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NORTHERN SINFONIA Orchestra
Led by Joseph Segal
Conducted by MICHAEL HALL
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Verdi
Songs from his opera Aida with LEONTYNE PRICE as Aida
Jon VICKERS as Radames
RITA GORR as Amneris ROBERT MERRILL as Amonasro with the ROME OPERA HOUSE
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GEORG SOLTI on a gramophone record
GARETH MORRIS (flute)
WILFRID PARRY (piano) STANISLAV HELLER
(pedal harpsichord)
MACGIBBON String QUARTET
THE PROMENADE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GlJSBERT NlEUWLAND with WILL VISSERS (soprano) Recordings made available by courtesy of the Dutch Radio
Julian Bream (guitar)
Each month a well-known artist is invited to introduce and perform a wide range of his repertoire in weekly recitals
For the last of his programmes JULIAN BREAM has chosen
Next month:
Jacqueline du Pre" (cello)
Sonata No. 5 (Armonico
Tributo) played by CONCENTUS MUSICUS on a gramophone record
OSIAN ELLIS (harp)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway Conductor, RAE JENKINS
Part 1
PETER BROWN looks at some of the outstanding musical events that are taking place In Northern Ireland, Wales, and the West during the next seven days and are not being broadcast
Part 2
Given before an Invited audience at the Training College. Barry
International Disputes
3: The Congo by WILLIAM GUTTERIDGE
Forty lessons for listeners with no previous knowledge of the language
Lesson 17
Introduced by JACINTA CASTILLEJO with the help of PABLO Soro
CARLOS Novi as Pepe
ANTONIO LÓPEZ as Sefior Alvarez
Script by ANTHONY WATSON and EDITH R. BAER
Produced by EDITH R. BAER
Broadcast on January 20. 1964
Repeated on Saturday at 11.35 a.m. (Home)
A booklet and records are available
Elizabethan Culture and Ideas
Nine programmes about the attitudes and beliefs of the Elizabethans
3: History and Historians
What was the Elizabethan attitude to the past? DENYS HAY , Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh, discusses the themes and the development of Elizabethan historical literature.
With readings from contemporary sources by GARY WATSON and JOHN GLEN
Produced by HOWARD SMITH
on record
ARTHUR NIKISCH conducting the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA in Symphony No. 5, in C minor
(Beethoven)
Bach's cello suite No. 6, played by Casals: February 24
The first of two programmes in which ROBERTO GERHARD discusses some of the problems arising from composition direct with electronic means and draws parallels with the other arts
Second talk: February 3
Spanisches Liederspiel , Op. 74
Erste Begegnung: Intermezzo; Liebesgram; In der Nacht; Es 1st verraten; Melancholie; Gestandnis; Botschaft; Ich bin geliebt
ILSE WOLF (soprano)
JANET BAKER (contralto)
DAVID GALLIVER (tenor)
BRUCE BOYCE (baritone)
ERNEST LUSH (piano)
Second broadcast
by Aristophanes in a version by IAN FLETCHER
Music by Guy HALAHAN with Michael Aldridge and Francis de Wolff
Continued in next column
Women's section of THE AMBROSIAN SINGERS and Orchestra conducted by LAWRENCE LEONARD
Produced by RAYMOND RAIKES
The Thesmophorlazusae was first produced at Athens at the Dionysta. 411 B.C.
Second broadcast
Third of four programmes to include Schocnberg's String Quartets played by the DARTINGTON STRING Quartet
Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola) Michael Evans (cello)
The Schoenberg performance was first broadcast In the Third Programme on October 18
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