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A weekly programme of recent records
Symphony No. 35, in B flat major (Haydn)
Little Orchestra of London
Conducted by Leslie Jones
8.22 Concerto in D minor, for three pianos and string orchestra (Bach)
Rudolf Serkin
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Ruth Laredo
Marlboro Festival Orchestra
Conducted by Alexander Schneider
8.38 Rhapsody for saxophone and orchestra (Debussy)
Sigurd Rascher
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Leonard Bernstein
8.49 Scherzo: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Sir Eugene Goossens
(Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10)
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LESLEY ROOKE (soprano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) John STONE (tenor)
JOLYON DODGSON (bass-baritone)
PETER LLOYD (flute)
ALFRED LIVESLEY (oboe)
BERNARD O'KEEFE (cor anglais) PETER SMITH (harpsichord)
BRIDGET FRY (chamber organ) KENNETH JEPSON (cello)
JEFFREY Box (double-bass)
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS
Chorus-master, Stephen Wilkinson
BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
Cantata No. 102: Herr, deine
Augen sehen nach dem Glauben
8.41* Cantata No. 167: Ihr Menschen, riihmet Gottes Uebe
A request programme of records
Overture: Fra Diavolo (Auber)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
ⓢ Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10
10.9' Piano Concerto No. 1. in E minor (Chopin)
EMIL GILELS PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
A Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10
10.49' Huapango (Moncoya) MEXICO SYMPHONY Orchestra Conducted by CARLOS CHAVEZ
played by JAMES GIBB
D major, Op. 10 No. 3
11.25' G major, Op. 14 No. 2
11.40' A major, Op. 101
Fourth in a series of thirteen weekly programmes in which all ,he sonatas will be played
Next week, Alfred Brendel : F major. Op. 10 No. 2; E major. Op. 109; Six Bagatelles, Op. 126
Opera in three acts
Words and music by Wagner
Sung in German on gramophone records
CHORUS OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT GARDEN
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by WILHELM FURTWANGLER
ACT 1
On board a ship bound for Cornwall
String Quartet in G major, Op. 64
No. 4 played by the DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET Colin Sauer (violin) Peter Carter (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello)
Second broadcast
ACT 2
The garden of King Mark's castle
Piano sonatas
D major (Haydn Society No. 51)
3.25* F major (Haydn Society No.
47) played by LAMAR CROWSON
Second broadcast
ACT 3
The garden of Tristan's castle In Brittany
Septet in D minor. Op. 74 played by the MELOS ENSEMBLE
Richard Adeney flute) Peter Graeme (oboe) Neill Sanders (horn)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Terence Weil (cello)
Stuart Knussen (double-bass) Lamar Crowson (piano)
Third broadcast
Poems chosen and introduced by MICHAEL HAMBURGER Read in German by HANS MAGNUS ENZENSBERGER and in Ruth and Matthew Mead 's English versions by DAVID LYTTON
The East German poet, who died last year in Berlin aged forty-eight, less than a decade after his first publication, was of European standing.
Produced by Christopher Holme
1882-1937
Piano recital by Andre Tchaikowsky including some of Szymanowski's late Mazurkas and also some late Mazurkas of Chopin
Chopin
Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49 Three Mazurkas, Op. 63
Szymanowski
6.24* Five Mazurkas, Op. 50
Nos. 9. 14, 15, 3, and 5 Two Mazurkas, Op. 62
6.44' Masques, Op. 34
ShehSrazade
Tantris le bouffon
Sérénade de Don Juan
Sixth of ten programmes
Stabat Mater , Op. 53: Aug. 23
by John Pepper Clark
We arc all adrift and lost J. P. Clark , a Nigerian poet of the Ijaw people, writes in English. His play about four lumbermen taking a raft of logs down the Niger is an adventure story and parable.
Background music recorded in Nigeria by Frank Speed Music of songs by Richard Bucknor with Kayode Ajayi (guitar)
Produced by CHRISTOPHER HOLME
Second broadcast
Lyric tragedy in two acts
Libretto by FELICE ROMANI
Music by Vincenzo Bellini
(sung in the original Italian)
First broadcast in this country
Cast in order of singing:
Capulets, Montagues, ladies-in-waiting, soldiers, guards
CHORUS OF THE
TEATRO COMMUNALE, BOLOGNA Chorus-Master,
Gastono Riccittelli
THE HAGUE RESIDENTIE Orchestra Conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO
Recording, from the Holland Festi val, 1966, made available by courtesy of Netherlands Radio
The action takes place in Verona in the thirteenth century
ACT 1
Scene 1 A gallery In Capellio's palace
Scene 2 Giulietta's apartment
Scene 3 The great hall in Capellio's palace
by SIR GAVIN de BEER , F.R.S.
Sir Gavin has been looking afresh at the mystery of the vanished continent, and, particularly in the light of recent seismological researches carried out in Greece. offers a novel solution.
ACT 2
Scene 1 A room in Capellio's palace
Scene 2 A lonely place near Capellio's palace followed by an interlude at 10.50
