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Verdi Prelude: La Traviata: BAVARIAN STATE ORCHESTRA, conducted by CARLOS KLEIBER
7.8* Hiller Piano Concerto in f sharp minor. Op 69 MICHAEL PONTI
ORCHESTRA OF RADIO
LUXEMBOURG, conducted by LOUIS DE FROMENT
7.26* Schumann Symphony No 1, in B flat (Spring) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Carlos Kleiber
Unknown:
Michael Ponti
Conducted By:
Louis de Froment
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Vaughan Williams On Wenlock Edge (mono) PETER PEARS (tenor)
BENJAMIN BRITTEN (piano) ZORIAN STRING QUARTET
8.25* Finzi Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra: JOHN DENMAN NEW PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by VERNON HANDLEY : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
John Denman
Conducted By:
Vernon Handley

Milhaud Octet for strings (Quartet No 14 and Quartet No 15) BERNEDE QUARTET
PARRENIN QUARTET
9.25* Catalogue de Fleurs HUGUES CUÉNOD (tenor)
GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
9.31* Les Choéphores
(Text by CLAUDEL after EURIPIDES) Choephore
VERA ZORINA (soprano) Orestes
MCHENRY BOATWRIGHT (bar) Etectra.IRENE JORDAN (sop) SCHOLA CANTORUM OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Milhaud Octet
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Soprano:
McHenry Boatwright
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein

played by ROBERT MUNNS at St Mary's. Cresswell Park. Blackheath
Georg Muffat Toccata in c minor
Bach Chorale Prelude: 0 Mensch, bewein' dein' Siinde gross (bwv 622) Buxtehude Toccata and Fugue in r
Couperin Tierce en taille Torelli. arr Walther Concerto in A minor

Contributors

Played By:
Robert Munns

A weekly series of recitals given by young artists Eder Quartet
Haydn String Quartet in B flat. Op 76 No 4
Bartok String Quartet Nol (GiKen before an invited audience in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London. Tickets available from Ticket Unit, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW)

NORTHERN SINFONIA ORCHESTRA. leader BARRY WILDE conducted by STEUART BEDFORD
Alun Hoddinott Concerto Grosso
Frank Bridge There is a willow grows aslant a brook
Vaughan Williams Five Variants on ' Dives and Lazarus'
Malcolm Arnold Concerto for 28 players
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Leader:
Barry Wilde
Conducted By:
Steuart Bedford

Theatre and Tavern Music
Incidental Music: Bonduca Taverner Choir, Academy of Ancient music, directed by Christopher Hogwood Theatre Tunes: Robert Woolley (harpsichord) Tavern Catches Deller Consort
Incidental music: Abdela-Zer: Academy of Ancient music, directed by Christopher Hogwood : records

Words by Michael Flanders
Music by Joseph Horovitz
BBC Singers
Eric Shilling (baritone) Joseph Horovitz (piano) Daryl Runswick (bass) John Colbourne (drums)
Conducted by Nicholas Cleobury

Contributors

Words by:
Michael Flanders
Music by/Pianist:
Joseph Horovitz
Singers:
BBC Singers
Baritone:
Eric Shilling
Bassist:
Daryl Runswick
Drummer:
John Colbourne
Conductor:
Nicholas Cleobury

How Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann came to write and rehearse an opera, The Emperor of Atlantis, in the concentration camp of Theresienstadt (Terezin) in Czechoslovakia in 1944. The story is told in the words of Aaron Kramer with the voices of ANDREW BRANCH, CLAIRE FISCHER , HAROLD KASKET , HILDA KRISE. MAN, ANTHONY NEWLANDS , DANNY SCHILLER , JOHN SHRAP -NEL, PHILIP SULLY , STEPHEN THORNE , PHILIP voss and Harry Towb as Kramer Pianist RAYMOND ALSTON
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Kien
Unknown:
Viktor Ullmann
Unknown:
Aaron Kramer
Unknown:
Claire Fischer
Unknown:
Harold Kasket
Unknown:
Hilda Krise.
Unknown:
Anthony Newlands
Unknown:
Danny Schiller
Unknown:
John Shrap
Unknown:
Philip Sully
Unknown:
Stephen Thorne
Unknown:
Philip Voss
Unknown:
Harry Towb
Pianist:
Raymond Alston
Producer:
Piers Plowright

American music for piano and tape, played by Elliott Schwartz
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 Pentagonal mobile
(All first broadcast performances in this country)

Contributors

Played By:
Elliott Schwartz
Played By:
Elliott Schwartz
Piano:
Tom Johnson
Unknown:
Vincent McDermott
Unknown:
Barney Childs J.D.
Unknown:
Elliott Schwartz Pentag

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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