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Haydn Symphony No 88 in G
BERLIN PO'WILHELM FURTWANGLER
7.28* Brahms Trio No 2 in c juuus KATCHEN (piano) JOSEF SUK (violin)
JANOS STARKER (cello)
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8.5 Handel Sonata in F, Op 1 No 12
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX (violin) ROBERT VEYRON-LACROIX (harpsichord)
8.21* Dvorak Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66 LSO/ISTVAN KERTESZ
8.33* Herold, arr Lanchbery Ballet: La Fille mal gardee (excerpts)
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA.
COVENT GARDEN/JOHN LANCHBERY Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Harpsichord:
Dvorak Scherzo

Sets of stylised dances formed the heart of the French Baroque keyboard repertory. In the second of two programmes, MITZI MEYERSON plays two suites for harpsichord by the founder of the French clavecin school, Jacques Champion Chambonnieres Suite No 1 in A minor; Suite No 3 in D minor

Contributors

Unknown:
Mitzi Meyerson

by MARCIA KAHAN Molly faces her Oxford viva examination - a gruelling interview - after which the class of her English degree will be decided. Unable to concentrate on the questions she is asked, all she can hear are the voices of her family and friends offering advice on how to present herself. Directed by CHERRY COOKSON (First broadcast on Radio 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
Marcia Kahan
Molly:
Alison Steadman
Dr Troy:
William Fox
Oliver:
Hugh Dickson
Nick:
Michael Jenner
Helen:
Susie Brann
Molly's father:
Manning Wilson
Prof Coleridge:
George Parsons
Prof Beveridge:
Avril Clark
Prof Smedley:
Stuart Organ
Dr Oppenheimer:
Jennifer Piercey
Dr PottS:
Anthony Newlands

or The Witch's Curse Operetta in two acts Libretto by w. S. GILBERT Music by Arthur Sullivan (original version): Records NEW SADLER'S WELLS OPERA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA/SIMON PHIPPS Act
4.10* Interval Reading
4.15* Act 2

Contributors

Music By:
Arthur Sullivan

BOSCOMBEBANDOFTHE SALVATION ARMY conducted by GEOFF otter
Thomas Rive Variations: A Pilgrim Song
Wilfred Heaton My
Master's Will
Ray Steadman-Allen Romans VIII: a brass celebration
BBC Bristol

Contributors

Conducted By:
Geoff Otter
Conducted By:
Thomas Rive
Unknown:
Wilfred Heaton
Unknown:
Steadman-Allen Romans

4: Sailors, the Sea, and 'the Bistrot in the Harbour'
With the COMEDIAN HARMONISTS, GEORGES BRASSENS. ARISTIDE BRUANT. LES FRERES JACQUES. CATHERINE SAUVAGE. AMALIA RODRIG UES LOTTE LENYA andLYSGAUTY
(sung in French, English,
German and Portuguese) (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Georges Brassens.
Unknown:
Les Freres Jacques.
Unknown:
Catherine Sauvage.

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Maria Ewing (mezzo-soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) Laszlo Polgar (bass)
Chamber Orchestra of Europe, led by Marieke Blankestijn, conducted by Clauddio Abbado

Rossini Overture: The Silken Ladder

Stravinsky Ballet: Pulcinella

(Hear This! page 15)

Contributors

Mezzo-soprano:
Maria Ewing
Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Bass:
Laszlo Polgar
Musicians:
Chamber Orchestra of Europe
Orchestra leader:
Marieke Blankestijn
Conductor:
Claudio Abbado

by GRAEME FIFE with Edward de Souza as Felix Mendelssohn
In April 1829. Mendelssohn had said goodbye to his family at the start of a grand tour of Europe. To his sister Fanny, at home in Berlin, he kept up a stream of correspondence.
Directed by JEREMY MORTIMER (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Graeme Fife
Unknown:
Edward de Souza
Directed By:
Jeremy Mortimer

In the third of five programmes, Douglas Young introduces vocal music based on Eastern techniques, texts and ideas, and a Ravel song-cycle which embodies the European vision of 'the noble savage'.
Ravel Chansons madecasses Stravinsky Three Japanese Lyrics
Giacinto Scelsi Incantation IV from
Taiagaru Brian Dennis Wandering Breezes
MARGARET FIELD (soprano) DREAMTIGER
Peter Hill (piano)
Kathryn Lukas (flute) Rohan de Saram (cello) directed by DOUGLAS YOUNG (piano) (R)

Contributors

Introduces:
Douglas Young
Unknown:
Taiagaru Brian Dennis
Piano:
Peter Hill
Flute:
Kathryn Lukas
Directed By:
Douglas Young

The Art of the English Madrigal Richard Carlton Madrigals to five voyces (1601): The love of change; From stately towers; Like as the gentle heart; If women can be courteous; Sound saddest notes; E'en as the flowers do wither CONSORT OF MUSICKE directed by ANTHONY ROOLEY (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Carlton Madrigals
Directed By:
Anthony Rooley

BBC Radio 3

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