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Mussorgsky Prelude: Khovanshchina - Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yevgeny Mravinsky

7.10* Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor - Jascha Heifetz, RCA Orchestra, conducted by Walter Hendl

7.30* Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 32 Nos 1 and 2 - Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

7.35* Shostakovich Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings - Maria Grinberg (piano) Sergei Popov (trumpet) Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

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8.5 Pachelbel Canon and Gigue - Academy of Ancient Music, directed by Christopher Hogwood

8.10* Dohnanyi Serenade in C major, Op 10 - Itzhak Perlman (violin) Pinchas Zukerman (viola) Lynn Harrell (Cello)

8.30* Janacek Rhapsody: Taras Bulba - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

(gramophone records)

Contributors

Producer:
Patrick Lambert

'Humility is the last word that could be assigned to the Beethoven of 1792-1800. Rather he was like Lucifer, a son of the morning, glorying in his power.' (Marion M. Scott)

Violin Sonata in A, Op 12 No 2: Itzhak Perlman, Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)

Scene and Aria: Ah Perfido!: Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Edward Downes

Octet in E flat, Op 103 - Netherlands Wind Ensemble#

(records)

Contributors

Violin:
Marion M. Scott
Unknown:
Itzhak Perlman
Piano:
Vladimir Asiikenazy
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Producer:
Ray Abbott

(piano) Bach Partita No 2, In c minor (bwv 826) Mozart Sonata in B flat (K 570)
11.25* Interval Reading
11.30* Szymanowskt Four Mazurkas, Op 50 Nos 13-16 Chopin Two Nocturnes, Op 27: No 1, in c sharp minor; No 2, In D flat; Bolero In A minor (Given on 13 June at the Snapn Maltings as part of the 1983 Aldeburgh Festival)

AMERAL GUNSON (mezzo-sop) DAVID WILSON-JOIINSON (bar) BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY Vaughan Williams , orch Gordon Jacob English Folk Song Suite arr Shostakovich English and American National Songs arr Prokofiev Oh, no John (first performance) Britten Suite on English Folk Tunes: A time there was.....

Contributors

Leader:
Bela Dekany
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Gordon Jacob

Mozart String Quintet In E flat (K 614): SMETANA QUARTET, JOSEF SUK (Viola) Vaughan Williams Six Studies in English folk song JANET HILTON (clarinet) KEITH SWALLOW (piano) Liszt A Faust Symphony LAJOS KOZMA (tenor) AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI

Contributors

Viola:
Vaughan Williams
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

Rosa Ponselle (1897-1981) made her operatic dibat in La forza del destino at the Metropolitan, New York in 1918; she sang there every season until sheretired,stillatthe height of her powers, in 193/. John Steane assesses her art and career with the voices of ROSE BAMPTON GEORGE CEHANOVSKY , IGOR CHICHAGOV , IDA COOK , PLACIDO DOMINGO , CHARLES JAHANT , ELISABETH SCHWARZKOPF and PONSELLE herself. Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD

Contributors

Unknown:
Rosa Ponselle
Unknown:
John Steane
Unknown:
Rose Bampton
Unknown:
George Cehanovsky
Unknown:
Igor Chichagov
Unknown:
Ida Cook
Unknown:
Placido Domingo
Unknown:
Charles Jahant
Unknown:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London
Alfred Brendel (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by Sir Charles Groves
Haydn Symphony No 82, in C major (The Bear)
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4, in G major

Contributors

Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Sir Charles Groves

The story of the Peninsular War (1808-14) compiled from written records by DAVID BEAN
Fourth of five programmes Narrator
MICHAEL TUDOR BARNES
With NICHOLAS COURTNEY. JOHN HOLLIS , JIM NORTON ,
GORDON REID and JOHN RYE. Producer ALAN HAYDOCK

Contributors

Narrator:
Michael Tudor Barnes
Unknown:
Nicholas Courtney.
Unknown:
John Hollis
Unknown:
Jim Norton
Unknown:
Gordon Reid
Producer:
Alan Haydock

Direct from St Luke's, Chelsea

Songs and Musical Reflections from the English Renaissance including works by Byrd, Rosseter, Gibbons and Morley.

Robert Tear (tenor)
Julian Bream Consort

Contributors

Tenor:
Robert Tear
Musicians:
Julian Bream Consort

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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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