born April 5, 1869
Pupil, composer, and teacher
gramophone records
Introduced by JOHN LADE
Building a Library: Schubert's Symphony No. 8, in B minor (Unfinished), by TREVOR HARVEY
A new medium-priced series: reviewed by EDWARD GREENFIELD
Introduced by Steve Race
Introduced by PETER JONES Directed by Jacob de Vries and Angus Mackay
12.30 SPORTS PARADE including your afternoon's Weather Forecast
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1.0 PRIZE QUIZ
LIAM NOLAN poses this week's questions and reveals the names of last week's lucky Premium Bond winners
Devised by John Fenton
1.15 MEET BOB BRAITHWAITE
The quiet Lancashire veterinary surgeon, who earns a living saving animals and wins gold medals shooting clay pigeons. talks to JOHN BURNS
RACING
1.40 The Half Moon Stakes Over five furlongs
2.10 The 2,000 Guineas Trial Stakes
Over seven furlongs—some of this year s classic colts make their first appearance of the season
2.50 The Rosebery Stakes Over one mile and a quarter
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY From Kempton Park
4.55 Full Racing Results
1.55 YOU'VE ASKED FOR IT
MAURICE EDELSTON introduces commentaries on past sporting events requested by listeners
Complied by John Fenton
2.25 CRICKET
Round the Counties
The second of a series of four programmes looking ahead to the new Cricket Season
This week:
The West
ALAN GIBSON looks at the prospects for Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, and Somerset
2.45 MOTOR SPORT
The East African Safari Rally
A report by ERIC COHEN on the third day of one of the world's \ toughest rallies
From Nairobi, Kenya
3.5 THE F.A. AMATEUR CUP
Bryon BUTLER takes a close-up look at the two teams in next Saturday's Cup Final at Wembley
3.15 THE BOAT RACE
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
4.0 Commentary by BRYON BUTLER 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 Results
5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Including reports on some of today's leading matches
TODAY'S TIMETABLE
12.30 Sports Parade
1.0 Prize Quiz
1.15 Meet Bob Braithwalte
1.40 Racing
1.55 You've Asked For It
2.10 Racing
2.25 Cricket
2.45 Motor Sport
2.50 Racing
3.5 The F.A. Amateur Cup
3.15 The Boat Race
4.0 Association Football
4.42.Association Football Results
4.55 Racing Results
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events
played by RONALD SMITH
Broadcast on April 22. 1968
Three programmes on the background and present situation of Britain's ' Travellers ' 2: Gentlemen of the Road-a study of the Gypsy way of life Compiled and introduced by JOHN SEYMOUR with contributions by BERNARD GILLIAT-SMITH Brian VESEY-FITZGERALD
GORDON BOSWELL , RICHARD WADE and various ' Travellers ' and with the help of Miss Dora Yates and the Gypsy Lore Society
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Second broadcast
Opera in a prologue and four acts: by Prokofiev after Gozzi sung in Russian: records
Cast in order of singing:
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF Moscow RADIO
Conducted by DZHEMAL DALGAT
Prologue
A stage with the curtain lowered
ACT 1
The King of Clubs' palace
ACT 2
Scene 1: The Prince's bedroom Scene 2: Courtyard of the palace
Leon Brittan former Editor of Crossbow, currently Chairman of the Bow Group
ACT 3
Scene 1: A desert
Scene 2: The kitchen of Creonta's castle
Scene 3: The desert again Scene 4: The King's palace ACT
The throne-room of the palace
A programme in which different interpretations on gramophone records are compared
ROGER FISKE discusses the Elgar Cello Concerto and some of the problems of its interpretation as recorded by BEATRICE HARRISON with the composer himself conducting. W. H. SQUIRE and SIR HAMILTON HARTY conducting, CASALS and Boult, TORTELIER and SARGENT, NAVARRA and BARBIROLLI, and JACQUELINE DU PR]É and BARBIROLLI followed by an interlude at 10 50