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10.40am-1.00pm Introduced by Richard Osborne. Record Review Building a Library: Ravel's 's Sheherazade by David Murray. Barry Fox with news of stereo television. Peter Dickinson reviews new releases of American music.
10.40 Record Release William Schuman In Praise of Shahn JULLIARD ORCHESTRA; OTTO-WERNER MUELLER
11.00 Charles Griffes Piano Sonata JAMES TOCCO (piano)
11.16 Ives Feldeinsamkeit : Weil'auf mir ROBERTA ALEXANDER (soprano) TAN CRONE (piano)
11.25 Copland Quiet City ORPHEUS CO
11.34 Revueltas Ventanas MEXICO PO ENRIQUE BATIZ
11.45 Mahler Symphony No 9 in D (Mono: 1938) VIENNA PO/BRUNO WALTER Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS ('Record Reviews' is repeated on Wednesday at 2.00pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Richard Osborne.
Unknown:
David Murray.
Unknown:
Barry Fox
Unknown:
Peter Dickinson
Unknown:
William Schuman
Piano:
Charles Griffes
Piano:
Ives Feldeinsamkeit
Soprano:
Roberta Alexander
Producer:
Anthony Cheevers

ENGLAND V AUSTRALIA The Second Texaco Trophy One-Day International at Trent Bridge. Commentary by CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS . DON MOSEY and NEVILLE OUVER with expert comments from FRED TRUEMAN and PHIL EDMONDS. Scorer BILL FRINDALL
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1.05pm News
1.10 The Poms Down Under Peter Baxter looks at Gubby Allen 's 1936/7 tour of Australia - the first after 'bodyline'.
1.30-1.40 County Scoreboard
1.40-7.15 Commentary with further county scores. Producer PETER BAXTER. Mono

Contributors

Commentary By:
Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Commentary By:
Neville Ouver
Unknown:
Fred Trueman
Unknown:
Phil Edmonds.
Unknown:
Peter Baxter
Unknown:
Gubby Allen
Producer:
Peter Baxter.

on FM onty First of two programmes. Quintet inc. Op 11 No 1; Two Canzonettas for two sopranos and continuo (Op 6); Quintet in D, Op 11 No 6 NANCY ARGENTA (soprano) SUSAN BICKLEY (mezzo) LISA BEZNOSIUK (flute) DAVID REICHENBERG (oboe) SIMON STANDACE (violin) TREVOR JONES (viola)
ANTHONY PLEETH (cello) directed by TREVOR
PINNOCK (fortepiano) (R)

Contributors

Soprano:
Susan Bickley
Violin:
Simon Standace

The eighth of ten programmes introduced by Martin Cotton.
Schumann Symphony No 2: LONDON
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA (Record: 1956)
Berg Wozzeck: Act 2 (Mono: 1934)
WIRELESS CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Brahms Symphony No 1 LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA (Record: 1972)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wireless Chorus
Marie:
May Blyth (soprano)
Wozzeck:
Richard Bitterauf
Captain:
Parry Jones (tenor)
Doctor:
Percy Hemming (bass)
ArtiSANS:
Philip Bertram (bass)
Artisans:
Bernard Ross (bar)
Andres:
Tudor Davies (tenor)
Half-wit:
Brabridge White (tenor)
Drum Major:
Walter Widdop (tenor)

John Wilders (in the chair) talks with Marilyn Butler , Ronald Hayman and John Spurling.
This week's subjects:
A film version of Harvey Fierstein 's Torch Song
Trilogy; Iranian Nights by Tariq Ali and Howard Brenton on Channel 4; Wycherley's The Plain Dealer at the Barbican;
Art in Latin America at the Hayward; Ishiguro's novel Producer PHILIP FRENCH. Mono

Contributors

Unknown:
John Wilders
Unknown:
Marilyn Butler
Unknown:
Ronald Hayman
Unknown:
John Spurling.
Unknown:
Harvey Fierstein
Unknown:
Tariq Ali
Unknown:
Howard Brenton

Kurt Weill 's
American opera of 1946, live from the Theatre Royal, Glasgow, in Scottish Opera's production by DAVID POUNTNEY.
A poor ethnic quarter of New York in sweltering June: Weill hoped that his opera, to a book by ELMER RICE would 'be remembered as my major work'. led by ANGUS ANDERSON conducted by MAUCERI Act 1
8 35 Mark Steyn talks with John Mauceri about Weill's American music
8 55 Act 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Kurt Weill
Production By:
David Pountney.
Book By:
Elmer Rice
Frank Maurrant:
Spiro Malas (baritone)
Mrs Maurrant:
Kristine Ciesinski
Rose:
Jams Kelly (sop)
Abe Kaplan:
Bill McCue (tenor)
Sam Kaplan:
Mark Beudert (tenor)
Harry Easter:
Alan Oke (baritone)
SCOTTISH:
Opera Orchestra

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