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
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
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
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)
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)
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])
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor
ASHLEY LAWRENCE
Music by Arnold. Barber, Debussy (orch Busser), Liszt. Ernest Tomlinson and Sibelius
Rosemary Hardy (soprano) Erik Levi (piano)
Bartok Five Songs, Op 16 Josef Bakki Overheard on a saltmarsh
Bartok Village Scenes
Haydn Cassation in G (B 11 2): I musici
Bruch Violin Concerto No 1, in G minor
SHLOMO MINTZ , CHrCAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
with Natalie Wheen
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
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
conducted by DAVID MEASHAM
Richard Stoker Variations, Passacaglia and Fugue (first performance) Vaughan Williams
Symphony No 4. in F minor. BBC Manchester
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
Introduced by Charles Fox TONY OXLEY QUINTET
Suite No 2. in D minor (Studenten-Muslk)
MEMBERS OF THE LITTH ORCHESTRA OF LONDON directed by JOSHUA RIFKIN
(harpsichord): record