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Bach, arr Walton Ballet suite: The Wise Virgins CLEVELAND ORCH/LANE Vaughan Williams An Oxford Elegy
JOHN WESTBROOK (speaker) KING'S COLLEGE CHOIR.
CAMBRIDGE
JACQUES ORCHESTRA/ DAVID WILLCOCKS
Planel Trumpet Concerto MAURICE ANDRE (trumpet) FRENCH RADIO PO/ MAURICE SUZAN
Schumann Fantasiestiicke , Op 12
ALFRED BRENDEL (piano) Suk Fantasy in G minor, Op 24: JOSEF SUK (violin)
CZECH PO/NEUMANN. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
John Westbrook
Unknown:
David Willcocks
Unknown:
Maurice Andre
Unknown:
Maurice Suzan
Unknown:
Schumann Fantasiestiicke
Piano:
Alfred Brendel

with Michael Oliver.
Russian Orchestral Style: Bernard Keeffe analyses the distinctive qualities of Soviet orchestras.
A Visit to Little Benslow.
The Songs of Roger Quitter: a talk by Stephen Banfield. Producer ANDREW LYLE

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Oliver.
Unknown:
Bernard Keeffe
Talk By:
Stephen Banfield.
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

led by JAMES CLARK conducted by JAMES LOUGHRAN
CÉCILE OUSSET (piano) Verdi Overture:
The Force of Destiny
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3 in c
Brahms Symphony No 4 in E minor
(Given on 20 May in St David 's Hall, Cardiff)

Contributors

Unknown:
James Clark
Conducted By:
James Loughran
Unknown:
St David

Sir Isaiah Berlin talks to John Drummond about translating from Russian, his cultural life, his meetings with Pasternak, Akhmatova and Wittgenstein, and his admiration of Alfred Brendel 's playing.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Drummond
Unknown:
Alfred Brendel

An oratorio by Pietro Torri , composed in 1705 on the theme of the soul's temptation by pleasure, which was used by the earliest writers of oratorios.
MUSICA ANTIQUA KOLN directed by REINHARD GOEBEL (Swiss Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Pietro Torri
Directed By:
Reinhard Goebel
Pleasure:
Barbara Schlick
Grace:
Ingrid Schmithüsen
Soul:
Derek Lee Ragin
World:
, Michael Schopper (bass)
World:
Rogers Covey-Crump

The fourth of five programmes in which John Steane traces the history of opera at Covent Garden between the wars. Beecham and a Coat of Paint, 1932-6
With the voices of Frida Leider , Lauritz Melchior , Joan Cross , Eva Turner , Elisabeth Rethberg ,
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi ,
Grace Moore , Lily Pons , Giuseppe De Luca and Conchita Supervia. (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
John Steane
Unknown:
Frida Leider
Unknown:
Lauritz Melchior
Unknown:
Joan Cross
Unknown:
Eva Turner
Unknown:
Elisabeth Rethberg
Unknown:
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
Unknown:
Grace Moore
Unknown:
Lily Pons
Unknown:
Giuseppe de Luca
Unknown:
Conchita Supervia.

conducted by YURI TEMIRKANOV
DMITRI ALEXEEV (piano) live from the Barbican Hall, London.
Prokofiev Symphony No 1 in D (Classical)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
8.10 Roderick Swanston considers nationalism in Russian music and the ways in which some composers reacted against it. (R)
8.30 Mussorgsky, orch
Ashkenazy Pictures from an Exhibition

Contributors

Conducted By:
Yuri Temirkanov
Piano:
Dmitri Alexeev
Unknown:
Roderick Swanston

EDITH WIENS (soprano)
GRAHAM JOHNSON (piano) Schumann Widmung ; Jasminenstrauch; Lieder der Braut;
Mein schoner Stern
Mahler Liebst du um Schonheit; Ich atmet' einen Linden Duft ; Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder;
Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen; Um Mitternacht BBC Bristol

Contributors

Soprano:
Edith Wiens
Piano:
Graham Johnson
Piano:
Schumann Widmung
Unknown:
Linden Duft

A meditation for the feast of St Barnabas, recorded in Ripon Cathedral.
Anthems: Sing Joyfully (Byrd); Beati quorum (Stanford)
Reading (JB): Acts 4, vv 32-37 Psalm 49
Reading: Tobit 4, w 7-11 Magnificat in A flat (Rubbra)
Anthems: Thy Word Is a Lantern (Purcell); 0 Taste and See
(Vaughan Williams)
Readings: Acts 11, w 19-30; Acts 12, vv24-25
Anthem: Behold How Good and Joyful (Stanley Vann)
Reading: Acts 14, vv 1-7 Anthems: Let Saints on Earth (Ridout); God Is a Spirit (Sterndale Bennett) Reading: Acts 15, w 36-41 Anthem: Let God Be
Gracious (Ronald Perrin ) Organ voluntary: Paean (Kenneth Leighton ) Musical director
RONALD PERRIN
Organist ROBERT MARSH Written and compiled by the Dean of Ripon, THE VERY REV CHRISTOPHER CAMPLING BBC North East

Contributors

Unknown:
Ronald Perrin
Unknown:
Kenneth Leighton
Organist:
Ronald Perrin
Unknown:
Christopher Campling

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