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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 4 in D
LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA/ KURTMASUR
7.16* Chopin Four Mazurkas,
Op 33: VLADIMIR ASHKENAZY (piano)
7.26* Delius Prelude: Irmelin
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTAI
NORMAN DEL MAR
7.31* Hoist Hymn to Dionysus, Op 31 No 2: ROYAL COLLEGE OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR
RPO/DAVID WILLCOCKS
7.40* Grieg Peer Gynt: Suite No 1, Op 46
BERLIN PO/HERBERT VON KARAJAN
8.00 World Service News
8.10 Telemann Concerto in D, for trumpet and strings FRIEDEMANN IMMER: MUSICA
ANTIQUA. COLOGNE/REINHARD
GOEBEL
8.17* Schumann Widmung;
Der Nussbaum; Die Lotosblume (Song-cycle: Myrthen, Op 25) MARGARET PRICE (soprano) JAMES LOCKHART (piano)
8.25* Debussy Prelude a l'après-midi d'un faune
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA/
ERNEST ANSERMET
8.34* Ireland Concertino pastorale: BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA/GEORGE HURST Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Bournemouth Sinfoniettai
Unknown:
Norman Del Mar

with Paul Vaughan Building a Library:
Schubert's Schwanengesang by Alan Blyth.
Stephen Pettitt on records of music from the 14th to the 16th centuries.
Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Vaughan
Unknown:
Alan Blyth.
Unknown:
Stephen Pettitt
Producer:
Anthony Cheevers

Pycard Gloria anon Lullay, lullay Soursby Sanctus GOTHIC VOICES directed by CHRISTOPHER PAGE anon And I war a maydyn; Westron wynde; Hey nony nonyno
Henry VIII If love now reynyd CIRCA 1500
Dufay Motet: Salve flos Tuscae gentis
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE directed by PAUL HILLIER (bass) Josquin des Prés Mass: Hercules Dux Ferrariae
NEW LONDON CHAMBER CHOIR directed by JAMES WOOD Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Pycard Gloria
Directed By:
Christopher Page
Directed By:
Paul Hillier
Directed By:
James Wood

The Lyre of Orpheus
A programme of Italian music for violin consort, using reconstructions of Renaissance instruments. The repertory includes arrangements of chansons, canzone and sonatas by Lassus, Josquin, Fontana and Marini. The final piece is Carlo Farina 's
Capriccio Stravagante , a curiosity in which even the animal world makes its presence felt. PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS directed by PETER HOLMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Carlo Farina
Unknown:
Capriccio Stravagante
Directed By:
Peter Holman

Fourth of seven programmes reflecting a 40-year partnership Smetana Quartet No 1 in E minor (From my life) (1978 recording)
Brahms Piano Quartet No 1 in G minor, Op 25 with EMIL gilels (piano) (1977recording)
Seiber Quartetto lirico (1954 recording) (Mono)
Haydn Quartet in B flat, Op 76 No 4 (Sunrise) (1970 recording) Records

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts.
Michael Schmidt (in the Chair) talks with Waldemar Januszczak , Marghanita Laski and Peter Porter.
This week's subjects:
A film version of john UPDIKE 'S The Witches ofEastwick, directed by GEORGE MILLER ;
A Lie of the Mind by SAM SHEPARD at the Royal Court Theatre,
London; Don Juan and Faust by CHRISTIAN DIETRICH GRABBE
(Radio 3); The Life of Henry Moore by ROGER BERTHOUD ; the diego rivera retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, London. Producer JUDITH BUMPUS

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Schmidt
Unknown:
Waldemar Januszczak
Unknown:
Marghanita Laski
Unknown:
Peter Porter.
Unknown:
John Updike
Directed By:
George Miller
Unknown:
Sam Shepard
Unknown:
Don Juan
Unknown:
Henry Moore
Unknown:
Roger Berthoud
Producer:
Judith Bumpus

A pastoral entertainment performed in 1674 to celebrate Louis XIV's safe return from the victorious Franche-Comte campaign.
Music by Jean-Baptiste LuUy Text by PHILIPPE QUINAULT (sung in French)
EMMA KIRKBY (soprano)
EMILY VAN EVERA (soprano) ROGERS COVEY CRUMP (tenor) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
PAUL HILLIER (baritone) LONDON BAROQUE led by INGRID SEIFERT directed by CHARLES MEDLAM

Contributors

Music By:
Jean-Baptiste Luuy
Tenor:
Rogers Covey Crump
Tenor:
Nigel Rogers
Unknown:
Ingrid Seifert
Directed By:
Charles Medlam

The Long Struggle for the Falklands
Eight documentaries by Michael Charlton about diplomacy over the Falkland Islands from the mid-1960s until 1982.
7: Haig in a Poncho
The story of Alexander M. Haig 's bid to avert the war and why it failed, with General Haig Thomas 0. Enders,
Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick , Harry W. Shlaudeman , Vernon A. Walters and Caspar W. Weinberger.
ProoucerCAThY WEARING (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Charlton
Unknown:
Alexander M. Haig
Unknown:
General Haig Thomas
Unknown:
Jeanne J. Kirkpatrick
Unknown:
Harry W. Shlaudeman
Unknown:
Vernon A. Walters
Unknown:
Caspar W. Weinberger.

Third of four programmes surveying Goehr's output over the last decade.
Romanza on the notes of Psalm 4, Op 38c (1977) CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA conducted by RICHARD HICKOX (R) Song-cycle: The Law of the Quadrille Is Clear, Op 41 (1979) (on poems by KAFKA)
SUSAN KESSLER (mezzo-soprano) ROGER VIGNOLES (piano) Record
... a musical offering (JSB 1985), Op 46 (1985)
LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by OLIVER KNUSSEN (R)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Richard Hickox
Mezzo-Soprano:
Susan Kessler
Conducted By:
Oliver Knussen

Luther's promulgation of the 95 theses in 1517 marked the beginning of the Reformation. The anniversary of this act is celebrated by the Lutheran church on the last day of October. Bach wrote a number of cantatas for this feast day. Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn und Schild (Bwv 79)
DETLEF BRATSCHKE (treble)
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) MAX VAN EGMOND (baSS) KNABENCHOR HANNOVER
COLLEGIUM VOCALE
LEONHARDT CONSORT directed by GUSTAV LEONHARDT Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott (BWV 80)
WILHELM WIEDL (treble)
PAUL ESSWOOD (counter-tenor) KURT equiluz (tenor)
RUUD VAN DER MEER (baSS) TOLZER KNABENCHOR
CONCENTUS MUSICUS WIEN directed by NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Detlef Bratschke
Directed By:
Gustav Leonhardt
Unknown:
Wilhelm Wiedl
Bass:
van Der Meer
Bass:
Tolzer Knabenchor
Bass:
Concentus Musicus Wien
Directed By:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

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