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Continuing the series which includes all of Bach's 48 Preludes and Fugues as well as Handel's Op « Concerti Grossi.
This week: Preludes and Fugues from Book I in the keys of G, A flat (G sharp) and B flat (major and minor), together with the Concerti Grossi No 3, in E minor, and No 2, in f major
GUSTAV LEONHARDT (harpsichord)
COLLEGIUM AUREUM directed by FRANZJOSEF MAIER gramophone records
Listeners' record requests Brahms Serenade No 2, in A. Op 16
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN MERTESZ
9.30* Beethoven Sonata In A flat, Op 110 (mono)
MYRA HESS (piano) (born 25 February 1890)
9.50* Paganini Violin Concerto No 2, in B mirror, Op 7
SALVATORE ACCARBO LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES DUTOIT gramophone records
Introduced by Michael Oliver
Beethoven and the nobility, by MARTIN COOPER.
The Instrument Makers
4: ROBERT PAXMAN and RICHARD MEREWETHER On the French horn. Producer
CHRISTINE HARDWICK
PIERRE AMOYAL (violin) YVONNE MINTON
(mezzo-soprano)
HERMANN WINKLER (tenor) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ Part 1 Berg
Violin Concerto
Elaine Feinstein. novelist and poet, reflects on some of the things we say and write.
BBC Manchester
Part 2 Mahler
Das Lied von der Erde
Antony Hopkins discusses a work or theme of current interest.
(Repeated: Mon 8.50 am)
(piano)
GIOCONDA DE VITO (Violin)
Beethoven Piano Sonata in c minor, Op 13 (Pathétique)
Schubert Impromptu in E flat (D 899 No 2)
Brahms Violin Sonata in G, Op 78 gramophone records
Opera in three acts by Gian-Carln Menotti
The English National Opera production, recorded at the London Coliseum last September
(sung in English)
Cast in order of singing:
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA
ORCHESTRA leader BARRY COLLINS conducted by HOWARD WILLIAMS Act 1
Who pavs what? How Is money allocated? Is there enough? Should the government contribute more? In the last of a series of special reports for The Arts Worldwide Sonia Beesley examines the system of cultural funding in the United States.
She talks to tycoons and impresarios, private benefactors, agents and the artists themselves, and presents an interview with Joan' Mondale wife of the Vice-President. Although she holds no ministerial post. Mrs Mondale acts as spokesman on the arts for the Carter Administration.
Act 2
4.40* Interval Reading
4.45* The Consul Act 3
Professor
John Fennell , who holds the chair of Russian at Oxford University, reflects on Leonard Schapiro 's new biography of the enigmatic Russian writer.
ELLIOTT SCHWARTZ I piano) Elliott Schwartz Extended piano
Tom Johnson Spaces
Vincent McDermott He who ascends by ecstasy into contemplation of sublime things sleeps and sees a dream
Barney Childs J.D.
Elliott Schwartz Penta gonal mobile
(First broadcast performances in this country)
Irene Worth as Agnes Elaine Stritch as Claire in A Delicate Balance by EDWARD ALBEE with Robert Beatty as Tobifcf Sheila Allen as Julia Bessie Love as Edna Harry Towb as Harry
When Edna and Harry. * married couple in late middle-age, call on their best friends. Agnes and Tobias, they make a demand that endangers the delicate balance of life.
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN
MARGARET CABLE (mezzo-soprano)
DAVID WILDE (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA guest leader
RAYMOND COHEN conducted by LIONEL FRIEND and KURT SANDERLING Part I
Malcolm Williamsol Fiesta; Les Olympiques (both UK premieres, conducted by LIONEL FRIEND) Liszt Piano Concerto No 1, in E flat major (conducted by KURT SANDERLING)
9.55* Interval Reading
10.5* February Festival in Milton Keynes. Part 2 Brahms Symphony No 1, in c minor (conducted by KURT SANDERLING )
Limited in association with Milton Keynes Borough Council)
Cello Sonata, Op 47 played by MORAY WELSH (cello)
LINDA BUSTANI (piano)