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BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Chabrier Suite Pastorale
7.24* Smetana Symphonic Poem: Vtava (Ma vlast)
7.37* Handel, arr Baines Water Music
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued) Respighi Suite: The Birds
8.21* Bax Summer Music
8.31' Shostakovich Symphony No 9, in E flat

Contributors

Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence

The 1730s saw the decline of Handel's fortunes in the opera house, which resulted in his turning his attention increasingly towards oratorio composition. This week's programmes concentrate on that period of his career.

Sosarme (Act 3) - St Anthony Singers, St Cecilia Orchestra conducted by Sir Anthony Lewis

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Contributors

Sosarme:
Alfred Deller
Haliate:
Willlam Herbert
Erenice:
Nancy Evans
Elmira:
Margaret Ritchie
Argone:
John Kentish
Melo:
Helen Watts
Altomaro:
Ian Wallace

Played by Peter Sweeney in the chapel of Trinity College. Dublin
Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Sweelinck Chorale Variations on Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'; Fantasia chromatica
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor (The Wedge) (Bwv 548)
BBC Northern Ireland

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by SIMON STREATFEILD
Verdi Overture: Nabucco Bartok Hungarian Sketches
Humperdinck Dream Pantomime (Hansel and Gretel)
Rimsky-Korsakov Spanish Caprice
Grieg Last Spring (Two Eltgiac Melodies)
Arnold English Dances (Set 2)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Simon Streatfeild

Beethoven 12 Contretänze (WoO 14): ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER Wolf Der Gartner: Bei einer Trauung: Zur Warnung: Der Feuerreiter
JORMA HYNNINEN (baritone) RALF GOTHONI (piano)
Rubinstein Piano Concerto No 4, in D minor
VICTOR BUNIN, MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDWARD SEROV Liszt Symphonic Poem: Tasso
MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA. conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY

Contributors

Unknown:
Neville Marriner
Baritone:
Jorma Hynninen
Piano:
Ralf Gothoni
Conducted By:
Edward Serov
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, leader Barry Griffiths, conducted by Elgar Howarth

Debussy La mer: three symphonic sketches

Birtwistle The Triumph of Time

Contributors

Musicians:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conductor:
Elgar Howarth

A short story by YUKIO MISHIMA , translated by GEOFFREY W. SARGENT Read by John Moffatt
' December 10 was Mrs Sasaki 's birthday, but since it was her wish to celebrate the occasion with the minimum of fuss, she had invited to her house only her closest friends.... '

Contributors

Story By:
Yukio Mishima
Translated By:
Geoffrey W. Sargent
Read By:
John Moffatt
Unknown:
Mrs Sasaki

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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