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Part I
Boyce Symphony No 8, in D minor
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA directed by RONALD THOMAS
7.17* Donato Lovreglio Fantasia on themes from Verdi's La Traviata
COLIN BRADBURY (clarinet) OLIVER DAVIES (piano)
7.27* Bax Symphonic Poem: The Garden of Fand: LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
7.44* Brahms Hungarian Dances: No 5, in G minor; No 6, in D; No 7, in A; No 12, in D minor VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by FRITZ REINER : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Directed By:
Ronald Thomas
Directed By:
Donato Lovreglio
Piano:
Oliver Davies
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Fritz Reiner

Part 2
Strauss Festliches Praeludium: WOLFGANG MEYER (Organ) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BOHM

8.18* Vivaldi, ed Bream Concerto in D, for lute and strings: JULIAN BREAM, JULIAN BREAM CONSORT

8.28* Satie Trois Gymnopedies: CECILE OUSSET (piano)

8.38* Turina Danzas Fantasticas: PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA, Conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS

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IMOGEN COOPER (piano) BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader
CHRISTOPHER WARREN-GREEN conductor BRYDEN THOMSON Part I
Strauss Prelude and Dance Scene (Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60)
Mozart Piano Concerto No 21. in c (K 467)

Contributors

Piano:
Imogen Cooper
Conductor:
Christopher Warren-Green
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson

Alistair Cooke tells the story of the two great American treks which opened up the prairies of the middle west in the late 18th century and uncovered California's gold in 1848. The programme is illustrated with songs of the period and of today.
Producer ALAN OWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Alistair Cooke
Producer:
Alan Owen

First in a series of ten programmes which will feature recordings made by distinguished chamber ensembles of the past. The artists this afternoon are the pianist Solomon and the cellist Gregor Piatigorsky.
Schubert Piano Sonata in A (D 664)
Beethoven Cello Sonata in g minor, Op 5 No 2 gramophone records

NORTHERN SINFONIA WIND ENSEMBLE
David Haslam (flute), Gareth Hulse (oboe), George Macdonald (clarinet), Michael Chapman (bassoon), Hugh Potts (horn)
Jean Francaix Quartet, for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
Anthony Payne Sonatas and ricercarsi for wind quintet
Damase Seventeen Variations for wind quintet
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Flute:
David Haslam
Flute:
Gareth Hulse
Oboe:
George MacDonald
Clarinet:
Michael Chapman
Horn:
Hugh Potts
Horn:
Jean Francaix
Bassoon:
Anthony Payne Sonatas

born 3 July 1854
First of three programmes to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the composer's birth.
The Diary of One who Disappeared
BENO BLACHUT (tenor)
STEPANKA STEPANOVA (SOp) MEMBERS OF THE CZECH SINGERS ENSEMBLE
JOSEF PALENICEK (piano) gramophone records Preview: page 21

Contributors

Tenor:
Beno Blachut
Tenor:
Stepanka Stepanova
Piano:
Josef Palenicek

Presented by Jack Brymer Masters of the Music
Ia 1626. Charles I appointed Nicholas Lanier ' Master of the Music ' at the royal court, a post which later involved writing compositions for the Sovereign. A chance to hear music by ten of the 19 incumbents of this office: records

Contributors

Presented By:
Jack Brymer
Unknown:
Nicholas Lanier

Further excerpts from EDWARD HOLMES 'S A Ramble among the Musicians of Germany
Holmes enjoys the affable court and informal life at Weimar. A long meeting with Hummel. Amazement at his extemporisation, wonderment at the length of his fingernails. Visits to Erfurt and Eisenach, the early home of Bach.
Read by Richard Briers gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Holmes
Read By:
Richard Briers

The death of Chairman Mao has had a profound effect on education in China. The policy which had affected the lives of 250 million students and nine million teachers was almost overnight reversed by the new leadership. John Gardner ,
Reader in Government at Manchester University. visited China in February and compares what he saw then with what had been happening in schools and universities under the Gang of Four. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Reader:
John Gardner

Five Minuets with Six Trios (D 89)
DIE DEUTSCHE STREICHER-SOLISTEN
(SFB Berlin recording)
Quintet in A major (D 667) (The Trout)
MEMBERS OF THE ENDRES QUARTET
Heinz Endres (violin) Joseph Rottenfusser (viola)
Adolph Schmidt (cello) with WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH (piano) and WALTER GOTZ (double-bass)
(Swiss Radio recording)

Contributors

Viola:
Joseph Rottenfusser
Cello:
Adolph Schmidt
Piano:
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Piano:
Walter Gotz

No 55: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht
KURT EQUILUZ (tenor) HANOVER BOYS' CHOIR
LEONHARDT CONSORT, directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT
No 106: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
ELLY AMELING (soprano)
MAUREEN LEHANE (Contralto) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
BARRY MCDANIEL (baritone) AACHEN CATHEDRAL CHOIR MEMBERS OF COLLEGIUM AUREUM
GUNTHER HOLLER, KONRAB HUNTELER (recorders) directed by RUDOLF POHL gramophone records

Contributors

Contralto:
Maureen Lehane
Baritone:
Barry McDaniel
Directed By:
Rudolf Pohl

BBC Radio 3

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