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7.12* Haydn Piano Trio in A (H XV 18) ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC
7.30' Mozart Symphony No 39. in E flat (mono) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC orchestra, conducted by WILHELM FURTWANGLER
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Part 2Hummel Mandolin Concerto in G
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JEAN-FRANCOIS PAILLARD CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by JEAN-FRANCOIS PAILLARD
8.22* Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat (mono) RUDOLF SERKIN
BUSCH STRING QUARTET
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George Frederic HandelOrgan- Concerto in b flat, Op 7 No 3 ' EDUARD MOLLER
SCHOLA CANTORUM BASILIENSIS conducted by AUGUST WENZINGER
Cantata: Apollo e Dafne AGNES GIEBEL (soprano) DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
MEMBERS OF THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by GUNTHER WEISSENBORN gramophone records
Handel Concertos, a BBC Music Guide by Stanley Sadie , is available from book and music shops, price £1.50.
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played by Brian Martin in Third Church, Christ Scientist, Mayfair. London Heathcote Statham Rhap sody on a GroundHenry Smart Communion in E
E. C. Batrstow Allegro giocoso (Sonata in E flat) Karg-Elert Pastel No 2 Vierne Gargouilles et Chimeres(Piecesdefantaisie: Suite No 4)
Dupré Final (Sept pieces, Op 27)
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sung by Ian Partridge (tenor) with Jennifer Partridge (piano) and Meriel Dickinson (mezzo-soprano), with Peter Dickinson (piano), who also introduces the programme.Britten On this Island (1937): Let the florid music praise: Now the leaves are falling fast; Look, stranger, at this island now; Now through night's caressing grip; As it is, plenty
Berkeley Night covers up the rigid land (1939)
Peter Dickinson Four Auden Songs (1956), Look, stranger, on this island now; Eyes look into the well; Carry her over the water; What's in your mind
Berkeley Five Auden Poems (1958): Lauds; O lurcher-loving collier; What's in your mind; Eyes look into the well; Carry her over the water
Britten Fish in the unruffled lakes (1937)
Peter Dickinson Three Comic Songs (1960): My second thoughts; Happy Ending; Over the Heather
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led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by SIMON RATTLE IMOGEN COOPER (piano)Berlioz Overture: Les francs-juges
Schumann Introduction and Allegro appassionato, Op 92
Brahms Symphony No 4, in E minor. BBC Scotland
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A series of weekly recitals given by artists of the younger generation, direct from Broadcasting House, LondonChristopher Kite and Robert Ferguson (piano duet)
Ravel Suite: Ma Mere l'Oye
Satie Trois morceaux en forme de poire
Debussy Petite suite
Poulenc Sonata (1918)
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Duke Dobing (flute) George Caird (oboe)Charles Hine (clarinet) Adrian Leaper (horn)
Alan Warhurst (bassoon) Danzi Wind Quintet in G minor, Op 56 No 2
Hindcmith Kleine Kam mermusik
Seiber Permutations
Malcolm Arnold Three Shanties
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played by the COULL STRING QUARTET Roger Coull (violin)Philip Gallaway (violin) David Curtis (viola)
Martin Thomas (cello) with RICHARD MARKHAM (piano)
Haydn Quartet in D, Op 76 No 5
Dvorak Piano Quintet in A BBC Birmingham
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Bernard Keeffe introduces the programme of music for the early evening. medium wave and mono only from 6.20Contributors
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leaderCHRISTOPHER WARREN-GREEN conducted by GEORGES TZIPINE
PASCAL ROGÉ (piano)
Milhaud Suite française
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3, in c minor Debussy La mer BBC Wales
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by JAMES SAUNDERSThere is a lot to be said for the tranquil pleasures of a sheltered, academic life: good conversation and stimulating company with all material needs catered for. And the contemplative life seems especially attractive if the alternative is freedom in an outside world beset by unknown terrors. Directed by MATTHEW WALTERS
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JOHN LADE introduces the performance of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony recommended by Geoffrey Norris in last Saturday's Record Review.Contributors
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Nouveau concert No 6 (Les gouts rgunis)SIGISWALD KUIJKEN (violin) BARTHOLD KUIJKEN (flute) BRUCE BAYNES (oboe) WIELAND KUIJKEN (bass gamba) ROBERT KOHNEN (harpsichord) gramophone record
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Clock-watching ... seems to be Fallen Man's eternal punishment ... so why not let a wrist-watch and not an apple symbolise our fall from ParadiserA composition by Paul Patterson. sung by THE KING'S SINGERS gramophone record
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