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Rossini Overture: William Tell: PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.17' Schumann Novelette in F sharp minor, Op 21 No 8
YOURI EGOROV (piano)
7.30* Mendelssohn . Symphony No 4, in (Italian)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by KLAUS TENNSTEDT
8.0 News
8.5 Stravinsky Scherzo fantastique
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ
8.17* Dvorak Symphonic Variations
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ZDENEK MACAL
8.41* Bliss Suite: Things to come
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Klaus Tennstedt
Conducted By:
Pierre Boulez
Conducted By:
Zdenek MacAl

Glazunov
Overture No 2 on Greek Themes (mono)
MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ALEXANDER GAUK
Chant du ménestrel
MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (cello)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SEIJI OZAWA Quatuor slave, in G
DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander Gauk
Conducted By:
Seiji Ozawa

ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC leader
CATHERINE MACKINTOSH , conducted by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD NICHOLAS MCGEGAN
(harpsichord continuo) Handel Concerto Grosso in B flat, Op 3 No 1
Stolzel Concerto Grosso in D

Contributors

Leader:
Catherine MacKintosh
Conducted By:
Christopher Hogwood
Harpsichord:
Nicholas McGegan

HEINRICH SCHIFF (cello) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano) Webern Sonata (1914);
Three little pieces. Op 11 Kodaly Sonata for cello, Op 8
Lutoslawski Sacher
Variation, for cello (1975) Brahms Sonata No 2, in F, Op 99 (In association with University College of Wales, Cardiff) BBC Wales

Contributors

Cello:
Heinrich Schiff

(The Mourning of the Universe)
Sacred play for the Holy Sepulchre
Music by Kaiser Leopold I Text by FRANCESCO SBARRA (1668) (sung in Italian) The Emperor Leopold, himself a composer of operas and oratorios, turned his court at Vienna into a centre rivalling Venice for the lavish production of Italian-style music.
Cast in order of singing:
MUSICA ANTIQUA OF VIENNA conducted by BERNHARD KLEBEL
(Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Music By:
Kaiser Leopold
Unknown:
Francesco Sbarra
Conducted By:
Bernhard Klebel
The elements Fire:
Jane Gartner (soprano)
Air:
Hartley Newnham (alto)
Water:
Frederick Urrey (tenor)
Earth:
Walter Fink (bass)
Human Nature:
Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-Soprano)
Divine Mercy:
Sharon Markovitch (soprano)
Divine Justice:
Gabriele Sima (soprano)
St Peter:
Jaroslav Stajnc (bass)
St John:
Drew Minter (counter-Tenor)
The Blessed Virgin:
Christine Weidinger (sop)

Second of four programmes introduced by Martin Dalby
HOWARD SHELLEY (piano) BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, leader RAYMOND OVENS , conducted by CHRISTOPHER ADEY. Part 1
Thomas Wilson Ritornelli per archi
Brian Chapple Piano Concerto
(first performance)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Martin Dalby
Piano:
Howard Shelley
Leader:
Raymond Ovens
Conducted By:
Christopher Adey.
Unknown:
Thomas Wilson Ritornelli
Piano:
Brian Chapple

Ian McKellen presents the second of five selections of his favourite poetry and prose, which includes poems by Longfellow, Cowper and Hopkins and extracts from plays by Emlyn Williams and Chekhov Producer IAN COTTERELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian McKellen
Unknown:
Emlyn Williams
Producer:
Ian Cotterell

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More