New Zealand v England Test Match Special presents highlights of the third day's play in Auckland. Introduced by PETER BAXTER with DON MOSEY in Auckland
(Produced by arrangement with Radio New Zealand)
Last of seven programmes Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No 1 (Ghost) with PINCHAS ZUKERMAN (violin) DANIEL BARENBOIM (piano) Saint-Saens Cello Concerto in A minor with the NEW PHILHARMONLA ORCHESTRA, conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM : records Series producer RAY ABBOTT
Vanhal Organ Concerto in F: JIRI REINBERGER
MEMBERS OF THE PRAGUE
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by VLADIMIR VALEK
Chopin Polonaises in A, Op 40 No 1; in F sharp minor. Op 44
MAURIZIO pollini (piano) Vaughan Williams A London Symphony LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT : records
with Michael Oliver
Composing Pictures: some thoughts on the success and validity of music's response to painting, by JOHN WARRACK.
A conversation with Edward Cowie.
Our Incomparable Sax:
WALLY HORWOOD considers the reputation of Adolphe Sax, the Belgian instrument maker, in the light of Berlioz's comment. Producers
GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE
MARY THOMAS (soprano) FIRES OF LONDON
Philip Grange Cimmerian Nocturne, conducted by PETER MAXWELL DAVIES
Peter Maxwell Davies Revelation and Fall, conducted by JOHN CAREWE
12.5* Interval Reading
12.10* Elliott Carter Triple Duo (BBC commission, first European performance)
Sandy Wilson, arr Peter Maxwell Davies Suite:
The Boy Friend, conducted by PETER MAXWELL DAVIES A BBC digital recording
(piano)
Bach, arr Busoni
Chaconne in D minor Schumann Etudes symphoniques, Op 13
A BBC digital recording
Shostakovich Quartet No 8, in c minor
Smetana Quartet No 1, in E minor (From my Life)
conductor bryden THOMSON IRINA TSEITLIN (violin)
Grace Williams Penillion Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, Op 61
William Mathias Requiescat
SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-sop) GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
STEPHEN ROBERTS (baritone) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Acht Zigeuner Lieder, Op 103; Funf Lieder, Op 105; Vier emste Gesange, Op 121
or What You Will
From the indomitable naivete of his early creation, Mickey Mouse , to the Utopian idealism of his last Theme Park conception, EPCOT, Walt Disney was convinced he was expressing and controlling a basic
American good sense and optimism.
Russell Davies reflects on the philosophy of the Disney empire. Contributors include ART BABBITT
RAY BRADBURY . JOHN HENCH.
WARD KIMBALL ,
FRANK THOMAS , OLLIE JOHNSTON. Producer DAVID PERRY
Third of six programmes including his music
DAVID WILSON-JOHNSON (bar) LEEDS FESTIVAL CHORUS chorus-master
SIMON WRIGHT
ROYAL LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader MALCOLM STEWART conducted by HOWARD WILLIAMS Berlioz Overture: Les francs-juges
Rachmaninov Symphonic Poem: The Isle of the Dead
6.35* Interval Reading
6.45* Edward Cowie
Choral Symphony, Op 24 (Symphonies of Rain, Sea, Speed and Power) (first performance: commissioned by the Leeds Musical Festival with funds made available by the Arts Council)
SUZANNE SHULMAN (flute) VALERIE TRYON (piano)
8chubert Introduction and Variations (D 802)
Enesco Cantabile and Presto
Srul Irving Glick Sonata for flute and piano (first broadcast)
The tradition which requires an Arab writer to reflect public consensus as touch as private emotion has become increasingly difficult and dangerous in the turbulence of modern Arab politics. Dr Robin Ostle , of the School of Oriental and African Studies, talks to Arab writers and critics about the problems they face and describes how their literature has changed in order to survive.
Contributors include MUSTAFA BADAWI , LOUIS AWAD . USSAN ABBAS .
EDWARD EL-KHARRAT . YAHYA HAGGI , URAHIM SHUKRALLAH . SABRY HAFEZ , TAWFIQ ZAYYAD .
Producer THOMAS sutcliffe
ALISON HARGAN (soprano) Mary KING (contralto) KEITH LEWIS (tenor)
NORMAN BAILEY (bass) case CHORUS, chorus-master NICHOLAS CLEOBURY
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM CHOIR chorus-master CHRISTOPHER ROBINSON , CITY OF
BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, leader FELIX KOK John Joubert
Gong-Tormented Sea, Op
96: A Choral Symphony for baritone, chorus and orchestra (A Feeney Trust Commission) (first broadcast Performance) conducted by NICHOLAS CLEOBURY
A selection of poems by the Czech poet jaroslav SEIFERT (born 1901) from the collection of his work Published last year in a translation by Ewald Osera. Read by Hugh Burden Producer JOHN TYDEMAN
Part 2
Beethoven Symphony No 9 in D minor (The Choral) conducted by ERICH SCHMID (Given in association with IMI Limited)