Handel Overture and Ballet Music (Alcina)
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner
7.16* Villa-Lobos Guitar Concerto:
Julian Bream
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andre‰ Previn
7.35* Haydn Symphony No 46, in B:
Radio Zagreb Symphony Orchestra, conducted by
Antonio Janigro
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued) Shostakovich Ballet Suite: The Age of Gold:
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jean Martinon
8.23* Beethoven Symphony No 4, in B flat
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan

(gramophone records)
(Stereo)

'I completely fail to understand how the expression " ballet music " can be something disapproving':
This was Tchaikovsky's reply to his pupil Taneyev, who had tactlessly suggested there was a hint of ballet music in the Fourth Symphony. From his youth. Tchaikovsky was fascinated by music for dancing, and this week's programmes concentrate on his mastery' in this genre, both in his great ballet scores and in his operas and incidental music.
The Nutcracker (Act 1: Christmas Eve)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOl'W ORCHESTRA. BOYS' CHOIR OF ST BAVO CATHEDRAL. HAARLEM conducted by ANTAL DORATl

(gramophone records)

In the last of this series, the singer Nigel Douglas presents recordings of another of his favourite singers: Lotte Lehmann
(first broadcast on R4 UK)

Trio-Sonata in G (BWV 1038); Violin Sonata in c minor (BWV 1017): Trio-Sonata in c (Bwv 1039) JAMES (;ALWAY (flute)
KYUNG-WHA CHUNG (Violin) PHILLIP MOLL
'harpsichord continuo) MORAY WELSH f cello continuo)
11.15* Interval Reading
11.20* Bach. Part 2
Flute Sonata in E minor (nwv 1034); Trio-Sonata in c minor (DWV 1079)
(A concert given in June at the Free Trade Hall, Manchester)
BBC Manchester
(James Galtray is the guest in The Sounds of Christmas: 4.55 pm BBC2)

leader Jose-Luis Garcia directed by Murray Perahia (piano)

Part 1

Bartok Divertimento (directed by Jose-Luis Garcia)

Mozart Piano Concerto No 13, in C (K 415)

Part 2
Mozart Piano Concerto No 22, in E flat (K 482)

(Given on 6 April in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)

played by David Lumsden in St Salvator's Chapel, University of St Andrews. Buxtehude Chorale Preludes: Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich: In dulci jubilo; Magnificat primi toni; Chorale Preludes: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ ; Lobt Gott. ihr Christen allzugleich; Puer natus in Bethlehem: Fantasia: Wie schon leuchtet der
Morgenstern Samuel Scheidt Hymnus de nativitate Christi
John Bull Carols: Den lustelijecken Meij; Laet ons met herten reijne: Een Kindeken is ons geboren. BBC Scotland

British light music of yesterday and a new look at some Christmas carols. BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BRADBURY conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Coleridge-Taylor Three Dream Dances
Eric Coates The Three Bears
Patric Standford A Christmas Carol Symphony (first broadcast performance)
Geoffrey Toye The Haunted Ballroom
Haydn Wood London Cameos

Mozart Symphony No 26. in E flat (K 184): ACADEMY OF ANCIENT music, directed by JAAP SCHROEDER (violin) Bach Italian Variations (BWV 989): ROSALYN TURECK (harpsichord)
Finzi In terra pax
NORMA A BURROWES (soprano) JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (bar) RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA conducted by RICHARD HICKOX
Debussy Images
LONDON SYMPHONYORCIIESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN

sung by WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR, conductor COLIN MAWBY , in the Cathedral.

Another programme in which the identity of each work is announced only after it has been heard Apologies by Robert Simpson
ROSEMARY HARDY (Violin) JACK ROTHSTEIN (Violin) DAPHNE DOWN (clarinet)
BBC SINGERS, director JOHN POOLE , HAYDN ORCHESTRA led by BERNARD PARTRIDGE conductor HARRY NEWSTONE An overture; A piece for violin and orchestra: Three pieces for voices and orchestra: A short work for clarinet and orchestra; A symphony

A short story by F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
Read hy Peter Marinker
Around Christmas a 50-year-old businessman meets a young girl. He welcomes the romance: Youth, hy heaven, youth ... I want it near me, just once more, before I'm too old to care.' 'An Author's Mother: tomorrow at 6.20 pm)

by Peter Maxwell Davies first broadcast performance), sung by PUPILS or KJRKWALL PRIMARY SCHOOL directed by GLENYS RUCHES BBC Scotland

leader RAYMOND OVENS conductor
KARL ANTON RICKENBACHER STOIKA MILANOVA (Violin) MISCHA MAISKY (cello)
KERSTIN MEYER (Soprano) GWYNNE HOWELL (bass)
Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman
Brahms Double Concerto
8.55* Interval Reading
9.5* BBC Scottish SO Part 2
Bartok Duke Bluebeard 's Castle
(A public concert given on 2 Oct in the City Hall, Glasgou) BBC Scotland

ZARA NELSOVA (cello) ARTUR BALSAM (piano)
Chopin Sonata in G. minor, Op 65
Strauss Sonata in F, Op 6

A few feline favourites from the music of Tchaikovsky, Ravel. Scarlatti Prokofiev and others. gramophone records

by Benjamin Britten sung in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford: BOYS OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL CHOIR, OSIAN ELLIS (harp) conductor SIMON PRESTON