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Frank Bridge born 26 February 1879
Prior to the First World War. the music of Frank Bridge followed the traditional style advocated by his teacher. Charles Stan ford However, thewarhad a profound effect, and from then on. until his death in 1941. Bridge pursued a progressive path independent of his contemporaries, Vaughan Williams and Hoist. Each of this week's programmes contrasts music from these two periods. Suite: The Sea
ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES String Quartet No 4
ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Frank Bridge
Unknown:
Charles Stan
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams

conductor JOHN ALLDIS
RONALD LUMSDEN (piano)
Giovanni Gabriell Ecco l'aurora
Monteverdi Sfogava con le stelle
Gesualdo Moro Lasso
Gesualdo/Stravinsky Two Motets: Da pacem Domine; Assumpta est Maria
Hush Wood Three Choruses. Op 7
10.55 Interval Reading
11.0* John Alldis Choir Pt Roger Smalley Missa Parodia 1. for piano
David Bedford The golden wine is drunk
Grainger I'm seventeen come Sunday
(Part o/ a 1974 Contentporary Music Network concert presented by the Arts Council of Great Britain with the East Midlands Arts Association) BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Conductor:
John Alldis
Piano:
Ronald Lumsden
Unknown:
Monteverdi Sfogava
Piano:
David Bedford

Music by Montagu Phillips , Malcolm Arnold. Johann Strauss , Alun Hoddinott , Delibes and Thomas
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA conductor ERIC WETHERELL

Contributors

Music By:
Montagu Phillips
Music By:
Malcolm Arnold.
Music By:
Johann Strauss
Music By:
Alun Hoddinott
Conductor:
Eric Wetherell

Albinoni Sinfonia in a BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA. conducted by VOLKER WANGENHEIM Dvorak Suite in A
RADOSLAV KVAPIL (piano) Verdi Otello, Act 3
RENATA SCOTTO (soprano) PLACIDO DOMINGO
FRANK LITTLE (tenors)
SHERRILL MILNES (baritone) AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA. conducted by JAMES LEVINE : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
Conducted By:
Volker Wangenheim
Soprano:
Renata Scotto
Baritone:
Sherrill Milnes
Conducted By:
James Levine

Music by Christopher Brown , George Mcllwham. Tony Kime and Gilbert Vinter.
CWS (GLASGOW) BAND conductor NIGEL BODDICE

Contributors

Music By:
Christopher Brown
Music By:
George McLlwham.
Music By:
Tony Kime
Music By:
Gilbert Vinter.
Conductor:
Nigel Boddice

Two of last year's principal musical anniversaries were celebrated in a South Bank Summer Music concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, on 18 August 1978.
MARGARET MARSHALL (Sop) ANTHONY ROLFE-JOHNSON (tenor)
RICHARD JACKSON (bass)
EUGENIA ZUKERMAN (flute)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CHOIR director TERRY EDWARDS
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader jose-luis GARCIA conducted by PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (Violin) Part 1 Vivaldi
Concerto in G minor (RV 152); Flute Concerto in F major, Op 10 No 5 (RV 434): Violin Concerto in c minor (RV 199) (II Sospfetto): Kyrie in G minor (RV 587) (in due cori)

Contributors

Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Unknown:
Margaret Marshall
Bass:
Richard Jackson
Flute:
Eugenia Zukerman
Director:
Terry Edwards
Leader:
Jose-Luis Garcia
Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman

The Germans failed twice to Batten it. Politicians of all parties go happily to Sleep in it. Journalists and writers of all kinds are consoled by it. Scholars are amused and fascinated by it. It is a symbol of civilisation and of Englishness itself. Those who know it claim it is unique ... or almost so. Stephen Davis looks inside The London Library. Taking part: Stanley Gillam (the librarian), Claire TomaUn. Eleanor Bron. Frank Muir. The Rt Hon Enoch Powell , mp, Lord Annan. Raymond Mortimer , John Weightman and Edward Lucie-Smith . Producer
MICHAEL HEFFERNAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Davis
Unknown:
Claire Tomaun.
Unknown:
Eleanor Bron.
Unknown:
Frank Muir.
Unknown:
Enoch Powell
Unknown:
Lord Annan. Raymond Mortimer
Unknown:
John Weightman
Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Michael Heffernan

Introduced by Arnold Whittall
AURÈLE NICOLET (flute)
STEPHEN VARCOE (baritone) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by HUGH MAGUIRE conducted by LIONEL FRIEND Alexander Goehr Chaconne for wind
Nigel Osborne I am Goya STEPHEN VARCOE (bass-bar) CHRISTINE MESSITER (flute) JOHN ANDERSON (oboe) HUGH MAGUIRE (violin) JOCELYN GALE (cello)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Arnold Whittall
Flute:
Aurèle Nicolet
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Unknown:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Lionel Friend
Unknown:
Nigel Osborne
Bass-Bar:
Goya Stephen Varcoe
Flute:
Christine Messiter
Oboe:
John Anderson
Violin:
Hugh Maguire
Cello:
Jocelyn Gale

by FREDERICK HARRISON with Angela Pleasence and Derek Seaton
A young soldier on ceremonial sentry duty, alone with his thoughts, is watched by a girl in whom he has triggered memories.
Directed by RONALD MASON

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederick Harrison
Unknown:
Angela Pleasence
Unknown:
Derek Seaton
Directed By:
Ronald Mason

BBC Radio 3

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