9.42* Lutoslawski Trois Poemes d'Henri Michaux
POLISH RADIO CHOIR IN CRACOW conducted by the composer
POLISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JAN KRENZ : records
CHILINGIRIAN STRING QUARTET
Mendelssohn Quartet in D, Op 44 No 1
10.30* William Mathias Quartet , Op 38
10.50' In Short
In the interval of the Chilingirian Quartet's recital, LEVON CHILINGIRIAN, its leader, talks about the Haydn quartets as heard through the ears of a first violinist.
10.55* Music for St David 1978 Part 2 Brahms
Quartet in B flat, Op 67
(Concert given on 2 March at the University of North Wales in association with the Department of Music) BBC Wales
conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES HOWARD SHELLEY (piano)
Mendelssohn Overture: The Fair Melusine
11.49* Edward Cowie Piano Concerto
12.25* Beethoven Symphony No 1. in c. BBC Manchester
Rafael Orozco (piano) direct from the Library Theatre. Bradford
Albeniz Malaga; Jerez (Iberia) Liszt Sonata in B minor
(The 11th of 12 concerts promoted by Metropolitan Bradford Libraries in association with the BBC) BBC Manchester
Opera in four acts
Libretto by HENRI CAIN adapted from the play by ROSTAND
Music by Franco Alfans (sung in French)
(first broadcast in this country) Cast in order of singing:
TURIN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master FULVIO ANGIUS conducted by MAURIZIO ARENA Acts 1 and 2
Acts 3 and 4 (Italian Radio recording.
The third of 13 programmes surveying the large number of important works commissioned over the years by this remarkable Swiss conductor and patron of music.
Martin Ballad for cello and small orchestra: MIKLOS PERENYI BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GYÖRGY LEHEL
Honegger Symphony No 2, for strings and trumpet THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MUNCH gramophone records
before 1300
Sequence: Organicus canamus modulis
Conductus a 3: Quid tu vides Jeremia
Organum a 2: Exiit sermo
Motet a 2: Manere vivere-Manere
Motet a 3: Dame de valor - Dame vostre doz regard -Manere Motet a 4: Cc que je tieng-Certes mout est bone - Bone compaignie -
Mancrc Monophonic Conductus : Alabaustrum frangitur
Conductus Motet a 3: Serena Virginum
JOHN DUDLEY , PAI'LEI.LTOTT (tenors) ANDREW PARROTT (tenor, bells) HOWARD WILLIAMS (baritone) PETER HOLMAN (organ) TAVERNER CHOIR director ANDREW PARROTT
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The Wider World
6.30 What Right Have You Got? 19: Unemployment
When can an employee be made redundant? What benefits is he or she entitled to? What sources of advice and help are available?
Presented by MICHAEL MOLYNEUX (Rptd: Sunday 3.30 pm R4 VHF)
7.0 Who Cares about The Commonwealth?
' Part of our problem is that the leaders of the Commonwealth have always been very far in advance of their publics and haven't often taken time - or perhaps dared - to stop. turn around and inform them, so that a perception gap develops.' Speakers from different parts of the Commonwealth comment on the view of its Secretary-General, SHRIDATH RAMPHAL ,
leader JOHN BRADBURY conductor Louis Fremaui Valerie Tryon (piano) direct from the Town Hall, Birmingham
Kodaly Dances from Galanta
Grieg Piano Concerto in 1 minor
by Ray Gosling
Throughout the 1960s Ray Gosling was deeply and turbulciitly involved in an upheaval typical of the period - the massive clearance and rebuilding of a slum area in Nottingham. In these talks he tells his personal story of the place, the people, the ideals, the scandals, the achievements and disasters, what was gained and lost.
2: The Battlefield
Part 2 Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 4, in F minor BBC Birmingham
New poems by JEAN EARLE , JENNY JOSEPH , C. H. SISSON , SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER, ANDREW WATERMAN , ROBERT WELLS and PAUL WILKINS.
Introduced by Michael Schmidt Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester
at the Royal Academy of Music The third of four concerts of 20th-century music. Tonight Nicholas Maw introduces Messiaen's Couleurs de la cité céleste
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Jan Latliam-Koenig (piano) Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Lionel Friend Maw Sinfonia
Durkó Turner Illustrations for violin and 14 instrumentalists Introduction by NICHOLAS MAW to Messiaen Couleurs de la cité celeste
(A recording of a concert given before an invited audience earlier this evening
Sternennachte ELISABETH SPEISER (soprano) IRWIN GAGE (piano) -
(Finnish Radio recording from 1977 Savonlinna Opera Festival)