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Stravinsky Fantasy: Fireworks COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
7.8* Chopin Barcarolle in F sharp CLAUDIO ARRAU (piano)
7.18* Rossini String Sonata No 1 in c SALVATORE ACCARDO and SYLVIE GAZEAU (violins) ALAIN MEUNIER (cello), FRANCO PETRACCHl (double-bass)
7.30' Weber Und ob die Wolke (Der Freischütz) ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF (soprano) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by WALTER SUSSKIND
7.37* Haydn Symphony No 13 in D LITTLE ORCHESTRA OF LONDON conducted by LESLIE JONES
8.0 News
8.5 Rimsky-Korsakov Russian Easter Festival Overture PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
8.21 Rodrigo Sonata a la Espanola PEPE ROMERO (guitar)
8.29* Chausson Chanson pcrpetuelle JANET BAKER ( mezzo-soprano) MELOS ENSEMBLE OF LONDON
8.36* Britten Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes ) ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. COVENT GARDEN conducted by SIR COLIN DAVIS : records

Contributors

Piano:
Claudio Arrau
Unknown:
Salvatore Accardo
Violins:
Sylvie Gazeau
Cello:
Alain Meunier
Cello:
Franco Petracchl
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Conducted By:
Walter Susskind
Conducted By:
Leslie Jones
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Guitar:
Pepe Romero
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Conducted By:
Sir Colin Davis

Dvorak Polonaise in e flat DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANTAL DORATI Rondo in c, minor. Op 94 PAUL TORTELIER (cello) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ANDRE PREVIN Symphony No 8. in G PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDREW DAVIS : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Dvorak Polonaise
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Cello:
Paul Tortelier
Conducted By:
Andre Previn
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis

direct from St George's, Brandon Hill, Bristol
Peter Savidge (baritone)
David Owen Norris (piano) Songs by Schubert, Britten, Ireland. Keel and others
(Concert arranged by St George's Music Trust in association with Imperial Tobacco. Tickets available at the door) BBC Bristol

Contributors

Piano:
David Owen Norris

An opera in four acts
Music by Stanislaw Moniuszko
Libretto by WLODZIMIERZ WOLSKI (sung in Polish)

Janusz, a young nobleman, has loved Halka, but abandoned her for a suitable marriage with Zofia.
The first performance in Warsaw in 1858 rocketed Moniuszko to fame, and it has ever since been regarded as Poland's national opera.
CHORUS OF POLISH RADIO Chorus-master TADEUSZ DOBRZAMSKI
POLISH RADIO and TV SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by JERZY SEMKOW
(Polish Radio recording)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jerzy Semkow

by NIGEL BALDWIN
William Nighy as Michael Geoffrey Matthews as ' the old man '
Maggie Shevlin as Letty A pop singer gets unthinkingly caught up with Irish revolutionaries. From prison he is allowed to visit his dying father. Meanwhile, he has sent ' the old man ' a cassette recording to explain other aspects bf his troubled life.
Twelve string and acoustic guitar played by MAX Britain. Special music composed and conducted by ilona sekacz. Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Baldwin
Unknown:
William Nighy
Unknown:
Michael Geoffrey Matthews
Unknown:
Maggie Shevlin
Played By:
Max Britain.
Conducted By:
Ilona Sekacz.
Directed By:
Richard Wortley
Michael as a boy/Irish-woman:
Susan Sheridan
David as a boy:
Elizabeth Lindsay
Jean, Michael's mother:
Heather Bell
Teacher and nurse:
Patience Tomlinson
David as a man:
David McAlister
Headmaster:
Michael Spice
Tudor:
Spencer Banks
Hospital sister:
Diana Bishop
Irishman:
Sion Probert
School Corps Captain and prison warder.:
Alan Dudley

Oratorio, with libretto compiled from the Bible LUCY SHELTON (soprano) CLAUDINE CARLSON (mezzo-soprano)
CURTIS RAYAM (tenor)
PHILIP kraus (baritone) GRANT PARK SYMPHONY CHORUS AND SYMPHONY orchestra, conducted by LEONARD SLATKIN
(WFMT recording from
Chicago Summer Festival 1980)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Claudine Carlson
Tenor:
Curtis Rayam
Conducted By:
Leonard Slatkin

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