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Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute
BAVARIAN RSO/BERNARD HATTINK
7.12* Stravinsky Octet for winds
NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
7.27* Beethoven Symphony Nol.inc
PHILHARMONIA/KURT SANDERLING
8.0 News
8.5 Beethoven Octet in E flat
NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
8.26* Stravinsky Symphony in c SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA/ CHARLES DUTOIT : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Stravinsky Octet
Unknown:
Stravinsky Symphony
Unknown:
Charles Dutoit

Ockeghem
Secular songs in the traditional bergerette and rondeau forms
Tant fuz gentement; Ma bouche rit; Autre Venus estes; Prenez sur moi; Fors seulement l'actante: MEDIEVAL ENSEMBLE OF LONDON directed by PETER DAVIES AND TIMOTHY DAVIES (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Autre Venus
Directed By:
Peter Davies
Directed By:
Timothy Davies

Jiri Marsalek (flute); Otto Trnka (oboe); Petr Donek (clarinet) Miroslav Kubicek (horn) Josef Janda (bassoon)
J. C. Bach Wind Quintet in B flat Frantisek Anton Rosetti Wind Quintet in E flat
Ilia Hurnik Four seasons of the year
BBC Birmingham (R)

Contributors

Flute:
Jiri Marsalek
Flute:
Otto Trnka
Horn:
Miroslav Kubicek
Bassoon:
Josef Janda
Unknown:
Frantisek Anton Rosetti
Unknown:
Ilia Hurnik

direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London Timothy Hugh (cello)
Kathron Sturrock (piano) Martinu Variations on a Slovak theme
Schnittke Sonata (1978) Davidov At the fountain, Op20No2
(Given before a studio audience)

Contributors

Cello:
Timothy Hugh
Piano:
Kathron Sturrock

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ROY GILLARD conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE
CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN (cello) MICHAEL DUSSEK (piano)
Auric Rondeau (L'eventail de Jeanne)
Bridge Morning Song, for cello and piano
Respighi Three Botticelli Pictures
Bruch Kol Nidrei Op 47, for cello and orchestra
Martinu Variations on a theme by Rossini, for cello and piano
David Gow Mini Symphony, Op81

Contributors

Leader:
Roy Gillard
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Cello:
Christopher van Kampen
Piano:
Michael Dussek
Piano:
Auric Rondeau
Piano:
David Gow

JANE LESLIE MACKENZIE (soprano) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano) Schumann Er ist's;
Marzveilchen; Meine Rose ; Schneegldckchen; Die Lotosblume;
Auftrage Britten On this island, Op 11 (R)

Contributors

Soprano:
Jane Leslie MacKenzie
Piano:
Roger Vignoles
Unknown:
Meine Rose
Unknown:
Auftrage Britten

Music written for the American patron
ELIZABETH SPRAGUE COOLIDGE Goossens Phantasy Sextet, Op 37
OLIVER BUTTERWORTH (violin) MICHAEL EVANS (cello)
ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET (R) Bliss Oboe Quintet PETER GRAEME (oboe)
MEMBERS OF THE MELOS ENSEMBLE OF LONDON: record
Bax Octet for horn, piano and string sextet (1934)
PARK LANE MUSIC PLAYERS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Violin:
Oliver Butterworth
Cello:
Michael Evans
Oboe:
Peter Graeme
Unknown:
Bax Octet

direct from Chester Cathedral Introit: Ascendit Deus (Philips) Versicles and Responses (Anthony Piccolo )
Psalms: 97 and 99 (J. Roland Middleton, J. Goss )
Readings: Song of the Three Holy Children, w 29-37 (Apocrypha, rsv);
Matthew 28, vv 16-20 (Rsv)
Office hymn: 0 Christ our Joy (EH 142); Canticles (Wood in G)
Anthem: Ascribe unto the Lord (S. S. Wesley)
Hymn: Hail the day that sees him rise (EH 143)
Organ voluntary: Symphony No 5: first movement (Widor) Master of the Choristers and Organist ROGER FISHER Assistant organist DAVID HOLROYD BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Piccolo
Unknown:
J. Roland
Unknown:
J. Goss
Organist:
Roger Fisher
Organist:
David Holroyd

