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Vivaldi Violin concerto in c, Op 8 No 12
PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (Violin) directing the ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
7.15' Beethoven Andante favori in F
WILHELM KEMPFF (piano)
7.23* Dvorak Five Bagatelles, Op 47: PETER
PLANYAVSKY (harmonium) MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA PHILHARMONIC QUINTET
7.40* Moszkowski Spanish Dances (Book 1)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ATAULFO ARGENTA : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Vivaldi Violin
Violin:
Pinchas Zukerman
Piano:
Wilhelm Kempff
Conducted By:
Ataulfo Argenta

Bach Sinfonia (Cantata) 29 VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS conducted by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
8.8* Chopin Andante spiannato and Grande polonaise ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
8.23* Mozart Sinfonia Concertantein E flat (K 364) IGOR OISTRAKH (violin) DAVID OISTRAKH (Viola) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, directed by DAVID OISTRAKH : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Conducted By:
Chopin Andante
Piano:
Arthur Rubinstein
Violin:
Igor Oistrakh
Viola:
David Oistrakh
Directed By:
David Oistrakh

Brahms (1833-1897)
Brahms completed the majority of his orchestral works during a relatively short period - the 11 years from 1876 to 1887. These include three concertos, two overtures and the four symphonies. Although the rest of the programmes this week are drawn from these works, today's is an exception as it consists of the only major orchestral work that Brahms did not complete during this period:
PianoConcertoNo1:emil GILELS, BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by EUGEN JOCHUM ; record

Contributors

Conducted By:
Eugen Jochum

played by COLIN ANDREWS in the Great Hall, Bristol University
Paul Patterson Fluores cence
Bach Chorale Prelude (Bwv 622); Fugue a la Gigue (BWV 577); Chorale Preludes (BWV 645, 655)
Gaston Litaize Prelude and danse fuguée

Contributors

Played By:
Colin Andrews
Unknown:
Paul Patterson Fluores
Unknown:
Gaston Litaize Prelude

Mozart Six German Dances (K 571): VIENNA MOZART ENSEMBLE, conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY
Brahms Four Songs
ELLY AMELING (soprano) BALTON BALDWIN (piano)
Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat: RUDOLF FIRKUSNY
(piano), JCILLIARD QUARTET Prokofiev Symphony No 5 CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL

Contributors

Conducted By:
Willi Boskovsky
Piano:
Balton Baldwin
Piano:
Rudolf Firkusny
Conducted By:
Lorin Maazel

David Lytton. novelist, examines the posthumous standing of the author of such novels as Mr Johnson, To Be a Pilgrim and The Horse's Mouth, with the help of LORD DAVID CECIL , DAN DAVIN , DENIS DUERDEN , DAME HELEN GARDNER PROF MOLLY MAHOOD and SIR ROBERT LUSTY.
Producer LEONIE COHN

Contributors

Unknown:
David Lytton.
Unknown:
Lord David Cecil
Unknown:
Dan Davin
Unknown:
Denis Duerden
Unknown:
Dame Helen Gardner
Unknown:
Prof Molly Mahood
Unknown:
Sir Robert Lusty.
Producer:
Leonie Cohn

guest leader
DESMOND BRADLET conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
RONALD SMITH (piano)
Sibelius Symphonic Poem: The Oceanides
Liszt Totentanz, for piano -and orchestra
Shostakovich Piano Concerto No 2
Balakirev Symphonic Poem: Tamar

Contributors

Leader:
Desmond Bradlet
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
Piano:
Ronald Smith

'Annie,' he said, 'if I've failed to call you, it's only because I've wanted to. I was inhibited by two basic considerations: one, I might seem to be doing if because I wanted to review a book for you: two I, might seem to be commiserating with your lonely situation as an excuse for the even more disreputable purposes to which the flesh, alas, is heir. Do I make myself contemptible?'
'Could you possibly bear to do it for me?'
'I wonder if we're thinking of the same thing?'
'Philip's book.'
'I was afraid we were. Course I will. What's it like?
Frederic Raphael reads his short story.

followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Frederic Raphael

Thefirstoftwoprogrammes in which Terence Tiller demonstrates the flaws in certain celebrated poems:
The imperfect vision of William Blake
Readers: KATE BINCHY DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Readers:
William Blake
Readers:
Kate Binchy
Readers:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Piers Plowright

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