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BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, led by BARRY HASKEY. conducted by IRWIN HOFFMAN GAYLE SMITH (Cello)
Tchaikovsky Fantasy Overture: Romeo and Juliet
7.27* Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor. BBC Wales

BBC WELSH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by IRWIN HOFFMAN
Brahms Serenade No 1. in D. BBC Wales

Henry Purcell , 1459-1695
'For where the Author's scanty word have fail'd.
Your happier Graces. Purceil, have prevail'd '
(THOS BROWN)
This week's programmes show Purcell's settings 'jf texts for a variety of occasions: ceremonial, dramatic, sacred and secular. Halfway to Opera
The Fairy Queen (z 629)
Music from the version for concert performance, devised by PETER PEARS ; music edited by BENJAMIN BRITTEN and IMOGEN HOLST Part 3: The Sweet Passion Part 4: Epithalamium SOLOISTS: records

Antony Hopkins

Septet in E flat, Op 65, for trumpet, string quartet, double-bass and piano: PARIS INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE: record

SIMON PRESTON Conducts the CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH, OXFORD
COLIN WALSH Organ)
Lassus Missa Bell' Amfritit' altera
Howells Take him, earth, for cherishing
Britten A Hymn to the Virgin
Tippett Plebs Angelica
Elgar Give unto the Lord (Psalm 29) (Op 74)

led by ANDREW ORTON conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
ROSBMARlE WRIGHT (pianO) Britten Sirnfonia da Requiem
12.7* Mozart Piano Concerto No 22. in E flat major (K 4&2)
12.44* Hoist Prelude and Scherzo: Hammersmith BBC Manchester

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London Max van Egmond (baritone)
Paul Hamburger (piano) Mozart Gesellenreise ; Die Zufriedenheit; Das Lied der Trennung: Geheime Liebe (K 150); Warnung
Schumann Ballade des Harfners; Wer nie sein Brot mit Tranen ass; Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt; An die Türen will ich schleichen
Faure La bonne chanson

Jafie Parker-Smith at the Royal Festival Hall, London
Widor Symphony No 6

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor
ASHLEY LAWttENCt
Alan Rawsthorne Overture: Street Corner
Johann Strauss Emperor Waltz
Morton Gould Spirituals Ernest Tomlinson Elegy
Coleridge-Taylor Petite Suite de Concert

Vivaldi Sinfonia In E (RV 132); Concerto in B, for four violins, string orchestra and continue (RV 553): I MUSICI
Mozart Concert Aria Chio mi scordi di te? (K 505)
JESSYE NORMAN (soprano) ALFRED BRENDEL (piano)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 25. in c (K 503) ALFRED BRENDEL
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
Debussy Three Symphonic Sketches: La Mer
THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM

NATIONAL YOUTH BRASS BAND
OF GREAT BRITAIN conductor KENNETH ALWYN Bryan Kelly Overture: Provence
William Alwyn The Moor of Venice
Thomas Wilson Sinfonletta
BBC Birmingham

Presented by Jack Brymer Strauss Prelude and Dance (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Mozart Horn Concerto No 1, in D (K 412)
Cavalli Three arias
JANET BAKER (mCZZO-SOp) RAYMOND LEPPARD (piano)
Mozart Symphony No 21, in * (X 134): NORTHERN SINFONIA ORCHESTRA. conducted by DAVID ATHERTON , with HUGH POTTS thorn)

direct from the Brahmssaal. Vienna Orlando Quartet
On behalf of the European Broadcasting Union. Austrian Radio presents the winners of the Second EBU International String Quartet Competition, which took place in Helsinki last October.
Part 1 Haydn String Quartet in c. Op 54 No 2
Ravel String Quartet in r

In a special edition of The Arts Worldwide Sonia Beesley reports on the emergence of regional theatre in the United States.
' Today, as much theatre Is going to New York as is coming from New York. The geography of the theatre has been completely restructured, so has its role in society.'

Part 2 Bartok
String Quartet No S

Looking back over his series, Basil Lam offers a few reflections on the state of music,

Procession ol the Nobles (Milada)
BOLSHOI THEATRE ORCHESTRA conducted by MARK ERMLER Suite: The Tale of Tsar Saitan: Moscow RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COndUCted by KONSTANTIN IVANOV Gramophone records

The City of London from Temple Bar to the Tower and from early morning at Billingsgate to dinner ait the Fishmongers Hall. A personal view by Dominick Harrod. with the voices of the people who workthereandlivethere. River-boat guide Edward Kelsey
Sound DAVID GREENWOOD Producer JOHN SCOTNEY followed by an interlude

Introduced by Charles Fox