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Shostakovich Festival Overture
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by MORTON GOULD
7.11* Rachmaninov Oh, never sing to me again, Op 4 No 4
ELISABETH SODERSTROM (soprano)
VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano)
7.16* Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker. Act 2
BOLSHOI THEATRE ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
8.0 News
8.5
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Purcell, ed Britten Chacony in c. minor
8.12* Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2, in F
EMANUEL HURWITZ (violin) RICHARD ADENEY (flute) PETER GRAEME (Oboe)
DAVID MASON (trumpet)
8.24* trad, arr Grainger Shallow Brown
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
8.38* Mozart Symphony No 29, in A (K 201) gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Morton Gould
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Unknown:
Britten Chacony
Unknown:
Bach Brandenburg
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Unknown:
Grainger Shallow Brown
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk

Stravinsky Concertino for string quartet: TALlCH QUARTET
9.12' Concerto for two pianos
ALFONS AND
ALOYS KONTARSKY
9.35* Symphony in three movements
DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDUARDO MATA gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Stravinsky Concertino
Unknown:
Aloys Kontarsky
Conducted By:
Eduardo Mata

(mezzo-soprano) with Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Grieg lm Kahne: Zwei braune Augen; Mit einer Wasserlilie: Mit einer Primula veris: Erstes Begegnen: Letztcr
Fruhling; Weihnachts Wiegenlied: Zur Johannisnacilt
Brahms Zigeunerlieder , Op 103 arr Roger Quilter
Barbara Allen : Charlie is my darling: Ca' the yowes to the knowes: Ye banks and braes: Over the mountains: Believe me if all those endearing young charms (Repeal)

Contributors

Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Unknown:
Zur Johannisnacilt
Unknown:
Brahms Zigeunerlieder
Unknown:
Roger Quilter
Unknown:
Barbara Allen

IGOR OISTRAKH and VALERI OISTRAKH (Violins)
NATALIA ZERTSALOVA (piano) Bach Sonata in B minor, for violin and piano (bwv 1014)
Trio-Sonata in c minor (The Musical Offering, BWV 1079)
Beethoven Sonata in A, for violin and piano, Op 47 (Kreutzer)
(Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Igor Oistrakh
Violins:
Valeri Oistrakh
Piano:
Natalia Zertsalova
Piano:
Bach Sonata
Unknown:
Beethoven Sonata

direct from the Royal Northern College of Music. Manchester
Peter Donohoe (piano)
BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMONS conductor
Edward Downes Part 1
Tchaikovsky Overture: Iolanthe
Rachmaninov Piano
Concerto No 3, in D minor

Contributors

Piano:
Peter Donohoe
Leader:
Dennis Simons
Conductor:
Edward Downes

Apollo e Dafne
DINAH HARRIS (soprano) PETER KNAPP (baritone) RAGLAN BAROQUE PLAYERS leader MONICA HUGGETT director NICHOLAS KRAEMER

Contributors

Soprano:
Dinah Harris
Baritone:
Peter Knapp
Leader:
Monica Huggett
Director:
Nicholas Kraemer

CAPRICORN
Elizabeth Perry (violin) Jan Schlapp (viola)
Timothy Mason (cello)
Anthony Lamb (clarinet) Julian Dawson-Lyell (piano)
Debussy Premiere rhapsodie. for clarinet and piano
Michael Blake Watkins
Quintet (BBC Commission: first performance)
Schoenberg String Trio, Op 45
Messiaen Quatuor pour la fin du temps
(Given on 3 March in the Bradenstoke Hall , St Donat's Arts Centre, Llantwit Major) BBC Wales

Contributors

Violin:
Elizabeth Perry
Cello:
Timothy Mason
Clarinet:
Anthony Lamb
Piano:
Julian Dawson-Lyell
Piano:
Michael Blake Watkins
Unknown:
Messiaen Quatuor
Unknown:
Bradenstoke Hall

JENNY JOSEPH ,
STUART MCHARDY , DEREK MAHON , GERALD MANGAN ,
IAIN CRICHTON SMITH and JOHN PURSER read from their recent work.
Introduced by Alasdair Maclean
Producer STEWART CONN BBC Scotland followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Jenny Joseph
Unknown:
Stuart McHardy
Unknown:
Derek Mahon
Unknown:
Gerald Mangan
Unknown:
Iain Crichton Smith
Unknown:
John Purser
Introduced By:
Alasdair MacLean
Producer:
Stewart Conn

Earlier today members of the University of Oxford and visitors heard the Inaugural Lecture of the new Regius Professor of Modern History, Michael Howard.
The general public still look to history to provide guidance, to teach lessons. Professional historians reject this role. What should the relationship be between the obligation of the historian to the integrity of his subject and the expectations of society? followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Howard.

A recent vocal work by Humphrey Searle , framed by two other predominantly reflective British pieces
CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA leader SIMON STANDAGE conductor RICHARD HICKOX Lennox Berkeley
Antiphon, for string orchestra
Humphrey Searle
Contemplations, for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra (words by ANNE BRADSTREET)
(first UK performance) MARGARET CABLE (mezzo-soprano)
Herbert Howells Elegy , for viola, string quartet and string orchestra
GARFIELD JACKSON (viola)

Contributors

Unknown:
Humphrey Searle
Leader:
Simon Standage
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Lennox Berkeley
Mezzo-Soprano:
Herbert Howells Elegy
Viola:
Garfield Jackson

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