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Corelli Trio Sonata in f sharp minor, Op 2 No 9 SIMON STANDAGE (violin)
MICAELA COMBERTI (violin) ANTHONY PLEETH (cello)
TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord)
7.08* Handel Softly Sweet in Lydian Measures (Alexander's Feast): ARLEEN AUGER (soprano) MOSTLY MOZART ORCHESTRA,
GERARD SCHWARZ
7.12* Vaughan Williams Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus
LPOBRYDEN THOMSON
7.30 News
7.35 Mendelssohn Overture: Ruy Bias
MONTREAL SO'CHARLES DUTOIT
7.42* Purcell 0 Sing unto the Lord
CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL.
OXFORD
ENGLISH CONCERT SIMON PRESTON
7.54* Hummel Piano Concerto in A minor. Op 85 STEPHEN HOUGH
ECOBRYDEN THOMSON. Records
Grieg
Norwegian Folk Songs and Dances, Op 17 Nos 6-25 EVA KNARDAHL (piano)
Symphonic Dances, Op 64 GOTHENBURG SO NEEME JAR VI Records
The great master who made [the violin j speak as it were with humane voice
ROGER NORTH. 1728
The fifth of six programmes
Trio Sonata in b flat, Op 1 No 5 Sonata in G minor. Op 5 No 5. for violin and continuo
Trio Sonata in B flat. Op 2 No 5 L'ECOLE D'ORPHÉE, directed by JOHN HOLLOWAY (violin)
The Tempest. Op 18
CHICAGO SO CLAUDIO ABBADO Symphony No 2. Op 17
BERLIN PO/HERBERT VON KARAJAN Records
ALBAN BERG QUARTET Berg Quartet. Op 3
Mozart Quartet in G (K 387) (R)
led by ANDREW ORTON conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON JANOS STARKER (cello)
Mozart Symphony No 36 in c (K425)(Linz)
Hindemith Cello Concerto
Weinberger Polka and Fugue (Schwanda the Bagpiper) BBC Manchester
live from Studio 1, Pebble Mill MARTIN JONES and RICHARD MCMAHON (pianos) Liszt Concerto pathetique Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances. Op 45
Series producer JEREMY HAYES BBC Pebble Mill
Opera in three acts by Strauss Libretto by HUGO VON HOFMANNSTHAL
(sung in German): Records The impoverished Count Waldner, his wife and two daughters are living in a hotel in Vienna. Besieged by creditors, the Count sets about saving the family fortunes by trying to find a wealthy suitor for the elder daughter. Arabella. (bass) (mezzo-soprano) Their daughters(soprano) (soprano) (baritone) (tenor) Arabella's suitors (tenor) (baritone) (bass) (SOpranO) (mezzo-soprano)(spoken role) (bass) (spoken role) (spoken role)
ROYAL OPERA CHORUS
ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA
HOUSE. COVENTGARDEN JEFFREY TATE
Lyndon Jenkins exhibits some familiar music in unusual guises.
Producer ANDREW MUSSETT
WILLIAMS FAIREY ENGINEERING BAND (BBC Band of the Year, 1987) conducted by ROY NEWSOME Hubert Bath Freedom Michael Ball Frontier BBC Manchester
live from the Royal Albert Hall , London
MICHAEL COLLINS (clarinet)
LONDON SIN FONIETTA led by NONA LIDDELL conducted by LOTHAR ZAGROSEK Stravinsky Ebony Concerto Bernd Alois Zimmermann Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu
Stravinsky Ragtime
Don Banks Meeting Place Stravinsky Circus Polka
8.05* Peter Heyworth reflects on the background to The Seven Deadly Sins.
8.25* Weill
The Seven Deadly Sins (soprano)
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When Jeremy Isaacs 's first season as General Director of Covent Garden starts, he'll have created the Royal Opera's first dramaturg.
Patrick Carnegy reflects on the new role in the context of the well-established European history of the dramaturg, and how he envisages the job at Covent Garden.
...and what he saw
Stanford Irish Rhapsody No 4 LPO NICHOLAS BRAITHWAITE Record
Live from St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
BBC Singers, conducted by Simon Joly
Palestrina Fourth Book of Motets (selection)
Messiaen Cinq rechants
Malcolm Williamson Symphony for Voices
The Scarlatti Family
Domenico's Reputation in England
Roseingrave and Avison helped to make Scarlatti popular in this country. Keyboard music by Roseingrave, and the Concerto No 9 by Avison provide a foil to Scarlatti's own sonatas.
