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Tchaikovsky Overture: The Voyevode: BAMBERG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COnducted by JANOS FÜRST
7.15* Brahms Alto Rhapsody
JANET BAKER (meZZO-SOP)
JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR (men's voices)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
7.27* Chopin Polonaise in A flat. Op 53
ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
7.34* Dvorak Symphonic Poem: The Water Sprite LONDON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Baker
Unknown:
John Alldis
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Chopin Polonaise
Piano:
Arthur Rubinstein
Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz

Vivaldi Concerto in G minor, for violin, two flutes, two oboes, two bassoons and string orchestra (RV 577): MUNICH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, conducted by HANS STADLMAIR
8.15* atlrib Pergolesl Magnificat
ELIZABETH VAUGHAN (SOp) JANET BAKER (meZZO-SOp) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
CHRISTOPHER KEYTE (baSS)
CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, ACADEMY OF ST MARTlN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS
8.27* Berwald Sinfonie singuliere: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COnducted by SIXTEN EHRLING gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Hans Stadlmair
Unknown:
Elizabeth Vaughan
Bass:
Christopher Keyte
Conducted By:
Sir David Willcocks
Unknown:
Sixten Ehrling

Schubert
Mass in E flat
HELEN DONATH (soprano) INGEBORG SPRINGER (contralto)
PETER SCHREIER (tenor) HANS-JOACHIM ROTZSCH (tenor)
THEO ADAM (baSS)
LEIPZIG RADIO CHORUS
DRESDEN STATE ORCHESTRA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLTSCH. gramophone record

Contributors

Soprano:
Helen Donath
Contralto:
Ingeborg Springer
Tenor:
Peter Schreier
Conducted By:
Wolfgang Sawalltsch.

(born 5 August 1890) CAPRICORN
Anthony Lamb (clarinet) Elisabeth Perry and Miles Golding (violins) Timothy Mason (cello) Julian Dawson-Lyell (piano)
Variations on a popular Viennese folk song, for violin, cello and piano, Op 9
Serenade for clarinet, violin and cello, Op 93 (first broadcast performance)
During the interval, Hans Gal , in an interview with HANS-HUBERT SCHONZELER , talks about his early years as a musician in Vienna - 75 years ago.
Trio for two violins and piano. Op 96 (first broadcast performance)

Contributors

Clarinet:
Anthony Lamb
Clarinet:
Elisabeth Perry
Violins:
Miles Golding
Cello:
Timothy Mason
Piano:
Julian Dawson-Lyell
Unknown:
Hans Gal
Talks:
Hans-Hubert Schonzeler

The diary of one who disappeared
PETER SCHREIER (tenor) GERTRUD OERTELOVA (contralto)
MEMBERS OF BERLIN RADIO CHORUS
MARIAN LAPSANSKY (piano) (Czechoslovak Radio recording)

Contributors

Tenor:
Peter Schreier
Contralto:
Gertrud Oertelova

Sixth in a series of ten programmes in which Roger Nichols attempts a revaluation of the art of Claude Debussy , with the aid of performances of his music old and new.
Today's programme includes: L'isle joyeuse (MAGDA TAGLIAFERRO ); JeuX de vagues, from La mer (conducted by ROGER DÉSORMIÈRE): Reflets dans l'eau, from Images. Series I (WALTER GIESEKING); POISsons d'or. from Images, Series 11 (RICARDO vines) gramophone records Voice of Debussy: LYNDON BROOK

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Nichols
Unknown:
Claude Debussy
Unknown:
Magda Tagliaferro

D. H. Lawrence and Giovanni Verga
Why did Lawrence take such an interest in the work of the distinguished Sicilian writer, Verga? Alfred Alexander , biographer of Verga and translator, considers the question and comments on the quality of Lawrence's translations.
Reader DAVID BRIERLEY Producer PETER FOZZARD

Contributors

Unknown:
D. H. Lawrence
Unknown:
Giovanni Verga
Unknown:
Alfred Alexander
Producer:
Peter Fozzard

from the Royal London
Antony Pay (clarinet) Les Percussions de Strasbourg
London Sinfonietta leader NONA LIDDELL conducted by Elgar Howarth
Birtwistle For 0, for 0, the Hobby Horse is Forgot (first uk performance)

Contributors

Leader:
Nona Liddell
Conducted By:
Elgar Howarth

Joseph Conrad mode the best remark about him. ' How does this fellow get his effects? ' he asked. ' He writes as the grass grows! '
P. J. Kavanagh returns to the neglected nature-writer and novelist, W. H. Hudson.

Contributors

Unknown:
Joseph Conrad
Unknown:
J. Kavanagh
Unknown:
W. H. Hudson.

by GRAHAM SWANNELL
John Rowe as William Sheila Grant as Delia Peter Baldwin as Stephen and Margaret Robertson as the woman he meets in Paris.
Two children gather round the death-bed of their father. He is only with them physically, for his mind is far away remembering a journey he once made to escape his humdrum life and to find himself and happiness in a foreign land.
Directed by JOHN TYDEMAN followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Graham Swannell
Unknown:
John Rowe
Unknown:
William Sheila Grant
Unknown:
Delia Peter Baldwin
Unknown:
Margaret Robertson
Directed By:
John Tydeman

Richard A. Baker looks back at the Music-Hall and some of its most famous artists. with the voices of HORACE KENNEY , BILLY MERSON , BILLY BENNETT , ALBERT WHELAN and ADA REEVB Producer ALAN OWEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard A. Baker
Unknown:
Horace Kenney
Unknown:
Billy Merson
Unknown:
Billy Bennett
Unknown:
Albert Whelan
Producer:
Alan Owen

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More