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D'Indy Chansons et danses COLLEGIUM MUSICUM PRAGENSE Lekeu Trois poemes
BRUNO LAPLANTE (baritone) JANINE LACHANCE (piano)
Franck Symphonic Variations CUFFORD CURZON (piano)
LPO/SIR ADRIAN BOULT : records

Contributors

Baritone:
Bruno Laplante
Piano:
Janine Lachance
Piano:
Cufford Curzon
Unknown:
Sir Adrian Boult

directing the EARLY MUSIC CONSORT OF LONDON Josquin Scaramella; Allegez moy; El grillo
Bach Sonatina (Cantata No 106); Esurientes (Magnificat in E flat) Three pieces from 14th-century Florence
Perotin Viderunt omnes
Three 15th-century Flemish pieces
Grandi 0 vos omnes: records

Victoria Salva Regina , for two choirs: PRO CANTIONE
ANTIQUA/BRUNO TURNER
Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 31 NO 1: ALFRED BRENDEL (piano) Spohr Double Quartet in E minor, Op 87
MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA OCTET Handel, arr Beecham
Sarabande; Minuet; Hornpipe (Love in Bath)
RPO/SIR THOMAS BEECHAM : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Victoria Salva Regina
Unknown:
Bruno Turner
Piano:
Alfred Brendel
Unknown:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Introduced by Michael OUver Respighi, his contemporaries ana the remoter Italian past: a talk by John C. G. Waterhouse A visit to the Yehudi Menuhin School
Margaret Price - 'a singer of almost awesome perfection a talk by Alan Blyth
Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE
(Re-broadcast tomorrow at 2.0pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Ouver
Talk By:
John C. G. Waterhouse
Talk By:
Alan Blyth
Producers:
Graham Sheffield
Producers:
Andrew Lyle

Opera seria in two acts
Libretto by GAETANO ROSSI , after voltaire
Music by Rossini (sung in Italian)
In Babylon, c 800 BC,
Semiramide murders her husband and unwittingly falls in love with her own son.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. CO VENT GARDEN leader HUGH MAGUIRE conducted by HENRY LEWIS Act
3.0* Interval Reading
3.5* Act 2
(A concert performance given last
Tuesday at the Royal Opera House.
Covent Garden, London, in association with Hillsdown Holdings pic)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gaetano Rossi
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Henry Lewis
Semiramide, Queen of Babylon:
June Anderson (soprano)
Arsace, an Assyrian commander, actually Semiramide's son:
Marilyn Horne(mezzo-Soprano)
Assur, a prince and descendant of the House of Baal:
Samuel Ramey (bass-Baritone)
Idreno, an Indian prince:
Chris Merritt (tenor)
Azema, a princess, loved by Idreno but in love with Arsace:
Judith Howarth (soprano)
Oroe, High Priest of Baal:
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Mitrane, Captain of the Queen'sguard:
John Dobson (tenor)
The ghost of Nino, Semiramide's husband:
Matthew Best (bass)

Scenes from a sculptor's life compiled by Sanda Miller from the writings of Jacob Epstein (1880-1959) and Arnold Haskell , and the words of Jill Balcon , Richard Cork Anthony Gormley , Geoffrey Ireland , Vera Russell , Evelyn Silber , Jan Smith ,
Arnold Thompson and Glyn Williams Lee Montague as Jacob Epstein Garard Green as Arnold Haskell and JOHN CHURCH
ELAINE IVES-CAMERON
JANE LEONARD , NATASHA PYNE and ROBIN SUMMERS as 'The Voices' Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Sanda Miller
Unknown:
Jacob Epstein
Unknown:
Arnold Haskell
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Richard Cork
Unknown:
Anthony Gormley
Unknown:
Geoffrey Ireland
Unknown:
Vera Russell
Unknown:
Evelyn Silber
Unknown:
Jan Smith
Unknown:
Arnold Thompson
Unknown:
Glyn Williams
Unknown:
Lee Montague
Unknown:
Jacob Epstein
Unknown:
Garard Green
Unknown:
Arnold Haskell
Unknown:
John Church
Unknown:
Elaine Ives-Cameron
Unknown:
Jane Leonard
Unknown:
Natasha Pyne
Unknown:
Robin Summers
Producer:
Piers Plowright

