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Rossini Serenade in E flat I SOLISTI VENETI directed by CLAUDIO SCIMONE
7.13* Verdi String Quartet in E minor (orchestral version): ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by PINCHAS ZUKERMAN
7.37* Bellini Concerto in e flat
HEINZ HOLLIGER (oboe)
FRANKFURT RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ELIAHU INBAL
7.44* Puccini Capriccio sinfonico
MONTE CARLO OPERA
ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO SCIMONE

Contributors

Unknown:
Rossini Serenade
Directed By:
Claudio Scimone
Conducted By:
Pinchas Zukerman
Conducted By:
Eliahu Inbal
Conducted By:
Claudio Scimone

Part 2 Beethoven Overture: Fidelio: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
8.12* Mozart Piano Concerto No 23, in A (K 488) (mono): SOLOMON
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT MENGES
8.38* Brahms Variations on the St Anthony Chorale: PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by CARLO MARIA GIUUNI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer
Conducted By:
Herbert Menges
Conducted By:
Carlo Maria Giuuni

Ockeghem (c 1425-c 1495) Motets
Ave Maria; Alma redemptoris mater: POMERIUM musices, directed by ALEXANDER BLACHLY Salve Regina II
PRAGUE MADRIGAL SINGERS directed bv
MIROSLAV VENHODA
Instrumental motet: Ut heremita solus
ENSEMBLE OF OLD
INSTRUMENTS, directed by MIROSLAV VENHODA
Gaude Maria Virgo PRAGUE MADRIGAL SINGERS directed by MIROSLAV VENHODA : records

Contributors

Directed By:
Alexander Blachly
Unknown:
Miroslav Venhoda
Directed By:
Miroslav Venhoda
Directed By:
Miroslav Venhoda

Music of all periods, but always containing something broadcast for the first time
MALCOLM BINNS (piano) DARTINGTON QUARTET
Chopin Ballade No 3, in A flat major
David Matthews String Quartet No 1 (first performance)
Patrick Piggott Music at Night, for piano (first broadcast performance)
Glazunov String Quartet No 5. in D minor

Contributors

Piano:
Malcolm Binns
Unknown:
David Matthews
Unknown:
Patrick Piggott Music

Opera in one act by Leoncavallo, based on SOPHOCLES' tragedy
ROME CHORUS AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master
GIANNI LAZZARI , conducted by PIETRO ARGENTO
(Italian Radio recording)

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Gianni Lazzari
Conducted By:
Pietro Argento

Further excerpts from EDWARD HOLMES 'S Ramble among the Musicians of Germany, published in 1828. In this episode Holmes, still in Munich, observes the citizens at play. He enjoys Hummel's Mass in E flat, and endures a most uncomfortable journey on the road to Vienna.
Read by Richard Briers

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Holmes
Read By:
Richard Briers

A series featuring moments in musical history captured for the gramophone.
9. The Time: 1973. during the Edinburgh International Festival
The place: Freemasons' Hall
A recital of French, Russian and English songs inimitably introduced and sung by CATHY BERBERIAN (soprano) and accompanied by BRUNO CANINO (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Sung By:
Cathy Berberian
Accompanied By:
Bruno Canino

in the presence of HM The Queen, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, and HRH The Prince of Wales. direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano)
Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern (violins)
London Philharmonic Orchestra leader David Nolan conductors Colin Davis and Simon Rattle
London Philharmonic Choir conductor John Alldis

Part 1 Walton Fanfare: Salute to Sir Robert Mayer on his 100th Anniversary
(played by 12 young trumpeters selected from London schools)
National Anthem
Wagner Prelude to Die Meistersinger
conducted by Colin Davis
Berlioz Four songs from Les nuits d'ete
conducted by Colin Davis
Vaughan Williams Serenade to music
Soloists Teresa Cahill, Wendy Eathorne, Linda Esther Gray, Anne Wilkins, Margaret Cable, Nan Christie, Helen Attfield, Susan Kessler, David Rendall, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Ian Caley, Stuart Kale, David Wilson-Johnson, Richard Jackson, William Elvin, Paul Hudson conducted by Simon Rattle

(Stereo)

Contributors

Mezzo-soprano:
Janet Baker
Violinist:
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist:
Isaac Stern
Musicians:
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
David Nolan
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Conductor:
Simon Rattle
Singers:
London Philharmonic Choir
Conductor:
John Alldis
Soprano:
Teresa Cahill
Soprano:
Wendy Eathorne
Soprano:
Linda Esther Gray
Soprano:
Nan Christie
Soprano:
Helen Attfield
Mezzo-soprano :
Susan Kessler
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Tenor:
Ian Caley
Tenor:
Stuart Kale
Baritone:
David Wilson-Johnson
Baritone:
Richard Jackson
Baritone:
William Elvin
Bass:
Paul Hudson

Part 2 Tallis Motet in 40 parts: Spem in Alium conducted by JOHN ALLDIS Bach Concerto in D minor, for two violins conducted by COLIN DAVIS
Handel Hallelujah Chorus
(Messiah) conducted by COLIN DAVIS

Contributors

Conducted By:
John Alldis
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Conducted By:
Handel Hallelujah
Conducted By:
Colin Davis

Last year DAN DAVIN , the novelist and publisher, retired from being Head of the Clarendon Press. Early in his publishing career he commissioned a collection of essays to be called The Character of Ireland and to be edited by the poets. Louis MacNeice and W. R. Rodgers. That book has still to appear. Narrated by Dan Davin
Reader Denys Hawthorne
ProducerJOHN scotney

Contributors

Unknown:
Dan Davin
Unknown:
Louis MacNeice
Unknown:
W. R. Rodgers.
Reader:
Dan Davin
Reader:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
John Scotney

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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