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Quartet in B flat major, Op. 71
No.
AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Sydney Humphreys (violin)
Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Margaret Major (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) Broadcast on October 13

Contributors

Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Cello:
Derek Simpson

Quintet in F minor. Op. 34 RUDOLF SERKIN (piano)
BUDAPEST STRING QUARTET Joseph Roisman (violin)
Alexander Schneider (violin) Boris Kroyt (viola)
Mischa Schneider (cello) gramophone record

Contributors

Piano:
Rudolf Serkin
Violin:
Joseph Roisman
Violin:
Alexander Schneider
Viola:
Boris Kroyt
Cello:
Mischa Schneider

Introduced by Bryon Butler
Directed by John Haslam and Angus Mackay

12.30 Sports Parade
Including Weather forecast

1.0 Prize Quiz
In which Premium Bonds are awarded for answering a few sporting questions
Devised by John Fenton

1.15 Meet Trevor Howard
Brian Johnston talks to Trevor Howard, film star and cricket fanatic

Golf: 1.40; 4.50: The World Cup
Reports by Ben Wright on the third day's play from the Olgiata Golf Club, Rome

1.45 Motor Sport
The R.A.C. Rally of Great Britain

Lawn Tennis 2.0; 2.25; 3.45; 4.50
The British Covered Court Championships
This is also the fifth of a series of six tournaments for The Dewar Cup
Commentary by Max Robertson during today's finals
From the Queen's Club

Racing
2.10 The Chaplin Handicap Hurdle Race
2.50 The Mackeson Gold Cup
Commentary by Peter Bromley; summaries by Roger Mortimer
From Cheltenham
4.55 Racing Results

Rugby Union 3.5; 4.50: County Championship (Northern Division): Lancashire v. Northumberland
Commentary by Alan Gibson, with comments on play from Michael Stevenson
From Blundellsands, Lancashire

4.0 Association Football: F.A. Cup
Commentary by Alan Clarke and Peter Jones during the second half of one of today's First Round matches in the F.A. Cup Competition

4.42* Results as they come in, direct from the Sports Room

5.0; 5.55 Classified Football Results

5.0 Sports Report including reports on today's leading matches

Today's Timetable
12.30 Sports Parade and Weather
1.0 Prize Quiz
1.15 Meet Trevor Howard
1.40 Golf
1.45 Motor Sport
2.0 Lawn Tennis
2.10 Racing
2.25 Lawn Tennis
2.50 Racing
3.5 Rugby Union
3.45 Lawn Tennis
4.0 Association Football
4.42* Association Football Results
4.50 Rugby Union, Lawn Tennis, and Golf
4.55 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events

Contributors

Introduced by:
Bryon Butler
Directed by:
John Haslam
Directed by:
Angus MacKay
Devised by ("Prize Quiz"):
John Fenton
Presenter ("Meet Trevor Howard"):
Brian Johnston
Subject ("Meet Trevor Howard"):
Trevor Howard
Reporter (Golf):
Ben Wright
Commentary (Lawn Tennis):
Max Robertson
Commentary (Racing):
Peter Bromley
Summaries (Racing):
Roger Mortimer
Commentary (Rugby Union):
Alan Gibson
Analysis (Rugby Union):
Michael Stevenson
Commentary (Association Football):
Alan Clarke
Commentary (Association Football):
Peter Jones

by W. H. Auden
Sensible people may ' feel like singing ' but they do not break into sone. Yet in the world which opera can create it is accepted that there are occasions when song alone is adequate. What are the emotions and concepts which can best be conveyed through a union of the dynamic art of music, the virtuoso art of singing, a melodramatic plot, and wilfully passionate characters who insist upon their fate?
Mr. Auden examines the relation between musical and verbal statements and illustrates from his own experience of writing for opera, more especially in writing the libretto with Chester Kallman for The Bassarids.
Thtf third of Mr. Auden's T. S Eliot Memorial Lectures delivered In the University of Kent a year ago.
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Unknown:
Chester Kallman

Opera seria with intermezzo in one act
Libretto after Euripides' Bacchae by W. H. AUDEN and Chester KALLMAN
Music by Hans Werner Henze
Sung In the original English
Cast in order of singing:
Citizens of Thebes, Bassarids (Maenads and Bacchants)
BBC CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Bean
Conducted by EDWARD Downes
Produced by BRIAN TROWELL the action takes place In the courtyard of the Royal Palace in Thebes, and on Mount Cytheron
Recorded In the Royal Albert Hal) Delme Bryn-Jones broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden: Francis Egerton by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co r Broadcast on September 22

Contributors

Unknown:
W. H. Auden
Unknown:
Chester Kallman
Music By:
Hans Werner Henze
Leader:
Hugh Bean
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Produced By:
Brian Trowell

by PATRICIA HUTCHINS
Towards the end of his long life. Thomas Hardy was sought after for advice and inspiration by much younger writers, including Pound. Graves, and Virginia Woolf. Miss Hutchins presents new evidence of these relationships. drawn from recent research

Contributors

Unknown:
Patricia Hutchins
Unknown:
Thomas Hardy

BBC Radio 3

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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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