(piano).
Variations sérieuses, Op. 54
Mendelssohn
Sonata in E flat, Op. 81a (Les adieux
-L'absence-Le retour) Beethoven
This morning's broadcast of Beethoven's Sonata in E flat, Op. 81a, is the first of a new series that is intended to present the whole cycle of Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas, giving one every week, each played by a leading exponent of the 'composer's music. These sonatas will be broadcast at various times during the day and evening, but the bigger and more extended ones will .be placed during the peak listening hours. They will not be given in chronological order.