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Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnivan
7.14* Concerto in C, Op 9 No
9 for two oboes and string orchestra
7.25* Buccherini Guitar
Quintet on o (La Ritirata di Madrid)
7.50*Shostakovich Polka and Dance (The age of Gold) gramophone records

Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
This week's programmes
concentrate on Massenet's early years, up to and including Manon in 1884. Sévillana (Don César de Bazari, LONDON SYMPHONY
ORCHETRA, conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
Sonne matinal, Op14 No
2 (mono): EDMOND CLEMENT
(tenor) with piano
Suite No 3 : Scènes dramatiques
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, con
ducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
Air and duet (Marie
Magdeleine) : (mono): suz-
ANNE TRULY (mezzo- sop) and orchestra
Invocation (Les Erinnyes)
DOUGLAS CUMMINGS (cello)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
conducted by RICHARD BONYNGI: records

died 13 April 1980
A musical tribute by two of his colleagues:
PAUL CROPPER (viola)
MAURICE AITCHISON (piano) Westmorland Sketches, for piano (from Books 1-3); Sonata in F sharp minor, for viola and piano; Westmorland Sketches (Book 4). BBC Manchester

Contributors

Piano:
Maurice Aitchison

Mozart Symphony In A (K 201): ENSEMBLE 13 BADEN-BADEN, conducted by MANFRED REICHERT Webern Cantata: Das Augenlicht: WEST GERMAN RADIO CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by HIROSHI WAKASUGI Robert Simpson Clarinet Quintet: BERNARD WALTON AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET Brahms, arr Schoenberg Piano Quartet in G minor GERMAN YOUTH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HANS ZENDER.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Manfred Reichert
Conducted By:
Hiroshi Wakasugi
Clarinet:
Robert Simpson
Unknown:
Bernard Walton
Conducted By:
Hans Zender.

First of six concerts given by the BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA and the LONDON SINFONIETTA in London colleges and schools of music.
Introduced by Arnold Whittall
KLAUS HEITZ (cello)
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-sop) STUART KALE (tenor)
ALAN DUDLEY (speaker)
LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS chorus-master CLIVE WEARING
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA guest leader DESMOND BRAD LEY, conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
Penderecki Stabat Mater
Nigel Osborne Cello Concerto (first performance)
7.30* Interval Reading
7.35* College Concerts. Pt2 Robert Saxton Canzona in memoriam Igor Stravinsky DAVID BUTT (flute)
JOHN ANDERSON (oboe)
COLIN BRADBURY (clarinet) JOHN BUTTERWORTH (horn) ELIZABETH FLETCHER (harp) DESMOND BRADLEY (Violin) JOHN COULLING (viola) JOHN BOYCE (cello)
Stravinsky A Sermon, a Narrative and a Prayer: cantata for alto and tenor, speaker, chorus and orchestra (Given in the Logan Hall, University of London, in October 1979)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Arnold Whittall
Cello:
Klaus Heitz
Cello:
Sarah Walker
Tenor:
Alan Dudley
Leader:
Desmond Brad
Conducted By:
Lionel Friend
Unknown:
Robert Saxton Canzona
Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky
Oboe:
John Anderson
Clarinet:
Colin Bradbury
Horn:
John Butterworth
Harp:
Elizabeth Fletcher
Violin:
Desmond Bradley

This century has been a boom period for revolutions, but they haven't always occurred when and where expected.
John Dunn , Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, and author of Modern Revolutions, was in India during the recent elections and was struck
-then by the relative stability of the political system. Is that stability puzzling or predictable?

Contributors

Unknown:
John Dunn

A short story from Egypt by Yusuf Idris, translated by Wadida Wasses
In his desperation to have a fling in Cairo, El Shabrawi agrees to escort a deranged young girl from his province to an asylum in the city. The story tells what happens-when he finds himself stuck with her.
Read by Sam Dastor
Producer Brian Miller BBC Bristol

Contributors

Writer:
Yusuf Idris
Reader:
Sam Dastor
Producer:
Brian Miller

Introduced by Charles Fox Mattos / Parker / Prevost / Rowe Supersession MARCIO MATTOS (double-bass)
EVAN PARKER (Saxes)
EDDIE PREVOST (drums) KEITH ROWE (guitar)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Charles Fox
Unknown:
Rowe Supersession
Double-Bass:
Marcio Mattos
Double-Bass:
Evan Parker
Unknown:
Eddie Prevost
Guitar:
Keith Rowe

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