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The last of five programmes of music by the Russian ' Five '
Borodin, completed by Glazunov Symphony No 3, in A minor
Balakirev Song: Dawn Cut Song: Album Leaf
Mussorgsky Duma; Gopak Mussorgsky , completed byShebalinFinale (Sorochintsy Fair) Rimsky-Korsakov Introduction and Procession (The Golden Cockerel): records

Contributors

Unknown:
Gopak Mussorgsky

Lalo Scherzo
Suisse Romande Orchestra conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Castelnuovo-Tedesco Prelude and Fugue in E Ida Presti and Alesandre Lagoya (guitars)
Franceschini Concerto In D John Wilbraham and Michael Laird (trumpets) Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner
Paganini Introduction and Variations on a theme by Paisiello Ruggiero Ricci (violin)
Bach, transc Busoni Chaconne, from Partita In D minor (mono) Arturo Benedetti, Michel Angeli (piano)
Brahms Violin Concerto In D: Jascha Heifetz, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Reiner

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Mass No 12, In B flat
(Harmoniemesse) TERESA CAHILL (sop),
CAROLYN WATKINSON (mezzo-sop) ROBIN LEGGATE (tenor) STEPHEN ROBERTS (bass)
BBC SINGERS, rehearsed by SIMON HALSEY
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GUNTHER HERBIG
(A BBC digital recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Teresa Cahill
Unknown:
Carolyn Watkinson
Bass:
Stephen Roberts
Unknown:
Simon Halsey
Conducted By:
Gunther Herbig

ROHAN DE SARAM (Cello) DRUVI DE SARAM (piano) Boccherlnl Sonata No 6, In A
Brahms Sonata In D. Op 78 (Part o/ a series of concerts promoted by the Manchester Midday
Concerts Society and the BBC. This concert was made possible by support from Horbick Diesels Limited) (Repeal)

Nelson
Opera in three acts, music by Lennox Berkeley Libretto by ALAN PRYCE-JONES
BBC SINGERS rehearsed by SIMON JOLY BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader RODNEY FRIEND conducted by ELGAR HOWARTH
Repetiteur PHILLIP THOMAS Technical presentation
MARTIN PAGE. Tape editor STEPHEN RINKER
Producer CLIVE BENNETT Act 1

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Pryce-Jones
Unknown:
Simon Joly
Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conducted By:
Elgar Howarth
Repetiteur:
Phillip Thomas
Editor:
Stephen Rinker
Producer:
Clive Bennett

Nearly 30 years ago ALLEN NEWELL and HERBERT SIMON wrote a computer program which could prove theorems in mathematics. Yet we still cannot make a machine that can understand natural speech. Why? In the fourth of five programmes,
Colin Blakemore ,Professorof Physiology at Oxford
University, considers the remaimng obstacles facing artificial
Intelligence research.

Contributors

Unknown:
Herbert Simon
Unknown:
Colin Blakemore

Ravel Rapsodie cspagnole DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDUARDO MATA Vivaldi Concerto in F, for two horns and orchestra
(RV 539): JACKIE MAGNARDI , ANDRE BOTH, 1 SOLISTI VENETI. conducted by CLAUDIO SCIMONE
Schubert Symphony No 4. In c minor (Tragic)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER

Contributors

Conducted By:
Eduardo Mata
Unknown:
Jackie Magnardi
Conducted By:
Claudio Scimone
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner

(born 23 October 1923) BBC SINGERS conductor JOHN POOLE JOHN SCOTT (organ) Three Choruset for
Christmas: The Oxen; 0 magnum mysterium;
Shout the glad tidings: From A Quaker Reader, for organ: '... No darkness at all ...':
Return Home to Within; Missa Brevts
(All first UK broadcasts)

Contributors

Conductor:
John Poole
Conductor:
John Scott

by SHIRLEY GEE
The love between a British soldier and a roung girl from Belfast
Inevitably entangled In the rage of conflicting
Ideals. The repercussions of a violent Incident are felt by six people who are an, in their different ways, closely Involved.
Drums played by NIGEL SHIPWAY
Directed by DAVID SPENCER

Contributors

Played By:
Nigel Shipway
Directed By:
David Spencer
Tom:
Robert Glenister
Charlie:
Bill Nighy
Tessie:
Angael Grehan
Hodra:
Maggie Shevlin
Wife:
Harriet Walter
Mother:
Kate Binchy
Old man:
Anthony Newlands
Young man:
Jim Reid
Voices:
Wendy Murray

First of six programmes direct from the Royal Festival Hall, London. London Symphony Orchestra leader
MICHAEL DAVIS London Symphony Chorus Moray Welsh (cello) Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Timothy West (reader) conducted by Richard HICKOX Part 1
Tippett Ritual Dances (The Midsummer Marriage) Lennox Berkeley Cello Concerto

Contributors

Leader:
Michael Davis
Mezzo-Soprano:
Felicity Palmer
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Reader:
Timothy West
Conducted By:
Richard Hickox
Cello:
Lennox Berkeley

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