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Boyce Symphony No 8, in D minor
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA directed by RONALD THOMAS
7.16* Liszt Concert
Paraphrase on Verdi's Don Carlos
CLAUDIO ARRAU. (piano)
7.23* Donizetti Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (tenor) ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNCE
7.28* Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo theme: PAUL TORTELIER
(cello), NORTHERN SINFONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by VAN PASCAL TORTELIER
7.46* Grainger Jutish Medley (Danish Folk Music Suite): ENGLISH SINFONIA, conducted by NEVILLE DILKES
8.0 News
8.5 Mendelssohn
Overture: A Midsummer Night's Dream
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA. conducted by PIERRE MONTEUX
8.16' J. c. Bach Sextet in B flat
CONSORTIUM CLASSICUM
8.26* Schumann Symphony NO 4: PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Directed By:
Ronald Thomas
Unknown:
Don Carlos
Piano:
Claudio Arrau.
Piano:
Donizetti Una
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynce
Conducted By:
van Pascal Tortelier
Conducted By:
Grainger Jutish
Conducted By:
Neville Dilkes
Conducted By:
Pierre Monteux
Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer

Muzio Clementf (1752-1832)
Clementi, who was born' in Rome, but brought to England at the age of 14, has probably struck fear more than admiration into the hearts of generations of budding pianists. However, more up-to-date scholarship has revealed his true qualities as a composer held in high regard by his contemporaries, including Haydn and Beethoven. Heard during the week are four symphonies recently prepared for performance by Pietro Spada ,
Piano Sonata in D, Op 37 No 3: LUCIANO SGRIZZI Symphony No 1, in c
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO SCIMONE : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Muzio Clementf
Piano:
Pietro Spada
Conducted By:
Claudio Scimone

A programme reflecting the range of his music for the stage, and including a movement from his symphony
DINAH HARRIS (soprano) LESLIE FYSON (baritone) BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA led by RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by KENNETH ALWYN

Contributors

Baritone:
Leslie Fyson
Unknown:
Richard Howarth
Conducted By:
Kenneth Alwyn

Radoslav Kvapil (piano) Martinu Etudes and Polkas; Polka in E (Book 2 No 4): Etude in A
(Book 1 No 3); Polka in A (Book 3 No 4); Etude in F (Book 2 No 5)
Marek Kopelent Ballada (first UK broadcast)
K. B. Jirak Sonata No 2 (first UK broadcast)

Contributors

Piano:
Radoslav Kvapil
Piano:
Martinu Etudes
Unknown:
Marek Kopelent Ballada
Unknown:
K. B. Jirak

conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
DMITRI SITKOVETSKY (violin) Stravinsky Monumentum pro Gesualdo di Venosa
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 1, in D
Sibelius Symphony No 1. in E minor
(A concert given in the Philharmonie as part of the 1980 Berlin Festival)

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Atherton
Violin:
Dmitri Sitkovetsky
Violin:
Stravinsky Monumentum

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London Richard Hickox Singers City of London Sinfonia leader SIMON STANOAGE conductor Richard Hickox Purcell Dido and Aeneas Opera in three acts Libretto by NAHUM TATE DidO ANN MURRAY
(Tickets, £1.30, available from 11.0 am today, or in advance from the Box
Office, phone [number removed])

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Leader:
Simon Stanoage
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Purcell Dido
Conductor:
Aeneas Opera

Nigel Douglas tells the story of one of the great singers of the century, the Swedish tenor. Jussi Bjdrling , who died in 1960 at the tragically early age of 49. Illustrated with recordings of songs as well as arias from his operatic repertoire, which included Pagliacci, Manon Lescaut , La fandulla del West, La
BoMme and II Trovatore, in which he made his Covent Garden debut. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Douglas
Tenor:
Jussi Bjdrling
Unknown:
Manon Lescaut
Producer:
Alan Haydock

Eight programmes written and presented by Michael Charlton , which examine what have been called the ' missed opportunities ' of Britain's European diplomacy.
5: Messina! Messina! - The Parting of the Ways Although, following the meeting of the Six at Messina in June 1955,
Britain took part for a while in the subsequent negotiations jn Brussels with France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries, we eventually withdrew from the formation of the European Economic
Community. Was this the ' last and most important bus Britain missed in Europe '? The British representative at these Brussels meetings.
Russell Bretherton , gives his account for the first time in public.
Other contributions from LCRD BUTLER, with ERNST VAN DER BEUGEL , ROBERT BOWIE , SIR ANTHONY NUTTING ,
ROBERT ROTHSCHILD ,
SIR EVELYN SHUCKBURGH. BARON SNOY, LORD THORNEYCROFT and PIERRE URI. Producer
ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Charlton
Unknown:
Russell Bretherton
Unknown:
Ernst van Der Beugel
Unknown:
Robert Bowie
Unknown:
Sir Anthony Nutting
Unknown:
Robert Rothschild
Unknown:
Sir Evelyn Shuckburgh.
Unknown:
Pierre Uri.
Unknown:
Anthony Moncrieff

A story from New
Zealand by GARETH JONES A Maori adolescent tells how he helped to cause a railway accident which killed 20 people - and what it does to him. Read by Michael Philip Hughes Producer RICHARD KEEN

Contributors

Unknown:
Gareth Jones
Read By:
Michael Philip Hughes
Producer:
Richard Keen

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