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Bantock Overture: The Pierrot of the Minute
BOURNEMOUTH
SINFONIETTA/DEL MAR
7.12 Finzi Prelude, Op 25 GUILDHALL STRING
ENSEMBLE/ROBERT SALTER
7.19 Warlock Capriol
Suite: GUILDHALL STRING
ENSEMBLE/ROBERT SALTER
7.30am News
7.35 Britten Suite: A Time There Was
CBSO/SIMON RATTLE
7.50 Moeran Fantasy Quartet
SARAH FRANCIS (oboe)
MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH
STRING QUARTET
8.03 Bridge Suite: The Sea ULSTER ORCHESTRAl
VERNON HANDLEY. Records

Contributors

Oboe:
Sarah Francis
Unknown:
Vernon Handley.

(piano)
Mozart Variations on 'Ah, vous dirai-je maman' (K265)
Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op 90
Satie Trois gnossiennes; Je te veux.... (valse)
Poulenc Trois novelettes; Improvisations Nos 1, 2, 15 and 6 (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Beethoven Sonata
Unknown:
Satie Trois

with Richard Osborne. Record Review
Building a Library:
Vivaldi's Concerti, Op 3 (L'Estro armonico) by Nicholas Anderson.
David Fanning reviews orchestral releases of mainly Russian music.
10.40 Record Release
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 1: VLADIMIR FELTSMAN
LSO/TILSON THOMAS
10.57 Tchaikovsky Symphony No 4
BERLIN PO/SEIJI OZAWA
11.42 An interview with baritone Thomas Allen. Schumann Liederkreis , Op 24: THOMAS ALLEN (baritone)
ROGER VIGNOLES (piano)
12.20 Chopin
Piano Concerto No 1
YEVGENY KISSIN (piano)
ACADEMIC SYMPHONY OF THE
MOSCOW PHILHARMONIA/ DMITRI KITAENKO
Producer ANTHONY CHEEVERS

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Osborne.
Unknown:
Nicholas Anderson.
Unknown:
David Fanning
Unknown:
Vladimir Feltsman
Baritone:
Thomas Allen.
Baritone:
Schumann Liederkreis
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Piano:
Yevgeny Kissin
Unknown:
Dmitri Kitaenko
Producer:
Anthony Cheevers

The second of six programmes of solos, duos and trios by Leclair.
Sonata in A, Op 1 No 9; Duo in D, Op 3 No 6;
Sonata in G, Op 1 No 8
SIMON STANDAGE (violin)
MICAELA COMBERTI (violin) RICHARD CAMPBELL (viola da gamba)
LARS ULRIK MORTENSEN (harpsichord)

Contributors

Violin:
Micaela Comberti
Viola:
Richard Campbell
Harpsichord:
Ulrik Mortensen

Madama Butterfly
Opera in two acts, with libretto by LUIGI ILLICA and GIUSEPPE GLACOSA after the play by DAVID BELASCO. Music by Puccini. (sung in Italian)
Benjamin Franklin (tenor) (tenor) (mezzo) (baritone) (soprano) (bass) (bass) (tenor) (soprano)
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF
LA SCALA. MILAN/ KARAJAN Mono records: 1955

Contributors

Unknown:
Luigi Illica
Unknown:
Giuseppe Glacosa
Play By:
David Belasco.
Tenor:
Benjamin Franklin
Pinkerton, Lieutenant of the US Navy:
Nicolai Gedda
Goro, a marriage-broker:
Renato Ercolani
Suzuki, maid of Cio-CioSan:
Lucia Danieli
Sharpless, US Consul at:
Mario Boriello
Cio-Cio-San (Madama Butterfly):
Maria Callas
Imperial Commissioner:
Enrico Campi
The Bonze, a priest, Cio- Cio-San's uncle:
Plinio Clabassi
Prince Yamadori, suitor to:
Mario Carlin
Kate, Pinkerton's American wife:
Luisa Villa

MARTIN ROBERTSON
(saxophones/deskbell) ANTHONY GRAY
(piano/deskbell)
Bach, arr Robertson Trio in D minor
Mark Anthony Turnage
Sarabande Pascal Sonatina
Michael Henry Say 'Ave' for Me

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Robertson
Piano:
Anthony Gray
Unknown:
Mark Anthony Turnage
Unknown:
Sarabande Pascal Sonatina
Unknown:
Michael Henry

Christopher Cook (in the chair) talks with John Carey. Mark Lawson and Margaret Walters. This week's subjects:
Boswellfor the Defence by Patrick Edgeworth at the Playhouse Theatre,
London; From the Lion Rock by Carey Harrison on Radio 3;
Ermanno Olmi 's film Legend of the Holy Drinker; the Andy Warhol retrospective at the Hayward Gallery, London; and Bernard Shaw Volume II by Michael Holroyd.
Producer PHILIP FRENCH. Mono

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Cook
Unknown:
John Carey.
Unknown:
Mark Lawson
Unknown:
Margaret Walters.
Unknown:
Patrick Edgeworth
Unknown:
Carey Harrison
Unknown:
Ermanno Olmi
Unknown:
Andy Warhol
Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Unknown:
Michael Holroyd.

live from the Royal Albert Hall , London.
PAUL TORTELIER (cello) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA led by BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by CHARLES GROVES
Dvorak Cello Concerto in B minor
8.15 Spirit of Delight
Jerrold Northrop Moore traces the events around the composition and first performance of Elgar's Second Symphony. With Garard Green as Elgar, Jill Balcon and Nigel Anthony.
Producer GRAHAM SHEFFIELD
8.35 Elgar Symphony No 2 in E flat

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Cello:
Paul Tortelier
Unknown:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Charles Groves
Unknown:
Jerrold Northrop Moore
Unknown:
Jill Balcon
Unknown:
Nigel Anthony.
Producer:
Graham Sheffield

Jean Barraque (1928-73) Richard Bernas introduces two programmes centring on the composer Barraque's obsession with Herman Broch's novel about art and society, La Mort de Virgile... These rarely heard works are the only completed sections of Barraque's project to create a series of musical panels parallel to Broch's work: ALISON WELLS (sop) ANNE BARTELLONI (mezzo) BBC SINGERS
ENSEMBLE 2E 2M EMAS conducted by RENAUD FRANCOIS
Chant apres chant (1966), for voice, six percussion and piano
Le Temps restitue (195&68), for voice, choir and orchestra
(Given on 18 June, in association with Lufthansa
German Airlines, as part of the 1989 Almeida Festival)
(More Barraque on Sunday at 10.00pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Barraque
Introduces:
Richard Bernas
Unknown:
Alison Wells
Unknown:
Anne Bartelloni
Conducted By:
Renaud Francois

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