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
A recital given earlier today at the Moscow Conservatoire Parti
Scarlatti Sonatas: in B minor
(Kk 87); in E (Kk 46); in E (Kk 135) Mozart Sonata in c (K 330)
Rachmaninov Preludes: in G, Op 32 No 5; in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12
Scriabin Etudes: in c sharp minor, Op 2 No 1; in D sharp minor, Op 8 No 12

Contributors

Piano:
Vladimir Horowitz

Part 2
Schubert, Impromptu in B flat (D 935 No 3)
Schubert, transc Liszt Soirees de Vienne, No 6 (Valses-caprices d'apres Schubert)
Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Annees de pelerinage, deuxieme annee)
Chopin Mazurkas; Polonaise in A flat, Op 53
A simultaneous broadcast with BBC2
For further details see page 37
* FEATURE: page 4

by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE with With
GRAHAM BLOCKEY , ADRIAN EGAN
JAMES MACPHERSON. TREVOR NICHOLS and ALAN THOMPSON
Music by DAVID CHILTON and MIA SOTERIOU played by MIKE BRAIN. ROGER BRENNER
ROBIN JEFFREYS. LUCIE SKEAPING and RODERICK SKEAPING
Technical presentation by DAVID GREENWOOD , VANESSA ELLNER and MICHAEL ETHERDON
Directed by JANE MORGAN (First broadcast on Radio 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Shakespeare
Unknown:
Graham Blockey
Unknown:
Adrian Egan
Unknown:
James MacPherson.
Unknown:
Trevor Nichols
Unknown:
Alan Thompson
Music By:
David Chilton
Unknown:
Mia Soteriou
Played By:
Mike Brain.
Played By:
Roger Brenner
Played By:
Robin Jeffreys.
Unknown:
Lucie Skeaping
Unknown:
Roderick Skeaping
Presentation By:
David Greenwood
Presentation By:
Vanessa Ellner
Presentation By:
Michael Etherdon
Directed By:
Jane Morgan
Richard:
Ian Holm
The Duke of Buckingham:
Tom Wilkinson
Queen Margaret:
Barbara Jefford
Queen Elizabeth:
Sarah Badel
Lady Anne:
Melinda Walker
George, Duke of Clarence:
Philip Voss
Richmond:
And Brett Usher
Lord Hastings:
Michael Graham Cox
Rivers:
Brian Smith
Grey:
Christopher Douglas
Dorset:
Simon Hewitt
Catesby:
David Learner
Brakenbury:
Stephen Thorne
First murderer:
Shaun Prendergast
Second murderer:
Robin Summers
Edward IV:
Bernard Brown
Duke of York:
Matthew Carroll
Prince Edward:
William Buckhurst
Duchess of York:
Pauline Letts
Stanley:
David Garth
Ratcliffe:
David Sinclair
Tyrrel:
John Church
Scrivener:
Steve Hodson

LA RAPHAELE
Michaela Comberti (violin) Paul Goodwin (oboe)
Emily van Evera (soprano) Richard Boothby
(cello/viola da gamba)
Lucy Carolan (harpsichord) Parti
Schutz Kleine geistliche Konzerte: O susser, o freundlicher;
Bringt her dem Herren
J. J. Walther Sonata in G major, for violin and continuo (Imitatio del Cuccu)
Handel German Arias: Susse Stille, sanfte Quelle;
Flammende Rose, Zierde der Erden
Zelenka Trio-Sonata in C minor

Contributors

Violin:
Michaela Comberti
Oboe:
Paul Goodwin
Soprano:
Emily van Evera
Cello:
Richard Boothby
Harpsichord:
Lucy Carolan

A poetry anthology in six parts compiled by Robin Holmes
2: Changes of the Human Heart Readers ROSALIND SHANKS and ROBIN HOLMES
Producer GRAHAM GAULD

Contributors

Unknown:
Robin Holmes
Readers:
Rosalind Shanks
Readers:
Robin Holmes
Producer:
Graham Gauld

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