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Byrd Laetentur coeli; Ave verum corpus
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE directed by PAUL HILUER 712* Purcell Chacony in G minor
ENGLISH CONCERT directed by TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord)
7.17* Tippett Divertimento on Sellinger's Round ECO/NORMAN DEL MAR
7.37* Mendelssohn Rondo capriccioso
MURRAY PERAHIA (piano)
7.43* Telemann Concerto in D HERMANN BAUMANN (hom) TIMOTHY BROWN (hom) NICHOLAS HILL (hom)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FlELDS directed by IONA BROWN (violin)
8.0 News
8.5 Virgil Thomson Suite: The River
LOS ANGELES CO/
SIR NEVILLE MARRINER
8.29* Ives Memories; The circus band; In the mornin'
JAN DEGAETANI (mezzo-soprano) GILBERT KAUSH (piano)
8.36* Dvorak American Suite, Op 98b: RPO/ANTAL DORATI records

Contributors

Directed By:
Paul Hiluer
Directed By:
Purcell Chacony
Harpsichord:
Trevor Pinnock
Harpsichord:
Tippett Divertimento
Unknown:
Mendelssohn Rondo
Piano:
Murray Perahia
Unknown:
Hermann Baumann
Unknown:
Timothy Brown
Directed By:
Iona Brown
Unknown:
Sir Neville Marriner
Mezzo-Soprano:
Jan Degaetani

Eric Coates
(bom 27 August 1886) and Edward German
Coates Suite: The Three Men
SYDNEY SO/JOHN LANCHBERY . Saxo-Rhapsody (mono)
SIGURD RASCHER (alto saxophone) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA/
THE COMPOSER
German Daffodils a-blowing FELICITY PALMER (soprano) JOHN CONSTABLE (piano)
Coates Suite: Four Centuries (mono)
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON/THE COMPOSER records
(Sir Charles Groves conducts a Coates centenary concert tonight at 10.30 pm. See also Radio 4 at & 15)

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Coates

In this final programme, Max Harrison 's selection includes 'The troubador' by CLAUDE THORNHILL 'S ORCHESTRA,
'Groovin' high' by DIZZY GILLESPIE and 'If you could see me now' by SARAH VAUGHAN.
(The series returns on Wednesday 1 October)

Contributors

Unknown:
Max Harrison
Unknown:
Claude Thornhill
Unknown:
Sarah Vaughan.

Excerpts from Suppe's operetta (sung in German): records with Hermann Prey in the title role
BAVARIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
AND OPERA CHORUS/WILLI BOSKOVSKY (Suppé's 'Requiem': tomorrow at 2.40pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hermann Prey
Fiametta:
Anneliese Rothenberger
Beatrice:
Edda Moser
Leonetta:
Walter Berry

The first of two programmes to mark the centenary of the birth on 27 August 1886 of this English composer and viola-player
Songs and instrumental pieces performed by PATRICIA WRIGHT (soprano) BRADLEY CRESWICK (violin) KATHRON STURROCK (piano)
Three songs: Greeting; Cherry blossom wand; Eight o'clock Midsummer moon, for violin and piano
Two settings of John Masefield : June twilight; The seal man Cortege, for piano
Four settings of W. B. Yeats : Shy one; Down by the Salley
Gardens; The cloths of Heaven; The folly of being comforted Chinese puzzle; Lullaby, for violin and piano
Three settings of William Blake : Cradle song; Infant joy; Tyger, tyger
BBC Manchester
(Secondprogrammetomorrowat4.0pm)

Contributors

Soprano:
Patricia Wright
Piano:
Kathron Sturrock
Unknown:
John Masefield
Unknown:
W. B. Yeats
Unknown:
William Blake

direct from St George 's Church, Hanover Square, London Responses: Darlow
Psalms: 126-130 (Darlow)
First lesson (av): Zechariah 1, Vl8-2,vl3
Office hymn: High word of God (EH 2)
Canticles: Rachel Portman (1986)
Second lesson (av): John 4, wl-26
Anthem: Trust ye in the Lord (S. S. Wesley)
Organ voluntary: Moderato in F major (Niels Gade )
Director of music DENYS DARLOW Assistant organist BERNARD BARKER

