1:00:32
Vernon Handley and Andrew McGregor discuss the symphonies of Arnold Bax (from Chandos)
Rodders
52:22
Beecham in Rehearsal (originally on EMI LP ALP 1874)
27:02
Sir Adrian Boult rehearsing The Pilgrim's Progress of Vaughan Williams(originally on EMI LP SLS 959)
58:15
An Introduction to Havergal Brian's symphonies and orchestral music by Malcolm MacDonald
53:12
Eric Coates, The Man and His Music (Charles Brewer BBC Radio documentary) (1961)
1:18:54
An Introduction to Debussy's opera Pelléas et Mélisande, by Thomson Smillie (read by David Timson)
26:50
Elgar’s The Apostles and The Kingdom : An illustrated introduction by Sir Adrian Boult
1:09:32
Anthony Payne’s spoken commentary on the sketches for Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 3 Op. 88 (1997)
44:44
The Lyrita Story, with Lewis Foreman (BBC Radio 3 Documentary, broadcast 29 Sep 2007)
1:02:09
An introduction to the symphonies of Carl Nielsen, by Robert Simpson
1:09:45
Ethel Smyth (1858-1944), A Centenary Tribute (Radio Documentary) (1958)
16:15
Apropos of Le Sacre, recorded commentary by Igor Stravinsky about the history of a musical landmark
26:20
Howard Blake : The Snowman, concert version for narrator, boy soprano and orchestra Op.323 (1983)
18:45
Benjamin Britten : The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (on a theme of Purcell) Op. 34 (1946)
19:13
Claude Debussy ed. Arthur Hoérée: Les Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music L. 96 (1900-01 ed. 1971)
1:13:47
Claude Debussy : Le Martyre de saint Sébastien, Mystère in 5 actes et 5 mansions L. 124 (1911)
40:31
Frederick Delius : Paa Vidderne, Melodrama for speaker and orchestra after Ibsen RT III/1 (1888)
18:36
Douglas Lilburn (1915-2001) : Landfall in Unknown Seas for narrator and string orchestra (1942)
28:02
Jenny McLeod (1941-2022): The Emperor and the Nightingale, for narrator & orchestra (1985 rev. 2010)
23:21
Jules Massenet: Suite parnassienne for narrator, double chorus and orchestra (1900s, published 1913)
1:47:10
Felix Mendelssohn : A Midsummer Night's Dream, incidental music Op. 61 (1842), with abridged play
30:56
Gabriel Pierné : Les Enfants à Bethleem, mystery in two parts - Part One La plaine (1907)
25:56
Gabriel Pierné : Les Enfants à Bethleem, mystery in two parts - Part Two L'étable (1907)
27:22
Francis Poulenc orch. Françaix : L'Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant FP 129 (1940-45 orch. 1962)
55:02
Sergei Prokofiev : Egyptian Nights, incidental music to the play (1934)
25:03
Sergei Prokofiev : Peter and the Wolf, a symphonic fairy tale for children Op. 67 (1936)
1:16:18
Sergei Prokofiev orch. Dattel & Zinger : Eugene Onegin, incidental music Op. 71 (1936 orch. 1973)
23:25
Maurice Ravel (after Rimsky- Korsakov) : Antar, selections from the incidental music MA. 15 (1909)
1:43:12
Ottorino Respighi : Belkis, regina di Saba, ballet in seven quadri P 171 (1931)
31:57
Hilding Rosenberg (1892-1985) : The Holy Night, A Christmas Oratorio Op. 70 (1936)
19:30
John Rutter : Brother Heinrich's Christmas, for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1982)
55:37
Arnold Schoenberg et al. : Genesis Suite for narrators, chorus and orchestra (1945)
1:18:18
Robert Schumann ed. Beecham : Manfred, incidental music Op. 115 (1848-49), with spoken text
16:45
Wilhelm Stenhammar arr. Rosenberg : A Dream Play, Concert version of incidental music Op. 36 (1916)
15:05
Vaughan Williams : A Song of Thanksgiving, for soprano, speaker, chorus, organ and orchestra (1944)
29:08
William Walton arr. Carl Davis : Christopher Columbus, incidental music - Part One (1942 arr. 1988)
29:44
William Walton arr. Carl Davis : Christopher Columbus, incidental music - Part Two (1942 arr. 1988)
27:45
William Walton : Henry V, scenes from the film music, with spoken text (1944)
13:14
William Walton : Hamlet, Scenes from the soundtrack to Laurence Olivier's film (1948)
18:43
John Williams : The Reivers, Suite for narrator and orchestra (1980)
51:07
An Audience with Peter Ustinov (1988)
43:57
My One and Only, by Dawn King (BBC Radio 4, Play of the Week 2012)
