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Last of ten programmes in which Schumann's major piano works have been heard in performances by artists from past and present generations 10: The Piano as Prophet Fantasy Pieces, Op 111 MOURA LYMPANY
Eight pieces from Bunte Blatter , Op 99
JÖRG DEMUS
Scenes from the Forest, Op 82: WILHELM KEMPFF
Winter Time II (Album for the Young, Op 68) ARTURO BENEDETTI
MICHELANGELI
Series devised and written by PIERS BURTON-PAGE gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Moura Lympany
Unknown:
Bunte Blatter
Unknown:
Wilhelm Kempff
Unknown:
Arturo Benedetti

Listeners' record requests Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis : SINFONIA OF LONDON, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
9.20* Brahms Cello Sonata in E minor, Op 38
PAUL TORTELIER (Cello) MARIA DE LA PAU (piano)
9.47* Ture Rangstrom Symphony No I (In memoriam August Strindberg)
SWEDISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEIF SEGERSTAU

Contributors

Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Piano:
Maria De La Pau
Conducted By:
Leif Segerstau

Introduced by Michael Oliver
SIR PETER PEARS: a conversation on his 70th birthday.
Thgodor Leschetizky: a master and his method, by JEREMY SIEPMANN.
HENRI DUTILLEUX talks about his music. Producer
CHRISTINE HARDWICK
(Repeated: Wed 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Jeremy Siepmann.
Talks:
Henri Dutilleux
Unknown:
Christine Hardwick

A concert given in Symphony Hall, Boston conducted by SEIJI OZAWA SHERMAN WALT (bassoon)
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B flat (K 191)
Tchaikovsky Ballet: Swan Lake, Acts 2 and 3 (WCRB recording from Boston Symphony Transcription Trust)
(Tchaikovsky's The Sleeping Beauty: tomorrow 7.0)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Seiji Ozawa

Ninth of 13 programmes in which 29 choirs compete to represent the United Kingdom in the annual International Choral Competition Let the Peoples Sing.
9: School Choirs (1)
SHERBORNE SCHOOL FOR
GIRLS MADRIGAL SOCIETY; LATYMER MADRIGAL GROUP; XING CHARLES I SCHOOL MADRIGAL GROUP; RATHMORE GRAMMAR SCHOOL CHOIR
Adjudicators NOEL cox, GEOFFREY MITCHELL , GARETH WALTERS
Bernard Keeffe introduces the series and summarises the adjudicators' remarks.

Contributors

Unknown:
Geoffrey Mitchell
Unknown:
Gareth Walters
Introduces:
Bernard Keeffe

' Mr Monville's House in Paris gave us no Pleasure when we arrived. It seems to be contrived merely for the purposes of disgusting Lewdness - the ornaments are all obscene.'
(MRS THRALE. 1775)
Dr Robin Middleton , Librarian of the Faculty of Architecture and History of Art, Cambridge, considers Allan Braham 's account of architectural design in 18th-century France and argues that a history of buildings should also reflect intellectual attitudes and even social prejudices.

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs Thrale.
Unknown:
Dr Robin Middleton
Unknown:
Allan Braham

Edward Lucie-Smith explores the work, personality and influence of Paul Klee , born 100 years ago, through the artist's own words and in conversation with the British painter Tom Phillips. with Gary Watson as Klee Other readings by WOLF KAHLER
Radiophonic music by MALCOLM CLARKE. Producer JUDITH BUMPUS followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Lucie-Smith
Unknown:
Paul Klee
Unknown:
Tom Phillips.
Unknown:
Gary Watson
Music By:
Malcolm Clarke.
Producer:
Judith Bumpus

PIERRE AMOYAL (violin)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by EDWARD DOWNES
Dvorak Serenade in i Berg Violin Concerto
7.20* Interval Reading
7.34* Concert. Part 2
Glazunov Symphony No 5, in B flat (Given on 24 April in the University) BBC Manchester

Contributors

Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Conducted By:
Dvorak Serenade

by LEONARD BARRAS
Georgina Dutton recounts the story of her father. neo-Hegelian, wild water painter and cat lover. who led the Turkish Baths Attendants during the seething unrest of 1929. Directed by ALFRED BRADLEY BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Barras
Unknown:
Georgina Dutton
Directed By:
Alfred Bradley
Georgina:
Jean Becke
Billy Dutton:
Alex Glasgow
Hubert Merrifield:
Ronald Herdman
Sir Cosmo Drax/Bernard Shaw:
Geoffrey Wheeler
Ginger:
James Garbutt
Ethel:
Valerie Georgeson
Sylvia:
Kathleen Helme
Musician:
Trevor Holroyd

(tenor) and (piano)
A recital on records to celebrate the 70th birthday of Sir Peter Pears , including several of his early recordings with Benjamin Britten made in the period 1947-50.
Purcell. arr Britten The Queen's Epicedium (mono) Schubert Im Fruhling; Auf der Bruck (mono)
Ireland The land of lost content; The trellis
9.35* Interval Reading
9.45* Peter Pears and Benjamin Britten Part 2
Britten The Holy Sonnets of John Donne (mono) trad, arr Copland Old American Songs, Set 1 (mono)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Peter Pears
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Peter Pears
Unknown:
John Donne

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