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Rossini, arr Sedlak
Overture: Semiramide
NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
7.17* Bach Concerto in c minor (BWV 1060)
GIDON KREMER (violin)
ACADEMY OF ST-MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by HEINZ HOLLIGER (oboe)
7.30* Martinu Etudes and Polkas (Book 2)
RADOSLAV KVAPIL (piano)
7.39* Tchaikovsky Scene; Valse; Danse des coupes (Swan Lake, Act 1)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA/ANATOLE FISTOULAR1
8.0 News
8.5 Vaughan Williams English Folk Song Suite
CENTRAL BAND OF THE RAF/
ERIC BANKS
8.16* Biber Passacaglia in G minor
EDUARD MELKUS (violin)
8.23* Ravel Don Quichotte a Dulcinee
GERARD souzay (baritone) DALTON BALDWIN (piano)
8.30* Falla Nights in the gardens of Spain
ALICIA DE LARROCHA (piano)
LPO/RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS records

Contributors

Violin:
Gidon Kremer
Directed By:
Heinz Holliger
Piano:
Radoslav Kvapil
Violin:
Ravel Don Quichotte
Piano:
Dalton Baldwin

Henry Purcell (1659-95)
Sometimes a hero in our age appears
But scarce a Purcell in a thousand years....
(HENRY HALL, organist of Hereford)
Overture and Suite in G (z 770) LEONHARDT CONSORT directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT Fantasias of three and four parts: No 1, in D minor (z 732); No 6, in F (z 737) LONDON BAROQUE
Benedicite (Service in B flat) (z230)
Service Anthem: 0 God, thou art my God (z 35)
CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL.
OXFORD/SIMON PRESTON
Voluntary for double organ (Z 719): MARGARET PHILLIPS
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (Service in B flat) (z 230)
CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL.
OXFORD/SIMON PRESTON
Chaconne in G minor (Z 730) Fantasia in three parts upon a ground, in D (Chaconne) (z 731) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC/
CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD records
Producer ANDREW KUROWSKI

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Purcell
Directed By:
Gustav Leonhardt
Unknown:
Margaret Phillips
Unknown:
Christopher Hogwood
Producer:
Andrew Kurowski

The first of eight programmes showing the influence of folk dance on western music Polish Dance Sequence (17th-century) MUSICAANTIQUA directed by MICHAEL URIDGE Carulli La Polacca GUY LUKowsKi and PHILIPPE LEMAIGRE (guitars)
Beethoven Danses Allemandes Nosl-6
ENSEMBLE BELLA MUSICA DE VIENNE Ole Bull Polacca guerriera ARVE TELLEFSEN (violin)
BERGEN SO/KARSTEN ANDERSEN records
Producer PAUL SPICER BBCBirmingham

Contributors

Directed By:
Michael Uridge
Directed By:
Carulli La Polacca
Directed By:
Guy Lukowski
Guitars:
Beethoven Danses Allemandes
Producer:
Paul Spicer

Bach Sinfonia (Cantata No 174) NEW BACH COLLEGIUM MUSICUM,
LEIPZIG/MAX POMMER
Handel Pieces for a musical clock: LEO VAN DOESELAAR (organ) Battishill Call to Remembrance
CHOIR OF ST ALBAN'S ABBEY/
STEPHEN DARLINGTON
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor YO-YO MA (cello)
LSO/ANDRE PREVIN
Beethoven Six Bagatelles,
Op 126: ALFRED BRENDEL (piano) Verdi Chorus: Patria oppressa! (Macbeth, Act 4)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF
THE DRESDEN STATE OPERA/
SILVIO VARVISO
Sibelius Symphony No 6, in D minor: PHlLHARMONlA
ORCHESTRA/VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY

Contributors

Unknown:
Leo van Doeselaar
Unknown:
Stephen Darlington
Piano:
Alfred Brendel

Frescobaldi Canzona sesta: La Pesenti (1645); Capriccio primo ut, re, mi. fa, sol, la (1626); Toccata seconda (1627); Canzon quinta: La Bellerofonte (1645); Toccata quarta (1627); Toccata sesta(1627)
Played by STEFANO INNOCENTI on the 1561 organ of the Madonna del Suffragio in Frescobaldi's home town, Ferrara.

Contributors

Unknown:
Frescobaldi Canzona
Played By:
Stefano Innocenti

direct from the Royal Albert Hall , London Alison Hargan (soprano)
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone)
BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Chorus director GARETH MORRELL
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader RODNEY FRIEND conductor Sir John Pritchard Parti
Sessions When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd
(first European performance) • FEATURE:page 82

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Mezzo-Soprano:
Sarah Walker
Baritone:
David Wilson-Johnson
Director:
Gareth Morrell
Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conductor:
Sir John Pritchard

'His eye and ear were acute enough to recognise as Salieri all those who came to the party disguised as Mozart.'
David William , the actor and director, considers the work of the American theatre critic
Stark Young and reflects upon the choicest features of an extensive critical landscape.

Contributors

Unknown:
David William
Unknown:
Stark Young

A translation into English verse by DAVID CONSTANTINE of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, with music composed by Nigel Osborne and performed by LONTANO Narrator JILL BALCON Producer
FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
David Constantine
Composed By:
Nigel Osborne
Narrator:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Fraser Steel
Demeter:
Helen Ryan
Hecate:
Ann Rye
Callidice:
Deborah MacLaren
HeliOS:
Brian Carroll
Hades:
David Garth

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