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Elgar Six Promenades ATHENA ENSEMBLE
7.20* Handel Suite in F (The Water Music)
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
8.0 News
8.5 Dowland John Langton 's
Pavan; The King of Denmark's GaUiard
EXTEMPORE STRING ENSEMBLE directed by GEORGE WEIGAND
8.13* J. C. Bach Quintet in D PARNASSUS ENSEMBLE
8.29* Tippett Concerto for double string orchestra MOSCOW CO. BATH FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA/RUDOLF BARSHA1
8.52* Purcell First Music; Second Music
(The Indian Queen)
THE KING'S music directed by ALFRED DELLER : records

Contributors

Soloists:
John Eliot Gardiner
Unknown:
John Langton
Directed By:
George Weigand
Directed By:
Alfred Deller

Beethoven: Theatre music A Knightly Ballet (WoO 1)
BASLE SO/HELMUT MÜLLER-BRÜHL
Overture and incidental music: The Ruins of Athens, Op 113
RIAS CHAMBER CHOIR
BERLIN PO/BERNHARD KLEE: records

Contributors

Greek girl:
Arleen Auger (soprano)
Greek man:
Klaus Hirte (baritone)
High priest:
Franz Crass (bass)

Two works inspired by Tasso's poetic masterpiece
Gerusalemme Liberata
Geminiani La foret enchantee
I SOLISTI VENETI/CLAUDIO SCIMONE Monteverdi Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda NIGEL ROGERS (tenor) patrizia KWELLA (soprano) DAVID THOMAS (bass)
MUSICA ANTIQUA. COLOGNE directed by REINHARDT GOEBEL (violin): records

Contributors

Tenor:
Clorinda Nigel Rogers
Violin:
Reinhardt Goebel

leader MALCOLM LAYFIELD conductor Richard Hickox Bracha Eden (piano)
Alexander Tamir (pianos)
Penelope Walmsley-Clark (sop) Martyn Hill (tenor)
Stephen Varcoe (baritone) Haydn Symphony No 8, in G (Le soir)
Poulenc Concerto in D minor, for two pianos and orchestra
12.10* pm Interval Reading
12.15* Stravinsky Ballet: Pulcinella

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Piano:
Bracha Eden
Pianos:
Alexander Tamir
Pianos:
Penelope Walmsley-Clark
Tenor:
Martyn Hill (tenor)
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe

Excerpts from Francisco Barbieri 's Zarzuela, with Gerardo Monreal in the title role and Teresa Berganza as Paloma with the ORFEON DONOSTIARRA
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by ATAULFO ARGENTA (sung in Spanish): records

Contributors

Unknown:
Francisco Barbieri
Unknown:
Gerardo Monreal
Unknown:
Teresa Berganza
Unknown:
Orfeon Donostiarra
Conducted By:
Ataulfo Argenta

direct from St Paul 's Church, Birmingham sung by EX CATHEDRA
Introit: 0 come let us worship (Rachmaninov)
Versicles and Responses (plainsong)
Psalms: 53, 54, 55 (Weldon,
Hylton Stewart , Bamby, Goss) Lessons (rsv): Exodus 16, vv 2-15; Mark 14, vv 32-50
Canticles: All Night Vigil, Op 37 (Rachmaninov) (excerpts) Anthem: Evening Hymn (Balfour Gardiner )
Organ voluntary: Sonata No 2, in c minor (Mendelssohn) Directed by JEFFREY SKIDMORE Organist JOHN PRYER

Contributors

Unknown:
St Paul
Sung By:
Ex Cathedra
Unknown:
Hylton Stewart
Unknown:
Balfour Gardiner
Directed By:
Jeffrey Skidmore
Organist:
John Pryer

Introduced by Jon Curie
Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 1, in G minor: JOHN OGDON LSO/ALDO CECCATO
Liszt Missa choralis
CHOIR OF ST JOHN'S COLLEGE.
CAMBRIDGE/GEORGE GUEST
STEPHEN CLEOBURY (organ)
Ireland Concertino pastorale, for string orchestra LPO/SIR ADRIAN BOULT
Arensky Trio in D minor JASCHA HEIFETZ (violin)
GREGOR PIATIGORSKY (cello) LEONARD PENNARIO (piano)
Weinberger Polka and Fugue (Schwanda the Bagpiper) CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA/ ERICH KUNZEL: records

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jon Curie
Unknown:
John Ogdon

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Felicity Lott (soprano) Rodney Friend (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Rodney Friend, conducted by Raymond LeppardÂ

Berlioz Overture: Roman Carnival; Reverie and Caprice

Duparc Songs: L'invitation au voyage; Chanson triste; La vie anterieure; Au pays ou se fait la guerre

Contributors

Soprano:
Felicity Lott
Violinist/Orchestra leader:
Rodney Friend
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Raymond Leppard

In the past, playwrights have often viewed the theatre as a morally useful institution. Tom Lubbock presents a documentary which examines the treatment of public affairs on the British stage over the last 20 years, and considers whether the theatre might be politically useful too. Contributors include David Hare , David Edgar Howard Brenton
Trevor Griffiths , John McGrath Christopher Hampton and Michael Frayn
Producer SAM COLLYNS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Hare
Unknown:
David Edgar
Unknown:
Howard Brenton
Unknown:
Trevor Griffiths
Unknown:
John McGrath
Unknown:
Christopher Hampton
Unknown:
Michael Frayn
Producer:
Sam Collyns

Andrew Watkinson (violin) James Clark (violin)
Garfield Jackson (viola) David Waterman (cello)
Colin Matthews Quartet No 2
(South East Arts commission for the Endellion Quartet: first UK broadcast) Berg Lyric Suite BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Violin:
Andrew Watkinson
Violin:
James Clark
Viola:
Garfield Jackson
Cello:
David Waterman
Cello:
Colin Matthews

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