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Beethoven Overture: The Creatures of Prometheus PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
7.10' Schoeck Horn Concerto in D minor
HERMANN BAUMANN VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by DIETPRIED BERNET
7.27* Haydn Dell'amor mio fedele (La fedelta premiata)
FREDERICA VON STADE (mezzo-soprano) LAUSANNE CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANTAL DORATI
7.34* Brahms Variations on the St Anthony Chorale VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BÖHM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer
Conducted By:
Dietpried Bernet
Mezzo-Soprano:
Frederica von Stade
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

Rimskv-Korsakov Overture: May Night
LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH
8.13* Dvorak Andante con moto (String Quartet in F minor, Op 9)
PRAGUE STRING QUARTET
8.22 Chopin Three Mazurkas. Op 50
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano)
8.32* Janacek Rhapsody: Taras Bulba
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Igor Markevitch
Conducted By:
Dvorak Andante
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Gerald Finzi
God is gone up, Op 27 No 2
EXULTATE SINGERS
TIMOTHY FARRELL (organ) directed by GARRETT O'BRIAN
Two Milton sonnets, Op 12 IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor) NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by VERNON HANDLEY
Cello Concerto, Op 40 YO YO MA
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA. conducted by VERNON HANDLEY : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Gerald Finzi
Singers:
Timothy Farrell
Directed By:
Garrett O'Brian
Directed By:
Two Milton
Cello:
Vernon Handley
Conducted By:
Vernon Handley

by Martin Roscoe
Schubert Sonata in c major (D 840)
Schoenberg Six Little Pieces, Op 19
Schumann Novellette in F sharp minor. Op 21 No 8 Debussy L'isle joyeuse Encore: Debussy Serenade of the Doll (Children's Corner)

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Roscoe
Unknown:
Schubert Sonata
Unknown:
Schumann Novellette

direct from
Moray House in Edinburgh
The Fires of London conductor
Peter Maxwell Davies
Kinloch, realised by Peter Maxwell Davies Kinloch his Fantassie
Peter Maxwell Davies The kestrel paced round the sun
Judith Weir King Harald sails to Byzantium
Peter Maxwell Davies Stedman Doubles
11.40* Festival Comment
... in which performers, critics and personalities in Edinburgh this week have their say about the Festival. Presented by Elaine Padmore
11.55* Edinburgh International Festival Part 2
Elliott Carter Sonata for cello and piano
Edward McGuire Euphoria - a sense of well-being (first performance)
Peter Maxwell Davies Dances from The Two Fiddlers followed by an interlude

Contributors

Conductor:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies
Presented By:
Elaine Padmore
Unknown:
Peter Maxwell Davies

Christopher Hogwood considers various composers' opera prima ', including Handel's Recorder Sonata in F, Bach's E minor harpsichord Partita and Haydn's Divertimento in B flat for string quartet. He also provides an opportunity to guess the identity of a 20th-century symphonic work: records

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Hogwood

SNAPE MALTINGS TRAINING ORCHESTRA, conducted by CECIL ARONOWITZ
JANET CRAXTON (oboe)
Handel Concerto Grosso in b flat, Op 3 No 1
Michael Berkeley Concerto for oboe and orchestra
Stravinsky Dumbarton
Oaks Mozart Symphony No 40, in g minor (k 550)
(Given in 1978 at St John's, Smith Square, London) (First broadcast on BBC Radio London)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Cecil Aronowitz
Oboe:
Janet Craxton
Unknown:
Michael Berkeley
Unknown:
Stravinsky Dumbarton
Unknown:
Oaks Mozart

direct from the Royal Albert Hall. London Janet Baker
(mezzo-soprano)
Jan Latham-Koenig (piano)
London Mozart Players leader JOHN GLICKMAN conductedby
Sir Charles Mackerras Part 1
Schubert Symphony No 5, in B flat major
Haydn Cantata: Arianna a Naxos

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Piano:
Jan Latham-Koenig
Leader:
John Glickman
Unknown:
Sir Charles MacKerras

New poetry selected and introduced by George MacBeth with poems by JAMES AITCHISON , PAMELA GILLILAN , WES MAGEE , PETER READING, VERNON SCANNELL. and D. M. THOMAS.
Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Introduced By:
George MacBeth
Unknown:
James Aitchison
Unknown:
Pamela Gillilan
Unknown:
Wes Magee
Unknown:
Vernon Scannell.
Unknown:
D. M. Thomas.
Producer:
Fraser Steel

Peter Racine Fricker (born London, 5 September 1920) was ' the most prominent in the generation of British composers to emerge after the 1939-45 war Since the mid-1960s he has been a leading member of the Music Faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara. On the occasion of Fricker's 60th birthday, Ian Kemp looks back over his music as a whole and previews Radio 3's seven-part orchestral and choral series which begins next Friday afternoon. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Racine Fricker
Unknown:
Ian Kemp

A short story by ANTON CHEKHOV translated by DAVID MAGARSHACK
Read by Auriol Smith
A young married woman is being pursued by a lawyer. She tells him she believes in the sanctity of marriage yet continues to meet him. Why? Producer
MATTHEW WALTERS followed by an interlude

Contributors

Story By:
Anton Chekhov
Translated By:
David Magarshack
Read By:
Auriol Smith
Unknown:
Matthew Walters

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