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1966
Oxford Bach Festival
From the Town Hall. Oxford
Bach
St. John Passion
Sung in German
Part 1
URSULA BUCKEL (soprano)
BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER (contralto) JOHN VAN KESTEREN (tenor) BARRY MCDANIEL (baritone) Kimi ENGEN (bass)
MUNICH BACH CHOIR
Obbligati:
Walter Theurer (flute) Egon Parolari (oboe) Gustav Meyer (oboe)
Hans Brueckner (cor anelais)
Valentine Haertl (viola d'amore) Rhoda Lee Rhea (vidla d'amore) Johannes Fink (viola da gamba)
Continuo:
Karl Richter (harpsichord) HedwiK Bilgram (oritan) Karl Kolbinger (bassoon) Alexander Teuner (cello)
Herbert Duft (double-bass)
MUNICH BACH ORCHESTRA
Conducted by KARL RICHTER

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1966
Oxford
Part 2
St. Matthew Passion: Sunday, 2.0 p.m.

by HANNES KASTNER
Fantasia and Fugue on BACH.Reger
From a public recital given in St. Thomas's Church. Leipzig, during the International Bach Festival 1966. Recording made available by courtesy of East German Radio

Hans Leygraf (piano)
Delme String Quartet Granville Jones (violin) Jürgen Hess (violin)
John Underwood (viola) Joy Hall (cello) with JOHN GRAY (double-bass)
From the Grammar School, Leeds

Introduced by Steve Race.

Introduced by Michael DE MORGAN
Directed by Geoff Dobson
Timings may be altered by events
12.30 Your Afternoon Fnrerast from the London Weather Centre followed by SPORTS PARADE
1.0 SPORTING CHANCE
The Resident Team
MAURICE EDELSTON
NORMAN CUDDEFORD , LIAM NOLAN
v.
Llandovery College, Llandovery
Question-Master, ALUN WILLIAMS
Produced by Geoff Dobson
From Llandovery College, Llandovery. Carmarthenshire
Last Tuesday's broadcast (Light)
2.10 CRICKET
Round the Counties
The third of a series of four programmes looking at the prospects for the coming season.
This week : The South
BRIAN JOHNSTON talks to the captains of Middlesex, Sussex. Surrey. Essex and Kent.
RACING
1.30 The Painswick Hurdle Race (Div. 1)
1.55 The Gratwicke Blagrave Memorial Challenge Cup
2.30 The Daily Express Triumph Hurdle Race
Commentary by Peter BROMLEY with summaries by ROGER MORTIMER
From Cheltenham
4.54' Racing Results
2.50 RUGBY UNION
Wales v. England
Commentary by G. V. WYNNE-JONES and ROBERT HUDSON on this afternoon's match for the ' Triple Crown.'
Summaries are by W. E. N. Davis
From Cardiff Arms Park Ireland v. France
Score flashes from Dublin
3.50 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
England v. Scotland
Commentary on the second half of this afternoon's match by ALAN CLARKE and GEORGE DAVIDSON with summaries by BRIAN MOORE
From the Empire Stadium. Wembley
4.40* Football Results as they come in direct from the BBC Sports Room
5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Produced by Angus Mackay
Classified Football results at 5.0 and 5.50

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 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 SZIGETI and HORSZOWSKI gramophone record
II Sogno (Ferdinando Busoni) and the Clarinet Elegy played by THEA KING (clarinet) and RONALD STEVENSON (piano)
Quartet from Arleechmo (Glyndebourne) gramophone record
Alleluia from Doktor Faust BBC CHORUS
Conducted by ALAN G. MELVILLE with HUBERT DAWKES (organ)
STEVE WHITTAKER (tubular bells)
Excerpts from
Fantasia contrappuntistica played by EGON PETRI gramophone record
Incidental piano illustrations by RONALD STEVENSON
Produced by Christopher Sykes
Second broadcast

Norma Procter (contralto)
Kenneth Bowen (tenor)
Raimund Herincx (baritone)
Leeds Festival Chorus
Chorus-Master, Donald Hunt
London Symphony Orchestra Leader, John Georgiadis
Conductor, Istvan Kertesz
From the Town Hall, Leeds
Part 1

Gloria for soloists, chorus, and orchestra - Walton
Conducted by Donald Hunt 7.56* Concerto for Orchestra - Bartok

William Kirkman broadcasts the last of his four commentaries on current affairs in this fortnightly series
April 29: Keith Kyle

Part 2
Raimund Herincx broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company

A programme about
Laike Moussike the new genre, which in the last eight years has given a new impetus and vitahty to Greek popular music.
Well-known poets like Seferis, Elytis, Gatsos. and Ritsos have coUaborated with young composers to produce Greek music of the highest quality and lyrics of great beauty.
Programme introduced by GEORGE ANGELL
Poems adapted into English by IAN SCOTT-KILVERT and read by OLIVE GREGG and HUGH DICKSON
Music by Mikis Theodorakis Manos Hadjidakis and Stavros Xarhakos
Produced by George Angell and George MacBeth

Sonata in A flat major
(Six Wurttemberg Sonatas)
10.32*Rondo in E major
(Wq. 57 No. 1)
10.41* Rondo in G major
(Wq. 57 No. 3)
10.46* Sonata in B minor
(Wq. 55 No. 3) played by MALCOLM FRAGER (piano) followed by an Interlude at 10.55