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Music for great dancers
Six weekly programmes in which
DAME Marie RAMBERT talks about great dancers and the music that inspired them
4: Four Famous Russians with the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conducted by EMMANUEL YOUNG
Script by Marie Rambert and Peter Brinson
Produced by Elizabeth Johnson

Contributors

Conducted By:
Emmanuel Young
Script By:
Marie Rambert
Script By:
Peter Brinson
Produced By:
Elizabeth Johnson

The four composers in today's programme are all members of the staff of York University Music Department
CATHERINE WEST-TAYLOR (soprano) DAVID BLAKE (piano)
ROBERT SHERLAW JOHNSON (piano)
PURCELL CONSORT OF VOICES Director, GRAYSTON BURGESS Christine Clarke (soprano) Susan Longfield (soprano)
Grayston Burgess (counter-tenor) John Buttrey (tenor)
Geoffrey Shaw (baritone) Christopher Keyte (bass)
Recorded at the Harrogate Festival of Arts and Sciences. 1967, in the Lounge Hall, Harrogate

Contributors

Piano:
David Blake
Piano:
Sherlaw Johnson
Director:
Grayston Burgess
Soprano:
Christine Clarke
Soprano:
Susan Longfield
Soprano:
Grayston Burgess
Tenor:
John Buttrey
Baritone:
Geoffrey Shaw
Bass:
Christopher Keyte

A series of five programmes for young parents with a first baby
5: The New Family
The baby's emotional development brings problems of its own like temper tantrums, thumb sucking and pot training. In this programme the speakers discuss how parents can deal with these problems and look ahead to what Liz and Henry can expect in Robert's second year. A CHILDREN'S SPECIALIST with HENRY AND ELIZABETH MEADOWS
PETER MITTLER
Lecturer in Child Psychology, Birkbeck College, University of London and A DOCTOR who works in a Child Welfare Clinic
Produced by Ron Bloomfield
For a reading list send a stamped addressed envelope to ' The First Year of Life,' [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown:
Elizabeth Meadows
Unknown:
Peter Mittler
Produced By:
Ron Bloomfield

by Eugene O'Neill with Ray McAnally as ' Erie ' Smith and Cyril Shaps as the Night Clerk Narrator, RONALD HERDMAN
The action takes place in the lobby of a small hotel in New York in the summer of 1928. Produced by CHARLES LEFEAUX
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Eugene O'Neill
Unknown:
Ray McAnally
Unknown:
Cyril Shaps
Narrator:
Ronald Herdman
Produced By:
Charles Lefeaux

A conversation between an invited audience of poets, critics and composers about some recent attempts to combine words and music - jazz, pop, and electronic - in the interests of enriched impact.
The speakers include: Bob Cobbing, Kevin Crossley-Holland, Roger McGough, Eric Mottram, Peter Porter, Alan Riddell, Tim Souster and Rosemary Tonks with George Macbeth in the chair. The conversation will take its starting point from a number of recorded performances including:
'Muriel' written and sung by Stevie Smith
"The Blue Moor' written and spoken by Pete Brown with the Pete Brown Band
Adrian Henri's 'Christmas Blues' written and read by Adrian Henri with guitar accompaniment by Andy Roberts
'I'm Bored' from 'Gorilla' written and sung by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
'Orpheus in Soho' written and read by Rosemary Tonks with electronic accompaniment by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
and An extract from 'Seasons through the Day of a Town by the Sea' written by Edward Crook and read by Frances Hooker with electronic musical accompaniment composed by Tim Souster
Not all of these will necessarily be heard in the programme.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Cobbing
Unknown:
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Unknown:
Roger McGough
Unknown:
Eric Mottram.
Unknown:
Peter Porter
Unknown:
Alan Riddell
Unknown:
Tim Souster
Unknown:
Rosemary Tonks
Unknown:
George MacBeth
Sung By:
Stevie Smith
Spoken By:
Pete Brown
Unknown:
Adrian Henri
Read By:
Adrian Henri
Unknown:
Andy Roberts
Read By:
Rosemary Tonks
Written By:
Edward Crook
Read By:
Frances Hooker
Composed By:
Tim Souster

Prague String Quartet Bretislav Novotny (violin) Karel Pribyl (violin)
Jaroslav Karlovsky (viola) Zdenek Konicek (cello)
The sixth in a weekly series of twelve programmes
Haydn (Op. 55 No. 2), Mozart (K.589) played by the Darting-ton Quartet: February 23

Contributors

Violin:
Bretislav Novotny
Violin:
Karel Pribyl
Viola:
Jaroslav Karlovsky
Cello:
Zdenek Konicek

A recollection spoken by Sir Geoffrey Keynes with some letters of Henry James and Rupert Brooke read by CARLETON HOBBS and BRIAN HEWLETT
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon In 1909 Henry James accepted an invitation to pay his first visit to Cambridge. The climax of the visit was a ' floating idyll ' in a punt, poled by Rupert Brooke , with the bulky form of Henry James comfortably disposed upon the cushions.
A new production of the programme first broadcast in the Third Programme in 1958 Second broadcast

Contributors

Spoken By:
Sir Geoffrey Keynes
Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Rupert Brooke
Read By:
Carleton Hobbs
Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon
Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Rupert Brooke
Unknown:
Henry James

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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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