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Ancient Airs and Dances: Suite No 2
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
I fauni; Egle; Musica in horto (Dieta silvane) ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
ARGO CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by LASZLO HELTAY Church Windows
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Tenor:
Robert Tear
Conducted By:
Laszlo Heltay
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy

Listeners' record requests Praetorius Dances from
Terpsichore PRAETORIUS CONSORT
Monteverdi Beatus Vir
DOROTHY DOROW and BIRGIT NORDIN (sopranos) NIGEL ROGERS and IAN PARTRIDGE (tenors) CHRISTOPHER KEYTE and FRIEDHELM HESSENBRUCH (basses)
MONTEVERDI CHOIR OF
HAMBURG, INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE, conducted by JÜRGEN JÜRGENS
Schubert Quintet in A (D 667) (The Trout)
ALFRED BRENDEL (piano)
MEMBERS OF THE CLEVELAND QUARTET, JAMES VAN DENMARK (double-bass)
Borodin Symphony No 3, in A minor: TORONTO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COndUCted by ANDREW DAVIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Praetorius Dances
Unknown:
Terpsichore Praetorius
Unknown:
Monteverdi Beatus Vir
Unknown:
Dorothy Dorow
Sopranos:
Birgit Nordin
Sopranos:
Nigel Rogers
Tenors:
Christopher Keyte
Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Unknown:
Andrew Davis

with Michael Oliver
Elgar and his pastimes, by JERROLD NORTHROP MOORE. Basso cantante: ROBERT LLOYD talks about his operatic repertory.
The musician's bookshelf: a review of some recent publications.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Basso:
Jerrold Northrop Moore.
Talks:
Robert Lloyd

(piano)
Beethoven Sonata in A, Op 2 No 2
Medtner Sonata in F minor, Op 53 No 2
Lyapunov Two Transcendental Studies. Op 11: No 1, Berceuse; No 10, Lesghinka
1.30* Interval Reading
1.40* Recital. Part 2
Brahms Two Rhapsodies, Op 79
Bax Sonata No 2, in G
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Piano:
Beethoven Sonata

Musical drama in three acts
MONTEVERDI CHOIR Continuo
MARILYN SANSOM (Cello) NICHOLAS KRAEMER and JONATHAN HINDEN (harpsichords)
KONTEVERDI ORCHESTRA leader NONA LIDDELL conductor
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
(Given in 1977 at the Snape Mattings as part of the European Broadcasting Union's tenth International Concert Season) Act 1

Contributors

Cello:
Marilyn Sansom
Cello:
Nicholas Kraemer
Harpsichords:
Jonathan Hinden
Leader:
Nona Liddell
Conductor:
John Eliot Gardiner
Hercules, also called Alcides:
John Tomlinson (bass)
Dejanira, his wife:
Sarah Walker (mezzo-Sop)
Hyllus, their son:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor)
Iole, captive princess of Oechalia:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Lichas, a herald and an attendant on Dejanira:
Margaret Cable (mezzo-Soprano)
Priest of Jupiter:
David Wilson-Johnson (bar)

The teaching of music is largely conducted in the way it was a century ago. Bernard Keeffe calls for the setting up of an Institute for the study of the performing arts, which would assemble the musical reference material needed.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Keeffe

Fourth of seven programmes of Christmas music by Bach Magnificat (original version in E flat)
NORMA BURROWES (soprano) PAUL ESSWOOD
(counter-tenor)
PHILIP LANGRIDGE (tenor)
STEPHEN ROBERTS (baritone) RICHARD HICKOX SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA leader SIMON STANDAGE conductor RICHARD HICKOX

Contributors

Music By:
Bach Magnificat
Soprano:
Norma Burrowes
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Baritone:
Stephen Roberts
Singers:
Richard Hickox
Leader:
Simon Standage
Conductor:
Richard Hickox

by David Buck.
A three-part version of the English mystery plays.

In which Mak steals a lamb; Jesus is born; Herod massacres the Innocents; Jesus is tempted by Lucifer: the Miracles: the Last Supper and the Betrayal.

"Wonderful acting ..." (Times Educational Supplement)

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Contributors

Writer:
David Buck
Director:
Martin Jenkins
Musical Composition:
John Bull
Musical Composition:
Danny Schiller
Musical Composition:
David Timson
God:
Denis Quilley
Jesus:
John Rowe
Mary:
Sue Jones-Davies
Lucifer:
Peter Jeffrey
Herod:
David Buck
Mary Magdalen:
Annette Crosbie
Old Shepherd:
Cyril Luckham
Judas:
John Shrapnel
Mak:
Tim Wylton
The Stranger:
Robert Eddison
The Prologue:
Timothy West
Joseph/Angel:
Denys Hawthorne
John the Baptist:
Nigel Anthony
Second shepherd/Thomas:
Gordon Reid
Third shepherd/Philip:
Andrew Branch
Gill:
Norma Ronald
Gabriel:
John Rye
Herald/Pharisee:
Adrian Egan
First King:
Patrick Barr
Second King/Lazarus:
Danny Schiller
Third King:
John Bull
First mother:
Ann Davies
Second mother:
Elizabeth Rider
Third mother:
Annette Crosbie
First soldier:
Brian Haines
Second soldier:
Roger Hammond
Third soldier:
John Church
Scribe:
Martin Friend
Young man/Temple guard:
Trevor Cooper
Adulteress:
Eve Karpf
Peter:
Anthony Jackson
John:
David Timson
Martha:
Eva Stuart
Malcus:
Michael Spice
Caiaphas:
Michael Deacon
Annas:
Leonard Fenton

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