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Suppe Overture: Poet and Peasant: Halle Orchestra, conducted by James Loughran
7.15* Stephen Dodgson Guitar Concerto No 2 John Williams, ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
7.38* Mendelssohn Motet: Venite Domine HEINRICH SCHOTZ CHOIR directed by ROGER NORRINGTON
7.42. Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
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8.5 Liszt Symphonic Poem: Hungaria LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
8.28* Beethoven Sextet in E flat, Op 81b: MEMBERS or THE VIENNA OCTET
8.46* Glazunov Concert Waltz NO 1: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by ivgeny SVETLANOV
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Robert Schumann (1810-56)
In the year of his marriage, 1840, Schumann composed songs almost exclusively; in 1841, by contrast, most of his time was taken up with orchestral music. This week's programmes reflect these two preoccupations.
Three Poems, Op 30
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIE SUO (baritone), cnRiSTOPH ESCHENBACH (piano)
9.14* Four Duets, Op 34 JULIA VARADY (soprano) DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone), CIIRISTOPH ESCHENBACH (piano)
9.25* Symphony No 1, In B flat, Op 38 (Spring) CHICAGO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by daniil BARENBOIM: recorda
Thomas Wilson String Quartet No 4
EDINBURGH QUARTET
Thea Musgrave Five Love Songs; Sir Patrick Spens KATHLEEN LIVINGSTONE
(sop), NEIL mackie (tenor) NICHOLAS HOOPER (guitar) lain Hamilton Hyperion, for clarinet, horn and piano trio
EdwardMcGuIreWind
Octet (first performance) MEMBERS OF THE BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA directed by GLYN BRAGO (A ilcEwen Memorial
Concert promoted by the BBC in association with the University of Glasgow) BBC Scotland
led by NICHOLAS woo* conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
PETER DONOHOE (piano) Mendelssohn Overture:
Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganim Sibelius Symphony No 6. In d minor
(Given on 11 February in the Henry Wood Hail. Glasgow)
BBC Scotland
direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London Edith Vogel (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in I flat major, Op 81a (Les adieux)
Schumann Fantasy In c major, Op 17
(Tickets, £1.30, available from 11.0 am today or in advance from the Box Office, tel [number removed])
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ashley Lawrence Balakirev Overture on three Russian themes
Dohnanyi Wedding Waltz (The Veil of Pierrette) Bryan Kelly Suite: Ned Kelly
Maurice Johnstone Tarn Hows
Elgar The Wand of Youth: Suite No 2
A series of 13 programmes
In this week's musical portrait, Jeremy Siepmann reflects on the life and art of the Russian-born pianist,who was among the last standard-bearers of the 19th-century romantic tradition. With performances of music by Mendelssohn, Chopin, Schumann and Rachmaninov.
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Weber Overture: Oberon Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5, in E minor
LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by EVGENY MRAVINSItY
Natalie Wheen introduces the programme of music for the early evening,
Etudes: A flat major, Op 25 No 1 (The Harp); r major, Op 10 No 8; c minor, Op 10 No 12 (Revolutionary)
Ballade No 3, in A flat major, Op 47
Nocturnes: 8 flat minor, Op 9 No 1: e flat major, Op 9 No 2; F major Op 15 No 1; D flat major, Op 27 No 2
Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53. BBC Birmingham
Alfred Alexander reflects on the relation of the singer to his voice, which he regards as the singer's Siamese twin, and considers the problems and rewards of singing as a career.
Last of four programmes introduced by Martin Dalby
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA led by ANGUS andersok conductor
SIR ALEXANDER GIBSON associate conductor EDWIN ROXBURGH
Thomas Wilson Symphony No 3 (SNO Commission:, first performance) Debussy Jeux
Robin Holloway Concert* for Orchestra No 2
(sno Commission: first performance)
(Presented by the Scottish National Orchestra and University of Glasgow as part of Musica Nova 1979) BBC Scotland
Operetta in one art Music by Jacques Offenbach Libretto by HECTOR cremieux and E. BLUM , translated Into
English by STEPHEN OLIVER Pierre Comte Offenbach sets the scene in which star-struck Georges (18) declares his love for
Bagatelle, and gets his just deserts.
Cast in order of singing:
LONDON STUDIO PLAYERS leader REGINALD LEOPOLD conducted by HOWARD WILLIAMS
Repetiteur iain ledingham Technical presentation MUtE LUCOCK and PENNY FEATHER
Producer CHRIS DE SOUZA
Introduced by Charles Fox
Mike Osborne Quartet: Mike Osborne (alto sax) Dave Holdsworth (trumpet), Paul Bridge (bass), Tony Marsh (drums)
Played by Ilona Szevehenyi and Tunde Enzsol
Petrovics Mouvement en ragtime: Nocturne
(gramophone record)
