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JOHN BIRCH (organ)
PATRICIA CLARK (soprano)
DOREEN MURRAY (soprano)
MARY THOMAS (soprano)
JOSEPHINE VEASEY (mezzo-soprano)
JEAN ALLISTER (contralto)
SHIRLEY MINTY (contralto)
DUNCAN ROBERTSON (tenor)
THOMAS HEMSLEY (baritone)
BBC CHORUS
LONDON MOZART PLAYERS Leader, Robert Masters
Continuo:
LIONEL SALTER (harpsichord)
PHILIP LEDGER (chamber organ) Conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Part 1: Purcell
Dido and Aeneas

Contributors

Unknown:
John Birch
Soprano:
Patricia Clark
Soprano:
Doreen Murray
Soprano:
Mary Thomas
Mezzo-Soprano:
Josephine Veasey
Contralto:
Jean Allister
Contralto:
Shirley Minty
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Baritone:
Thomas Hemsley
Leader:
Robert Masters
Harpsichord:
Lionel Salter
Harpsichord:
Philip Ledger
Conducted By:
David Willcocks
Dido:
Josephine Veasey
Belinda:
Patricia Clark
Second woman:
Mary Thomas
The Spirit:
Mary Thomas
Sorceress:
Jean Allister
Sailor:
Duncan Robertson
Aeneas:
Thomas Hemsley
First witch:
Doreen Murray
Second witch:
Shirley Minty
Courtiers, people, witches, and sailors:
Bbc Chorus

A weekly review of the arts
This week
Design in the Cinema including KEN ADAM designer of the sets for Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove and the new James Bond film Goldfinger and RICHARD MACDONALD designer of the sets for Joseph Losey 's The Servant in conversation with T. G. ROSENTHAL

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard MacDonald
Unknown:
Joseph Losey
Unknown:
T. G. Rosenthal

During the first three decades of this century reproducing pianos could be bought which enabled the owner to hear the playing of famous pianists in his own home.
Vast numbers of piano rolls made by every pianist of note still exist and some have been transcribed to tape for the BBC Archives.
Denys GUEROULT explains the systems under which the rolls were made and the authenticity of the reproduction obtained
Wednesday at 9.55: first of three programmes in which Deryck Cooke introduces works recorded on piano rolls

Contributors

Introduces:
Deryck Cooke

Third Programme

Appears in

About this data

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