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Rossini Overture: II Signor Bruschino
ORPHEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
7.10* Respighi Ballet: Belkis, Queen of Sheba
PHILHARMONIA/GEOFFREY SIMON
7.33* Verdi II tramonto MARGARET PRICE (soprano) GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
7.36* Bach Suite No 3 in D (BWV 1068)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS/ NEVILLE MARRINER
8.00 News
8.05 Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82 PIERRE AMOYAL
RPOICLAUDIO SCIMONE
8.27* Beethoven Sonata in c sharp minor, Op 27 No 2 (Moonlight)
DANIEL BARENBOIM (piano)
8.43* Nielsen The Fog Is Lifting (The Mother)
JAMES GALWAY (flute)
SIONED WILLIAMS (harp)
8.45* Holmboe Concerto for brass, Op 157
SCANDINAVIAN BRASS ENSEMBLE/ JORMA PANULA. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Signor Bruschino

Purcell
Overture and chorus: Come, Ye Sons of Art, Come Away
(Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694)
CHARLES BRETT (counter-tenor)
MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA/
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
Chaconne (King Arthur) ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER
The Fairy Queen: Act 2
MONTEVERDI CHOIR
ENGLISH BAROQUE SOLOISTS/
JOHN EUOT GARDINER
March; Man That Is Born;
Canzona (Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, 1695) EQUALE BRASS ENSEMBLE
MONTEVERDI CHOIR/
JOHN ELIOT GARDINER Neptune's Masque: No Stars Again Shall Hurt You (The Tempest, Act 4)
JENNIFER SMITH (soprano) STEPHEN VARCOE (bass)
MONTEVERDI CHOIR AND ORCHESTRA/ JOHN EUOT GARDINER. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Brett
Unknown:
John Eliot
Soloists:
John Eliot Gardiner
Unknown:
John Eliot Gardiner
Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Bass:
Stephen Varcoe
Unknown:
John Euot Gardiner.
Night:
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Mystery:
Judith Nelson (soprano)
Secrecy:
Timothy Penrose (counter-Tenor)
Sleep:
Stephen Varcoe (bass)

TRACEY CHADWELL (soprano)
ASHLEY STAFFORD (counter-tenor) neil MACKENZIE (tenor)
JONATHAN ROBARTS (bass) BBC SINGERS
LANGHAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA led by CHRISTOPHER HIRONS conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES J.C. Bach Sinfonia in G minor, Op6No6
Handel Wedding Anthem (1736) (R)

Contributors

Soprano:
Tracey Chadwell
Soprano:
Ashley Stafford
Tenor:
Neil MacKenzie
Bass:
Jonathan Robarts
Unknown:
Christopher Hirons
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies
Conducted By:
J.C. Bach

led by BEN BUURMAN conducted by GEORGE HURST LYDIA MORDKOvrrcH (violin)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Dvorak Symphony No 9 in E minor (From the New World)
(Given on 11 December in the Town Hall, Ayr. in association with Kyle and Carrick District Council) BBC Scotland

Contributors

Conducted By:
George Hurst
Violin:
Lydia Mordkovrrch

John Tavener Trisagion
Alkan, arr Roger Smalley Characteristic Pieces
John Wallace Three Moose Dances
Rameau, arr John Wallace Les Sauvages; Le Rappel des oiseaux; L'Egyptienne BBC Pebble Mm (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Tavener Trisagion
Unknown:
Roger Smalley
Unknown:
John Wallace
Unknown:
Moose Dances
Unknown:
John Wallace

by Mr Handel , set for the harpsichord 'from the most celebrated Master Works to which is added a great variety of passages by William Babell '. ROBERT WOOLLEY plays the 1612 harpsichord by Joannes Ruckers from the royal collection. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mr Handel
Unknown:
William Babell
Unknown:
Robert Woolley
Unknown:
Joannes Ruckers

The second often programmes SUOMENLAULU conducted by SEPPO MURTO arr Heikki Klemetti Piae cantiones: Ave maris Stella; Personent hodie
Sibelius Rakastava , Op 14
(arranged for mixed chorus) Kuula Tune; At Sunrise
Bengr Johansson Preludium Joonas Kokkonen Sanctus; Benedictus; Agnus Dei (Missa a cappella)
(Given last January in St John 's. Smith Square, London)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Seppo Murto
Unknown:
Heikki Klemetti Piae
Unknown:
Sibelius Rakastava
Unknown:
Bengr Johansson Preludium
Unknown:
Agnus Dei

by ADRIAN MITCHELL , based on MARK TWAIN 'S writings and his adventures in the after-life. With and

Contributors

Unknown:
Adrian Mitchell
Unknown:
Mark Twain
Mark Twain:
Harry Towb
Jim:
Clarke Peters
Sarah:
Elaine Delmar
the Guardian Angel:
Shelley Thompson
the Angel of Death:
Mick Ford
Preacher/St Peter:
Edward Desouza
Young Mark/Huck Finn:
Shaun Prendergast
Mrs Clemens/Livy:
June Tobin
Ben Rogers:
Abbie Dabner
Billy Fisher:
Jake Wood
Liftman:
Trevor Nichols
Fenimore Cooper:
Trevor Allan
Jean Clemens/Boadicea:
Melinda Walker
Clara Clemens:
Avrilclark
Susie Clemens:
Shelley Thompson
Other parts played by:
James Bryce
Actor:
George Parsons
Actor:
Theresa Garraway
Music by:
Mike Westbrook,
adapted for radio:
By Trevor
HACHRA TRENCH:
Stuart Brooks
DAVE POWELL:
Mark Lockheart
MARK DOFFMAN:
Georgie Born
ROGER POTTER:
John Pluck
ELISABETH DAVIES:
Paul Neiman
Directed by JEREMY:
Mortimer (r)

by Peter Phillips
This Catholic composer left England to seek religious freedom in Rome and finally the Low Countries. In the second of two programmes,
Harry Christopher directs The Sixteen in motets written in honour of St Peter, and to celebrate the marriage of Archduke Albert, Phillips's employer in Brussels.

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Phillips
Unknown:
Harry Christopher
Unknown:
St Peter
Unknown:
Archduke Albert

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