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Bach Orchestral Suite in c
(BWV 1066); Dir, dir, Jehovah, will ich singen; MONTEVERDI CHOIR ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/
JOHN EUOT GARDINER
7.32* Beethoven String Quartet inG,Opl8No2
ALBAN BERG QUARTET
8.0 News
8.5 Haydn Six Danses Allemandes (H IX 12)
ENSEMBLE BELLA MUSICA DE VIENNE directed by MICHAEL DITTRICH
8.9* Dvorak Slavonic Dance in B, Op 72 No 1
NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
8.13* Liszt Mephisto Waltz No 1 JORGE BOLET (piano)
8.24* Mendelssohn Symphony No 1, in c minor, Op 11
ISO/CLAUDIO ABBADO: record

Contributors

Soloists:
John Euot Gardiner
Unknown:
Alban Berg
Directed By:
Michael Dittrich

Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/NORMAN DEL MAR
Holst, arr Colin Matthews Dream City
PATRIZIA KWELLA (soprano) CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA/RICHARD HICKOX
Vaughan Williams Norfolk Rhapsody No 1, in E minor
CBSO/NORMAN DEL MAR
records

First of three programmes Haydn Trio in D (H xv 16)
Hummel Adagio , Variations and Rondo in A, Op 78 DAVID BUTT (flute) Ross POPLE (cello)
ROSEMARIE WRIGHT (piano) BBC Birmingham (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hummel Adagio
Cello:
Ross Pople
Piano:
Rosemarie Wright

(The Girl of the Golden West) Opera in three acts
Libretto by GUELFO civinini and CARLO ZANGARINI , after the play by DAVID BELASCO Music by Puccini
(sung in Italian): records
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE. CO VENT
GARDEN/ZUBIN MEHTA
The action takes place in a Californian mining camp during the Gold Rush of 1849-50 Act

Contributors

Unknown:
Guelfo Civinini
Unknown:
Carlo Zangarini
Play By:
David Belasco
Minnie:
Carol Neblett (soprano)
Jack Ranee, the sheriff:
Sherrill Milnes (baritone)
Ramerrez, a Mexican bandit, masquerading under the name of Dick Johnson:
Placido Domingo (tenor)
Nick, bartender at the Polka:
Francis Egerton (tenor)
Ashby, agent of the Wells Fargo Company:
Robert Lloyd (bass)
Miners: Sonora:
Jonathan Summers (baritone)
Trin:
John Dobson (tenor)
Sid:
Malcolm Rivers (baritone)
Bello:
Tom McDonnell (baritone)
Harry:
Paul Crook (tenor)
Joe:
Robin Leggate (tenor)
Happy:
William Elvin (baritone)
Larkens:
Malcolm King (bass)
Billy Jackrabbit, a Red Indian:
Paul Hudson (bass)
Wowkle, his squaw:
Anne Wilkens (mezzo-Soprano)
Jake Wallace, a travelling minstrel:
Gwynne Howell (bass)
Jose Castro, a member of Ramerrez's gang:
Eric Garrett (bass)
Pony Express rider:
Handel Owen (tenor)

by v. S. PRITCHETT with John Rowe
'Shave, hot towels, haircut, shampoo, this machine, and then yellow liquid like treacle out of a bottle - that customer had everything. I wondered how much he would have to pay.' Producer JOHN THEOCHARIS (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
S. Pritchett
Unknown:
John Rowe
Producer:
John Theocharis

(AD954-74)
Kagero Nikki : the Journal of an Unknown Noblewoman of Heian Japan describes the unhappy life of the second wife of a playboy prince who eventually became prime minister.
Adapted by CATHERINE DOLAN from the translation by EDWARD SEIDENSTICKER With Catherine Dolan
With GWEN CHERRELL. RONALD
HERD MAN, MATSUNAGA HUMIO. ANNE JAMESON. JAMES MACPHERSON
YUKIKO MAEDA and ERIC STOVELL Directed by JOHN THEOCHARIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Kagero Nikki
Adapted By:
Catherine Dolan
Translation By:
Edward Seidensticker
Unknown:
Catherine Dolan
Unknown:
Gwen Cherrell.
Unknown:
Matsunaga Humio.
Unknown:
Anne Jameson.
Unknown:
James MacPherson
Unknown:
Yukiko Maeda
Directed By:
John Theocharis
Prince:
David Learner

YanTanTethera
A mechanical pastoral ubretto by TONY HARRISON
Music by Harrison Birtwistle (BBC commission: nrst broadcast) OPERA FACTORY LONDON SINFONIETTA conductor ELGAR HOWARTH assistant conductor CHARLES PEEBLES director DAVID FREEMAN luiven on 23 August in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Harrison
Music By:
Harrison Birtwistle
Alan, a shepherd from the north:
Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
Hannah, his wife:
Helen Charnock (soprano)
Uavle and Rab, their twin sons:
Dominic Martelu
Caleb Raven, a shepherd from the south:
Richard Suart (baritone)
Bad 'un/Piper:
Philip Doghan (tenor)
Jack and Dick, the dark-haired twins:
Joanne Hunt
Jack and Dick, the dark-haired twins:
Stuart Hunt
Ram:
Tom McDonnell (bass)
Sheep 12:
Chorus Of Women'S Voices

Dussek Notturno concertante m E flat, Op 68
DOMENICO CECCAROSSI TRIO
Domenico Ceccarossi (horn) Cristiano Rossi (violin)
Antonio Bacchelli (piano) record

Contributors

Unknown:
Dussek Notturno
Unknown:
Domenico Ceccarossi
Horn:
Domenico Ceccarossi
Violin:
Cristiano Rossi
Piano:
Antonio Bacchelli

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