Introduced by Jon Curie Saint-Saens Overture:
La princesse jaune (mono) BOSTON SO/CHARLES MUNCH Hildegard of Bingen O Jerusalem
GOTHIC VOICES/CHRISTOPHER PAGE Lyapunov Symphonic Poem: Zelazowa Wola
USSR RSO/GENNADI PROVATOROV
Weber Piano Quartet in B flat (J 76): TURIN QUARTET
Bruckner Motet: Virga Jessa floruit: CORYDON SINGERS/ MATTHEW BEST: records
Sessions Symphony No 8
BBC SO/FREDERIK PRAUSNITZ (R) Gershwin Piano Concerto in F
YANISVAKARELIS
BBC PO/JOSE CEREBRIER (R)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jon Curie
Unknown:
Munch Hildegard
Unknown:
Virga Jessa

A series featuring artists giving their first recital on Radio 3 Phillip LEVY (violin)
RACHEL FRANKLIN (piano)
Brahms Scherzo in c minor (F. A. E. Sonata)
Clara Schumann Romances , Op 22 Debussy Sonata

Contributors

Violin:
Phillip Levy
Piano:
Rachel Franklin
Piano:
Brahms Scherzo
Unknown:
Clara Schumann Romances

A cycle of four one-act operas by Martinu
(sung in Czech): records
The Wise and Foolish Virgins Libretto adapted from the 12th-century French by VTTEZSLAVNEZVAL (contralto) (mezzo-soprano)
The Miracle of Little Mariken of Nijmegen Libretto adapted from a 15th-century Flemish legend by HENRI GHEON
Translated into Czech by VILEMZAVADA Narrator
OTAKAR BROUSEK (soprano) (baritone) (bass) (mezzo-soprano) (tenor) (baritone)

Contributors

Unknown:
Little Mariken
Unknown:
Henri Gheon
Narrator:
Otakar Brousek
The Archangel Gabriel:
Anna Barova
Foolish virgin:
Marie Mrazova
Two oil vendors:
Jindrich Jindrak (baritone)
Two oil vendors:
Bohumil Marsik (bass)
Bridegroom (four voices):
Lubomir Vraspir (tenor)
Bridegroom (four voices):
Marie Mrazova
Bridegroom (four voices):
Anna Barova
Bridegroom (four voices):
Karel Hanus(bass)
Mariken:
Jirina Markova
The Devil:
Vaclav Zitek
Drunkard:
Jaromir Vavruska
Girl:
Blanka Vitkov
Maskaron, the Devil's Advocate:
Vojtech Kocian
God the Son:
Ivan Kusnjer
The Mother of God:
Marie Mrazova

The Nativity
A pastoral libretto arranged by The Composer from Moravian folk texts

(soprano) (baritone)
Children's chorus
I Bambini Dipraga
The Legend of Sister Pasqualina
Libretto arranged by the Composer from a poem by Julius Zeyer and from folk texts
Narrator Otakar Brousek (soprano) Prague Radio Chorus, Prague Symphony Orchestra/Jiri Belohlavek

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Zeyer
Unknown:
Jiri Belohlavek
Mary:
Anna Kratochvilova
Innkeeper:
Karel Prusa (bass)
Blacksmith:
Daubor Jeducka
Blacksmith's daughter:
Blanka Vitkova
Sister Martha:
Anna Barova
Sister Pasqualina:
Eva Depoltova
SolO voice:
Anna Kratochvilova

Susan Kessler (mezzo-soprano) Gordon Back (piano)
Alberni String Quartet Beethoven Folk song arrangements: Polly Stewart ; The sweetest lad was Jamie; Faithful Johnnie ; Cease your funning
Dvorak Miniatures for two violins and viola;
Two Waltzes. Op 54
Faure La bonne chanson
(Given earlier this evening in Studio 7)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Susan Kessler
Unknown:
Polly Stewart
Unknown:
Faithful Johnnie

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