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7.00 Corelli
Concerto Grosso in F, Op 6 No 12
Brandenburg Consort, director Roy Goodman
7.35 Michael Haydn Six Minuets
Academy of St Martin , conductor Neville Marriner
8.00 Prokofiev
Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op 34 (first version 1919) Berlin Soloists
8.35 Haydn Symphony No 95 in C minor
Concertgebouw Orchestra, conductor
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew McGregor
Director:
Roy Goodman
Unknown:
Michael Haydn
Conductor:
St Martin
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Conductor:
Nikolaus Harnoncourt

(1897-1957)
"He has so much talent, he could easily give us half and still have enough for himself." (Puccini)
Peter Franklin presents a musical portrait of the Viennese wunderkind who created the Hollywood sound of the 1940s, and whose work has undergone a reappraisal in the last decade following years of criticism and neglect.
Prelude and Serenade (The Snowman)
Lajos Farkas (violin) North West German
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas
Albert Overture to a Play, Op 4 North West German
Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Werner Andreas
Albert Largo (Piano Sonata No 2, Op 2)
The Composer (piano) Violanta: Scene 6
Eva Marton (soprano)
Siegfried Jerusalem (tenor) Munich Radio Orchestra, conductor Marek Janowski Discs

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Franklin
Violin:
Lajos Farkas
Conductor:
Werner Andreas
Conductor:
Albert Overture
Conductor:
Werner Andreas
Piano:
Albert Largo
Conductor:
Marek Janowski

Artist of the Week:
James Bowman
(countertenor)
Vaughan Williams The
Shepherd (Blake Songs)
10.02 Dvorak, arr Ingman Octet-Serenade , Op 22 Members of the Czech
Nonet
Helena Hynkova (violin) Frantisek Kuda (piano)
10.32 Mozart
String Quintet in C minor (K 406) Amadeus Quartet
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
10.55 Albeniz
Granada (Suite espanola)
Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
11.00 Burgon Canciones del Alma
James Bowman and Charles Brett
(countertenors)
City of London Sinfonia, conductor Richard Hickox
11.14 Albeniz -
Asturias (Suite espanola) Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
11.21 Vaughan Williams Concerto grosso
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor Norman Del Mar
11.36 Bach Cantata
No 170: Vergnügte Ruh’, beliebte Seelenlust
James Bowman
(countertenor)
The King's Consort, director Robert King

Contributors

Unknown:
James Bowman
Unknown:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Ingman Octet-Serenade
Violin:
Helena Hynkova
Piano:
Frantisek Kuda
Viola:
Cecil Aronowitz
Piano:
Alicia de Larrocha
Unknown:
James Bowman
Unknown:
Charles Brett
Conductor:
Richard Hickox
Piano:
Alicia de Larrocha
Piano:
Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Norman Del Mar
Unknown:
James Bowman
Director:
Robert King

Sir Henry Wood , mainly remembered as the founder of the Proms, was also a prolific recording artist.
Lyndon Jenkins introduces some of these performances, few of which are currently available. Producer Patrick Lambert

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Henry Wood
Introduces:
Lyndon Jenkins
Producer:
Patrick Lambert

If play Is Interrupted,
Radio 3 will revert to a music schedule.
England v Australia
Ball-by-ball commentary on the fourth day's play after lunch in the Third Cornhill Test at Trent Bridge by Brian Johnston , Jonathan Agnew and Neville Oliver. With expert comment from Trevor Bailey and David Lloyd. Scorer Bill Frindall. (Morning coverage on Radio 5) Including
3.45 - 4.00 At the Bookstall
Another browse through some recent cricket pubications.

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Jonathan Agnew
Unknown:
Neville Oliver.
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
David Lloyd.
Unknown:
Bill Frindall.

Radio 3's coverage of this year's festival begins with a concert by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by their principal guest conductor.
Moray Welsh (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Alexander Lazarev
Debussy Jeux
Tchaikovsky Suite: The Sleeping Beauty David Blake Cello Concerto (BBC commission - first performance)
Stravinsky Suite: The
Firebird (1945 version) (Given yesterday in the Town Hall, Cheltenham, in association with Nuclear Electric pic)

Contributors

Conductor:
Alexander Lazarev
Conductor:
Debussy Jeux
Cello:
David Blake

The first of four stories by Saki, read during the week by Peter Howell. Sredni Vashtar
Conradin is an ailing child often whose only joy is his secret in the tool shed - which his guardian discovers ...
Producer Piers Plowright

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Howell.
Producer:
Piers Plowright

The final concert of the 1992/93 season given earlier today at St John's, Smith Square, London. Peter Frankl and Tamas Vasary (piano duet)
Mozart Variations in G (K501)
Schubert Two
Characteristic Marches (D968b)
Mozart Sonata in F (K497)
Series producer Misha Donat

Contributors

Piano:
Tamas Vasary
Producer:
Misha Donat

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