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United Nations Day Concert

on BBC Radio 4 FM

From the General Assembly Hall of the United Nations, New York: Message for United Nations Day from U Thant, Secretary General of the UN
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3, in c minor
RUDOLF SERKIN (piano)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
From the Concert Studio of Rumanian Radio, Bucharest:
Enesco Rumanian Rhapsody No 1, in A major
Mihail Jora Ballet Suite: Le retour des profondeurs
(first broadcast in this country) RUMANIAN RADIO
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by IOSIF CONTA
The American part of the concert will be broadcast via the satellite Intelsat III. This will be the first time ever that a purely sound broadcast has been so transmitted, and the quality should be superior to that normally heard in a television broadcast by satellite. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Conducted By:
Rudolf Kempe
Unknown:
Mihail Jora
Conducted By:
Iosif Conta

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