Australia v England
The Benson and Hedges World Championship of Cricket
Christopher Martin-Jenkins joins Alan McGilvray and the rest of the ABC commentators in Melbourne for the opening match in this tournament celebrating the 150th anniversary of the founding of the State of Victoria. Introduced and produced by PETER BAXTER
Reading Development
Mozart Symphony No 33, in B flat (K 319): BERLIN PO/KARAJAN Ravel Tzigane KYUNG-WHA CHUNG (violin) RPO/CHARLES DUTOIT Mozart Horn Concerto, in D (K 412): DENNIS BRAIN PHlLHARMONIA/KARAJAN Ravel Daphnis and Chloe: Suite No 1: AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW/HAITINK records
Quinquagesima Cantata No 23: Du wahrer Gott und Davids Sohn WALTER GAMPERT (treble) PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) MARIUS VAN ALTENA (tenor) TOLZ BOYS' CHOIR; CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; LEONHARDT CONSORT/GUSTAV LEONHARDT Sonatas in D minor, for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1036); in c. for flute and continuo (BWV 1033); in A, for violin and harpsichord (BWV 1015) MUSICA ANTIQUA COLOGNE, records
Monteverdi Zefiro torna - Nigel Rogers (tenor) Ian Partridge (tenor) Instrumental Ensemble directed by Jurgen Jurgens
Hummel Septet in D minor, I Op 74 - Nash Ensemble
Berlioz Te Deum, Op 22 - Jean Dupouy (tenor) Jean Guillou (organ) Paris Orchestra Chorus, Paris Children's Choir, La Maitrise de la Resurrection Paris Orchestra/Barenboim
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Introduced by Michael Oliver On the Nature of Nielsen's 's Genius: a talk by ROBERT SIMPSON. Music in Braille: JOHN HENRY explains the background to a recent international survey. The Steel Band and its Expanding Repertory: by RICHARD MURPHY. GEORGE PRATT reviews two recent Handel biographies. Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE
BARRY TUCKWELL (hom) AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA leader JOHN RODGERS , conducted by SIR CHARLES MACKERRAS Part 1 Tchaikovsky Overture-fantasia: Romeo and Juliet (original version) Strauss Horn Concerto No 2, in E flat MW joins at 11.30
The confessions of an unwaged metropolitan househusband.
Written and read in five parts by Brian Wright
Producer MATTHEW WALTERS Very dry. Very funny. Cult stuff.
(TIME OUT)
Part 2 Richard Meale Clouds now and then
Stravinsky Petrushka (1947)
Heinz Medjimorec (piano) Michael Schnitzler (violin) Walther Schulz (cello)
Dvorak Trio in F minor, Op 65 BBC Birmingham
Haydn Symphony No 97, in c conducted by EUGEN JOCHUM Rachmaninov Fantasy: The Rock, conducted by WALTER WELLER. records
ANDREW BALL. JULIAN JACOBSON Geoffrey Bush News from Whydah
Debussy Lindaraja Poulenc Sonata BBC Birmingham
ACADEMY OF ST
MART1N-IN-THE-F1ELDS director IONA BROWN (violin) michael laird (trumpet)
Albinoni Trumpet Concerto
Handel Concerto Grosso in d, Op 6 No 5
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 2, in F
BBC Bristol
EDITA GRUBEROVA (soprano) IRWIN GAGE (piano)
Mozart Als Luise die Briefe (K 520); Das Veilchen (K 476); Abendempfindung (K 523);
Oiseaux, si tous les ans (K 307); Kleine deutsche Kantate: Die ihr des unermesslichen
Weltalls Schopfer ehrt (K 619) Wolf Morike Settings: Nixe Binsefuss ; Der Gartner; Zitronenfalter im April;
Storchenbotschaft; Elfenlied Strauss In goldener Fulle; Allerseelen; Freundliche
Vision; Kling; Wie sollten wir geheim sie halten
(Austrian Radio recording from the 1984 Salzburg Festival)
In 1979 Professor Abdus Salam of Imperial College, London shared the Nobel Prize for his work towards unifying the forces of nature. He discusses with Lewis Wolpert of the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, the nature of the subject which he finds sublime. Producer ALISON RICHARDS
WORCESTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR
conductor DONALD HUNT
ADRIAN PARTINGTON (organ)
Geoffrey Burgon Laudate Dominum
Herbert Sumsion In Exile (first broadcast performance)
Jonathan Harvey Resurrection
Pierre Villette Attende Domine (first broadcast performance)
Jean Langlais Mass: Grant us thy peace (first broadcast performance)
BBC Birmingham
A trilogy by SOPHOCLES translated by ROBERT FAGLES 3: Antigone
Chorus: PETER ACRE,
STEPHEN BOXER , JAMES BRYCE , SCOTT CHERRY GEOFFREY COLLINS , DAVID MARCH
PETER RUMNEY , DAVID TIMSON
With music specially composed by CHRISTOS PITTAS
Directed by DAVID SPENSER
Sonatas for violin and piano ERICH GRUENBERG , JOHN MCCABE
(Elgar's String Quartet in E minor: tomorrow 9.45 pm)
A short story by KNUT HAMSUN translated by ROBERT FERGUSON Read by Struan Rodger Producer MAURICE LEITCH
Gesangsszene DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (bar) AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by LOTHAR ZAGROSEK (Austrian Radio recording from the 1984 Salzburg Festival)
(piano):
Smetana Polkas in A minor,
Op 12 No 1; in E minor, Op 12 No 2; Shepherdess; Macbeth and the Witches
Janacek On an Overgrown Path (Book 1) BBC Manchester
Shostakovich Quartet No 8 Frank Bridge Quartet No 3
