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Brandenburg Concerto No. 5. in D major
AURÈLE NICOLET (flute)
RUDOLF BAUMGARTNER (violin)
RALPH KIRKPATRICK (harpsichord) LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS gramophone records

Contributors

Violin:
Rudolf Baumgartner
Harpsichord:
Ralph Kirkpatrick

Introduced by MICHAEL DE MORGAN
Directed by John Fenton
12.30 Your Afternoon Forecast direct from the London Weather Centre followed by SPORTS PARADE
1.0 PLAIN SAILING
Featuring this week:
Another ' construction ' on kits; Club of the week-Hollingworth Lake; A Queen's Harbour?; Photography afloat
Introduced by TONY PRESTON
From the North
Broadcast on August 21
RACING
1.25 The Hedge Hopper's Hurdle Race, Div. 1
For three-year-olds. run over two miles
1.55 The Hedge Hopper's Hurdle Race, Div. 2
Commentary by ROBERT HAYNES with summaries by ROGER MORTIMER
From Newbury
2.25 The Observer Gold Cup
For two-year-old colts and fillies, run over one mile
2.55 The Manchester Handicap For three-year-olds and upwards, run over one mile and a half
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY
From Doncaster
4.54* Racing Results
RUGBY UNION I
Midland and Home Counties v. New Zealand Touring Team
2.40 Preview
3.10 Commentary on part of this afternoon's match by BOB IRVINE and PETER CRANMER
From Leicester
See page 4
3.55 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Commentary by ALAN CLARKE and SIMON SMITH on the second half of one of today's English League matches
4.40' In A Flash
The latest news from our commentators and the BBC Sports Room, including Football Results as they come in. 5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Produced by Angus Mackay
Classified Football Results at
5.0 and 5.50
TODAY'S TIMETABLE
12.30 Weather and Sports Parade
1.0 Plain Sailing
1.25 Racing
1.55 Ractng
2.25 Racing
2.40 Rugby Preview
2.55 Racing
3.10 Rugby
3.55 Association Football
4.40 In A Flash
4.54 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael de Morgan
Directed By:
John Fenton
Introduced By:
Tony Preston
Commentary By:
Robert Haynes
Unknown:
Roger Mortimer
Commentary By:
Peter Bromley
Unknown:
Peter Cranmer
Commentary By:
Alan Clarke
Commentary By:
Simon Smith
Produced By:
Angus MacKay

ROBIN CLARKE
Editor of Science Journal describes the background, as a British journalist sees it. to the fierce controversy in the U.S.A. about the use of chemicals in the Vietnam war
EMILE DE ANTONIO introduces recordings of the views of American scientists, soldiers, and civilians, including passages from an open debate at Cornell University
Speakers:
GENERAL J. H. ROTHSCHILD former Commanding General, Research and Development,
U.S. Army Chemical Services
BOWMAN CUTTER member of the U.S. Disarmament Commission
ALBERT S. MILDVAN Professor of Biology.
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
DR. KNUT KRIEGER Director of Project Summit and Spicerack. University of Pennsylvania
DR. MATTHEW MESELSON Professor of Biology, Harvard University
JEAN MAYER
Professor of Nutritional Medicine, Harvard Medical School
CAROL BRIGHTMAN
Editor of Viet Report
Produced for the BBC in New York by Emile de Antonio
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
General J. H. Rothschild
Unknown:
Dr. Knut Krieger
Unknown:
Dr. Matthew Meselson
Unknown:
Jean Mayer
Unknown:
Carol Brightman
Unknown:
Emile de Antonio

Anthony Barker broadcasts the first of two commentaries in this fortnightly current affairs series
Mr. Barker, of the Department of Government. University of Essex. is also engaged on a study for P.E.P. of the sources of information available to Members of Parliament.

Contributors

Unknown:
Anthony Barker

Part 2: Barraqui Chant après chant first performance In this country
BERTHE KAL (soprano) Yu.ii TAKAHASHI (piano)
STRASBOURG PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE Conducted by CHARLES BRÜCK
From the 1967 English Bach
Festival. Oxford

Contributors

Soprano:
Berthe Kal
Conducted By:
Charles Brück

by SIR JACK WESTRUP
Sir Jack Westrup , Heather Pro fessor of Music in the University of Oxford, edited L'incoronazione di Popped and directed performances of other Monteverdi operas before the war. He examines Monteverdi's relationship to the operatic experiments of Péri and Caccini and discusses some of the problems in preparing Monteverdi's operas for modern performance.

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Jack Westrup
Unknown:
Sir Jack Westrup
Unknown:
Heather Pro

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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