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Rossini Overture: Semiramide: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
7.16* Franck Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra: PASCAL ROGÉ CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL
7.33* Dvorak Czech Suite ENGLISKCHAMBERORCHESTRA conducted by SiR CHARLES MACKERRAS
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued) Arne Symphony No 2, in F BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA conducted by KENNETH MONTGOMERY
8.15* Graun Oboe Concerto in c minor HEINZ HOLLIGCR CAMERATA BERN conducted by ALEXANDER VAN WMNKOOP
8.36. Bach Suite No 3. in D (BWV 1068)
NEW CHAMBER SOLOISTS conducted by GEORGE MALCOLM : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Claudio Abbado
Conducted By:
Lorin Maazel
Conducted By:
Sir Charles MacKerras
Conducted By:
Kenneth Montgomery
Conducted By:
Alexander van Wmnkoop
Conducted By:
George Malcolm

Richard Strauss : The Hero's Works of Peace
. Programme music is a derogatory definition in the mouths of those who have no ideas of their own. (STRAUSS, 1929) Six of Strauss's ten tone-poems were written during the decade 1887-97, and quotations from each are to be found in the Hero's Works of Peace section of Ein Heldenlebcn. written immediately after the last of the group. These works, and the two songs also quoted, form this weeks programmes.
Macbeth, Op 23
DRESDEN STATE ORCHESTRA conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE Tod und Verklarung, Op 21 (mono)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEDOUW ORCHESTRA, conducted by WILLEM MENGELBERG gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Conducted By:
Rudolf Kempe
Conducted By:
Willem Mengelberg

MICHAEL ROLL (piano) BBC WELSH SYMPHONV ORCHESTRA leader
CHRISTOPHER WARREN-GREEN conducted by MOSHE ATZMON Part 1
Atun Hoddinott Welsh Dances: Suite No 2. Op 64 Mozart Piano Concerto No 22, in E flat (K 482)
12.0* Interval Reading
12.5* Midday Prom Part 2 Beethoven
Symphony No 7, in A
(A public concert given on 11 October in the Great Hall, Aberystwyth. in association with the Welsh Arts Council) BBC Wales

Contributors

Leader:
Christopher Warren-Green
Conducted By:
Moshe Atzmon
Unknown:
Atun Hoddinott

direct from St John 's. Smith Square, London Franz Schubert Quartet Florian Zwiauer (violin) Michael Gebauer (violini Hartmut Pascher (viola) Rudolf Leopold (cello)
Tchaikovsky Quartet in D major, Op 11
Beethoven Quartet in r minor, Op 95
(Tickets, £1.10, available from 11.0 am today, or in advance from the box office, tel [number removed])
(Repeated: Wed 10.55 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Violini:
Michael Gebauer
Viola:
Hartmut Pascher
Cello:
Rudolf Leopold

played by Peter Le Huray at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Maurice Greene Voluntaries: No 8. in c minor; No 1, in G; No 10, in D minor Howells Psalm-Prelude ; Set 2 No 2
Franck Choral in A minor BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Played By:
Peter Le Huray
Unknown:
Howells Psalm-Prelude

BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE CAVANAGH conducted by IAIN SUTHERLAND
Reznicek Overture: Donna Diana
Bryan Kelly Comedy Film for Orchestra
Puccini Intermezzo, Act 3 (Manon Lescaut)
Falla El Amor Brujo .Smelana Menuet
Delius Intermezzo and Serenade (Hassan)
Johann Strauss Overture: Cagliostro in Wien
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Leader:
Maurice Cavanagh
Conducted By:
Iain Sutherland
Unknown:
Donna Diana
Unknown:
Bryan Kelly
Unknown:
Johann Strauss

Debussy Four studies (Book 2 No 7 and No 11: Book 1 No 3 and No 5) CÉCILE OUSSET (piano)
Hugh Wood Cello Concerto, Op 12: MORAY WELSH ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
Elgar Symphony No 2. in E flat
HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by JAMES LOUGHRAN

Contributors

Cello:
Hugh Wood
Conducted By:
James Loughran

Presented by JackBrymer Mendelssohn Overture: The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave)
Shostakovich Symphony No 9, in E flat
Faure Suite: Masques et Bergamasques
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BRADBURY conductor
ASHLEY LAWRENCE

Contributors

Leader:
John Bradbury
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence

Ian Huim reads from the memoirs of Shostakovich concerning the opera (Lady Macbeth of Mtsenki: -its origins, early success and its disappearance for over 30 years due to Stalin's disapproval.
(Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk: Friday at 7.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Huim

The third concert in the current international season, presented by Austrian Radio for the European Broadcasting Union direct from the Grosser Musikvereinssaal , Vienna, Rachel Yakar (soprano) Trudeliese Schmidt (soprano)
Philip Langridge (tenor) Kurt Equiluz (tenor) Carlo Gaifa (tenor)
Peter Wimberger (bass) Arthur Korn (bass)
Swedish Radio Chamber Choir chorus-master
ERIC ERICSON
Wiener Sangerknaben
Choral Schola der Wiener Hofburgkapelle
Vienna Concentus Musicus conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Contributors

Unknown:
Grosser Musikvereinssaal
Soprano:
Rachel Yakar
Soprano:
Trudeliese Schmidt
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Tenor:
Kurt Equiluz
Tenor:
Carlo Gaifa
Bass:
Peter Wimberger
Bass:
Arthur Korn
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

The debates among the General Council of the New Model Army held in Putney Church between 28 October and 1 November 1647.
Devised and adapted for radio by Jack Emery with an introduction by Christopher Hill.
Recorded in All Saints Church, Fulham.
(Stereo)
(See also Tues 7.30pm)
Feature p 15

Contributors

Devised and adapted for radio by:
Jack Emery
Director:
Piers Plowright
Introduction by:
Christopher Hill
Oliver Cromwell:
Timothy West
Henry Ireton:
T.P. McKenna
Thomas Rainsborough:
Brian Glover
Edward Sexby:
Michael McStay
Robert Everard:
John Bardon
John Wildman:
Gordon Reid
Lewis Audley/Francis White:
Martin Matthews
William Goffe:
John Church
Nathaniel Rich:
Jack Emery

guest leader
WILLIAM ARMON conducted by VERNON HANDLEY
Delius Dance Rhapsody No 2
Bliss Suite: Adam Zero: Fanfare Overture; Adam's Fates; Dance of Spring; Love Dance; Bridal Ceremony: Dance of Summer; Approach of Autumn; Night Club- Scene; Destruction of Adam's World; Dance with Death; Finale; Fanfare Coda

Contributors

Leader:
William Armon
Conducted By:
Vernon Handley

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