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Handel Overture: Alcina LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL RICHTER
7.11* Bolsmortiér Concerto in E minor for flute, oboe, violin and continuo AULOS ENSEMBLE
7.20' Haydn Cello Concerto in c
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
7.47* Leopold Mozart Sin-, fonia Burlesca in G
EDUARD MELKUS ENSEMBLE
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued) Rossini Overture: The Journey to Rheims
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE SZELL
8.12* Janacek Suite for strings
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.32* Weber Symphony No 1, in c
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by WILFRIED BOETTCHER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karl Richter
Unknown:
Mstislav Rostropovich
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Eduard Melkus
Conducted By:
George Szell
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Conducted By:
Wilfried Boettcher

Sibelius
Scenes historiques: Suite No 1, Op 25
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON Finlandia, Op 26
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by COLIN DAVIS Scenes historiques: Suite No 2, Op 66
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Alexander Gibson
Conducted By:
Colin Davis
Conducted By:
Sir Alexander Gibson

recorded at Trevelyan College, University of Durham
ALLAN SCHILLER (piano)
FITZWILLIAM STRING QUARTET Christopher Rowland (violin)
Jonathan Sparey (violin) Alan George (viola) loan Davies (cello) Part 1
Mozart String Quartet in B flat (K 159)
Edward Cowie String Quartet No 2 (first broadcast performance)
10.45* Interval Reading
10.50* Northern University Concert
Part 2 Schumann
Papillons; Piano Quintet in e flat
(Promoted jointly by the BBC with the Durham Music Festival) BBC Manchester

Contributors

Piano:
Allan Schiller
Violin:
Jonathan Sparey
Viola:
Alan George
Cello:
Loan Davies
Unknown:
Edward Cowie

KEVIN SMITH
(counter-tenor)
WILLIAM HUNT (bass viol) CHRISTOPHER WILSON (lute) Arcadclt II bianco e dolce cigno
Ganassi Ricercar, for viol Calmo Piangete valli anon Two bransles, for lute; Ma belle si ton ame Morlaye Nunc dimittis
Prioris, transc Capirola Sit nomen Domini benedictum, for lute Morlaye Beati quorum:
De profundis
Ortiz Recercada quarta, for bass viol and lute Waelrant 0 villanella
Gufdron Puis qu'il faut désormais anon C'est un amant, ouvrez la porte

Contributors

Unknown:
Kevin Smith
Bass:
William Hunt
Unknown:
Christopher Wilson

Plato was a perfect collaborator, very gentle and never importunate.'
(ERIK SATIE , 1917)
The Princess de Polignac was a student of classical Greek. Out of her enthusiasm was born the strangest of her musical commissions, a setting of passages from Plato to music by Erik Satie. Today's programme tells the story of the collaboration between the Princess and the composer of Socrate: records
Written and narrated by Piers Burton-Page

Contributors

Unknown:
Erik Satie
Music By:
Erik Satie.
Unknown:
Piers Burton-Page

JAAP SCHRODER (Violin) CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (harpsichord)
David Petersen Sonata No 5, in G minor
Nicola Matteis Andamen to; Alemanda ad imitatione dun tartaglia; Passaggio rotto; Scaramuccia (Ayres for the violin)
Corelli Sonata in G minor, Op 5 No 5
3.25* Interval Reading
3.30* King's Lynn Festival Part 2
Corelli Sonata In E, Op 5 No 11
Pieter Hellendaal Sonata in G minor, Op 1 No 3
Pietro Locatelli Sonata in D minor, Op 6 No 12
(Given in Hillington Church on 26 July) BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Christopher Hogwood
Harpsichord:
David Petersen
Unknown:
Nicola Matteis Andamen
Violin:
Corelli Sonata
Unknown:
Pieter Hellendaal Sonata
Unknown:
Pietro Locatelli Sonata

MARTYN HILL (tenor)
JAMES WALKER (piano)
Bizet Chanson d'avril: Gounod Magali; Saint-Saens La cloche; Paladilhe Psyche; Delibes Depart; d'Indy Madrigal: Piernfi Le moulin; Htte J'ai pleuré en rêve; Bizet Ouvre ton coeur: Franck Nocturne ; Chabrier Villanelle des petits canards; Dupont Mandoline; Saint-Saens L'attente; Chausson Colibri BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Franck Nocturne

Presented by Jack Brymer Berlioz Overture: Beatrice and Benedict
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by JOHN CANARINA
Handel, arr Baines Water Music
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Stravinsky Suite: The Firebird
BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON

Contributors

Presented By:
Jack Brymer
Conducted By:
John Canarina
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Conducted By:
Bryden Thomson

A short story by MORRIS LURIE
Read by Denis Lill
"Will he die? Will my father die? Is my father going to die? Impossible! Don't be stupid! " Moses refused to let the idea enter his head.'
Producer MATTHEW WALTERS

Contributors

Story By:
Morris Lurie
Read By:
Denis Lill
Producer:
Matthew Walters

The second of two programmes in which Terence Tiller demonstrates the Baws in certain celebrated poems.
2: The Dishevelled Fringe of William Butler Yeats Readers KATE BINCHY and DENYS HAWTHORNE
Producer PIERS PLOWHIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Denys Hawthorne
Producer:
Piers Plowhight

A centenarv series of performances conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
Lord Berners Ballet Suite: The Triumph of Neptune ROBERT GROOTERS (baSS) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Wagner Hier sitz' ich zur Wacht(Götterdämmerung) LUDWIG WEBER (baSS) LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor: JASCHA HEIFETZ LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA (rec in 1935) gramophone records
Introduced by PETER TANNER (Revised repeat)
(Beecham conducts Sibelius: tomorrow 9.5 am)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Unknown:
Wagner Hier
Bass:
Ludwig Weber
Introduced By:
Peter Tanner

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