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Quilter A Children's Overture
LIGHT MUSIC SOCIETY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR VIVIAN DUNN
7.16* Debussy Children's Corner: ARTURO BENEDITTI MICHAELANGELI (piano)
7.32* Elgar Nursery Suite ROYAL LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
8.0 News
8.5 Rossini String Sonata No 1, in C: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER (Violin)
8.17* Chopin Berceuse in D flat; Tarantella in A flat ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
8.25*SchubertAnSylvia: Gretchen am Splnnrade JANET BAKER (mezzo-sop) GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
8.31* Dvorak Czech Suite DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Vivian Dunn
Unknown:
Arturo Beneditti
Conducted By:
Sir Charles Groves
Violin:
Neville Marriner
Violin:
Chopin Berceuse
Piano:
Arthur Rubinstein
Unknown:
Splnnrade Janet Baker
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

conductor RICHARD HICKOX JULIAN LLOYD WEBBER (Cello) Tchaikovsky Serenade in c: Variations on a Rococo theme
Arensky Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky
Prokofiev Symphony No 1, in D (Classical)
(Given on 11 May at the Barbican Hall, London)

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Conductor:
Julian Lloyd
Cello:
Tchaikovsky Serenade

direct from the Royal Exchange Theatre
Howard Shelley (piano) Handel Chaconne and Variations in G
Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 23 Nos 1-5
Chopin Sonata In a minor (Promoted by the Manchester Midday Concerts Society in association with the BBC and Dunlop Heywood and Co, chartered surveyors)

Contributors

Piano:
Handel Chaconne

Opéra-comique In three acts. Libretto by EUGÉNE SCRIBE. after the novel by L'ABot PROVOST. Music by Auber (born 1782)
(sung In French: records) This other '. far less well-known opera based on the Manon story was In fact the first to be composed. Scribe's libretto takes severe liberties with the story. compared with the Massenet and Puccini versions.
FRENCH RADIO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, conducted by JEAN-PIERRE MARTY

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jean-Pierre Marty

KILMARNOCK CONCERT BRASS conductor ANDREW KEACHIE

Edward Gregson Elegy and Dance
Denis Wright Tam O'Shanter's Ride
Peter Graham Dimensions

BBC Scotland

Contributors

Conductor:
Andrew Keachie
Conductor:
Edward Gregson
Unknown:
Wright Tam
Unknown:
Peter Graham

BRUNO LAPLANTE (baritone) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano) JUDITH PEARCE (flute)
CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN (cello)
Hahn Paysage: Offrande: Quand Je fus pris au pavilion
Gounod Le premier Jour de Mai: Ou voulez-vous aller?; Sérénade
Herman Bemberg Aimemoi; Chant hindou
Duparc L'Invitation au voyage: ElGgie: Phydile

Contributors

Baritone:
Bruno Laplante
Flute:
Judith Pearce
Cello:
Christopher van Kampen

by IAN WEIR with Michael Bryant as Alaric the Visigoth and Glyn Owen asAttllatheHun
The author, a Canadian student. lightheartedly Imagines a meeting betweenAtttlatheHun and Alaric the Visigoth. Attila - en route to sack Italy - has journeyed some considerable distance out of his way with a larger travelling retinue than Is strictly necessary to visit his ' old friend Alaric.
Villagers CHRISTINE ABSALOM
SPENCER BANKS, NICHOLAS COURTNEY , JANE KNOWLES CRAWFORD LOGAN
CHRISTOPHER SCOTT MICHAEL SPICE
THERESA STREATFEILD DAVID TIM SON
PATIENCE TOMLINSON
CURISTOPHER PAGE (lyre) For a first play,
Ian Weir 'Sacking must rate as very promising
... The script abounded with delightful lines.
(THE TIMES)
Directed by GLYN DEARMAN
(Michael Bryant is a National Theatre player)

Contributors

Unknown:
Ian Weir
Unknown:
Michael Bryant
Unknown:
Glyn Owen
Unknown:
Christine Absalom
Unknown:
Nicholas Courtney
Unknown:
Jane Knowles
Unknown:
Crawford Logan
Unknown:
Christopher Scott
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Theresa Streatfeild
Unknown:
David Tim
Unknown:
Ian Weir
Directed By:
Glyn Dearman
Unknown:
Michael Bryant

An essay by JORGE LUIS BORGES translated by NORMAN THOMAS DI GIOVANNI and read by Peter Vaughan
(Peter Vaughan is in ' Season's Greetings ' at the Apollo Theatre, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jorge Luis Borges
Translated By:
Norman Thomas Di Giovanni
Read By:
Peter Vaughan
Read By:
Peter Vaughan

Nicola LeFanu For we are the stars (first performance)
Dominic Muldowney
Five Psalms for chorus, double wind quintet and tape (first UK broadcast) PAULA BOTT (soprano)
NEIL MACKENZIE (tenor) BBC SINGERS
ENDYMION ENSEMBLE conducted by SIMON JOLY

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicola Lefanu
Unknown:
Dominic Muldowney
Soprano:
Paula Bott
Tenor:
Neil MacKenzie
Conducted By:
Simon Joly

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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