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Offenbach Overture to a Grand Orchestra
CINCINNATI POPS ORCHESTRA/
ERICH KUNZEL
7.14* Carulli Duo in G
JULIAN BREAM and JOHN WILLIAMS (guitars)
7.23* Dohnanyi Suite in F sharp minor
RPO/MALCOLM SARGENT
8.0 World Service News
8.10 Smyth Overture: The Wreckers
SNO/ALEXANDER GIBSON
8.20* Hector Ayala South American Suite
TIMOTHY WALKER (guitar)
8.32* Nazareth Three Tangos ARTHUR MOREIRA LIMA (piano)
8.43* Elgar Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos 3 and 4 LPO/GEORG SOLTI. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Erich Kunzel
Guitars:
John Williams
Unknown:
Hector Ayala
Guitar:
Timothy Walker
Piano:
Arthur Moreira Lima

Handel Concerto Grosso in D minor, Op 6 No 10
NORTHERN SINFONlA OF ENGLAND/
GEORGE
MALCOLM Scarlatti Sonata in G (Kk 539) PETER KATIN (piano)
Mozart Concerto in c (K 299) PHILIPPA DAVIES (flute) RACHEL MASTERS (harp) CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA/
RICHARD HICKOX
Telemann Concerto in A minor for treble recorder, oboe, violin and continuo
CHANDOS BAROQUE PLAYERS Haydn Symphony No 103 in E flat (Drum Roll)
ECO/JEFFREY TATE. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Malcolm Scarlatti Sonata
Piano:
Peter Katin
Flute:
Philippa Davies
Harp:
Rachel Masters

led by BARRY HASKEY conducted by ANDREW DAVIS ANNE-SOPHIE MUTTER (violin) PHILIP LANGRIDGE (tenor) JOHN BIRCH (organ) BBC WELSH CHORUS chorusmaster JOHN HUGH THOMAS
CARDIFF POLYPHONIC CHOIR chorusmaster
RICHARD ELFYN JONES
ARDWYN SINGERS chorusmaster
HELENA BRAITHWAITE
SOUTH GLAMORGAN JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOLS CHOIR
Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Haskey
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Conducted By:
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Tenor:
John Birch
Unknown:
John Hugh Thomas

A recital of operatic arias followed by a performance of the opera in which Callas made her first stage appearance.
Bellini Qui la voce (I Puritani) Wagner Mild und leise (Tristan und Isolde: sung in Italian) TURIN SO OF ITALIAN RADIO/ ARTUROBASILE
Verdi Merce , dilette amiche (I vespri siciliani)
PHILHARMONIA/TULLIO SERAFIN Verdi Anch 'io dischiuso un giomo (Nabucco)
TURIN SO OF ITALIAN RADIO/ OLIVIERO DE FABRITUS
Puccini Signora , ascolta!; Tu che di gel sei cinta (Turandot) PHILHARMONIA/TULLIO
SERAFIN Rossini D'amore al dolce impero (Armida)
MILAN ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO/ ALFREDO SIMONETTO
Cilea Poveri fiori (Adriana Lecouvreur )
PHILHARMONIA/TULLIO SERAFIN
Gustave Charpentier Depuis Ie jour (Louise)
MILAN ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO/
ALFREDO SIMONETTO
Spontini Tu che invoco; 0 nume tutelar; Caro oggetto (La vestale)
ORCHESTRA OF THE TEATRO ALLA
SCALA, MILAN/TULLIO SERAFIN
(Mono records) 1 Weber Ocean, thou mighty monster! (Oberon)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA/ NICOLA RESCIGNO. Stereo record

Contributors

Unknown:
Bellini Qui
Unknown:
Verdi Merce
Unknown:
Serafin Verdi Anch
Unknown:
Oliviero de Fabritus
Unknown:
Puccini Signora
Unknown:
Serafin Rossini D'Amore
Unknown:
Alfredo Simonetto
Unknown:
Cilea Poveri
Unknown:
Adriana Lecouvreur
Unknown:
Alfredo Simonetto
Unknown:
Nicola Rescigno.

Opera in one act
Libretto by GIOVANNI TARGIONI-
TOZZETTI and GUIDO MENASCI , after a story by GIOVANNI VERGA Music by Mascagni (sung in Italian) (tenor) (soprano) (contralto) (baritone)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
TEATRO ALLA SCALA, MILAN/
TULUOSERAFIN Mono records

Contributors

Unknown:
Guido Menasci
Story By:
Giovanni Verga
Turiddu, a young soldier:
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Santuzza, a village girl in love with Turiddu:
Maria Callas
Mamma Lucia, Turiddu's mother:
Ebe Ticozzi
Alfio, a carter:
Rolando Panerai
Lola, his wife:
Anna Maria Canau

Seven documentaries by John Keay about the Asian frontier. 5: Imperilled Polities
Democracy has not flourished in the Himalayas: in Tibet and Afghanistan there is fully-fledged military occupation; in Pakistan the status of the Northern Areas is highly ambiguous and unresolved; political parties are banned under Nepal and Bhutan's monarchies. Even in Sikkim, which is now part of India, things are not what they seem. Contributors include: THE DALAI
LAMA, SUNANDA DATTA-RAY
JOHN LALL, PROFESSOR MAJRUH Producer DAVID PERRY (R)
(Tomorrow at 5. 15pm: Assertive Minorities)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Keay
Producer:
David Perry

The Art of the English Madrigal John Mundy Songs and Psalmes (1594): Turn about and see me; Were I a king; In deep distress; The shepherd Strephon; Heigh ho! 'Chill go to plough no more; In midst of woods; Lord, to thee I make my moan; Lord, arise and help thy servant
CONSORT OF MUSICKE directed by ANTHONY rooley (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Mundy
Directed By:
Anthony Rooley

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Cecile Ousset (piano)
New Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, led by Roland Daugareil, conducted by Marek Janowski

Ravel Suite: Mother Goose

Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor

(Hear This! page 17)

Contributors

Pianist:
Cecile Ousset
Musicians:
New Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Roland Daugareil
Conductor:
Marek Janowski

We are left with the paradox that a country imaged as the land of the free is uncommonly fond of stories of captivity.
Stephen Fender , Professor of American Literature at the University of Sussex, reflects on the tendency in popular
American war fiction to locate the real enemy within one's own ranks. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Fender

Occasional readings: during concert intervals this week
John Holmstrom reads from an essay, On Boxing, by the novelist JOYCE CAROL OATES (published by BLOOMSBURY)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Holmstrom
Unknown:
Joyce Carol Oates

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