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Chabrier Overture: Gwendoline FRENCH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA/ ARMIN JORDAN
Scarlatti Six Sonatas
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (piano)
Handel The King shall rejoice ACADEMY AND CHORUS OF ST MARTIN
IN-THE-FIELDS/SIR NEVILLE MARRINER Mozart Flute Quartet in c
(K 285b): AURÈLE NICOLET (flute) JEAN-JACQUES KANTOROW (violin) VLADIMIR MENDELSSOHN (viola) MARI FUJIWARA (cello)
Falla Three dances (The Three-cornered Hat)
LOS ANGELES PO/JESUS LOPEZ.COBOS Chopin Ballade No 4, in F minor, Op 52: VLADIMIR HOROWITZ (piano) Gershwin Introduction; Jazzbo Brown Blues; Summertime (Porgy and Bess)
ROBERTA ALEXANDER (soprano) SIEGFRIED STOCKIGT (piano)
BERLIN RADIO CHORUS AND SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA/LEONARD SLATKIN
Copland Four dance episodes
(Rodeo): DETROIT SO/ANTAL DORATI records

Contributors

Unknown:
Armin Jordan
Unknown:
St Martin
Unknown:
Sir Neville Marriner

Beethoven Overture: The Ruins of Athens
BAVARIAN RSO/SIR COLIN DAVIS
Schumann Violin Sonata No 2, in D minor, Op 121 EVA GRAUBIN (violin)
THEODORE PARASKIVESCO (piano) Tubin Symphony No 5, in b minor
BAMBERG SO/NEEME JARVI: records

Contributors

Piano:
Theodore Paraskivesco

led by BARRY HASKEY conducted by Sir Neville Marriner Margaret Marshall (soprano) Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Maldwyn Da vies (tenor) John Tomlinson (bass) BBC Welsh Chorus chorus-master JOHN HUGH THOMAS Mozart Symphony No 35, in D (K 385) (Haffner)
11.55* Interval Reading
12.0* Mozart Requiem in D minor (K 626) (Given on 7 June in St David's Hall, Cardiff) BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Haskey
Conducted By:
Sir Neville Marriner
Soprano:
Margaret Marshall
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Tenor:
Maldwyn Da Vies
Bass:
John Tomlinson
Chorus-Master:
John Hugh Thomas

ALBION WIND ENSEMBLE with VICTORIA WOOD (cor anglais) julia HOLMES (clarinet) SUE DENT (hom) MICHAEL COLE (bassoon) JOHN BLAKELY (piano) Parry Wind Nonet Josef Holbrooke Sextet No 3, in F minor, Op 33 (Israfel) BBC Bristol (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Victoria Wood
Clarinet:
Julia Holmes
Bassoon:
Michael Cole
Piano:
John Blakely
Piano:
Parry Wind Nonet
Piano:
Josef Holbrooke

Opera in three acts Libretto by LUIGI ILLCA and GIUSEPPE GIACOSA. after the play by VICTORIEN SARDOU Music by Puccini (sung in Italian): mono records The classic 1953 recording

Contributors

Unknown:
Luigi Illca
Unknown:
Giuseppe Giacosa.
Play By:
Victorien Sardou

Richard Mayne reflects on the nature of Raymond Queneau 's humour and imagination. With contributions from Iris Murdoch Professor Richard Cobb Miles Kington Georges Belmont Paul Brafford , Michel Mohrt Harry Matthews and Francois Naudin Producer JUDITH BUMPUS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Queneau
Unknown:
Iris Murdoch
Unknown:
Richard Cobb
Unknown:
Miles Kington
Unknown:
Georges Belmont
Unknown:
Paul Brafford
Unknown:
Michel Mohrt
Unknown:
Harry Matthews
Unknown:
Francois Naudin
Producer:
Judith Bumpus

A toast to Professor George Saintsbury (1845-1933) Written and presented by Alan Bell
With comments from
Thomas Braun , Hugh Johnson Augustus Muir
Professor Pat Rogers and Fr George Saintsbury Reader Marius Goring
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor George Saintsbury
Presented By:
Alan Bell
Unknown:
Thomas Braun
Unknown:
Hugh Johnson
Unknown:
Augustus Muir
Unknown:
Professor Pat Rogers
Reader:
Fr George Saintsbury
Reader:
Marius Goring
Producer:
Piers Plowright

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Bela Dekany, conducted by Ronald Zollman

Debussy Ballet: Jeux

Bartok Four Orchestral Pieces, Op 12

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Ronald Zollman

Stravinsky Opera: The Nightingale (sung in Russian)
BBC Singers chorus-master Simon Joly

(Part 2 of tonight's Prom can be seen in 'Omnibus at the Proms' on BBC1 on Friday 15 August)

Contributors

Singers:
BBC Singers
Chorus-Master:
Simon Joly
Nightingale:
Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano)
Kitchen-maid:
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
Death:
Elizabeth Laurence (mezzo-soprano)
Fisherman:
Ian Caley (tenor)
Emperor:
John Brocheler (baritone)
Bonze:
Jules Bastin (bass)
Chamberlain:
Richard Van Allan (bass)

Six pianists from America,
Sweden, Belgium and Britain were gathered together last summer at the Pendley Manor Jazz Festival, Tring, Herts, where they each played solo sets and duos. Charles Fox introduces the first of 11 recordings made at that event. 1:Byard and Tippett
Solo sets from JAKI BYARD (USA) and KErrH TIPPETI (Britain)

Contributors

Introduces:
Charles Fox

During concert intervals this week, Gillean McDougall reads from MICHAEL BOND 'S comic thriller Monsieur Pamplemousse on the Spot (published by HODDER & STOUGHTON)

Contributors

Unknown:
Gillean McDougall
Unknown:
Michael Bond
Unknown:
Monsieur Pamplemousse

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