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Second of seven programmes marking the centenaryofthebirthof ARTUR SCHNABEL and including all the pianist's records of music by Schubert.
Allegro in A minor
(Lebensstiirme) (D 947) ARTUR and KARL ULRICH SCHNABEL (piano duet) Die Stadt
THERESE BEHR (contralto) ARTUR SCHNABEL (piano)
Four Impromptus (D 935) ARTUR SCHNABEL (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Artur Schnabel
Piano:
Karl Ulrich Schnabel
Contralto:
Therese Behr
Piano:
Artur Schnabel
Piano:
Artur Schnabel

Saint Saens Violin Concerto No 2, in c ULF HOELSCHER NEW PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by PIERRE DERVAUX
Stravinsky Persephone VERA ZOBINA (reciter)
MICHELE MOLESE (tenor) ITHACA COLLEGE CONCERT CHOIR, TEXAS BOYS CHOIR OF FORT. WORTH
GREGG SMITH SINGERS COLUMBIA SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE COMPOSER: records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Pierre Dervaux
Conducted By:
Stravinsky Persephone
Conducted By:
Vera Zobina
Tenor:
Michele Molese
Singers:
Gregg Smith

Introduced by Michael Oliver
Schnabel's Schubert, by BRYCE MORRISON.
Mozart's brother-Masons: a discovery by H. C. ROBBINS LANDON.
The music of Elizabeth Maconchy : a talk by ROGER WRIGHT
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD (Repeated: Wed 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Bryce Morrison.
Unknown:
Elizabeth MacOnchy
Talk By:
Roger Wright

Lyric poem in three acts by RENE FAUCHOIS Music by Fauri (sung in French: gramophone records)
Fauré's only full-length opera retells the classic Greek legend of Ulysses' homecoming to his faithful wife and his routing of the importunate suitors who have clustered round her.
JEAN LAFORGE VOCAL ENSEMBLE
MONTE CARLO PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES DUTOIT Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Laforge
Conducted By:
Charles Dutoit

ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader JOSÈ-LUIS GARCIA ECO WIND ENSEMBLE director MURRAY PERAHIA (piano)
Piano Concerto No 5, in D (K 175)
Serenade in B flat for 13 wind instruments (K 361) (unconducted)

Contributors

Unknown:
Luis Garcia
Piano:
Murray Perahia

by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Adapted by ANTHONY VIVIS from the translation by louis
MACNEICE and E. L. STAIIL Part 1
The medieval folk-legend of a Magus who makes a pact with the devil.
Music composed by CHRISTOS PITTAS Directed by DAVID SPENSF. R
(Simon Callow is in ' The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B ' at the Duke of York's Theatre) (Part 2: next Sun at 6.45)

Contributors

Unknown:
Johann Wolfgang Von
Adapted By:
Anthony Vivis
Composed By:
Christos Pittas
Directed By:
David Spensf.
Unknown:
Simon Callow
Unknown:
Balthazar B
Faust:
Simon Callow
Mephistopheles:
Ronald Pickup
Gretchen:
Angharad Rees
Martha:
Pauline Letts
Wagner:
John Livesey
The Lord NICHOLAS COURTNEY:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Gabriel:
Crawford Logan
Michael:
George Parsons
Earth spirit:
Stephen Thorne
Valentine:
Spencer Banks
Witch in the kitchen:
Diana Bishop
Evil spirit:
Christopher Scott
Will o' the wisp:
Danny Schiller
Monkey:
David Gooderson
Coster witch:
Jean Trend
Lieschen:
Patience Tomlinson
Young witch:
Frances Jeater
Posh girl:
Wendy Murray
Student:
Andrew Secombe

by PETER BARNES
adapted from Reminiscences of Tolstoy by MAXIM GORKI
Read by David Suchet
Reflecting on his friendship with Tolstoy, Gorki found it difficult to remain unimpressed by his friend's kindness and tyranny.
Producer MARGARET WINDHAM
(David Suchet is an associate member of the Royal Shakespeare Company)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Barnes
Read By:
David Suchet
Unknown:
Margaret Windham
Unknown:
David Suchet

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