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Nicolai Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY
7.14* Strauss Horn Concerto No 2, in E flat NORBERT HAUPTMANN BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA. conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.34* Sullivan, arr Mackerras Ballet: Pineapple Poll (Scene 3)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS gramophone records
Haydn Six German Dances (H IX 9): ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.11* Beethoven Sextet in flat Op 71, for two clarinets, two horns and two bassoons
LONDON WIND SOLOISTS directed by JACK BRYMER
8.28* Bizet Symphony No 1, in c
NEW YORK PHILHARMOMIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN gramophone records
Delius
Fantasy-overture: Over the hills and far away
English Rhapsody: Brigg Fair
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
North Country Sketches ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES gramophone records
JAIME LAREDO (violin)
SHARON ROBINSON (cello)
CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
Part 1
Bavel Sonata for violin and piano
Kodaly Duo for violin and cello
10.50' Interval Reading
10.55* Kodaly and Ravel Part 2
Kodaly Sonata for cello and piano
Ravel Duo for violin and cello
led by BARRY HASKEY conducted by ERICHBERGEL Haydn Symphony No 101, in D (The Clock)
Bartok Concerto for Orchestra
(Given on 16 December 1977 in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, Cardiff)
A weekly news bulletin of events in the arts abroad.
played by HAMISH MILNE (piano)
Bach, transc Busoni Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Balakirev Sonata in B flat minor
Schumann Scherzino; Wiegenliedchen; Fantasietanz (Albumblatter, Op 124 Nos 3. 6 and 5); Romance in F sharp. Op 28 No 2; Presto Passionato, Op posth
(A series of concerts recorded on Wednesdays at
1.0 pm from St George's. Brandon Hill , Charlotte Street, Bristol. Tickets 75p at the door)
First of four programmes of music by Boyce and his contemporaries marking the bicentenary of his death.
CHRISTOPHER DEARNLEY (organ)
CHOIR OF ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL LONDON BACH ORCHESTRA leader JURGEN HESS conducted by BARRY ROSE
Boyce Turn thee unto me, O
Lord PAUL PHOENIX and JEREMY CARPENTER (trebles)
Arne Concerto No 1. in c, for organ and orchestra
Greene Acquaint thyself with God
PETER HALL (tenor)
Boyce Lord, thou hast been our refuge
ANDREW GILES (alto) ALAN GREEN (tenor)
Stephen Oliver is primarily a composer for the theatre: one of his operas, Tom Jones , was presented by English Music Theatre in 1976. and another, The Duchess of Main, at Santa F6 In 1978. But in this self-portrait, he introduces not only one of his ' dramatic sketches', but also an abstract instrumental work and an anthem for church use.
Ricercare (1973) CAPRICORN
Anthony Lamb (clarinet) Monica Huggett (violin) Timothy Mason (cello) Julian Dawson-Lyell (piano)
Bad Times (1975) (first broadcast performance)
STUART HARLING (baritone) MEDICI STRING QUARTET
Paul Robertson (violin) David Matthews (violin) Paul Silverthorne (viola) Anthony Lewis (cello)
The Elixir (1976) (first broadcast performance) BBC singers conductor KERRY WOODWARD With JONATHAN ROBARTS (baritone)
ANTHONY LAMB (clarinet)
Madrigals by Monteverdi NIGEL ROGERS , IAN PARTRIDGE (tenors), ChristoPHER KEYTE (bass), with the MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA OF HAMBURG, conducted by JÜRGEN JURGENS: records
Records introduced by Charles Fox
String Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2
Adolf Busch (violin)
Ernest Drucker (violin) Hugo Gottesmann (viola) Hermann Busch (cello) gramophone record (1947)
A sacred festival stage drama in three acts, direct from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Words and music by Wagner (sung in German) Cast: )
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS chorus-master JOHN BARKER ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE leader JOHN BROWN conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
(This production has been sponsored by Commercial Union Assurance)
The action takes place in Northern Spain during the Middle Ages.
Act 1 Sc 1: A forest clearing by a lake in the grounds of Montsalvat; Sc 2: The Temple of the Holy Grail
John Warrack talks about the operatic climate in Germany before Weber and examines the conditions that gave rise to German romantic opera.
(A shortened version of a paper read to the Royal Musical Association last year)
Act 2 Sc 1: Klingsor's magic castle, near Montsalvat; Sc 2: Klingsor's magic garden
or The Power of Music
Robert Eddison reads a story by HEINRICH VON KLEIST, translated by DAVID LUKE and NIGEL REEVES.
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT
Act 3 Sc 1: The edge of the forest of Montsalvat; Sc 2: The Temple of the Holy Grail followed by an interlude
