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Scheidt Canzona a 10 PHILIP JONES BRASS
ENSEMBLE

7.11* Bach Cantata No 202: Weichet nur, betriibte Schatten (Wedding Cantata)
EDITH MATHIS (soprano)
BERLIN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by PETER SCHREIER

7.34* Mozart Piano Concerto No 8, in c (K 246) VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ

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8.5 Mendelssohn Symphony No 10, in B minor, for string orchestra
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, directed by Neville Marriner

8.13* Spohr Clarinet Concerto No 1, in c minor ANTONY PAY
LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by DAVID ATHERTON

8.34* Sibelius Symphony No 7, in C
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL
(gramophone records)

Martinu
Concerto for double string orchestra, piano and timpani
JAN PANENKA (piano) CZECH PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by KAREL SEJNA
9.27* Symphony No 5 CZECH PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by VACLAV NEUMANN : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karel Sejna
Conducted By:
Vaclav Neumann

Two works based on Hollywood film scores of the 1940s.
No 1: Variations on American children's songs: No 2: Circus VESUVIUS ENSEMBLE
William Bennett (flute) Thea King (clarinet)
Roger Birnstingl (bassoon) John Tunnell (violin)
Josi-Luis Garcia (violin) Brian Hawkins (viola) Charles Tunnell (cello)

Contributors

Flute:
William Bennett
Bassoon:
Roger Birnstingl
Violin:
John Tunnell
Violin:
Josi-Luis Garcia
Viola:
Brian Hawkins
Cello:
Charles Tunnell

Opera in two acts Music by Rossini
Libretto by Angelo Anelli
(Sung in Italian: records)

Prague Philharmonic Chorus
I Solisti Veneti, conducted by Claudio Scimone

(Stereo)

Contributors

Composer:
Gioachino Rossini
Librettist:
Angelo Anelli
Singers:
Prague Philharmonic Chorus
Singers:
I Solisti Veneti
Conductor:
Claudio Scimone
Elvira, wife of the Bey of Algiers:
Kathleen Battle (soprano)
Zulma, her slave:
Clara Foti (mezzo-sop)
Haly, captain of the Algerian pirates:
Niccola Zaccaria (bass)
Mustafa, the Bey of Algiers:
Samuel Ramey (bass)
Lindoro, a young Italian, slave of Mustafa:
Ernesto Palacio (tenor)
Isabella, an Italian lady:
Marilyn Horne (mezzo-sop)
Taddeo, companion of Isabella:
Domenico Trimarchi (bar)

direct from the Royal Albert Hall,
London
Jacques Delecluse (organ) Orchestre de Paris leader LUBEN YORDANOFF conductor
Daniel Barenboim
Part 1 Debussy La mer: three symphonic sketches Boulez Notations (first UK performance)

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert
Leader:
Luben Yordanoff
Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim

Beginnings
In the first of three broadcasts Gabriel Woolf traces the far-from-comic early life of the humorous novelist and reads extracts from some of his books.
Written and composed by GABRIEL WOOLF
Producer JOHN CARDY

Contributors

Unknown:
Gabriel Woolf
Composed By:
Gabriel Woolf
Producer:
John Cardy

by WILLIAM LANGLAND translated and abridged for radio in 13 parts by TERENCE TILLER , with Hugh Burden as Langland 11: Faith, Hope and Charity
Incidental music composed and conducted by MICHAEL BERKELEY Directed by PIERS PLOWRIGHT

Contributors

Unknown:
Terence Tiller
Unknown:
Hugh Burden
Directed By:
Piers Plowright
Abraham:
John Bott
Moses:
Leonard Fenton
Good Samaritan:
Philip Sully

by DAVID MONTROSE with I have prevailed with myself to take Pen in Hand to make a serious Reply to one of the most scurrilous Letters that ever appear'd in a civilis'd Christian Country.
(LAURENCE STERNE , 1741)
The Grove of Academe is populated with literary hitmen in comparison to tchom Vlad the Impaler is positively beneficent.
(H. A. DASH, 1981)
The literary shots fired over Professor Dash's biography of Sterne escalate alarmingly into full-scale war. Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Laurence Sterne
Directed By:
Matthew Walters
Professor Dash:
Robert Stephens
Bryant:
Paul Shelley
Sims:
Oliver Ford-Davies

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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