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Tonight, especially for entomologists. music about spiders and dromedaries, goats and ants. And for horticulturists' and farmers, extracts from catalogues selling flower-seeds and agricultural machinery.
The music is by Roussel, Milhaud. Poulenc, Honegger, Stravinsky and Jean Francaix and the performers are: NIGEL WICKENS (baritone) With the NASH ENSEMBLE conducted by ELGAR HOWARTH RUTH DYSON (harpsichord) and on gramophone records:
STRAVINSKY conducting MEMBERS
OF THE CBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERNEST ANSERMET conducting tne SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Francaix
Baritone:
Nigel Wickens
Conducted By:
Elgar Howarth
Harpsichord:
Ruth Dyson
Unknown:
Ernest Ansermet

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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