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Sullivan Overture and Dance of Nymphs and Reapers (The Tempest) CITY OF BIRMINGHAM
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COnducted by SIR VIVIAN DUNN
8.15* Je dis que rien from Bizet's Carmen and two songs from Broadway shows sung by KIRI TE KANAWA (soprano)
8.25* Reger Variations and Fugue on a theme of Mozart: ALPONS and ALOYS KONTARSKY (two pianos)
8.54* Saint-Saens Danse macabre: CITY OF
BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by LCUIS FREMAUX : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Vivian Dunn
Sung By:
Kiri Te Kanawa
Pianos:
Saint-Saens Danse
Conducted By:
Lcuis Fremaux

Balakirev Oriental Fantasy: Islamey: ussn SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, Conducted by EVGENY SVETLANOV
9.14* Mozart Divertimento in E flat (K 563) GRUMIAUX TRIO
9.55* Tchaikovsky The Enchantress (Acts 3 and 4)
MOSCOW RADIO SYMPBONY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI PROVATOROV . records

Contributors

Unknown:
Evgeny Svetlanov
Conducted By:
Gennadi Provatorov

Smetana Polka: To our girls: conducted by VACLAV TALICH (rec 1940)
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor: PABLO CASALS conducted by GEORGE SZELL (recorded in 1937) Janacek Symphonic Rhapsody: Taras Bulba: conducted by VACLAV TALICH (rec 1954): records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Vaclav Talich
Conducted By:
George Szell
Unknown:
Vaclav Talich

Music from
Vauxhall Gardens
In 1745 Thomas Arne was appointed composer to the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, a position he held for many years.
Symphony No 4, in c minor
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA conducted by KENNETH MONTGOMERY (record)
Hunting Scene from ' Thomas and Sally ' (1760); Love and Resentment (Cantata); Dirge in Cymbeline; The Lovesick Maid; Phyllis and Damon - a conversation; The Sycamore Shade; Concluding Hunting Piece (Syren 1777): WENDY EATHORNE , SYLVIA EAVES (sops), MARTYN HILL (tenor), GORDON HONEY (bar), with instrumental ensemble (Rpt)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Kenneth Montgomery
Unknown:
Wendy Eathorne
Unknown:
Sylvia Eaves
Tenor:
Martyn Hill
Tenor:
Gordon Honey

Pianist and Conductor
Schumann Carnaval, Op 9 Berg Four Pieces for clarinet and piano. Op 5 ANTONY PAY (clarinet)
Mozart Serenade in B flat, for 13 wind instruments (K 361): MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA gramophone records

Contributors

Clarinet:
Antony Pay

Grande Messe des Morts DAVID RENDALL (tenor)
MEMBERS OF THE WURTTEM BERG STATE OPERA CHORUS, STUTTGART, COLOGNE RADIO CHOIR, SOUTH GERMAN RADIO CHORUS, RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, STUTTGART. Conducted by MICHAEL GIELEN (SDR Stuttgart recording)

Contributors

Tenor:
David Rendall
Unknown:
Michael Gielen

in old and new styles
Corelli Concerto Grosso in F. Op 6 No 6: LA PETITE BANDE, directed by SIGISWALD KUIJKEN (violin) Alfred Schnittke Concerto Grosso: GIDON KREMER
TATIANA GRINDENKO (VlOlinS) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI KOZHDESTVENSKY: records

Contributors

Directed By:
Sigiswald Kuijken
Violin:
Alfred Schnittke
Unknown:
Gidon Kremer
Unknown:
Tatiana Grindenko

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Bernard Roberts (piano)
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, leader Dennis Simmons, conducted by Janos Furst

Beethoven Symphony No 8

Mozart Piano Concerto No 21, in C major (K 467)

(Part 2 of this concert can be heard on R2 at 9.0)

Contributors

Pianist:
Bernard Roberts
Musicians:
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Dennis Simmons
Conductor:
Janos Furst

(mezzo-soprano)
George Crumb Madrigals (BOOk 3): UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CHAMBER PLAYERS
Ravel Chansons madecasses: PAUL DUNKEL (flute) DONALD ANDERSON (Cello) GILBERT KALISH (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
George Crumb
Flute:
Paul Dunkel
Cello:
Donald Anderson
Piano:
Gilbert Kalish

I write for myself and for my friends, and I write to ease the passing of time.
(THE BOOK OF SAND)
A portrait of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges by Norman Thomas di Giovanni with contributions from CARLOS FUENTES , GRAHAM GREENE , ALAIN ROBBE-GRIL-LET and JOHN UPDIKE
Readings by DENIS QUILLEY and WALTER ACOSTA
English translations by NORMAN THOMAS DI GIOVANNI Radiophonic music by MALCOLM CLARKE Producers JUDITH bumpus and PIERS PLOWRIGHT
(The Mirror and the Mask: tomorrow at
5.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jorge Luis
Unknown:
Norman Thomas Di Giovanni
Unknown:
Carlos Fuentes
Unknown:
Graham Greene
Unknown:
John Updike
Unknown:
Denis Quilley
Unknown:
Walter Acosta
Unknown:
Norman Thomas Di Giovanni
Music By:
Malcolm Clarke
Producers:
Judith Bumpus
Producers:
Piers Plowright

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