Programme Index

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Gershwin A Cuban Overture
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Luis Gianneo Suite Argentine, for mandolin and orchestra JACOB THOMAS
HEIDELBERG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Ravel Habanera GENEVIEVE JOY
JACQUELINE ROBIN-BONNEAO (piano duet)
Kaint-Saens Havanaise ITZHAK PERLMAN (violin) THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by JEAN MARTINON Ponce Estrellita
RENATA TEBALDI (soprano)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE Villa-Lobos Choros No 1 JOHN WILLIAMS (guitar)
Gottschalk Fantasy on the Brazilian National Anthem EUGENE LIST (piano)
BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SAMUEL ADLER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Luis Gianneo
Unknown:
Jacob Thomas
Unknown:
Ravel Habanera
Unknown:
Kaint-Saens Havanaise
Violin:
Itzhak Perlman
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Conducted By:
Ponce Estrellita
Soprano:
Renata Tebaldi
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
Samuel Adler

The first of a new series of children's concerts, direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London Andrew Watkinson (violin) Moray Welsh (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra guest leader BARRY GRIFFITHS
Introduced and conducted by Christopher Seaman
Berlioz Overture: The Corsair Brahms Last two movements from Concerto in A minor, for violin, cello and orchestra
Paul Patterson Wildfire, for electronic sounds and orchestra (BBC commission for the 1975/6 Season of Robert Mayer Concerts). Introduced and conducted by THE COMPOSER
Debussy Gigues (Images)

Contributors

Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Christopher Seaman
Unknown:
Paul Patterson

' Being Chairman of the Price Commission involves considerable stress. Some people think you're not doing enough about prices, others think you're doing too much about profits. You never win! '
Charles Williams gets away from it all with his clarinet. which he takes on all his business trips, to occasional astonishment from colleagues. This afternoon he talks about his life. and introduces a choice of records from Monteverdi's Vespers to an unfamiliar piece by Spohr.

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Williams

MARGARET BAITON (soprano) ROBIN LEGGATE (tenor) NEIL HOWLETT (bass-baritone) CARLOS BONELL (guitar) ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BARRY HASKEY conducted by EDUARDO MATA

Falla Master Peter's Puppet Show
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

4.15* Interval Reading

4.35* Part 2
Falla El amor brujo

(Given in the Concert Hall of Broadcasting House, Cardiff, before an invited audience)
BBC Wales

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Baiton
Tenor:
Robin Leggate
Bass-Baritone:
Neil Howlett
Guitar:
Carlos Bonell
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Unknown:
Barry Haskey
Conducted By:
Eduardo Mata
Unknown:
Rodrigo Concierto

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts.
Michael Billington (In the Chair), talks with Paul Barker , Richard Cork and Margaret Walters
Producer PHILIP FRENCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Billington
Unknown:
Paul Barker
Unknown:
Richard Cork
Unknown:
Margaret Walters
Producer:
Philip French

NASH ENSEMBLE
Antony Pay (clarinet) Brian Wightman (bassoon) John Pigneguy (horn) Marcia Crayford (violin) Monica Huggett (violin) Brian Hawkins (viola) Christopher van Kampen (cello) Rodney Slatford (double-bass)
(Part of a concert given before an invited audience in May) BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Bassoon:
Brian Wightman
Horn:
John Pigneguy
Violin:
Marcia Crayford
Violin:
Monica Huggett
Viola:
Brian Hawkins
Cello:
Christopher van Kampen
Double-Bass:
Rodney Slatford

A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2
An opera in three acts by Janacek, based on the comedy by KAREL CAPEK (sung in English)
A co-production between Welsh National Opera and Scottish Opera , recorded at the New Theatre, Cardiff, last month.
WELSH NATIONAL OPERA CHORALE chorus-master JULIAN SMITH
WELSH PHILHARMONIA leader JOHN STEIN conducted by RICHARD ARMSTRONG
The action takes place In a continental city in 1907 Act 1: The clerks room at Kolenaty's chambers
Act 2: The stage of a large theatre Act 3: A room in a hotel
- (Jenufa: Tuesday 7.30 pm)

Contributors

Comedy By:
Karel Capek
Comedy By:
Scottish Opera
Chorus-Master:
Julian Smith
Leader:
John Stein
Conducted By:
Richard Armstrong

Howard Ferguson celebrates his 70th birthday today. To mark the occasion Susan Brad Shaw and Richard Rodney Ben nett pay tribute to him as composer and teacher. Their programme includes two of their own works, written when they were studying with him.
Howard Ferguson Five Bagatelles, Op 9
Richard Rodney Bennett Sonata Susan Bradshaw Eight Hungarian Folk Songs
HowardFergusonPartitalor two pianos, Op 5b

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Ferguson
Unknown:
Susan Brad
Unknown:
Richard Rodney Ben

The British band YES have expanded the frontiers of rock music continually during their ten years of playing, producing modern suites and tone poems as well as shorter compositions. As they tour America and Britain this autumn, Derek Jewell celebrates their adventurous contribution by devoting tonight's programme principally to the music of their latest album. Tormato.

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Jewell

BBC Radio 3

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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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