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Danzi Quintet in b flat, Op 56 No 1
VIENNA WIND SOLOISTS
7.19* John Hebden Concerto in c, Op 2 No 2, for strings CANTILENA, ADRIAN SHEPHERD
7.26* Schubert Symphony No 2 in B flat (D 125)
BERLIN PO/LORIN MAAZEL
8.00 News
8.05 Mendelssohn War March of the Priests (Athalia) VIENNA PO/LORIN MAAZEL
8.11* Sinding Suite in A minor (Mono)
JASCHA HEIFETZ (violin) LOS ANGELES PO/
ALFRED WALLENSTEIN
8.22* Dag Wiren Serenade for strings
STOCKHOLM SINFONIETTAI
ESA-PEKKASALONEN
8.27* Petersen-Berger May Carnival in Stockholm
STOCKHOLM PO BJORN HALLMAN
8.32* Sibelius Karelia Suite
VIENNA PO/LORIN MAAZEL. Records

Contributors

Soloists:
John Hebden

Elgar
Sonatina (original version) PETER PETTINGER (piano) The Wind at Dawn
BRIAN RAYNER COOK (baritone) ROGER viGNOLES (piano)
Overture: Froissart, Op 19 (Mono): LPO ADRIAN BOULT Organ Sonata No 1 in G
STEPHEN CLEOBURY (organ of King's College Chapel, Cambridge)
Chanson de nuit, Op 51 No 1 NIGEL KENNEDY (violin) PETER PETTINGER (piano) Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Cleobury

The first concert in the 65th season of these famous concerts for young people, presented by the BBC
BBC Symphony Orchestra led by Colin Staveley
Introduced and conducted by Brian Wright
Walton: Partita
Tchaikovsky: Scherzo (Symphony No 4 in F minor)
Malcolm Singer: Making Music (written for the 1983/4 Robert Mayer Concerts)
Brian Wright (narrator)
Conducted by the composer
Rimsky-Korsakov: Spanish Caprice
(Given on 17 October in the Royal Festival Hall, London)
For information about concerts between January and March, write to: Elizabeth Russell [address removed] or tel [number removed]

Contributors

Introduced by:
Brian Wright
BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by:
Brian Wright
Narrator:
Brian Wright
Conductor (Making Music):
Malcolm Singer

Rimsky-Korsakov based the libretto of his four-act opera on GOGOL'S short story, which tells how Vakula cheats the Devil into carrying him from his Ukrainian home to
St Petersburg to get the Tsarina's boots as a present to win the love of Oksana.
David Suchet introduces the performance with readings from Gogol's story. (sung in Russian)
CHORUS OF OPERA NORTH chorusmaster JOHN PRYCE-JONES BBC PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led by DENNIS SIMONS conducted by EDWARD DOWNES Repetiteur PHILIP THOMAS
Language coach VITYA BOROVSKY Technical presentation HAROLD BARNES
Producer CHRIS DE SOUZA

Contributors

Introduces:
David Suchet
Unknown:
Dennis Simons
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Unknown:
Harold Barnes
Producer:
Chris de Souza

Peter Schidlofs death earlier this year marked the end of the Amadeus String Quartet, which, after almost 40 years, had become virtually a household name.
David Wheeler tells the story of the quartet and assesses its legacy with contributors including Levon Chilingirian , Emanuel Hurwitz , William Pleeth. Max Rostal ,
David Waterman and the surviving members of the quartet. Producer CATHY WEARING

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Schidlofs
Unknown:
David Wheeler
Unknown:
Levon Chilingirian
Unknown:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Unknown:
William Pleeth.
Unknown:
Max Rostal
Unknown:
David Waterman

THOMAS TROTTER (organ)
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by PAUL WILLEY conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla
Joseph Jongen Symphonie concertante, Op 81
8.10* Interval Reading
8.15* Rachmaninov Symphony No 2 in E minor. Op 27
(Given on 11 July in St Alban's Abbey, Hertfordshire) BBC Pebble Mill

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Willey
Conducted By:
Bryden Thomson

Ten liturgical reconstructions for Christmas.
Matins and the First Mass of Christmas as they might have been celebrated in the Royal Household Chapel of Queen Mary in 1557. Plainchant from the Sarum rite with polyphony by John Sheppard
Clerkes of Oxenford directed by David Wulstan
Musica Sacra Rediviva directed by Edgar Fleet
(R) (Part 2 tomorrow at 8.05am)

Contributors

Polyphony:
John Sheppard
Musicians:
Clerkes of Oxenford
Directed by:
David Wulstan
Singers:
Musica Sacra Rediviva
Directed by:
Edgar Fleet
Series Producer:
Hugh Keyte
Series Producer:
Clive Wearing

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