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A weekly programme of recent records
Quintet in D major, for flute, oboe, violin, viola, and cello (J.C. Bach)
Karlheinz Zoller
Lothar Koch
Thomas Brandis
Siegbert Uebekschaer
Wolfgang Boettcher
8.16 O doulx regard; Le chant des oiseaux (Jannequin)
Roger Blanchard Vocal Ensemble
8.26 Piano Quartet in E flat major (Dvorak)
Suzanne Rozsa (violin)
Walter Gerhardt (viola)
Vivian Joseph (cello)
Liza Fuchsova (piano)
(Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10)
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MARY THOMAS (soprano)
SYBIL MICHELOW (contralto) GERALDENGLISH (tenor) JOHN BARROW (bass)
THE GLENDOWER SINGERS
JAMES DIACK (horn)
RICHARD MERRYWEATHER (hom) WILLIAM DAVIS (horn)
Continuo:
Charles Spinks (organ)
Georse Toiield (bassoon) Philip Kent (cello)
Ronald Smith (double-bass)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader. Colin Staveley
+ Conductor, JOHN CAREWE
Cantata No...153: Schau, lieber Gott, wie meine Feind'
9.22* Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, in F major
946* Cantata No. 143: Lobe den Herrn. meine Seele
A request programme of records
Overture: Prince Igor (Borodin)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
10.12* AndanTe spianato and Polonaise in E flat major (Chopin)
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano) SYMPHONY OF THE AIR
Conducted by AI.FRED WALLENSTEIN
10.27* Concerto for orchestra
(Lutoslawski)
WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC SYMPHONY Orchestra
Conducted by WITOLD Rowicki
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Record Review
Contributed by JOAN CHISSELL
EDWARD GREENFIELD and STEPHEN WALSH
Heroic opera in three acts Libretto by C. F. FlLLETTE LERAUX
Music by Luigi Cherubini
An abbreviated version sung in Italian
Cast in order of singing:
Guards. Tartars, prisoners, etc.
THE ROME CHORUS
AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF THE ITALIAN RADIO
Chorus-Masters. Nino Antonellinl and Giuseppe Piccillo
Conducted by OLIVIERO DE FABRITLS
' Lodoiska had its premiere in Paris in 1791 The action takes place on the eastern border of Poland in medieval times
Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio
Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat major (Beethoven)
CLAUDIO ARRAU
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ALCEO GALLIERA
2.0* Symphony No. 3, in F major
(Brahms)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by LORIN MAAZEL gramophone records
Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10
played by ZDENEK Pulec and OLGA BOLDOCKA
Recording made available by cour- tesy of Czech Radio
Trevor Williams (violin) Denis Vigay (cello)
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
Geoffrey Gambold (bassoon)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Antal Dorati
Part I
ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest
Repeated: Tuesday, 4.43* p.m.
Next Sunday'sprogramme: 4.30 p.m.
Part 2
Before an invited audience in BBC
Studio 1. Maida Vale, London. Send requests for tickets for future concerts to [address removed], enclosing a stamped addressed envelope.
A music drama in three acts by Wagner sung in German
Cast in order of singing:
BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Conducted by KARL BÕHM
Produced by WIELAND WAGNER
The action takes place in legendary times
ACT 1 A cave in the forest
A series of four talks in which economists examine the quality of our statistics as the basis of far-reaching decisions about the economy
1: ' Lies, damned lies ... ? by JOHN WOOD
Mr. Wood is Chief Economist to Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd... and is the editorial adviser to this series
' A true and fair accountr ' by William Clarke : Decembex 4
ⓢACT 2 The depths of the forest
by Edward Miller
A personal portrait of William the Conqueror compiled from the anecdotes and reminiscences of the men who knew him among them
ORDERIC VITALIS
WILLIAM OF JUMIÈGES WILLIAM OF POITIERS MILES CRISPIN and one of the authors of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Produced by NESTA PAIN
Second broadcast
ACT 3
Scene 1 A wild region at the foot of a mountain
Scene 2 The summit of the Valkyries' Rock
Recording from this year's Bayreuth Festival made available by courtesy of the Bavarian Radio
Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10
Gotterdammerung: December 4
by EDWARD LOCKSPEISER
At a recent conference at Vezelay, which marked a hundred years since Romain Rolland 's birth, a large body of his unpublished writings was disclosed. They reveal him as not only a literary writer but a penetrating musical mind as well as a social thinker. Edward Lockspeiser. who attended the conference, draws a parallel between RoUand and Bernard Shaw.
HEINZ HOLLIGER (oboe) EDITH PICHT-AXENFELD
(piano and harpsichord)
Second broadcast
