Mozart Rondo in A (K 386) VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
7.13* Tchaikovsky Suite No 3, in G, Op 55
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by LORIN MAAZEL
8.0 News
8.5 Miklos Rozsa Notturno Ungherese, Op 25
RCA ITALIANA ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
8.14* Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 11, in A minor
TERENCE JUDD (piano)
8.19* Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante, Op 125 LASZLO VARGA (cello) ORCHESTRA OF RADIO
LUXEMBOURG, conducted by louis DE FROMENT : records
The Court of Mannheim
Johann Stamitz Symphony in D major, Op 3 No 2
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC directed by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (harpsichord) Christian Cannabich
Sinfonia Pastorale in F ARCHIV PRODUCTION
ENSEMBLE, directed by WOLFGANG HOFMAN Ignaz Holzbauer
Symphony in E flat major, Op 4 No 3
CAMERATA BERN, directed by THOMAS FÜRI (violin)
Anton Filtz Symphony in c minor (mono)
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA gramophone records
played by PETER LE HURAY in St Catherine's College, Cambridge
Bach Chorale and 11 Variations in G minor: Sei gegriisset, Jesu giitig (BWV 768)
Mozart Andante in F (K 616)
Liszt Prelude and Fugue on BACH (G 260)
BBC Birmingham
Josquin El grillo Ludwig Senfi Ach
Elslein, liebes Elslein Josquin Scaramella
Lassus La nuiet froide et sombre anon The plough song
BBC Manchester
Jirect from the Queen's Hall Peter Frankl , ramas Vasary 'pianos)
James Holland , Tristan Fry (percussion)
Debussy Nuages: Fetes Bartok Sonata for two pianos and percussion
11.40* Festival Comment with Elaine Padmore
11.55* Concert. Part 2 Brahms Quintet in r minor, Op 34 (version for two pianos)
(In association with Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Limited) BBC Scotland
directed by TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord)
Purcell Suite from Theatre Music
Handel Trio-Sonata in B minor, for flute, violin and continuo Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 5, in D
Bach Suite in B minor, for flute, strings and continuo (BWV 1067)
(Concert arranged by the St George's Music Trust in association with Imperial Tobacco Ltd) (First broadcast on R4) BBC Bristol
direct from
Worcester Cathedral
Wendy Eathorne (soprano) Margaret Cable (mezzo-soprano)
Alastair Thompson (tenor)
David Wilson-Johnson (bass-baritone
Worcester Festival Chorus BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra leader DENNIS SIMONS conducted by Donald Hunt Pierre Villette Messe en français (Festival Commission: first performance)
Haydn Mass in B flat (Theresienmesse)
(Presented by Worcester Three Choirs Festival). BBC Manchester
from Edington Priory Festival
Prelude: Meditation (from Laudate Dominum) (Hurford)
Introit: Set me as a seal (Walton)
Preces: Trepte
Hymn: Jesu dulcis memoria (Mode 1) Psalms 128 and 67 (Bairstow, Ashfield)
Magnificat: Buxtehude
Nunc Dimittis: Plainsong Lessons (GNR): Isaiah 62, vv 1-7; John 15, vv 1-12
Anthem: Es ist erschienen (Schiitz)
Hymn: 0 Jesu. King most wonderful (St Botolph) Postlude: Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor (Buxtehude)
Conductor GEOFFREY WEBBER Organist PETER WRIGHT Festival Director
JOHN HARDY. BBC Bristol
with Richard Graves
Producer ERIC WETHERELL BBC Bristol
International Amateur Choral Competition
Third of 11 programmes Large Choirs (1)
Hungary: KISZ YOUTH ART ENSEMBLE CHOIR; West Germany: CHOIR OF ST HEDWIG'S CATHEDRAL,
BERLIN; UK: GOLDSMITHS
CHORAL UNION; Yugoslavia: IVAN GORAN KOVACIC
UNIVERSITY CHOIR; Finland: FLORA CHOIR
Introduced by Bernard Keeffe
(In association with the EBU)
Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, leader Felix Kok, conductor Simon Rattle
Stravinsky Symphonies of wind instruments
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in C major
with Angus McDermid
Sibelius Symphony No 2, in D
Different species of plants and of animals cannot normally breed with each other. This phenomenon is as perplexing today as it was to Darwin.
Biologists are currently trying to discover the evolutionary forces which gave rise to these reproductive barriers. Gabriel Dover, a geneticist at Cambridge University, is studying the evolution of DNA and chromosomes, and tells John Maddox about new discoveries which may solve this puzzle.
Producer BRIAN LEITH
A review of the past week's music broadcasting by the writer and critic Alan Blyth.
BBC Manchester
Piano Fantasy played by LEO SMIT gramophone record
Baryton Trio No 88. in A ESTERHAZY BARYTON TRIO gramophone record