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Telemann Quartet in G major BARTHOLD KUIJKEN (flute)
WIELAND KUIJKEN and SIGISWALD KUIJKEN (viole da gamba)
ROBERT KOHNEN (harpsichord) record
Haydn Sinfonia in B flat (H 1108) Gossec Symphony in A major, Op 6 No 4: LA PETITE BANDE directed by sigiswald KUIJKEN (R)

Contributors

Flute:
Barthold Kuijken
Flute:
Wieland Kuijken
Flute:
Sigiswald Kuijken
Harpsichord:
Robert Kohnen
Directed By:
Sigiswald Kuijken

Lehar Overture: The Land of Smiles: MUNICH RADIO ORCHESTRAl
WILLI BOSKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky Quartet No 1, in D major, Op 11
BORODIN STRING QUARTET
Chopin Sonata No 3, in B minor, Op 58 ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano) Janacek, arr Talich Suite: The Cunning Little Vixen
TORONTO SO/ANDREW DAVIS records

Contributors

Piano:
Artur Rubinstein

Introduced by Michael Oliver Richard Osborne considers the career and legacy of the conductor Bruno Walter.
Conversations with Josephine Barstow and Bryan Magee on Penderecki's opera The Black Mask.
A visit to the Bate Collection of Historical Instruments in Oxford.
Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael Oliver
Introduced By:
Richard Osborne
Conductor:
Bruno Walter.
Conductor:
Bryan Magee
Conductor:
Andrew Lyle

The first in a selection of highlights from the 1986 season of Henry Wood Promenade Concerts
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA leader DAVID NOLAN conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
Elgar Variations on an original theme (Enigma)
12.45* Interval Reading
12.55* Shostakovich Symphony No 10
(Given on 28 August at the Royal Albert Hall , London)
Rhythmic vitality, shining clarity of tone, fearless attack, and sovereign command of line at all points on the dynamic compass were the qualities common to the performances of both ... The difference between the works, and the power of performance shared between them, made for a tremendous occasion. (FINANCIAL TIMES)

Contributors

Leader:
David Nolan
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink
Unknown:
Albert Hall

Salzburg Festival 1986 The Marriage of Figaro Opera in four acts
Libretto by LORENZO DA PONTE after the play by BEAUMARCHAIS Music by Mozart
(sung in Italian) I (bass) (soprano) (baSS) (mezzo-soprano) (mezzo-soprano) (bass) (tenor) (soprano) (bass) (tenor) (soprano)
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JAMES LEVINE Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Conducted By:
James Levine
Figaro, valet to Count Almaviva:
Ferruccio Furlanetto
Susanna, maid to Countess Almaviva:
Kathleen Battle
Dr Bartolo, a physician from Seville:
Gunter von Kannen
Marcellina, his housekeeper:
Jocelyne Taillon
Cherubino, page to the Count:
Diana Montague
Count Almaviva:
James Morris
Don Basilio, priest and music-master:
Ricardo Cassinelli
Countess Almaviva:
Lucia Popp
Antonio, the Count's gardener:
Federico Davia
Don Curzio, a notary:
Jose Denisty
Barbarina, Antonio's daughter:
Dawn Upshaw

A sceptical review of new ideas and old orthodoxies in the world of the arts. Nigel Andrews presents a blend of talks, parodies, new writing, interviews and documentaries about issues and themes here and abroad.
Producers SAM COLLYNS and ADRIAN VEUCU

Contributors

Unknown:
Nigel Andrews
Producers:
Sam Collyns
Producers:
Adrian Veucu

The very word 'opera' somehow conjures up the idea of love: records of love duets have always been popular. But love presupposes the opposite, and music is just as capable of delineating less positive emotions and their causes.
In a series of six programmes Rodney Milnes explores the sound of hatred.
1: Malice, Pure and Simple Producer PETER TANNER

Contributors

Unknown:
Rodney Milnes
Producer:
Peter Tanner

Transcriptions, Paraphrases, Reminiscences (2)
Wagner Elsas Brautzug
(Lohengrin); Walhall (Der Ring des Nibelungen); Spinnerlied (Der fliegende Hollander);
Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde); Overture: Tannhauser played by MICHELE CAMPANELLA

Contributors

Unknown:
Wagner Elsas Brautzug
Played By:
Michele Campanella

led by BEN BUURMAN conducted by Juan Pablo Izquierdo
Geoffrey Trabichoff (violin) Mozart Violin Concerto No 4, in D (K 218)
Schoenberg Verklarte Nacht BBC Scotland
BBC albums and cassettes of the Mozart Horn Concertos with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra are available from retailers

Contributors

Unknown:
Ben Buurman
Conducted By:
Juan Pablo Izquierdo
Violin:
Geoffrey Trabichoff

Last of eight programmes exploring recent trends in Danish music.
Introduced by Jan Jacoby
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Triptychon, for percussion and orchestra
GERT MORTENSEN (percussion) TIVOLI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by FLEMMING VISTISEN (first performance)
(Danish Radio recording)
Axel Borup-Jorgensen Marin DANISH RSO/HERBERT BLOMSTEDT Per Norgaard Symphony No 2 AARHUS SO/JORMA PANULA records
Series producer PETER PAUL NASH

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jan Jacoby
Introduced By:
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
Unknown:
Gert Mortensen
Conducted By:
Flemming Vistisen
Unknown:
Axel Borup-Jorgensen Marin
Unknown:
Jorma Panula
Producer:
Peter Paul Nash

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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