Mendelssohn Concerto in D minor, for violin and string orchestra: THOMAS ZEHETMAIR
FRANZ LISZT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by janos ROLLA
7.28* Bartok 11 Pieces (For children): ZOLTAN KOCSIS (piano)
7.39* Monteverdi Magnificat (Vespers of 1610): soloists TAVERNER CHOIR AND PLAYERS directed by ANDREW PARROTT
8.0 News
8.5 Bach Orgelbiichlein Nos 18-24 (Bwv 616-622) WERNER JACOB (organ)
8.23* Hasselmans La source SUSAN DRAKE (harp)
8.27* Delius North Country Sketches
ULSTER ORCHESTRA/VERNON HANDLEY records
C.P.E. Bach
The Hamburg Years (1768-88) Harpsichord Concerto in c minor (Wq 43 No 4) MELANTE 81 ORCHESTRA directed by BOB VAN ASPEREN (harpsichord)
Rondo in E minor (Wq 66)
GUSTAV LEONHARDT (clavichord) Sinfonia in B flat, for string orchestra (Wq 182 No 2)
ENGLISH CONCERT/TREVOR PINNOCK Quartet in D major (Wq 94) NICHOLAS MCGEGAN (flute)
CATHERINE MACKINTOSH (viola) ANTHONY PLEETH (cello) CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (fortepiano)
Sinfonia in F (Wq 183 No 3) ECO/RAYMOND LEPPARD : records
ISABELLA PETROSIAN (violin) JOHN BINGHAM (piano) MEDICI STRING QUARTET Ravel String Quartet
10.35* Interval Reading
10.40* Chausson Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet, Op 21
(Given on 6 June as part of the Bowdon Festival) BBC Manchester
ULSTER ORCHESTRA leader RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by ROBERT HOULIHAN
Humperdinck Overture: Hansel and Gretel
David Lyon Fairy Tale Suite
Vaughan Williams Prelude on an old carol tune Grieg Lyric Suite
Britten Men of Goodwill
4: Sidney Bechet
A New Orleans jazz musician of the first generation, Bechet was an ideal leader for the post-war jazz revival in Europe. Dave Gelly introduces records made in France, where Bechet made his home from 1951.
Parti
Bach, arr Mowat Brandenburg Concerto No 3, in G (BWV 1048) Einojuhani Rautavaara Playgrounds for Angels conducted by Elgar Howarth plus 'PJBE Lollipops' mtroduced by Philip Jones
Poet and critic
Anthony Thwaite comments on changes he has observed in a city he first visited 30 years ago. (R)
Part 2 Mussorgsky, arr Howarth Pictures from an exhibition conducted by Elgar Howarth (R)
with Paul Vaughan Building a Library:
Bach's Christmas Oratorio by Stephen Dodgson.
Nicholas Anderson reviews recent recordings of music on authentic instruments.
Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS
An Alpine Symphony
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conductor SIR JOHN PRITCHARD
The Boy Who Grew Too Fast
Opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti (first UK broadcast) (sung in English)
It's certainly possible to shrink - but only at a price....
CHORUS OF BURLINGTON DANES
SCHOOL, coached by SYLVIA COUTTS outts CHORUS OF KING'S HOUSE SCHOOL.
RICHMOND coached by MICHAEL STUCKEY Voices from RAGLAN SCHOOL and LATIMER SCHOOL
5.45* Interval Reading
5.50*
Amahl and the Night Visitors Opera in one act by Gian Carlo Menotti (sung in English)
SADLER'S WELLS THEATRE CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, leader ROLF WILSON conducted by DAVID SYRUS
(Given last Tuesday in Sadler's Wells Theatre. London)
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Fritz Spiegl delves into some of the lighter manifestations of late-Victorian music-making. Read by JOHN WESTBROOK (R)
Vingt regards sur 1'enfant Jesus (20 Contemplations of the Child Jesus), for piano
1: Contemplation by the father; 2: Contemplation by the star; 3: The exchange;
4: Contemplation by the Virgin; 5: Contemplation by the Son on the Son; 6: By him all things were made; 7: Contemplation by the Cross; 8: Contemplation by the heights; 9: Contemplation of time; 10: Contemplation by the spirit of joy
7.50* Interval Reading
7.55* 11: The Virgin's first communion; 12: The all-powerful word; 13: Christmas;
14: Contemplation by the angels; 15: The Kiss of the Child Jesus; 16: Contemplation by the prophets, shepherds and wise men; 17: Contemplation of silence; 18: Contemplation of the 'terrible' unction; 19: 1 sleep, but my heart is awake;
20: Contemplation of love
(Given on 28 May in the Guildhall
Banqueting Hall, as part of the Bath International Festival)
by EVA TUCKER
Read by Pauline Letts
Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: Christmas Eve SNO/NEEME JARVI
Bax Tone poem: Christmas Eve on the mountains
LPO/BRYDEN THOMSON : records
Presented by Nigel Andrews
No 6, in F, Op 10 No No 9, in e, Op 14 No 1
No 13, in E flat, Op 27 No 1 played by JOHN LILL
(Given on 31 October in the Barbican, London)
