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by Michio Miyagi
Variations on Kazoeuta (A song from one to ten), for solo koto
Harunoumi (Spring sea), for koto and shakuhachi
Variations on Sakura (Cherry blossom), for three kotos
Michio Miyagi (koto)
Mamoru Miyagi
(shakuhachi and koto) Kiyoko Makise (koto)
The koto, or Japanese harp, is nearly six feet long, wirh silk strings (usually thirteen); it rests horizontally on two supports at knee-level. The player sits at one end, stopping the strings wit'h his outstretched left hand and plucking them with long artificial finger-nails fixed on his right hand. The shakuhachi, a kind of bamboo recorder, is about two feet long with a two-inch cylindrical bore.
Michio M'yagi, who is blind, is Professor of Music at the Japanese Arts University in Tokyo. Mamoru Miyagi is his adopted son and pupil, and Kiyoko Makise his niece by marriage.

Contributors

Unknown:
Michio Miyagi
Unknown:
Michio Miyagi
Unknown:
Mamoru Miyagi
Unknown:
Kiyoko Makise

Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Sesto Bruscantini (baritone) Ernest Lush (accompanist)
Soprano:
An die Musik; Gretchen am Spinnrade; Gretchens Bitte
Baritone:
Pensa che queslo Isilante; L'incanrto degli occhi; II traditor deluso; II mode di prender moglio
Soprano:
Nachtviolen; Die junge Nonne

Contributors

Baritone:
Sesto Bruscantini

A play in one act by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Constance Garnett
Adapted and produced by Mary Hope Allen with Leon Quartermaine as Vassily Vassilyitch Svetiovidov and John Ruddock as Nikita Ivanitch
The action takes place on the stage of a provincial theatre after the performance tThe recorded broadcast of July 23)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Chekhov
Translated By:
Constance Garnett
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Unknown:
Leon Quartermaine
Unknown:
Vassily Vassilyitch Svetiovidov
Unknown:
John Ruddock
Unknown:
Nikita Ivanitch

BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1
Majesti du Christ demandant sa gloire a son Pere; Alleiu as sere:ns d'une ame qui desire le del; Alléluia sur la trompette. Alleluia sur la cymbale; Prierc du Christ montant vers son
Pere Deryck Cooke writes on page 27

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Paul Beard
Conducted By:
Walter Goehr
Unknown:
Pere Deryck Cooke

Third Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More