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7.35 Wiren: Serenade for Strings - Stockholm Sinfonietta/Esa-Pekka Salonen

7.50 Albinoni: Concerto in F, Op 9 No 3 - Heinz Holliger and Maurice Bourgue (oboes) I Musici

8.02 Paganini: Sonata in A, Op 64 No 1 - Itzhak Perlman (violin) John Williams (guitar)

8.10 Alfven: Swedish Rhapsody No 1 - Stockholm PO/ Neeme Jarvi

(Records)

Sullivan Ruddigore (excerpts)
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus
Pro Arte Orchestra/ Malcolm Sargent Records

Contributors

Unknown:
Sullivan Ruddigore
Unknown:
Malcolm Sargent
Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd:
George Baker
Richard Dauntless:
Richard Lewis
Sir Despard Murgatroyd:
Owen Brannigan
Old Adam:
Harold Blackburn
Rose Maybud:
Elsie Morison
Mad Margaret:
Pamela Bowden
Dame Hannah:
Monica Sinclair
Zorah:
Ellzabeth Harwood
Sir Roderick Murgatroyd:
Joseph Rouleau

Haydn Quartet in C, Op 33 No 3 (Bird)
Amadeus Quartet
9.55 Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante in E flat (K364)
Norbert Brainin (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) English Chamber Orchestra/
Alexander Gibson
10.30 Brahms
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op 25
Members of the Amadeus
Quartet
Andre Tchaikowsky (piano)

Contributors

Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Unknown:
Alexander Gibson
Piano:
Andre Tchaikowsky

An Historic Manon
Alan Blyth introduces excerpts from an historic performance of Massenet's opera recorded in 1938 with Maggie Teyte in the title role.
BBC Theatre Chorus and Orchestra conductor
Stanford Robinson

Contributors

Introduces:
Alan Blyth
Unknown:
Maggie Teyte
Conductor:
Stanford Robinson
Manon:
Maggie Teyte (sop)
Des Grieux:
Heddle Nash (tenor)
Lescaut:
Dennis Noble (bar)
Comte des Grieux:
Norman Walker (bass)
De Bretigny:
Roy Henderson (bar)
Narrator:
Wilfred Rooke Ley

The guitarist
Django Reinhardt took charge of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France during the Second World War when Stephane Grappelli was in England.
In the fourth of six programmes,
Max Harrison looks at the ways he changed the instrumentation of the Quintet and also at his work with a larger group - Django's Music.

Contributors

Guitarist:
Django Reinhardt
Unknown:
Stephane Grappelli
Unknown:
Max Harrison

A performance of Mendelssohn's oratorio from the 1991 Proms.
Sung in English.
Joan Rodgers (soprano)
Alfreda Hodgson (contralto) Laurence Dale (tenor)
Hakan Hagegard (baritone) BBC Symphony Chorus BBC Singers
BBC Symphony Orchestra conductor Andrew Davis

Contributors

Soprano:
Joan Rodgers
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Tenor:
Laurence Dale
Baritone:
Hakan Hagegard
Conductor:
Andrew Davis

Robert Cushman presents the second part of his assessment of the work of American composer, critic and writer Alec Wilder , including interviews with his colleagues and recordings by those he influenced: the New York Woodwind Quintet,
Marian McPartland , Mabel Mercer and Frank Sinatra. Reader Colin Stinton. Producers Jonathan James -
Moore and Rachel Yorke

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Cushman
Unknown:
Alec Wilder
Unknown:
Marian McPartland
Unknown:
Mabel Mercer
Reader:
Frank Sinatra.
Reader:
Colin Stinton.
Producers:
Jonathan James
Producers:
Rachel Yorke

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