(died March S, 1869)
Centenary Concert
Overture: The Corsair
8.13* Te Deum
ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor) DENIS VAUGHAN (orvan)
DULWICH COLLEGE Boys' Choir LONDON PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC Orchestra Conducted by Sir THOMAS BEECHAM
9.0 News; Weather
9.4 Overture: Kinn Lear
9.21- Vous soupirez , madame?
(Beatrice and Benedict)
APRIL CANTELO (soprano) HELEN Watts (contrallo)
LONDON SYMPHONY Orchestra Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
9.35* Requiem Mass
PETER SCHREIER (tenor)
BAVARIAN Radio CHORUS and SYMPHONY Orchestra
Conducted by CHARLES MUNCH gramophone records
See page 43
Introduced by JOHN LADE
Building a Library: Mahler's Symphony No. 3, by STEPHEN WALSH
Recent Records of organ music: reviewed by PAUL TILLEY
Introduced by BRYON BUTLER
Directed by John Haslam and Angus Mackay
12.0 BOXING
Bantamweight
Championship of the World
A relay of the Australian Broadcasting Commission transmission
See below
1.45 European Heavyweight Champion
â LIAM NOLAN talks to
HENRT COOPER and his manager Jim Wicks during the champion's preparations for his contest in Rome next Thursday, when Cooper will be defending his European title against Piero Tomasoni of Italy
See pages 32 and 56 1.0 SPORTS PARADE
Including your afternoon's Weather Forecast and Test Match close of play
1.30 PRIZE QUIZ
LIAM NOLAN poses this week's questions and reveals the names of last week's lucky Premium Bond winners
Devised by John Kenton
RACING
1.55 The Jack of Newbury Chase
For five-year-olds and upwards, run two miles and a half
2.25 The Mandarin Handicap Chase
For five-year-olds and upwards, run over three miles, two furlongs and 82 yards
2.55 The Highclere Hurdle Race For four-year-olds only, run over two miles
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY From Newbury
4.55 Full Racing Results
2.10 THE BOAT RACE
DESMOND Hill, who has been following the progress of both crews from the start of their training, looks back at the problems caused by a long hard winter and ahead to the race itself in four weeks' lime
2.40 CRICKET
BBC Cricket correspondent BRIAN JOHNSTON with news and comments on the third day's play of the final Test Match between Pakistan and England
â From Karachi. Pakistan
RUGBY UNION
3.10 International Wales v. Ireland
Commentary by ALUN WILLIAMS and SAMMY WALKER
From Cardiff Arms Park
County ChampionshipâFinal Cornwall v. Lancashire
2.45 A run-down of the teams 3-45 : 4.50
Commentary and reports by ALAN GIBSON , with comments on play from JOHN KENDALL -CARPENTER
From Redruth. Cornwall See also Radio 4
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
4.0 Commentary by ALAN CLARKE and MAURICE EDELSTON during the second half of one of today's English League matches
4.42* Results as they come in, direct from the BBC Sports Room
5.0 : 5.55
Classified Football Results
5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Including reports on today's leading matches
TODAY'S TIMETABLE
12.0 Boxing
1.0 Sports Parade
1.30 Prize Quiz
1.45 Boxing
1.55 Racing
2.10 The Boat Race
2.25 Racing
2.40 Cricket
2.45 Rugby UnionâCounty
Championship
2.55 Racing
3.10 Rugby Union International
3.45 Rugby UnionâCounty
Championship
4.0 Association Football
4.42* Association Football Results
4.50 Rugby Union-County
Championship
4.55 Racing
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events
played by RICHARD BURNETT on an early nineteenth-century Clementi piano
A personal portrait of William IV by NESTA PAIN compiled from the anecdotes and reminiscences of the men who knew him anions them CHARLES GREVILLE
THOMAS CREEVEY , SIR BYAM MARTIN JAMES BOADEN , and LORD BROUGHAM
Produced by NESTA PAIN
and the Ulster Model
Dr. Tom HADDEN
Lecturer in Law at the University of Kent at Canterbury considers the demands for regional autonomy in Britain and advocates a solution along the lines of the Ulster model
Berlioz
JOSEPHINE VEASEY (mezzo-soprano) RONALD DOWD (tenor)
THOMAS HEMSLEY (baritone) Michael RIPPON (bass)
LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR Chorus-Master. Edmund Walters
A section of the choirs of WIRRAL COUNTY CRAMMAR SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Conductor,
DORIS KINSON BIRKENHEAD SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Chorus-Master, Timothy Lawford
ROYAL LIVERPOOL
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader. Clifford Knowles
Conductor. CHARLES GROVES
A public concert from the Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool
Geoffrey R. Elton
Professor of English Constitutional History, Clare College, Cambridge
Anthony Quinton's second talk
King Christian IVof Denmark by John Bergsagel
Both Dowland and Schutz served at this court, the greatest Renaissance court in Northern Europe, and its musical life was exceptionally rich and varied.
John BERGSAGEL introduces examples of the music heard there, including movements from
Mogens Pedersitn 's Latin Mass, as well as some of his madrigals.
The madrigals by Pedersan,
Hans Nielsen , Brachrogge, and Borchgrevinck sung by members of The LONDON MADRIGAL SINGERS Conductor, CHRISTOPHER BISHOP
Recording of Pederson's Latin Mass mady available by courtesy of Danish Radio followed by an interlude at 10.55