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LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Mussorgsky, orch Rimsky-Korsakov Prelude:
Khovanshchina.conducted by EVGENY MRAVINSKY
7.10* Schubert Symphony No 8. in B minor
(Unfinished): conducted by EVGENY MRAVINSKY
7.35* Janacek Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTV]ENSKY
8.0 News
8.5 Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla conducted by EVGENY MRAVINSKY
8.10* Szymanowski Violin Concerto No 1. in A minor DAVID OISTRAKII , conducted by KURT SANDERLING
8.34* Sibelius Symphony No 7. in c: conducted by EVGENY MRAVINSKY : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Evgeny Mravinsky
Unknown:
David Oistrakii
Conducted By:
Evgeny Mravinsky

direct from
St George's. Brandon Hill Peter Knapp (baritone) John Fraser (piano) Britten Songs and Proverbs of William Blake. Op 74
Ivor Gurnev Black Stitchcl: Sleep
Bridge Come to me in my dreams: Daffodils; Love went a-riding Folk songs: arr Hughes Kittv my love arr Williamson Bonny at morn arr Lyell Johnston Because I was shy
(A concert arranged by St George's Music Trust in association with Imperial Tobacco Ltd)

Contributors

Baritone:
Peter Knapp
Piano:
John Fraser
Unknown:
William Blake.
Unknown:
Ivor Gurnev Black

The complete Bartok string quartets, and Haydn's Op 20 quartets: last of six programmes played by the LINDSAY STRING QUARTET Peter Cropper and Ronald Bilks (violins) Roger Bigley (viola)
Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
Haydn Quartet in D. Op 20 No 4
Bartok Quartet No 6

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Cropper
Violins:
Ronald Bilks
Viola:
Roger Bigley
Cello:
Bernard Gregor-Smith

Otello was first given at Covent Garden in 1891. Since then it has had more than 150 performances, many of them with outstanding casts.
John Steane considers the long association of Otello with Covent Garden, illustrated by the recorded voices of FRANCESCO TAMAGNO, VICTOR MAUEL, GIOVANNI ZENATELLO, GIOVANNI MARTINELLI, LAURITZ MELCHIOR, JOAN CROSS, FRANK MULLINGS, MARGARET PRICE, TITO GOBBI and PLACIDO DOMINGO.

Contributors

Presenter:
John Steane
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

by ALAN BLEASDALE
The play is set in a Private clinic specialising in cosmetic and social surgery. Four men are awaiting vasectomies.
But the play takes in far more than just the men's reactions to the prospect of surgery.
Directed by CAROLINE SMITH
BBC Manchester
(Having a Ball was first performed at the Oldham Coliseum, with the same company and directed by K. A. Taylor , as part of the BBC/Arts Council scheme to commission new work for radio and the theatre. A new
Production will open at the Lyric, Hammersmith, on 4 June) followed by an Interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Bleasdale
Directed By:
Caroline Smith
Directed By:
K. A. Taylor
Lenny:
David Ross
Nurse:
Jeffrey Longmore
Surgeon:
Judith Barker
Anaesthetist:
Ian Mercer
Malcolm:
Cliff Howells
Doreen:
Lesley E Bennett
Ritchie:
Andrew Hay
Old:
Man Tedmorris
Jean:
Lesley Nicol

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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