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Bernstein Three dance episodes (On the Town)
ISRAEL PO/THE COMPOSER
7.15* Bach, transc
Rachmaninov Suite (Partita in E for violin): IAN HOBSON (piano)
7.23* Bartok Romanian Folk Dances: ORPHEUS CHAMBER
ENSEMBLE
7.29* VUla-Lobos Viola quebrada; Adeus Ema ; Cancao do poeta: TERESA BERGANZA (mezzo-sop)
JUAN ANTONIO ALVAREZ PAREJO (piano)
7.37* Strauss Don Juan , Op 20 AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA/BERNARD HAITINK
8.0 News
8.5 Bantock Comedy Overture: The Pierrot of the Minute
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA/
NORMAN DEL MAR
8.16* Offenbach Elle a fui, la tourterelle (The Tales of Hoffmann)
BARBARA HENDRICKS (soprano) MONTE CARLO PO/JEFFERY TATE
8.21* Sarasate Zapateado (Eight Spanish Dances)
ALFREDO CAMPOU (violin) DAPHNE IBBOTT (piano)
8.26 * Ravel (and others) L'éventail de Jeanne
PHILHARMONIA/GEOFFREY SIMON records

Contributors

Violin:
Ian Hobson
Unknown:
Adeus Ema
Piano:
Strauss Don Juan
Unknown:
Norman Del Mar
Soprano:
Barbara Hendricks

JOHN TURNER and PETER LAWSON Gordon Crosse Water Music William Alwyn Sonata alia toccata, for piano Anthony Gilbert Eighty for William Alwyn Arnold Cooke Capriccio John Manduell Variations on a Trio Tune, for recorder William Alwyn Chaconne

Contributors

Unknown:
John Turner
Unknown:
Peter Lawson
Unknown:
Gordon Crosse
Piano:
Anthony Gilbert
Unknown:
William Alwyn

Opera-comique in four acts Libretto by J.H. VERNOY DE saint-GEORGES and JULES adenis , after SIR WALTER SCOTT 'S novel St Valentine's Day Music by Bizet (sung in French): records The story of the love of a glove-maker's daughter for an armourer in medieval Scotland. FRENCH RADIO CHORUS NEW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA OF FRENCH RADIO/GEORGES PRETRE Acts 1 and 2
3.20* Interval Reading
3.25* Acts 3 and 4

Contributors

Unknown:
J.H. Vernoy
Unknown:
Jules Adenis
Unknown:
Sir Walter Scott
Henry Smith, an armourer:
Alfredo Kraus (tenor)
Mab, Queen of the gypsies:
Margarita Zimmermann (mezzo-Soprano)
Catherine Glover:
June Anderson (soprano)
Simon Glover, her father:
Gabriel Bacquier (bass)
Ralph, his apprentice:
Jose van Dam (bass-Baritone)
Duke of Rothsay:
Gino Quilico (baritone)
Workman:
Philippe Duminy (baritone)
Major-domo:
Daniel Ottevaere (bass)
Nobleman:
Christian Jean (tenor)

SUSAN TOMES (piano) George Gershwin I'll build a stairway to Paradise; Do it again; Fascinating rhythm Billy Mayerl The harp of the winds; Look lively; Jazzaristrix; Marigold George Gershwin Oh lady be good; I got rhythm (R)

Contributors

Piano:
Susan Tomes
Piano:
George Gershwin
Unknown:
Billy Mayerl
Unknown:
George Gershwin

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

John Lill (piano) BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, leader James Clark, conducted by Mariss Yansons

Tchaikovsky Fantasy-overture: Romeo and Juliet

Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 2, in G minor

Contributors

Pianist:
John Lill
Musicians:
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
James Clark
Conductor:
Mariss Yansons

Chamber opera in three acts Words by ARMAND LUNEL Music by Milhaud (sung in French)
Orpheus is a French pharmacist and vet, Eurydice a gypsy girl who dies of an illness that even Orpheus cannot cure.
JANIS KELLY (soprano)
MARILYN DE BLIECK (mezzo-sop) SUSAN TYRRELL (contralto) NEIL JENKINS (tenor) JOHN HANCORN (bass) IAN COMBOY (bass) KOENIG ENSEMBLE leader PAUL BARRITT conducted by JAN LATHAMKOENIG (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Armand Lunel
Soprano:
Janis Kelly
Soprano:
Marilyn de Blieck
Contralto:
Susan Tyrrell
Tenor:
Neil Jenkins
Bass:
John Hancorn
Bass:
Ian Comboy
Leader:
Paul Barritt
Conducted By:
Jan Lathamkoenig
Orpheus:
Henry Herford (bar)
Eurydice:
Rosemary Hardy (sop)

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