' Orlando the Marmalade Cat ' from the story by Kathleen Hale told by David Davis
Illustrated with music composed by Henry Reed who conducts a section of the BBC Northern Orchestra
2-' Orlando Keeps a Dog '
5.30 For Older Children
The Linleys of Bath Derek Jones tells the story of this astonishing family of the eighteenth century, and some of their music is played by The Vincian Trio:
Lamond Clelland (flute)
Margot Bor (piano)
Valerie Cardnell (soprano)
Thomas Linley had six children who grew up and worked in the gaiety, the glitter, and the fashionable whirl of eighteenth-century Bath. They were all musical prodigies, and all the girls were beautiful. One of them, Elizabeth, eloped with Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
5.50 The week's programmes