Sullivan Overture di Ballo RLPO/GROVES
Walton Suite: Richard III PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA/THE
COMPOSER
Vaughan Williams Linden Lea; In the Spring; The
Winter's Willow; Blackmoor by the Stour
PETER SAVIDGE (baritone) ROGER STEPTOE (piano)
Bach, arr Tovey Concerto in A LÉON GOOSSENS (oboe d'amore) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA/
SUSSKIND (mono)
Mozart Cassation No 2 in B flat (K 99): VIENNA MOZART ENSEMBLE/BOSKOVSKY Paganini Terzetto
JOHN williams (guitar) ALAN LOVEDAY (violin)
AMARYLLIS FLEMING (cello) Milhaud Suite francaise LONDON WIND ORCHESTRA/
DENIS WICK records
with Paul Vaughan Building a Library:
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for String Orchestra by JOHN WARRACK.
New vocal and choral records reviewed by ROGER NICHOLS. Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS
Mozart Regina coeli (K 108) EMMA KIRKBY (soprano)
WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL BOYS'
CHOIR
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/HOGWOOD Roussel Deux poemes chinois; Jazz dans la nuit
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-soprano) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
Debussy La damoiselle elue
FREDERICA VON STADE (meZZO-SOp) SUSANNE MENTZER (meZZO-SOp) TANGLEWOOD FESTIVAL CHORUS BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/
SEIJI OZAWA records
leader DENNIS SIMONS conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON With ELISABETH LEONSKAJA (piano)
Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5, in E flat major (Emperor)
11.55* Interval Reading
12.0* Schumann Symphony No 4, in D minor
Britten The young person's guide to the orchestra
(piano)
Mozart Sonata in F (K 533/494) Liszt Three Funeral Odes (first broadcast performance): Les morts; La notte; Le triomphe funebre du Tasse BBC Birmingham
Un ballo in maschera Opera in three acts
Libretto by ANTONIO somma , after the libretto Gustave III by AUGUSTIN EUGENE SCRIBE (sung in Italian)
CHORUS OF THE GRAND THEATRE GENEVA
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA, conducted by RICCARDO CHAILLY The action takes place in and around Boston, Massachusetts towards the end of the 17th century. Act 1
(Suisse Romande Radio recording)
2.50* Julian Budden on Un ballo in maschera
2.55* Acts 2 and 3
Francois Couperin Trio Sonata: La Steinquerque
Michel Corrette Sonate a deux violons
Marc-Antoine Charpentier Sonate (a huit) L'ÉCOLE D'ORPHÉE director JOHN HOLLOWAY
Introduced by Peter Clayton
A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts.
Anthony Thwaite (in the Chair) talks with John McEwen , Helen McNeil and Benedict Nightingale. This week's subjects:
The RSC revival of Waste by Harley Granville-Barker at the Pit in the Barbican.
Swansong for Seven Voices by Nigel Dennis on Radio 3. The Golden Age of Anglo-Saxon Art at the British Museum.
Alex Cox's film Repo Man.
Slow Learner: early stories by Thomas Pynchon.
Producer PHILIP FRENCH
NINA MILKINA (piano) DELME STRING QUARTET
Haydn String Quartet in G major, Op 17 No 5
Mozart Piano Quartet in E flat (K 493)
by SIR MICHAEL TIPPETT
In its grandeur and meticulous dedication [the performance] Perfectlymatchedthe breath -taking conception and Prodigality of the work itself
(FINANCIAL TIMES)
FAYE ROBINSON (soprano)
FELICITY PALMER (mezzo-soprano) JON GARRISON (tenor) JOHN CHEEK (bass) BBC SINGERS
BBC SYMPHONY CHORUS conductor BRIAN WRIGHT
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by ANDREW DAVIS Part 1
• HEAR THIS! page 16
We have to learn to be air, dream set free (octavio PAZ) Octavio Paz , former diplomat and Mexico's most distinguished poet, essayist and literary editor, is 71 this year.
Michael Schmidt reflects on Paz's career and achievements, and argues that his most original and influential contribution is as an independent critic who consistently refuses to be ensnared by Utopian dreams.
Part 2
ALAN CUCKSTON plays restored keyboard instruments
John Tompkins John , come kiss me now
Scarlatti Sonata in D minor
(Kk 1); Sonata in D minor (Kk 294) J. C. Bach Sonata in B flat, Op 5 No 1
John Field Nocturne in B flat BBC Manchester
A monologue by JAMES SAUNDERS with Freddie Jones
In Italy in the 16th century an uneducated miller, Domenico Scandella, known as Menocchio, challenges the prescribed teaching of the Church. His vigorous and original thinking leads him to conviction by the Inquisition for heresy.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY • FEATURE: page 12
The fourth in a series devoted to the Norwegian tradition that has developed in the wake of Grieg.
Halvorsen Overture:
Mascarade: NRK SO/OIVIND BERGH Sparre Olsen Two Edda Songs toril CARLSEN (soprano) OSLO PO/MARISS JANSONS
Bjame Brustad Symphony No 2: OSLO PO/OIVIN FJELDSTAD records