Contributors

Unknown:
St George
Unknown:
Rachel Portman
Unknown:
Niels Gade
Music:
Denys Darlow
Organist:
Bernard Barker

Introduced by Jon Curie Borodin In the steppes of Central Asia PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRAl
EUGENE ORMANDY
Haydn String Trio in B flat, Op 53 No 2: GRUMIAUX TRIO
Khachaturian Piano Concerto in D flat: ALICIA DE LARROCHA
LPO/RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
Rossini Cujus Animam (Stabat Mater )
LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (tenor)
LSO/ISTVAN KERTESZ
Villa-Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras No 1 (mono)
FRENCH NATIONAL RO/THE COMPOSER records
Lalo Symphony in G minor BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA/NORMAN DEL MAR (R)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jon Curie
Unknown:
Stabat Mater
Tenor:
Luciano Pavarotti

Fourth of ten programmes CANTAMUS GIRLS' CHOIR conductor PAMELA COOK
ROHAN DE SARAM
(cello/Kandyan drum) Kodaly Dancing song; Evening song
Osborne Song-cycle: For a Moment (first UK broadcast) Brahms Sonntag ; Die Entfiihrung
Kodaly Ave Maria
Bartok Mocking of Youth BBC Bristol

Contributors

Conductor:
Pamela Cook
Unknown:
Brahms Sonntag

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Faye Robinson (soprano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader Rodney Friend, conducted by Peter Eotvos

Jonathan Harvey: Madonna of Winter and Spring (BBC commission: first performance) with Peter Britton and Hugh Davies (synthesisers)

(Harvey's new work can be heard again in a simultaneous broadcast with BBC1 'Omnibus at the Proms' on Friday 5 September)

(Feature: page 16)

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Rodney Friend
Conductor:
Peter Eotvos
Soprano:
Faye Robinson
Synthesiser player:
Peter Britton
Synthesiser player:
Hugh Davies

IRCAMat Work with Pierre Boulez , George Benjamin ,
Jean-Baptiste Barriere and Olivier Koechlin Introduced by Michael Oliver Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pierre Boulez
Unknown:
George Benjamin
Unknown:
Jean-Baptiste Barriere
Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Producers:
Graham Sheffield
Producers:
Andrew Lyle

The Perfect Pair
Seventh of eight trios by PETER BARNES with Alan Howard Gerard Murphy and Norman Rodway
A sincere tribute to two of Scotland's most famous adopted sons, the body-snatchers Burke and Hare, and their philanthropic employer, Dr Knox.
Music arranged and played by GEOFFREY BRAWN
(Final trio tomorrow at 9.20pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Barnes
Unknown:
Alan Howard
Unknown:
Gerard Murphy
Unknown:
Norman Rodway

(1886-1957) sir CHARLES GROVES conducts a programme to celebrate the centenary of the composer's birth on 27 August 1886 BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader MARTIN LOVEDAY Suite: London
(London Every Day)
Phantasy: The Three Bears Ballet: The Jester at the Wedding
Elizabeth of Glamis (Suite: The Three Elizabeths)
March: The Dambusters

Contributors

Leader:
Martin Loveday

Mozart, compl Duncan Druce
Allegro in F (K 580b), for clarinet, basset hom and string trio ALAN HACKER (clarinet) LESLEY SCHATZBERGER (basset horn)
SIMON STANDAGE (violin) TREVOR JONES (viola)
JENNIFER WARD CLARKE (Cello) record

Contributors

Unknown:
Duncan Druce
Basset:
Lesley Schatzberger
Cello:
Jennifer Ward Clarke

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