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Handel Concerto grosso in F, Op 6 No 2 Amsterdam Baroque Orch/Koopman. Record
Corelli Trio Sonata in D,
Op 2 No 1: L'Ecole d'Orphee/John Holloway Helendaal Concerto grosso in E flat, Op 3 No 4 English Concert/
Trevor Pinnock. Record

Contributors

Unknown:
John Holloway
Unknown:
Trevor Pinnock.

Sarasate Carmen Fantasy Itzhak Perlman (violin) RPO/Lawrence Foster
8.47 Prokofiev Symphony No 5 (Mono); Boston SO/ Serge Koussevitzky
9.27 Villa-Lobos
Harmonica Concerto
Robert Bonfiglio
NY Chamber SO/Schwarz
9.47 Grofe Grand Canyon Suite: Detroit SO/
Antal Dorati. Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Sarasate Carmen
Violin:
Itzhak Perlman
Unknown:
Serge Koussevitzky
Unknown:
Antal Dorati.

In October 1938 Sir
Henry Wood celebrated 60 years as a conductor by directing a work specially written for the occasion by Ralph Vaughan Williams : Serenade to Music.
John Steane looks back to the premiere, with contributions from three of the original soloists, the late
Dame Eva Turner , Mary Jarred and Roy Henderson , the composer's widow and the voice of Sir Henry Wood.
Producer Andrew Lyle (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Wood
Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
John Steane
Unknown:
Dame Eva Turner
Unknown:
Mary Jarred
Unknown:
Roy Henderson
Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood.
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

Stephen Coombs and Christopher Scott
Medtner Russian Round
Dance
Arensky Romance and Valse (Suite, Op 15)
Rachmaninov Fantasie , Op 5 (First Suite)
1.15 Interval Reading
1.20 Brubeck They All Sang Yankee Doodle
Gershwin, arr Grainger Fantasia on 'Porgy and Bess' (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stephen Coombs
Unknown:
Rachmaninov Fantasie
Unknown:
Grainger Fantasia

Suzanne Murphy (soprano) Linda Finnie (mezzo)
Justin Lavender (tenor) Philip Jolt (bass); Leeds Philharmonic Chorus
Royal Choral Society BBC Scottish SO/
Owain Arwel Hughes (In association with Leeds
International Concert Season and the family of the late Kenneth Derek Tyghe )

Contributors

Soprano:
Suzanne Murphy
Soprano:
Linda Finnie
Tenor:
Justin Lavender
Unknown:
Kenneth Derek Tyghe

Douglas Cleverdon
(1903-87). A portrait of the BBC producer who came to epitomize most of the virtues - and some of the faults - of the Third Programme on radio. Presented by Paul Ferris with the help of old colleagues, actors and friends, and Cleverdon's wife Nest.
Producer John Theocharis

Contributors

Presented By:
Paul Ferris
Producer:
John Theocharis

Emma Kirkby , Evelyn Tubb (sops); Mary Nichols (alto) Andrew King , Paul Agnew (tenors); Alan Ewing (bass) director Anthony Rooley. As part of their 21st birthday celebrations, the Consort perform madrigals and solo songs by the Sicilian composer Sigismondo d'lndia, in a concert live from the Wigmore Hall.
8.15 Anthony Burton talks with Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Evelyn Tubb and Nicholas Kenyon about the Consort of Musicke.
8.35 Part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Emma Kirkby
Unknown:
Evelyn Tubb
Unknown:
Mary Nichols
Unknown:
Andrew King
Tenors:
Paul Agnew
Tenors:
Alan Ewing
Director:
Anthony Rooley.
Talks:
Anthony Burton
Unknown:
Anthony Rooley
Unknown:
Emma Kirkby
Unknown:
Evelyn Tubb
Unknown:
Nicholas Kenyon

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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