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Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town)
PHILHARMONIA/JOHN BARBIROLLI
7.15* Henry Bishop Foresters Sound the Cheerful Horn
HILLIARD ENSEMBLE
7.17* Leopold Mozart Concerto in E flat
HERMANN BAUMANN (horn) RADOVAN VLATKOVIC (horn)
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS/
IONA BROWN
7.30 News
7.35 Rimsky-Korsakov Overture: May Night
SNO'NEEMEJARVl
7.44* Mozart Serenata nottuma (K 239): SERENATA OF LONDON
7.58* Weber Quintet, Op 34 JANET HILTON (clarinet)
LINDSAY STRING QUARTET
Records. Producer PHILIP TAGNEY

Bach (1685-1750)
Yesterday was Septuagesima, and next Sunday is Sexagesima. Each morning this week, one of the cantatas Bach wrote for these days is broadcast, along with music written around the same time.
Weimar, 1715
Cantata No 18: Gleich wie der Regen und Schnee vom Himmel fallt
SOLOIST FROM THE VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR (treble)
KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
MAX VAN EGMOND (bass) VIENNA BOYS' CHOIR
CHORUS VIENNENSIS
VIENNA CONCENTUS MUSICUS/ NIKOLAUS HARNONCOURT
Chorale prelude: In dir ist Freude (Bwv 615)
PETER HURFORD (organ)
English Suite No 6 in D minor (Bwv 811)
GUSTAV LEONHARDT (harpsichord) Cantata No 208: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd (Hunt Cantata) (excerpts) JENNIFER SMITH (soprano) EMMA KIRKBY (soprano) SIMON DAVIES (tenor)
MICHAEL GEORGE (baSS) PARLEY OF INSTRUMENTS directed by ROY GOODMAN (violin) Records
Producer CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL

Contributors

Musicus:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Unknown:
Peter Hurford
Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Tenor:
Simon Davies
Directed By:
Roy Goodman
Producer:
Christopher Marshall

Trio Sonata in F (rv 70); Sonata No 6 in A (rv 758) (Manchester), for solo violin and continuo; Trio Sonata in B flat (rv 77) PURCELL QUARTET
Catherine Mackintosh (violin) Elizabeth Wallfisch (violin)
Richard Boothby (viola da gamba) Robert Woolley (harpsichord) (R)

Contributors

Violin:
Catherine MacKintosh
Violin:
Elizabeth Wallfisch
Viola:
Richard Boothby
Harpsichord:
Robert Woolley

led by DENNIS SIMONS conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON RAPHAEL WALLFISCH (cello)
Arnold Cooke Concerto for orchestra (first performance)
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor Beethoven Symphony No 7 in A (Given on 8 December in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester) BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Dennis Simons
Conducted By:
Bryden Thomson
Cello:
Raphael Wallfisch
Cello:
Arnold Cooke

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London PASCAL ROGE (piano)
Mozart Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' (K 265)
Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op 90
Satie Trois Gnossiennes; Je te veux
Poulenc Novelettes; Improvisations
(Re-broadcast next Sunday)
(Tickets £2.50. available from 11.00am today or in advance from the Box Office - Tel [number removed])

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Unknown:
Beethoven Sonata

ALISON HARGAN (soprano)
DELLA JONES (mezzo-soprano) JOHN GRAHAM HALL (tenor) STEPHEN VARCOE (baritone) GILLIAN WEIR (organ)
THREE SPIRES FESTIVAL SINGERS chorusmaster KEITH WILLIAMS CITY OF LONDON SINFONIA conducted by RICHARD HICKOX Handel TeDeum in D (Dettingen)
Poulenc Organ Concerto in G minor
3.45* Interval Reading
3.50* Beethoven Mass in c (Given on 27 June in association with Lodge and Winter Accountants, Truro) BBC Bristol

Contributors

Soprano:
Alison Hargan
Mezzo-Soprano:
John Graham
Baritone:
Stephen Varcoe
Unknown:
Keith Williams
Conducted By:
Richard Hickox
Conducted By:
Handel Tedeum

Opera in two acts.
The third of four broadcasts marking the bicentenary of the librettist FEUCE ROMANI Music by Giovanni Simone Mayr (sung in Italian): Records
CLARION CONCERTS CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA/NEWELL JENKINS Act
8.55* The Tale of the Donkey The third of four readings from EMILIA ROMANI 'S biography of her husband Felice
9.00* Act 2
(Rossini's 's 'II turco in Italia on Thursday at 2.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Feuce Romani
Music By:
Giovanni Simone Mayr
Unknown:
Emilia Romani
Creusa:
Joan Patenaude (soprano)
Creon:
Thomas Palmer (baritone)
Jason:
Allen Cathcart (tenor)
Medea:
Maris Galvany (soprano)
Ismene:
Molly Stark (soprano)
Aegeus:
Robert White (tenor)

Light and Darkness
Poems for the first day ot Creation selected and compiled by PATRIC DICKINSON Read by Jill Balcon Denys Hawthorne and Peter Howell
Producer PIERS PLOWRIGHT ('The Firmament of Heaven tomorrow at 10.45pm)
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Contributors

Unknown:
Patric Dickinson
Read By:
Jill Balcon
Read By:
Denys Hawthorne
Read By:
Peter Howell
Producer:
Piers Plowright

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