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A weekly programme of recent records
Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
(Beethoven)
RUDOLF SERKIN (piano)
8.20* Songs (Schubert)
Auf dem Wasser zu singen Der Tod und das Madchen Das Zügenglöcklein Der Schiffer
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone) GERALD MOORE (piano)
8.33* Sonata in B minor (Liszt)
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
Stereophonic broadcast: see v. 10
Contributors
Piano:
Rudolf
Serkin
Baritone:
Dietrich
Fischer-Dieskau
Piano:
Gerald
Moore
Piano:
Artur
Rubinstein
HELEN Watts (contralto)
PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON
Directed from the harpsichord by THURSTON DART
URSULA BUCKEL (soprano)
WiiRTTEMBERG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RUDOLF EWERHART
Cantata No. 53: Schlage doch, gewiinschte Stunde
9.15* Cantata No. 202: Weichet nur, betriibte Schatten (Wedding Cantata)
9.40* Cantata No. 54: Widerstehe doch der Siinde on gramophone records
Contributors
Contralto:
Helen
Watts
Unknown:
Thurston
Dart
Soprano:
Ursula
Buckel
Conducted By:
Rudolf
Ewerhart
A request programme of gramophone records
Fancy No. 3, in C minor
(John Jenkins)
Oxford CHAMBER PLAYERS
Directed by RAYMOND CLAUSON
10.7* Violin Concerto No. 3. in G major (K.216) (Mozart)
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
10.30* Four Symphonic Impressions:
Church Windows (Respighi)
MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ANTAL DORATI
Contributors
Directed By:
Raymond
Clauson
Conducted By:
Colin
Davis
Conducted By:
Antal
Dorati
played by NORMAN SHETLER
G major, Op. 49 No. 2
11.8* D major, Op. 28
11.32* E flat major, Op. 31
No. 3
Third in a series of thirteen weekly programmes in which aU the sonatas will be played
Next week, James Gibb :
D major. Op. 10 No. 3; G major, Op. 14 No. 2; A major, Op. 101
Contributors
Played By:
Norman
Shetler
Unknown:
James
Gibb
or The Apothecary's Dumb Wife
An opera buffa in one act by Heinrich Sutermeister
English version by LIONEL SALTER
BBC WELSH Orchestra
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by Marcus DODS
Produced by LIONEL SALTER
The action takes place in the seventecnth century in a small baroque town
Eric Shilling broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co.
Second broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Heinrich
Sutermeister
Unknown:
Lionel
Salter
Leader:
Philip
Whiteway
Conducted By:
Marcus
Dods
Produced By:
Lionel
Salter
Symphony in C major (Bizet)
FRENCH NATIONAL Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Sin THOMAS BEECHAM
1.18* Choreographic Poem: La va)se (Ravel)
HALLE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
1.31* Rhapsody in Blue, for piano and orchestra (Gershwin)
LEONARD BERNSTEIN (piano) directing the COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
1.48* Three Places in New England (Ives)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
2.6* March: Nobles of the mystic shrine (Sousa)
EASTMAN WIND ENSEMBLE
Conducted by FREDERICK FENNELL on gramophone records
Stereophomic broadcast: see p. 10
Contributors
Unknown:
Thomas
Beecham
Conducted By:
Sir John
Barbirolli
Piano:
Leonard
Bernstein
Conducted By:
Eugene
Ormandy
Conducted By:
Frederick
Fennell
Song-cycle: The Nursery
With Nannie: In the corner: The cockchafer: With the doll: Prayer at bedtime; Sinbad the cat: The hobby-horse
2.28* Pictures from an Exhibition
Promenade: The gnome: The old castle; The Tuileries 'Children quarrelling at play); Bydlo: Ballet of the chickens emerging from their shells: Two Polish Jews. rich and poor; The market at Limoges; Catacombs; In the language of the dead: Baba-Yaga's hut: The Heroes' Gate at Kiev
MARGARET PRICE (soprano) JAMES LOCKHART (piano)
MICHAEL Roll (piano)
Contributors
Soprano:
Margaret
Price
