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Purcell, arr Britten
Chaconne in G minor
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BENJAMIN BRITTEN t.12* Britten Russian Funeral: Philip jones
BRASS ENSEMBLE directed by JOHN IVESON
8.18*StanfordLabelle dame sans merci: JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) GERALD MOORE (piano)
8.24* Somervell Clarinet Quintet: THEA KING
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Directed By:
John Iveson
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Piano:
Gerald Moore

Introduced by John Lade Building a Library:
Schubert's song-cycle, Winterreise, by JOHN STEANE.
New records of pre-classical music reviewed by LIONEL SALTER.
Producer ARTHUR JOHNSON

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Lade
Unknown:
John Steane.
Reviewed By:
Lionel Salter.
Producer:
Arthur Johnson

Rameau Comedieballet: La princcssc de Navarre MARILYN HILL SMITH
[IDOWEN HARRHY. FRANCES CHAMBERS and JUDITH REES < sopranos)
MICHAEL GOLDTHORPE ihaute-contre) peter savidge (baritone) IAN CADDY and RICHARD wigmore (basses)
ENGLISH BACH FESTIVAL
SINGERS. ENGLISH BACH
FESTIVAL BAROQUE ORCHESTRA conducted by NCIIOLAS UCCEGAN gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Idowen Harrhy.
Sopranos:
Judith Rees
Conducted By:
Nciiolas Uccegan

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts
Richard Cork (in the Chair) talks with Owen Dudley Edwards , Richard Hoggart and Margaret Wallers.
This week's subjects: Mark Reichert 's film Union City.
Sculptures by Phillip King at the Hayward Gallery.
Measure for Measure, directed by Michael Rudman , at the National Theatre.
American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Teikel.
Tony Palmer 's TV profile of William Walton for the South Bank Show. Producer Philip FRENCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Cork
Unknown:
Owen Dudley Edwards
Unknown:
Richard Hoggart
Unknown:
Margaret Wallers.
Unknown:
Mark Reichert
Unknown:
Phillip King
Directed By:
Michael Rudman
Unknown:
Studs Teikel.
Unknown:
Tony Palmer
Unknown:
William Walton

Opera in four acts and an epilogue
Music by Glinka Libretto by BARON GEORGl ROSEN
(sung in Russian: records) Continuing Radio 3's series to mark the Mussorgsky Centenary. the work that is generally recognised as the fountain-head of Russian opera.
Cast in order of singing:
BELGRADE OPERA CHORUS LAMOUREUX ORCIIESIRA conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Music By:
Glinka Libretto
Unknown:
Baron Georgl Rosen
Conducted By:
Igor Markevitch

John Franklyn-Robbins reads from the music criticism of Neville Cardus. in which he remembers the art of Elena Gerhardt. Lotte Lehmann and Yvette Guilbert and reviews recitals by Alexander Kipnis and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
John Franklyn-Robbins
Unknown:
Neville Cardus.
Unknown:
Elena Gerhardt.
Unknown:
Lotte Lehmann
Unknown:
Yvette Guilbert
Unknown:
Alexander Kipnis
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

direct from All Saints' Russian Orthodox
Cathedral, Ennismore Gardens. London
Tonight the Russian Orthodox Church celebrates Easter. The traditional Vigil Service is conducted by MS GRACE METROPOLITAN ANTHONY OF SUROZH. Commentary in Russian and English by ALYONA KOZHKVNIKOV

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ms Grace
English By:
Alyona Kozhkvnikov

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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