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Skazka (Fairy Tale)
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI
7.21* Hungarian Rhapsody for violin and orchestra (Liszt. orch. Hubay)
CARROLL GLENN VIENNA STATE OPERA ORCHESTRA Conducted by GYORGY LEHEL
7.32' Ballet Suite: The Red Poppy
(Gliere)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI gramophone records
and Weather Forecast
Symphonic Variations (Dvorak)
PHILHARMONIAORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT
8.27' Horn Concerto No. 1, in E flat major (Strauss)
DENNIS BRAIN
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
8.43* Overture: Cockaigne (Eloar)
LONDON SYMPHONY Orchestra Conducted by COLIN Davis gramophone records
and Weather Forecast
Berlioz
Records of excerpts from
The Damnation of Faust including the whole of Part 4 with CONSUELO RUBIO
Richard VERRAU , MICHEL ROUX and the LAMOUREUXOrchestra Conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH
MARGARET CABLE (mezzo-soprano)
† VIOLA TUNNARD (piano)
ITA HERBERT (violin)
NUALAHERBERT (piano)
Trio-Sonata in G minor
CHAMBER ENSEMBLE or THE HAMBURGTELEMANN SOCIETY gramophone record
Michael Langdon (bass)
Each month a well-known artist is invited to introduce and perform a wide range of music
In his fourth programme
Michael LANGDON with VIOLA TUNNARD (piano) sings
Michael Langdon broadcasts by per. mission of the Gen. Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden
One of eight programmes containing items from previous broadcasts in this series
SHIRLEY MINTY (contralto) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
DEREK SIMPSON (cello)
JOSEPH BANOWETZ (piano)
Second broadcast
ERICH GRUENBERG (violin)
BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA Leader. Colin Staveley
Conductor, JOHN CAREWE
Part 1
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Christmas music
CHRISTOPHER GRIER talks about miscellaneous choral works
Part 2
Given before an invited audience at the Assembly Rooms, City Hall. Cardiff
Salisbury
Introduced by JOHN BETJEMAN
CHOIR OF SALISBURY CATHEDRAL
Organist and Master of the Choristers CHRISTOPHER DEARNLEY
RICHARD LLOYD (assistant organist)
Choir:
Sarum Plainchant: Salve, festa dies Organ :
Eighth of eleven programmes
Second broadcast
Sixth in a series of nine programmes
Three Nocturnes, Op. 9:
B flat minor
E flat major; B major
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano) gramophone record
ENGLISH STRING QUARTET Nona Liddell (violin)
Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert (viola) Heten Just (cello)
THE MELOS Ensemble
Second broadcast
Opera in four acts
Music by Verdi
Libretto by TEMISTOCLESOLERA
Sung in Italian gramophone records
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS and the VIENNA OPERA Orchestra
Conducted by LAMBERTO GARDELLI
Act 1 The Temple of Solomon In
Jerusalem
4.44* Act 2
Scene 1 The Royal Apartments In
Nabucco's palace In Babylon
Scene 2 A Hall in the palace
5.16 Act 3
Scene 1 The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Scene 2 The banks of the Euphrates
5.43 Act 4
Scene 1 The Royal Apartments Scene 2 The Hanging Gardens
by Donald Hunt
From Leeds Parish Church
Illustrated explanations of some standard musical terms
Modes
† by ROGER NORTH
A series of fifteen magazine-type programmes, including readings from the Penguin book of Italian Short Stories and the Penguin Book of Italian Verse, for listeners with some knowledge of Italian
Programme 12
Campana: In un momento Lo syombero (4)
Papere e papaveri
Meta di voi (Don Giovanni )
Introduced by ARIELLA REGGIO
Speakers. LEONORA FABBRI MANRICO MELCHIORRE
Script by Leonora Fabbri and Elsie Ferguson
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
A series of eight broadcasts
The communists regard organised religion as a potential centre of opposition. This programme examines how the various churches in the area have attempted to find a working relationship with the communist governments.
Introduced by George Schopflin with The Rev. Michael Bourdeaux and Gregory Macdonald
(Last Monday's broadcast)
A booklet is available
La Fianza Satisfecha by Lope de Vega 1562-1635
Translated for broadcasting by JOE BURROUGHS
Cast in order of speaking:
The scenes are laid first In Sicily and then In Tunisia
Time: Renaissance
Produced by JOE BURROUGHS
William Squire is appearing In ' The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ' at Wyndham's Theatre. London
TESS MILLER (oboe) CELIA NICKLIN (oboe) COLIN TILNEY (harpsichord) GEOFFREY GAMBOLD (bassoon)
THE JAYE CONSORT
Fifth of six programmes
A portrait by Ronald Stevenson
A centenary celebration and assessment of the great composer with contributions from
GUIDO AGOSTI , SIR ADRIAN BOULT HARRIET COHEN , ALDO COSOMATI LUIGI DALLAPICCOLA
PROFESSOR GRIGORI KOGAN HUGH MACDIARMID
SIR COMPTON MACKENZIE and JOSEPH SZIGETI
The musical illustrations Include
Recordings of Busoni's playing
The Toccata and the Second Sonatina played by JOHN OGDON (piano) Excerpts from
Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 36a played by SZIGETIand HORSZOWSKI gramophone record
II sosno, by Ferdinando Busoni and the Clarinet Elegy played by THEA KING (clarinet) and RONALD STEVENSON (piano) Quartet from Artecchino gramophone record of a Glyndebourne production Alleluia from Doktor Faust BBC CHORUS
Conducted by ALAN G. MELVILLE with HUBERT DAWKES (organ) and STEVE WHITTAKER (tubular bells)
Excerpts from
Fantasia contrappuntistica played by EGON PETRI (piano) gramophone record
Incidental piano illustrations by Ronald Stevenson
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
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