Balakirev
Sonata in B flat minor (1905)
Oriental Fantasy: Islamey (1869) played by Peter Katin First of six programmes
Mussorgsky : April 17
An article on this series by David Lloyd -Jones appears in ' The Listener ' of April 2
A weekly review of the arts
In each edition two or three speakers comment on whatever seems of most immediate interest: new productions in the theatre, art exhibitions, books, films.
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
(baritone)
Joerg Demus (piano)
Heimkehr; Dein blaues Auge; Wir wandelten; Eine Bute , gute Nacht; Standchen (Der Mond steht Uber dem Berge); Sommerabend; Mondenschein- Ein Sonett ; Botschaft; Feldeinsamkeit; Wie bist du, meine Konigin
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 26)
Second of seven programmes
Janet Baker (contralto): April IS
A new play for radio by Peter Gurney
Music by Humphrey Searle
Production by Raymond Raikes
Voices of gravestones, dolphin. unicorn, griffin, winged horse, pelican, roof-boss, dog-tooth, gargoyles, churchgoers, boys, and searchers:
John Cazabon , William Eedle
Denis Goacher , James Thomason
Peter Wilde , Gabriel Woolf Beryl Calder , Sheila Grant
Eva Huszar , June Tobin
Ian Wallace (baritone)
BBC Chorus
Sinfonia of London conducted by the composer
Violin Concerto
David Oistrakh (violin)
Leningrad Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Evgeni Mravinsky on a gramophone record