Piano:
James
Lockhart
Piano:
Michael
Roll
Idil Biret (piano)
London Philharmonic
Orchestra
Leader, Rodney Friend
Conductor, John Pritchard
Part 1
Contributors
Piano:
Idil
Biret
Leader:
Rodney
Friend
Conductor:
John
Pritchard
DERYCK COOKE defends the autobiographical programme of Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique
Contributors
Unknown:
Deryck
Cooke
Part 2
Symphonie fantastique. Berlioz
Recorded from a Royal Philharmonic Society concert on March 9
Opera in three acts
Music by Szymanowski
Libretto by THE COMPOSER and JAROSLAV IWASKIEWICZ
Sung in Polish on gramophone records
Cast in order of singing:
CHILDREN'S CHORUS or THE POLISH PATHFINDER'S UNION
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE WARSAW STATE OPERA HOUSE
Conducted by MIECZYSLAW MIERZEJEWSKI
The action takes place in Sicily in the twelfth century
Acr 1 Inside the great church at
Palermo
5.26* ACT 2
The courtyard of King Roger's palace
6.4* Acr 3
The ruins of an ancient Greek-
Theatre
Chopin: Fantasy in F minor. Op. 49; Three Mazurkas, Op. 63; Szymanowski: Mazurkas, Op. 62 and from Op. 50: August 14
The Archbishop - MAREK DABROWSKI (bass)
The Deaconess - ANNA MALEWICZ-MADEY (contralto)
Roger 11, King of Sicily - ANDRZEJ HIOLSKI (baritone)
Edrisi. an Arabian sage - ZDZISLAW NIKODEM (tenor)
Roxana. the Queen Consort - HANNA RUMOWSKA (soprano)
The Shepherd - KAZIMIERZ PUSTELAK (tenor)
Contributors
Unknown:
Jaroslav
Iwaskiewicz
Conducted By:
Mieczyslaw
Mierzejewski
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SIR GAVIN de BEER, F.R.S
Much confusion persists about the identity of the Cassiterides. the tin islands, from which, in classical times, Mediterranean peoples obtained tin with which to make their bronze. Sir Gavin examines various lines of evidence and reaches a firm conclusion.
Atlantis-fact or fiction: August 14
Contributors
Unknown:
Sir Gavin
de Beer, F.R.S
by Valeriy Tarsis his autobiographical novel translated by KATYA BROWN and arranged by H. B. FORTUIN with Stephen Murray as Valentine Almazov
The moving and outspoken story of a distinguished man of letters in Soviet Russia, who finds himself locked up in an asylum after one of his novels has been smuggled out and is about to appear in the West. With his fellow patients ' he scrutinises the hated Soviet system and pledges himself to fight for the liberation of his country.
With an epilogue specially recorded by VALERIY TARSIS Inmates of Ward 7:
Produced by H. B. FORTUIN
Second broadcast
Contributors
Unknown:
Valeriy
Tarsis
Translated By:
Katya
Brown
Arranged By:
H. B.
Fortuin
Unknown:
Stephen
Murray
Unknown:
Valentine
Almazov
Produced By:
H. B.
Fortuin
Vasily Colin:
Peter
Woodtrorpe
Zhenya Diamant:
David
Spenser
Professor Morenny:
Denys
Hawthorne
His students::
Tolya
Timseely
His students:Volodya:
Kevin
McHugh
Samdelov:
Anthony
Hall
Dormidont Violetov:
Basil
Jones
Karen:
Allan
McClelland
Medical Staff:Zoya Mahkova:
Margaret
Robertson
Medical Staff:Lydia Kizyak:
Betty
Huntley-Wright
Medical Staff:Professor Nezhevsky:
Nogl
Howlett
Professor Stein:
Anthony
Hall
Woman Doctor:
Valerie
Taylor
Dr Yanushkevich:
Walter
Fitzgerald
Dr Adrianov:
Harold
Kasket
Strunkin, Ward Orderly:
Nigel
Graham
Party Secretary:
Stephen
Jack
played by the QUARTETTO ITALIANO
Paolo Borciani (violin) Elisa Pegreffi (violin) Piero Farulli (viola) Franco Rossi (cello)
8.56* Quartet in F major. Ravel
Second broadcast of Schubert Quartet;ThirdofRavelQuartet
Contributors
Violin:
Paolo
Borciani
Violin:
Elisa
Pegreffi
Viola:
Piero
Farulli
Cello:
Franco
Rossi
by Fulke Greville , Lord Brooke
Introduced by R. D. SMITH and read by DAVID MARCH
Contributors
Unknown:
Fulke
Greville
Introduced By:
R. D.
Smith
Read By:
David
March
LEONID KOGAN (violin)
ANDREY MYTNIK (piano)
Second broadcast
Contributors
Violin:
Leonid
Kogan
Piano:
Andrey
Mytnik