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Ravel Alborada del gracioso, for orchestra C. P. E. Bach Concerto in D minor, for harpsichord and strings Schumann Five pieces in folk style, for cello and piano
Zelenka Capriccio No 2 in c
Korngold Violin Concerto in (mono): JASCHA HEJFETZ records. VHF only

Contributors

Piano:
Zelenka Capriccio
Unknown:
Jascha Hejfetz

Oratorio in three acts Libretto by JENNENS Music by Handel LOIS MCDONALL <SOp), ANNE WILKENS (mezzo-Sop), JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) ANTHONY RODEN (tenor) ANTHONY SMITH (bass)
ROBERT ALDWINCKLE (harp) GEOFFREY THOMAS (cello) KEITH HARTLEY (double-bass), HANDELOPERACHORUS, chorus-master CLIVE FAIRBAIRN
HANDEL OPERA ORCHESTRA leader ROLF WILSON conducted by CHARLES FARNCOMBE . Act 1

Contributors

Music By:
Handel Lois McDonall
Unknown:
Anne Wilkens
Unknown:
James Bowman
Tenor:
Anthony Roden
Bass:
Anthony Smith
Cello:
Keith Hartley
Chorus-Master:
Clive Fairbairn
Leader:
Rolf Wilson
Conducted By:
Charles Farncombe

Compiled from the writings of Wait Whitman by STEUART ALL1N , With
Don Fellows as Whitman Whitman was born on Paumanok, that ' fish-shaped island ', and took much of his imaginative life from its surrounding shores. Evoked with music by IAIN KENDELL (keyboard) TERRY BUSBY (clarinet) PHIL EDWARDS and TONY MCVEY (percussion) CHRIS LACEY (flute and piccolo). Directed by ALEC REID followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Steuart All1n
Unknown:
Don Fellows
Unknown:
Whitman Whitman
Music By:
Iain Kendell
Clarinet:
Terry Busby
Clarinet:
Phil Edwards
Clarinet:
Tony McVey
Flute:
Chris Lacey
Directed By:
Alec Reid

from the Chapel of St John's College, Cambridge
Introduction: THE DEAN
The Advent Prose (Rorate Caeli-Mode i)
Processional Hvmn: Hail to the Lord's Anointed: Sentence. The Lord's Prayer, Collect for Advent I.
Antiphons.
First Lesson: Jeremiah 23, vv 1-6:
THE SENIOR CHORISTER
Syon, at thy shining gates (G. R. Woodward arr. George Guest )
Second Lesson: Romans 13, vv 8-14: AN UNDERGRADUATE
A tender shoot (Otto Goldschmidt )
Sentence. Collect for Advent II. Antiphons. There is no rose (John Joubert )
Third Lesson: Romans 15, VV 4-13: A CHORAL STUDENT Psalm 19, vv 1-10
Jesus Christ the apple tree (Elizabeth Poston )
Fourth Lesson: Luke 4, VV 14-21: A MEMBER OF THE COLLEGE STAFF
Hymn: Lo! he comes with clouds descending
Sentence, Collect for Advent III.
Antiphons.
King Jesus hath a garden (Dutch melody, arr Wood)
Fifth Lesson: Isaiah 42, vv 1-9: A FELLOW
The Linden Tree Carol (German melody, arr Reginald Jacques )
Sixth Lesson: Isaiah 40, VV 1-9: THE ORGANIST
Hymn: 0 come, 0 come Emmanuel! (trad French)
Sentence, Collect for Advent IV.
Antiphon: 0 Emmanuel
Sans Day Carol (trad Cornish, arr Rutter)
Ding Dong! merrily on high (16th-century French, arr. Malcolm Williamson)
Seventh Lesson: John 3. VV 1-8: THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLEGE
Magnificat - Herbert Sumsion in G
Eighth Lesson: Philippians 4, w 1, 4-8, 19, 20: THE MASTER
Chorale: Break forth, 0 beauteous heavenly light
Sentence. The Christmas Collect.
Hymn: 0 come all ye faithful
The College Prayer The Blessing
Organist and Director of Music DR GEORGE GUEST
Organ students ADRIAN LUCAS and ANDREW LUMSDEN
Producer BARRY ROSE

Contributors

Unknown:
G. R. Woodward
Unknown:
Otto Goldschmidt
Unknown:
John Joubert
Unknown:
Elizabeth Poston
Unknown:
Reginald Jacques
Unknown:
Herbert Sumsion
Music:
Dr George
Unknown:
Adrian Lucas

by Don Haworth
Two young pilots make light of their dangerous flying assignments as they talk about the Second World War, but one is not allowed to forget the penalties of war
with William Nighy as Tom and Hugh Ross as James

Contributors

Writer:
Don Haworth
Director:
Richard Wortley
Tom:
William Nighy
James:
Hugh Ross

The first of six programmes
ANDREW WATKINSON (violin) PAULA BOTT (soprano)
DELLA JONES (mezzo-sop)
STEPHEN Roberts (baritone) BBC SINGERS, BBC CONCERT orchestra, conducted by RICHARD HICKOX
The Morning Watch, for chorus and orchestra.
Op 55: Improvisation, for violin and orchestra, Op 89
J.30* Interval Reading
9.40* Edmund Rubbra
Sinfonia Sacra (Symphony No 9), Op 140
(9 December: the first performance of Rubbra Mats in honour of St Teresa of Avila, Op 157)

Contributors

Violin:
Andrew Watkinson
Soprano:
Paula Bott
Soprano:
Della Jones
Baritone:
Stephen Roberts
Conducted By:
Richard Hickox
Unknown:
Edmund Rubbra
Unknown:
Sinfonia Sacra
Unknown:
St Teresa

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