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Prokofiev Sinfonia Concertante - Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent

Mozart Fantasy In F minor (K 608) - Karl Hichter (organ)

Tchaikovsky Serenade in C, for string orchestra MJil.lN Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan

with Michael Oliver
An excursion Into the Italian madrigal: a talk by JOAN WESS ; A conversation with VERNON HANDLEY ; ' Love-feast and Beyond ': LUCY BECKETT considers the Implications of the first theme in Parsifal.
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Talk By:
Joan Wess
Unknown:
Vernon Handley
Unknown:
Lucy Beckett
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

LONDON
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader DAVID NOLAN conducted by KLAUS TENNSTEDT
RADU LUPU (piano)
Brahms Tragic Overture Symphony No 3, In F
12.15* pm Interval Reading
12.20* Piano Concerto No 1, in D minor
(Given on 7 April in the KFH, London, in association with John Player and Sons)

Contributors

Leader:
David Nolan
Conducted By:
Klaus Tennstedt
Piano:
Radu Lupu

Handel's Italian Serenata, composed In Naples In 1708 to the same story but with different text and different music from the more familiar English pastorale Acis and Galatea.Thisperformance includes the first broadcast of a recently-discovered recitative. ,
ACADEMY OP ANCIENT MUSIC led by JOHN HOLLOWAY conducted by CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD
(' Acis und Galatea' it on Thursday 2.30 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Holloway
Conducted By:
Christopher Hogwood

A second series of four talks in which
Mary Seton-Watson introduces selections from the state-owned literary journals.
1: Is Romance Deadt
' The guests sat about In soft leather armchairs from Romania; on a low table stood several fat bottles with shiny labels and a German dish of stlco-d lemon. Tanya was always on a high on these occasions; clever, elegant, a trifle poison-tongued, especially when talking to the women.' Readers GWEN WATFORD BENJAMIN WHITROW
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

Contributors

Introduces:
Mary Seton-Watson
Readers:
Gwen Watford
Readers:
Benjamin Whitrow
Producer:
Louise Purslow

The second of six concepts of 20th-century music recorded before invited audiences by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Singers and the London Sinfonietta. Introduced by Arnold Whlttall
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by NICHOLAS CLEOBURY
Peter Maxwell Davies St Michael Sonata, for 17 wind instruments
Tristan Murall Gondwana. for orchestra (first UK nerformance)
Mccold CasUgllonl
Inverno In-ver: undid poesie muslcall, for small orchestra (first UK performance)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Arnold Whlttall
Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conducted By:
Nicholas Cleobury

RACHEL BECKETT (recorder) ANTHONY PLEETH (Cello)
MELVYN TAN (harpsichord) Francesco Mancini Sonata No IV
Scarlatti Sonatas In G major (Kk 104 and Kk 105) for harpsichord
Handel Sonata in D minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Rachel Beckett
Cello:
Anthony Pleeth
Harpsichord:
Melvyn Tan
Harpsichord:
Francesco Mancini

A play for radio by DAVID CREGAN, with and
From the middle 1950s up to the present day Diana has been trying to 'find herself' by finding a purpose and mission in life. It has not been easy, and she has adopted many disparate causes in one way and another.
Other parts played by ROSALIND ADAMS, NIGEL GRAHAM, ALEX JENNINGS, JAMES KERRY, STUART ORGAN, JIM REID and PATIENCE TOMLINSON
Splendid comic writing... (THE OBSERVER)
Directed by John Tydeman

Contributors

Unknown:
David Cregan
Played By:
Rosalind Adams
Played By:
Nigel Graham
Played By:
Alex Jennings
Unknown:
James Kerry
Unknown:
Jim Reid
Unknown:
Patience Tomlinson
Directed By:
John Tydeman
Diana:
Anna Massey
Uncle Saul:
Bernard Hepton
Annie, her friend:
Sheila Grant
Twentyman, her teacher:
Miss Sylvia Coleridge
her father:
Michael Spice
her mother:
Mary Wimbush
Martin, her sometime husband:
Martin Bruce Alexander
Kampuchean leader:
Burt Kwouk

The three symphonies Haydn wrote for a projected visit to London n the early 1780s set in the context of the most popular music of the day. EMMA KIRKBY (soprano) MELVYN TAN (fortepiano) JUDITH NELSON (soprano) LYNDA RUSSELL (soprano) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC led by CHRISTOPHER HIRONS conductor
CHRISTOPHER HDGWOOD
Haydn Symphony No 78, in c minor
Sacchlnl Arias: Questo ch'io serbo: Cara addio (La contadina in corte) Rauzzlni The Celebrated Opera Dances performed at the King's Theatre, 1783
9.40* Interval Reading
9.45* Rauzzlni The
Celebrated Opera Dances performed at the King's Theatre, 1784
Shield Song: When
William at eve: Duet: I kissed and I prattled (Roslna): Song: The hero, conscious of his worth (The Noble Peasant)
Vanhal Symphony in c minor (Bremner's Periodical Overture, No 42)

Contributors

Soprano:
Emma Kirkby
Soprano:
Melvyn Tan
Soprano:
Judith Nelson
Soprano:
Lynda Russell
Conductor:
Christopher Hirons
Conductor:
Christopher Hdgwood

A 34-part series Presented by Anthony Rooley
4: Thomas Watson First set of Italian
Madrigals Eiglished (1590) Luca MARENZLO Fair shepherds' queene;
Every singing bird: Alas, what a wretched life is this; Alas, where is my love; How long with vayne complaynlng:
When Meliboeus' soul; The fates, alas
CONSORT OF MUSICKC MADRIGAL ENSEMBLE directed by ANTHONY ROOLEY

Contributors

Presented By:
Anthony Rooley
Presented By:
Thomas Watson
Unknown:
Luca Marenzlo
Directed By:
Anthony Rooley

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