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Francalx Trio
JASCHA A HEIFETZ (violin)
JOSEPH DE PASQUALE (viola) GREGOR PIATIGORSKY (CellO) Poulcnc Sonata for two clarinets: MICHEL PORTAL MAURICE GABAI
Franck Piano Quintet In F minor: CLIFFORD CURZON VIENNA PHILHARMONIC STRING QUARTET gramophone records

Contributors

Cello:
Gregor Piatigorsky
Clarinets:
Michel Portal
Clarinets:
Maurice Gabai
Unknown:
Clifford Curzon Vienna

Listeners' record requests Graun Oboe Concerto in c minor HEINZ HOLLIGER CAMERATA BERN conducted by ALEXANDER VAN WIJNKOOP Delius Fantasy: In a Summer Garden HALLE ORCHESTRA conducted by VERNON HANDLEY
Moszkowski Piano Concerto in E MICHAEL PONTI
PIllLHARMONJA HUNGARICA conducted by HANS RICHARD STRACKE
Bach, transc Stokowski Toccata and Fugue in D minor: Czech philharmonic ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander van Wijnkoop
Conducted By:
Vernon Handley
Unknown:
Michael Ponti
Conducted By:
Hans Richard Stracke
Conducted By:
Leopold Stokowski

To make people weep - that's everything!
A portrait of Giacomo Puccini , compiled from his letters
Written and presented by Michael Oliver with Kenneth Cranham as the composer Anna Barry as his wife, Elvira and Nigel Anthony
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD (Repeated: Tues 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Giacomo Puccini
Presented By:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Kenneth Cranham
Unknown:
Anna Barry
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

PETER conohoe (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR and LIONEL FRIEND
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5. in E flat (Emperor) conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
12.0* Interval Reading
12.5* Nigel Osborne
Sinfonia (BBC commission: first performance) conducted by LIONEL FRIEND
Stravinsky Suite : The Firebird (1911) conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
The BBC Symphony
Orchestra under Lionel Friend revealed
(Siu/oma) as a piece truly symphonic in the strength and cogency of its continuous structure ... and in finding space to establish musical characters. (THE TIMES) (Given last August in the Roijn! Albert Hull , London) A BBC digital recording

Contributors

Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
Nigel Osborne
Conducted By:
Lionel Friend
Conducted By:
Stravinsky Suite
Conducted By:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
Albert Hull

(mezzo-soprano) roger vignoles (piano) Schubert Suleika I and II: An den Mond; Der Fischer: Erlkbnig
Brahms Mein Made] hat einen Rosenmund;
Madchenlied: Da unten im Tale; Och. Modr. ich wel en Ding han Dvorak V Nardnim Tonu (Four songs in folk style)
A BBC digital recording

Contributors

Piano:
Schubert Suleika

direct from the Gaumont Cinema,
Ipswich Nigel Kennedy (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra leaderBELA dekany conductor
Sir John Pritchard Part 1
Schubert Symphony No 3, in D major
Mozart Violin Concerto No 4, in D major (K 218)

Contributors

Violin:
Ipswich Nigel Kennedy
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Sir John Pritchard

This listing contains language that some may find offensive.

A five-part series
4 Scratch a Man, Find a Myth
Indian literature whether written, recited or chanted, draws on a body of mvth that goes back to the Mahabharata and beyond. while for
Western-oriented or expatriate Indian writers, India itself often becomes a sort of mythical tabula rasa. John Keay reflects on literature in and about India. Contributors include SALMAN RUSHDIE , SITA NARASIMIIAN R. K . NARAYAN ,P. LAL
U. R. ANANTHA MURTHY Producer david PERRY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keay
Unknown:
Salman Rushdie
Unknown:
Sita Narasimiian
Unknown:
R. K Narayan
Unknown:
P. Lal
Unknown:
U. R. Anantha Murthy
Producer:
David Perry

Opera in four scenes Words and music by Prokofiev (Op 13). Scenes 2-4 orchestrated by Edward Downes
Two performances of Prokofiev's earliest extant opera, first In Edward Downes ' English translation, then in the original Russian
MEN OF THE BBC
NORTHERN SINGERS, BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. conducted by EDWARD DOWNES
RGpStiteur ROGER VIGNOLES Technical presentation IAN PARR
Producer ELAINE padmore
7.0 Maddalena: a second Performance by the same cast, sung in Russian

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
Edward Downes
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Conducted By:
Rgpstiteur Roger
Unknown:
Ian Parr
Producer:
Elaine Padmore

by DAVID ZANE MAIROWITZ
Polanowski Is used to
People not being able to Pronounce his name. even after 20 years of living in this country. But one night he's made to realise that he's an alien with no rights at all.
With ALAN DUDLEY ,
PHILIP FOX , RONALD HERDMAN , JOBN LIVESEY , MOTI MAKAN ,
GEORGE PArSONS.
MICHAEL SPICE . HAYDN WOOD. THERESA streatfeild. Directed by JANE MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
David Zane Mairowitz
Unknown:
Alan Dudley
Unknown:
Philip Fox
Unknown:
Ronald Herdman
Unknown:
Jobn Livesey
Unknown:
Moti Makan
Unknown:
George Parsons.
Unknown:
Michael Spice
Unknown:
Haydn Wood.
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Polanowski:
Robin Ellis
Marjorle:
Diana Bisbop
Bryant:
David Daker
Man from the Home Offie/Solicitor:
Paul Chapman
Kracauer:
Czeslaw Grocholsk1
JOnes:
Alan Igbon

Leaders Martin Milner and Pan Hon Lee, conductor James Loughran
John Lill (piano)

Weber...Overture: Der Freischutz
Berlioz...Dance of the Sylphs (The Damnation of Faust)
Beethoven...Piano Concerto No 4, in G major

9.55, Interval Reading

10.5. Part 2
Elgar...Variations on an original theme (Enigma)

(Given earlier this evening in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester)

Contributors

Musicians:
The Halle Orchestra
Leader:
Martin Milner
Leader:
Pan Hon Lee
Conductor:
James Loughran
Pianist:
John Lill

Anthony Thwaite explores 19th-century poetry 1850-59
Readers FRANCES horovitz , GARY WATSON. PAUL WEBSTER ProducerFRASER STEEL
BBC Manchester
(Paul Webster is a member of the RSC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Thwaite
Readers:
Frances Horovitz
Readers:
Gary Watson.
Readers:
Paul Webster
Producer:
Fraser Steel
Unknown:
Paul Webster

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