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Byrd Hugh Ashton 's Ground
Glenn Gould (piano)
7.11Ibert Escales
French National RO/ Jean Martinon
7.30 am News
7.35 C P E Bach
Harpsichord Concerto (Wq 29): Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra/ Ton Koopman (harpsichord)
7.54 Mendelssohn
String Symphony No 6 Primavera CO/ Paul Manley
8.09 Sibelius
Lemminkainen Return
Bournemouth SO/ Paavo Berglund
8.16 Shostakovich
Prelude and Fugue No 22 Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano). Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Byrd Hugh Ashton
Piano:
Glenn Gould
Unknown:
Jean Martinon
Unknown:
Paul Manley
Unknown:
Paavo Berglund
Piano:
Tatiana Nikolayeva

Bernstein Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Benny Goodman (clarinet) Columbia Jazz Combo/ Leonard Bernstein
9.43 Poulenc Le Bal masque
Thomas Allen (baritone) Nash Ensemble/Friend
10.02 Tippett Concerto for double string orchestra Academy of St Martin/ Neville Marriner
10.26 Stravinsky Ebony Concerto
Benny Goodman (clarinet) Columbia Jazz Combo/ The Composer
10.36 Gershwin
An American in Paris
Philadelphia Orchestra/ Eugene Ormandy
10.55 Martinu La revue de cuisine
Dartington Ensemble
11.08 Berg Der Wein
Jessye Norman (soprano) New York PO/ Pierre Boulez
11.22 Copland Clarinet Concerto: Benny Goodman Columbia Symphony
Strings/The Composer Records

Contributors

Clarinet:
Benny Goodman
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Poulenc Le Bal
Baritone:
Thomas Allen
Clarinet:
Benny Goodman
Unknown:
Eugene Ormandy
Unknown:
Berg Der Wein
Soprano:
Jessye Norman
Unknown:
Pierre Boulez

In the fourth of six programmes,
Alyn Shipton concentrates on Philadelphia, founded by William Penn in 1682. Several English composers settled there including Rayner Taylor and Benjamin Carr. Lorenzo da Ponte ,
Mozart's librettist, moved to the city in 1805 and promoted productions of Italian opera. The
Philadelphia Orchestra was founded in 1900 and Rachmaninov gave the first performance of his Second Piano Concerto with the orchestra. Local jazz musicians included drummer Philly Joe Jones , bass player Percy Heath and saxophonist Stan Getz.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alyn Shipton
Unknown:
Rayner Taylor
Unknown:
Benjamin Carr.
Unknown:
Lorenzo Da Ponte
Bass:
Philly Joe Jones
Unknown:
Percy Heath
Unknown:
Stan Getz.

Joe Farrell talks to one of Italy's best writers,
Dacia Maraini. Novelist, poet and playwright, she has often shocked
Italian society by her attitude to a wide range of social issues.
Producer John Boundy

Contributors

Talks:
Joe Farrell
Producer:
John Boundy

It Never Rained in Them Days
Alfred Bradley 's
(1925-91) production of Norman Smithson 's prize-winning play recalling summer holidays long gone.
Narrator Henry Livings. Director

Contributors

Unknown:
Alfred Bradley
Unknown:
Norman Smithson
Tom:
Robert Wallace
His widow:
Violet Carson
Mrs Jackson:
Marion Dawson
John's wife:
Juliet Cooke
Old man:
Harry Markham
Bill Gull/Comedian:
Bert Gaunt

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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