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Rossini Overture: William Tell
BERLIN PO/KARAJAN
Offenbach Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann JOAN SUTHERLAND (soprano) HUGUETTE TOURANGEAU (mezzo-soprano)
SUISSE ROMANDE RADIO CHORUS
LAUSANNE PRO ARTE CHORUS
SUISSE ROMANDE
ORCHESTRA/BONYNGE
Chopin, orch
Douglas Les Sylphides : BERLIN PO/KARAJAN Mozart Twelve Variations in c on Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman (K 265) ALDO ciccolini (piano)
Britten Five French Folk songs GERALD ENGLISH (tenor)
WEST AUSTRALIAN SO/DAVID MEASHAM Dohnanyi Variations on a Nursery Song, Op 25
JULIUS KATCHEN (piano), LPO/BOULT Gershwin, Someone to Watch Over Me; I Love to Rhyme
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-soprano) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
Gershwin, arr Robert Russell Bennett Porgy and Bess: A Symphonic Picture LSO/PREVlN: records

Contributors

Soprano:
Hoffmann Joan Sutherland
Mezzo-Soprano:
Huguette Tourangeau
Unknown:
Douglas Les Sylphides

with Paul Vaughan
Building a Library: Smetana's Ma Vlast by ROBERT philip ; Sibelius's Songs: a new set reviewed by DAVID MURRAY ; MICHAEL KENNEDY on recent records of British music. Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Robert Philip
Reviewed By:
David Murray
Reviewed By:
Michael Kennedy
Producer:
Anthony Cheevers

Sibelius Jubal
ELISABETH SODERSTROM (soprano) VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano)
Theodora: TOM KRAUSE (baritone) IRWIN GAGE (piano) Bliss Oboe Quintet NASH ENSEMBLE
Delius Twilight Fancies; Wine Roses
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-soprano) RPO/FENBY
Elgar The Black Knight
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
RLPO/SIR CHARLES GROVES records

Contributors

Unknown:
Sibelius Jubal
Soprano:
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Baritone:
Tom Krause
Mezzo-Soprano:
Sarah Walker

Fifth of six programmes
Wagner Siegfried 's Funeral Music (Gotterdammerung, Act 3)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Mendelssohn Ye spotted snakes (A Midsummer Night's Dream) HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) PHILHARMONlA ORCHESTRA and CHORUS
Hindemith Suite: Nobilissima Visione (excerpts) (mono) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Beethoven Agnus Dei (Missa Solemnis)
ELISABETH SODERSTROM (SOpranO) MARGA HOFFGEN (contralto) WALDEMAR KMENTT (tenor) MARTTI TALVELA (bass)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA and CHORUS
Schubert Symphony No 5, in B flat
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Mozart Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat (K417)
ALAN CIVIL (horn)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Bruckner Symphony No 8, in c minor
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA records

Contributors

Unknown:
Wagner Siegfried
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Soprano:
Elisabeth Soderstrom
Contralto:
Marga Hoffgen
Tenor:
Waldemar Kmentt

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts.
Jonathan Raban (in the Chair) talks with Nigel Andrews , John Peter and Hilary Spurling. This week's subjects:
Francesco Rosi 's film version of Bizet's Carmen; Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Ireland at the National Gallery, London; the ITV comedy series Spitting Image;
Making for the Open: The
Chatto Book of Post-Feminist Poetry 1964-1984, edited by Carol Rumens ; and The Possessed, adapted and directed by Yuri Lyubimov at the Almeida Theatre, London. Producer PHILIP FRENCH

Contributors

Unknown:
Jonathan Raban
Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Unknown:
John Peter
Unknown:
Hilary Spurling.
Unknown:
Francesco Rosi
Edited By:
Carol Rumens
Directed By:
Yuri Lyubimov

The mythic truth is the whole truth.
Friend Monkey is thought by many to be the most accomplished novel by the creator of Mary Poppins , who reflects on her childhood, her long and close friendship with A. E., George Russell , the artist and editor: and the power of legend and mysticism, in conversation with Colin McLaren.
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Poppins
Unknown:
George Russell
Unknown:
Colin McLaren.
Producer:
Louise Purslow

SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
Grieg Mensjeg venter; Varen; Eros; Fra Monte Pincio; Med en vandlilje
Grainger The pretty maid milkin' her cow; Six dukes went a-fishin'; The power of love; The sprig of thyme
Quilter Three Pastoral Songs: I will go with my father a-ploughing; Cherry Valley; I wish and I wish
Song of the Blackbird

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Susan Kessler
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Piano:
Grieg Mensjeg

Corelli Concerto Grosso in b flat, Op 6 No 5 directed by NEVILLE MARRINER Telemann Concerto in D for three horns and strings
HERMANN BAUMANN. TIMOTHY BROWN and NICHOLAS HILL (horns) directed by IONA BROWN
Mozart Symphony No 18, in F (K 130) directed by NEVILLE MARRINER records

Contributors

Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Hermann Baumann.
Unknown:
Timothy Brown
Directed By:
Iona Brown
Directed By:
Neville Marriner

IAN CADDY (baritone) BOCHMANN QUARTET
Michel Bochmann (violin) David Angel (violin)
Martin Outram (viola)
Michal Kaznowski (cello) Otmar Schoeck Notturno , Op 47. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Baritone:
Bochmann Quartet
Violin:
Michel Bochmann
Violin:
David Angel
Viola:
Martin Outram
Cello:
Michal Kaznowski
Cello:
Otmar Schoeck Notturno

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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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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More