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A weekly programme of recent records
Serenade in D major (K.239)
(Serenata Notturna) (Mozart)
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra
Conducted by Victor Desarzens
8.17- Sonata in D major, for trumpet and two orchestras (Stradella)
Adolf Scherbaum with the Hamburg Baroque Ensemble
8.25* Cello Concerto (Delius)
Jacqueline du Pre with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
8.50* Overture; The Wasps
(Vaughan Williams)
Queen's Hall Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Henry Wood
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BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by HARRY NEWSTONE
Symphony No. 40, in F major
9.19* Symphony No. 90, in C major
A request programme of gramophone records
Overture: La clemenza di Tito
(Mozart)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
9.52* Kindertotenlieder (Mahler)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone) with the BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by KARL BÖHM
10.18* Symphony No. 4, in D minor (Dvorak)
PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by VACLAV NEUMANN
Concerto No. 13, in C major (K.415)
CLARA HASKIL (piano)
LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS Directed by RUDOLF BAUMGARTNER on a gramophone record
11.27* Concerto No. 17, in G major
(K.453)
GEZA ANDA (piano)
SOUTH GERMAN RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by HANS MÜLLER-KRAY
Recording made available by cour. tesy of the South German Broadcasting Service
An opera in three acts by Handel
Edited by ANTHONY Lewis
Libretto by ANTONIO SILVA
Translated by BRIAN TROWELL
Cast m order of smama:
BIRMINGHAM University MOTET CHOIR
BAROQUE OPERA ORCHESTRA Leader. Paul Doe
Continuo:
Peter Wishart (harpsichord) George Miles (harpsichord) Oliver Brookes (cello)
Conducted by ANTHONY Lewis
Produced by BRIAN TROWELL who introduces this abridged version of the performance given at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts in the University of Birmingham in May 1964
Second broadcast
String Quartet in G major
(D.887) played by the AMADEUS STRING QUARTET Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)
Third broadcast
ALEC ROBERTSON discusses a work or theme of current interest
HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
EMANUEL HURWITZ (violin) RICHARD ADENEY (flute) NORMAN KNIGHT (flute) PHILIP JONES (trumpet)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD who also plays the harpsichord
Part 1
Brandenburg Concerto No. 3, in G major
2.57* Brandenburg Concerto
No 4, in G major
BASIL LAM talks about the alleged contradiction between Bach's sacred and secular style
Part 2
Cantata No. 51: Jauchzet Gott in alien Landen
3.58* Brandenburg Concerto
No. 5, in D major followed by an interlude
B minor (L.263) D major (L.463)
F sharp minor (L.294) D major (L.208) G major (L.527) G minor (L.338)
B flat major (L.497)
D minor (L.422)
D major (L.14) D major (L.461) played by WANDA LANDOWSKA (harpsichord) on gramophone records
Phyllis Tate : Sonata played by GERVASE DE PEYER and WILLIAM PLEETH
Second broadcast
2: Some Political Realities in Recipient Countries
ANDREW SHONFIELD introduces conversations he has recorded with DENNIS AUSTIN
Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London
HUGH TINKER Professor- of Asian Government and Politics University of London, at the School of Oriental and African Studies and VICTOR URQUIDI Director of the research programme on Economics and Demography at El Colegio de Mexico Which political systems are good or bad for Aid and development? Military regimes, communism, one-party states? Or is there a residual place for democracy?
Second broadcast
by Ivan Turgenev
Translated by RICHARD NEWNHAM
Adapted for radio by PEGGY WELLS with Rachel Gurney and Norman Wooland
Islayev's house on his estate tn the country near Moscow. A summer month in the early forties of the last century.
Produced by NORMAN WRIGHT
Symphony No. in E flat major
Heather Harper (soprano) Gweneth Annear (soprano) Gwyneth Jones (soprano) Janet Baker (contralto)
Norma Procter (contralto) Vilem Pribyl (tenor)
Vladimir Ruzdjak (baritone) Donald McIntyre (bass)
Scottish Festival Chorus
Chorus-Master, Arthur Oldham
Scottish National Orchestra Leader. Sam Bor
Conductor,
Alexander Gibson
From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
A reading by PAUL SCOFIELD of The Martyrs and the Revenge (from The Legend of Baal-Shem) and an excerpt from
Genuine Dialogue and the Possibilities of Peace (from Pointing the Way)
Introduced by Roy WALKER
Martin Buber died in Jerusalem a week after Pentecost this year. This story of The Martyrs and the Revenge represents his Jewish spirit, which was closely linked with that of the Baal-Shem; and it offers strange parallels with events in Buber s own long life.
String Quartet, in G minor
THE LOEWENGUTH Quartet
Alfred Loewenguth (violin) Jacques Gotkovsky (violin)
Roger Roche (viola) . Roger Loewenguth (cello) on a gramophone record
The last of four talks by EDWARD LOCKSPEISER
Gide, Louys and their circle
Andre" Gide's correspondence and discussions with Pierre Louys. who was an influential figure in the music of his time, illuminate many of the aesthetic problems faced by Debussy. Strauss, and Puccini. In this talk Edward Lockspeiser traces the origin of many of their musical theories. followed by an Interlude at 10.50