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7.19* Albcniz, orch Arbos Iberia SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET gramophone records
Boyce Symphony No 5, in D ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.13* J. C. Bach Quintet in D, Op 11 No 6 MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS
8.27* Haydn She never told her love; Piercing Eyes (from Six English Canzonettas - 1798) PETER PEARS (tenor) BENJAMIN BRITTEN (piano)
8.32* Pleyel Sinfonia Concertante in B flat ISAAC STERN (violin) PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (Viola) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM
(gramophone records)
Charles Gounod
Au rossignol; Viens! les gazons sont verts
SUZANNE DANCO (soprano) GUIDO AGOSTI (piano)
String Quartet No 2, in A
TONHALLE QUARTET OF ZURICH
Sérénade; Ma belle amie est morte; L'Absent
GERARD SOUZAY (baritone) DALTON BALDWIN (piano) gramophone records
A programme of early keyboard music played and introduced by Alan Cuckston recorded on the early pianos which form part of the collection of the Bowes Museum. County Durham. They include a 1794 Broadwood grand, a 1794 square piano by Haxby of York, a Stodart Upright grand of 1806 and a cabinet piano of about 1825 by Waite of London. The music includes pieces by C.P.E. Bach. Haydn. Beethoven. Field and Mendelssohn. BBC Manchester
by Trevor Hold
PHILIP LANGRIDGE (tenor) JOHN CONSTABLE (piano)
' He was part of my dream, of course - but then I was part of his dream, too '
(LEWIS CARROLL: Through the Looking-Glass).
How?; Directions; Hunted; Logbook: Haunted; Watched; Night; Nightmare: Moonlight; Sunrise; Girl; Churchbells; Who?; Noon; Nothing (first performance)
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time
(T. s. ELIOT: Little Gidding) BBC Birmingham
played by the LINDSAY STRING QUARTET
Haydn Quartet in G, Op 77 No 1
Beethoven Quartet in f, Op 135 from Horbury Concert Society, Yorkshire
BBC Manchester
leader RONALD THOMAS conductor VOLKER WAGENHEIM JOHN WILLIAMS (oboe) Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 7. in c (Le Midi) attrib Handel Oboe Concerto in E flat
Beethoven Rondino in E Sat, for wind instruments
Part 2
Vivaldi Oboe Concerto In D minor (p 259)
Haydn Symphony No 104, in D (London)
BBC Bristol
Part 1 Erwartung
Schoenberg's first opera (1909) has only one character, a woman who searches for her lover in a dark wood, and stumbles upon his corpse. JOSEPHINE BARSTOW (soprano) SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by HORST STEIN
Denis Donoghue. Professor of Modem English and American Literature at University College, Dublin, reflects on some of the things we say and write. BBC Manchester
Part 2 Bluebeard's Castle Opera in one act
Words by BELA BALAZS
Music by Bartok (1911)
At his new wife's request Bluebeard opens the seven doors within his Castle, revealing their frightening secrets. Duke Bluebeard DIETRICH FISCHER DIESKAU (bar)
JUDITH BRIGITTE FASSBANDER (mezzo-sop)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
(Recordings made available by courtesy of Swiss Radio)
Peter Lloyd (flute)
Derek Wickens (oboe) Antony Pay (clarinet) Martin Gatt (bassoon) Barry Tuckwell (horn) with IMOGEN COOPER (piano) Part 1
I.igeti Ten Pieces
Mozart Quintet in E flat for piano and wind (K 452)
Anton Weinberg. the clarinettist, talks about A Crisis in Musical Interpretation.
Part 2 Schoenberg Quintet, Op 26
BBC Birmingham
WOMEN'S VOICES OF THE BBC SINGERS conducted by KERRY WOODWARD CHRISTOPHER BOWERS-BROADBENT (organ and harmonium)
Durufle Prelude on the Introit for Epiphany
Berlioz Tantum Ergo
SARAH LEONARD (soprano) SUSAN VARLEY (soprano)
PATRICIA SOWDEN-PRICE (contralto) Berlioz Veni Creator
Durufle Prelude. Adagio and Choral Variations on Veni Creator; Tota pulchra es; Scherzo. Op 2
Fauré Ave verum; Messe Basse ELIZABETH BOOTH (soprano)
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The Wider World
6.30 Speculations
4: Paranormal Powers
Difficult either to prove or to ignore; do paranormal phenomena point towards a new understanding of human consciousness?
Discussed by COLIN WILSON and DR CHRIS EVANS
Introduced by PAT WILLIAMS
Series producer MICHAEL TOTTON
7.0 Industrial Democracy
Presented by GEOFFREY STUTTARD 6: As Others Do
The political pressure of EEC social policy, and the development of formal industrial relations systems in Europe and beyond, have tempted some British architects of industrial democracy to look abroad for inspiration. Is there any to be found?
Angela Malsbury (clarinet) Philip Fowke (piano)
Jane Manning (soprano) John Elwes (tenor)
Boys of Liverpool Cathedral Choir choir-director RONALD WOAN
Liverpool Philharmonic Choir chorus-master EDMUND WALTERS Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra leader ALAN TRAVERSE conducted by Meredith Davies direct from Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool Part 1
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on the Old 104th, for piano, chorus and orchestra
Gerald Finzi Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra
by Dr Mayard Clarke
Dr Clarke reviews some ' private' and in her view, erroneous, versions of the Christian faith. She argues that Christianity is unique among religions, stressing the centrality of the cross and the primacy of right choice and conduct.
Part 2 Anthony Milner
Symphony No 2 (first performance: commissioned by the BBC)
(Concert presented by the BBC, in association with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, as part of the Montserrat International Festival of Religious Music) BBC Manchester
Dr R. J. Crampton , Lecturer in History in the University of Kent, marks the 100th anniversary of Bulgaria's liberation from the Turks and the creation of an independent Bulgarian state under the Treaty of Bulgaria. He considers Bulgaria's history since 1878, and Britain's changing attitudes to the country and its present relations with the Soviet Union.
Second of six programmes of chamber music by members of the family, including all the flute music by J.S. Bach.
C.P.E. Bach Sonata in G major, for flute and continuo (Wq 85)
J.S. Bach Prelude and Fugue in F minor ('48' Book 2); Sonata in B minor, for flute and harpsichord (awv 1030)
James Galway (flute), Colin Tilney (harpsichord)
Delius's idyll performed by the LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI : record
Will You Accept the Call? by JONATHAN RABAN
A monologue with slight Interruption, inspired by phone-in programmes with Donald Pleasence as Bernard Voyce
'If Voyce happens to be out of season, persona non et cetera, as far as you personally are concerned, that is, of course, entirely your affair. Robin, also a busy man, would lend an ear, but you ... no. " Sorry, Voyce, some other time, old boy." All right. Message received and understood. I apologise for troubling you. Should never have got on the blower to you at all.'
Foreign caller NEVILLE JASON Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY
Der Wegweiser (Winterreise) KARl, ERB (tenor)
(13 July 1877-13 July 1958)
BRUNO SEIDLER-WINKLER (piano) (gramophone record: 1937)
BBC Music Guide: Schubert Songs, by Maurice Brown. 75p, from bookshops