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7.35 Dvorak, arr Kreisler Humoresque
OSCAR SHUMSKY (violin) MILTON KAYE (piano)
7.38 Haydn Symphony No 101 in D (Clock)
RPO/THOMAS BEECHAM
8.06 Canteloube
La pastoura al camps (Chants d'Auvergne) FREDERICA VON STADE (mezzo-soprano)
RPO/ANTONIO DE ALMEIDA
8.09 Strauss Horn
Concerto No 1 in E flat DENNIS BRAIN (horn) PHILHARMONIA/
WOLFGANG SAWALUSCH Records

Contributors

Piano:
Milton Kaye

Schumann
Nature and Beyond
'While I was composing [Nachtstucke], I kept seeing funerals, coffins and unhappy despairing faces.'
(Letter to Clara, 1839)
Nachtstucke, Op 23 EMIL GILELS (piano)
Lust der Sturmnacht;
Stirb, Leib' und Freud';
Wanderlied; Erstes Griin ; Sehnsucht nach der
Waldgegend; AIte Laute (Kerner Songs, Op 35)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
GERALD MOORE (piano) Scenes from Goethe's 'Faust', Parti:
In the Garden; Gretchen before Mater Dolorosa; In the cathedral
ALDEBURGH FESTIVAL
SINGERS
ECO/BENJAMIN BRITTEN Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Erstes Griin
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Faust:
Dietrich Fischer Dieskau
Gretchen:
Elizabeth Harwood
Evil spirit:
John Shirley Quirk
Martha:
Meriel Dickinson

live from the Guildhall Banqueting Room, Bath
ROGER CHASE (viola) IAN BROWN (piano)
Bach, transc Kodaly Chromatic Fantasia
Schumann Marchenbilder , Op 113
Bax Viola Sonata in G BBC Bristol

Contributors

Piano:
Ian Brown
Unknown:
Kodaly Chromatic Fantasia
Unknown:
Schumann Marchenbilder

Writers Talking
Alastair Niven talks to
Ngugi wa Thiong'o widely considered to be East
Africa's greatest novelist and playright, whose writing led to his detention in Kenya and his consequent exile. Producer NOAH RICHLER

Contributors

Talks:
Alastair Niven

conducted by JOHN ALLDIS with ANTHONY VAN KAMPEN (double-bass)
JAMES HOLLAND and DAVID JOHNSON (percussion)
Messiaen 0 sacrum convivium
Emmanuel Nunes Minnesang
(first UK performance) Bayan Northcott Hymn to Cybele
(first performance)
Messiaen Cinq rechants

Contributors

Conducted By:
John Alldis
Double-Bass:
Anthony van Kampen
Double-Bass:
James Holland
Double-Bass:
David Johnson
Unknown:
Emmanuel Nunes
Unknown:
Bayan Northcott Hymn
Unknown:
Messiaen Cinq

Roots in Water
12 Scenes from an American Generation by RICHARD NELSON.
In Bangkok, an American pilot visits a brothel. In
Europe, three Americans meet at cross purposes in a youth hostel. Across the United States, from
Minnesota to Manhattan, a generation of Americans try to make sense of their lives after the years of protest during the Vietnam War.
Directed by NED CHAILLET (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Nelson.
Directed By:
Ned Chaillet
Buster/Jack/Frank:
Alfred Mouna
Thai/Barbara/Judith:
Mary Cornford
Johnstone/Jim:
Peter Craze
Verne/Tom:
Sean Baker
Ellen/Mary:
Emily Richard
Robert/George/Bob:
Edward Herrmann
Peter/George/Bill:
Kerry Shale
Laura/Cheryl/Willa:
Jane Bertish
Dianne/Phyllis/Alice:
Judy Kuhn
June/Lynn:
Zoe Wanamaker
April/Libby:
Shelley Thompson
Peter/Fred:
Michael James-Reed

BBC Radio 3

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