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Mendelssohn Overture: The Fair Melusine
LSO/CLAUDIO ABBADO
7.16* Schubert, transc Liszt Auf dem Wasser zu singen JORGE BOLET (piano)
7.21* Johann Strauss (father) Loreley-Rhein-Klange (waltz arranged by ARTHUR KULLING )
OLD VIENNA STRAUSS ENSEMBLE
7.31* Sibelius The Oceanides
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SO/
SIMON RATTLE
7.42* Zemlinsky Die Seejungfrau
(The Mermaid): part 3 BERLIN RADIO SO/
RICCARDO CHAILLY
8.00 News
8.05 Johann Strauss (son)
The Beautiful Blue Danube
VIENNA PO/LORIN MAAZEL
8.15* Faure Berceuse
FELICITY PALMER (soprano) JOHN CONSTABLE (piano)
8.18* Vierne Berceuse (No 19 of 24 Pieces en style libre) DANIEL CHORZEMPA (organ)
8.23* Juventino Rosas Over the Waves
VIENNA VOLKSOPER ORCHESTRA/
FRANZ BAUER THEUSSL
8.30* Debussy La mer BOSTON SO/COLIN DAVIS Records

Contributors

Piano:
Jorge Bolet
Piano:
Johann Strauss
Arranged By:
Arthur Kulling
Unknown:
Riccardo Chailly
Unknown:
Johann Strauss
Unknown:
Faure Berceuse
Soprano:
Felicity Palmer
Unknown:
Daniel Chorzempa
Unknown:
Juventino Rosas
Unknown:
Franz Bauer

John Field
... his fingers alone played, without any unnecessary movement of the hand and arm, each finger striking the key with such mechanical power and nicety, that he was enabled to produce the loudest, as well as the softest tones, the shortest as well as the longest notes, with equal perfection, without the slightest visible effort.
MUSICAL WORLD (1837)
Fantaisie sur l'andante de Martini; Rondo: Le Midi
ALAN CUCKSTON (fortepiano) (R) Concerto No 4 in E flat JOHN O'CONOR (piano)
NEW IRISH CO/JANOS FURST. Record

Contributors

Unknown:
John Field
Unknown:
Alan Cuckston
Piano:
John O'Conor
Piano:
New Irish

ULSTER ORCHESTRA led by RICHARD HOWARTH conducted by BARRY WORDSWORTH MALCOLM MESSITER (oboe)
Geoffrey Bush Overture: Yorick Hamilton Harty Two pieces for oboe and orchestra
Frank Bridge Summer Vaughan Williams Oboe Concerto
Joseph Horovitz Sinfonietta BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Howarth
Conducted By:
Barry Wordsworth
Oboe:
Malcolm Messiter
Oboe:
Geoffrey Bush
Unknown:
Hamilton Harty

Direct from the Purcell Room, London PETER SAVIDGE (baritone) DAVID OWEN NORRIS (piano) Songs by Schumann and variations on one of his themes by Brahms
(Given before a studio audience. Tickets available from the Ticket Unit, BBC, Broadcasting House, London WIA 4WW)

Contributors

Piano:
Owen Norris

direct from
Canterbury Cathedral
Introit: Wonder (Piccolo) Responses: Lloyd
Psalms 73, 74 (Cutler, Atkins, Stanford, Turle)
First Lesson (rsv): Micah 6 Canticles: Blair in B minor Second Lesson (Rsv): Mark 14, vv 1-11
Anthem: The greatest of these is love (Ridout)
Hymn: Lord, I have made thy word my choice (AMNs 490)
Organ voluntary: Rhapsody on a ground (Heathcote Statham) Organist ALLAN wicks Assistant organist MICHAEL HARRIS

Contributors

Organist:
Michael Harris

Presented by Donald Macleod Bach Partita No 2 in D minor JOHANNA MARTZY (violin). Mono
Brahms Theme and Variations from String Sextet No 1 DANIEL BARENBOIM (piano)
Neil Saunders Quartet for oboe d'amore and strings
LONDON OBOE QUARTET (R)
Hummel Trumpet Concerto WYNTONMARSALIS
NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD Adam Ballet: Giselle (Act 2 excerpts)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN

Contributors

Presented By:
Donald MacLeod
Presented By:
Bach Partita
Piano:
Neil Saunders
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

'Leave this poisoned chalice alone.'

With these words, written in 1974, the new Foreign Secretary, James Callaghan, withdrew proposals for joint Anglo-Argentine sovereignty, following almost a decade of failed attempts. But increasing pressure forced Britain to restore sovereignty to the agenda.

With Ministers and their foreign Office advisers of the time, including The Rt Hon Julian Amery, MP, The Rt Hon James Callaghan, MP, Ted Rowlands, MP, Hugh Carless, Robin Edmonds, Lord Greenhill and The Hon Henry Hankey
(R)

Contributors

Interviewee:
Rt Hon Julian Amery
Interviewee:
Rt Hon James Callaghan
Interviewee:
Ted Rowlands
Interviewee:
Hugh Carless
Interviewee:
Robin Edmonds
Interviewee:
The Hon Henry Hankey

by Alexander Goehr Part 3
Sonata about Jerusalem, Op 31 PENELOPE WALMSLEY-CLARK (soprano)
STEPHEN VARCOE (bass)
NICHOLAS DELVE (child's voice) SINGCIRCLE (women's voices) chorusmaster GREGORY ROSE NASH ENSEMBLE directed by Lionel FRIEND
(A four-part series featuring the music of Alexander Goehr over the last ten years begins next Saturday)

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Goehr
Bass:
Stephen Varcoe
Unknown:
Gregory Rose
Directed By:
Lionel Friend
Unknown:
Alexander Goehr

RICHARD DAVIS (flute) RONAN O'HORA (piano) Schubert Sonata in c (D840)(Reliquie)
Schubert Introduction and Variations on Trockne Blumen (D 802) (Die schone Miillerin)
(Given earlier this evening in Studio 7. Ticket details from BBC Concerts
Promotion, POBox27, Manchester M601SJ)

Contributors

Flute:
Richard Davis
Piano:
Schubert Sonata

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