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Sibelius
At the castle gate; A spring in the park; The three blind sisters; Pastorale; Melisande at the spinning-wheel; Entr'acte (Pelleas and Melisande)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
9.16* Romance in C major, for string orchestra
LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTYENSKY
9.25* Tone Poem: En Saga
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestyensky
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

with Josef Hofmann
Introduced by DENYS GUEROULT
At the turn of the century the rich would engage the celebrity artists of the day to entertain their guests. At such a musical evening the music would, naturally, tend toward the brilliant and popular.
Recorded from piano rolls made by Josef Hofmann

Contributors

Unknown:
Josef Hofmann
Introduced By:
Denys Gueroult
Unknown:
Josef Hofmann

Beethoven
Der Wachtelschlag
Three Goethe Songs, Op. 83
Wonne der Wehmut: Sehnsucbt Mit einem gemalten Bande
An die Hoffnung, Op. 94
Schubert
Wehmut (Wenn ich durch Wald und Fluren geh')
Auf der Riesenkoppe
An den Mond auf einer Herbstnacht Die Allmacht
HEATHER HARPER (soprano) ERNEST LUSH (piano)
Broadcast on March 10. 1968

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Piano:
Ernest Lush

Introduced by PETER JONES Directed by John Fenton and Angus Mackay See panel
TODAY'S TIMETABLE
2.45 Results
2.50 Racing: 3.5 Rugby Union
3.15 Motor Sport; 3.25 Racing
3.40 Rugby Union
4.10 Association Football
4.55 Rugby Union
5.0 Sports Report
Timings may be altered by events

Contributors

Introduced By:
Peter Jones
Directed By:
John Fenton
Directed By:
Angus MacKay

RAE WOODLAND (soprano)
JEAN ALLISTER (contralto) JOHN WAKEFIELD (tenor)
DEREK HAMMOND-STROUD (baritone) OWEN BRANNIGAN (baSS)
BBC CHORUS
BBC Choral SOCIETY
BBC CONCERT Orchestra Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, MARCUS DODS
Gilbert and Sullivan
Excerpts from The Gondoliers
6.51* Trial by Jury
The complete opera
Broadcast on August 31. 19tib
Derek Hammond-Stroud broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company

Contributors

Soprano:
Rae Woodland
Contralto:
Jean Allister
Tenor:
John Wakefield
Baritone:
Derek Hammond-Stroud
Bass:
Owen Brannigan
Conductor:
Marcus Dods
Unknown:
Derek Hammond-Stroud

The bouzouki is the instrument which gives Greek popular music or laike moussike its peculiar character and vitality. From humble beginnings in the early 1920s it has achieved popularity and distinction in the cinema, theatre, ballet, the modern Greek love song, and even in the comedies of Aristophanes.
GEORGE ANGELL traces the recent history of the bouzouki and gives examples of the development of laike moussike in the hands of talented Greek composers and poets
Music by Hadiidakis, Theodorakis. Xarhakos, Markopoulos, Moutsis Lyrics adapted into English by IAN SCOTT-KlLVERT and read by OLIVE GREGG and HUGH Dickson
Produced by George MacBeth and George Angell
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
George Angell
English By:
Ian Scott-Kllvert
Read By:
Olive Gregg
Unknown:
Hugh Dickson
Produced By:
George MacBeth
Produced By:
George Angell

Could the legal system be more humane? by PROFESSOR ANDREW WATSON a psychoanalyst teaching in the Law Faculty, University of Michigan
Introduced by MICHAEL ZANDER Lecturer in Law at the London School of Economics
The eighth of ten programmes exploring some of the chief defects in the law and the legal system in its impact on the citizen.
Professor Watson's talk was recorded for the BBC at the University of Michigan: second broadcast 9: Who is at fault when injustice occursr by Lord Devlin: April 13

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor Andrew Watson
Introduced By:
Michael Zander

JOHN WHITWORTH (counter-tenor) WILFRED BROWN (tenor)
DUNCAN ROBERTSON (tenor) ALAN LUMSDEN (sackbut) DAVID MUNROW (shawm)
MARY REMNANT (medieval fiddle and chamber organ)
MARYLIN WAILES (gothic harp)
Directed by GILBERT REANEY
Bien deust chanter 13th cent. Worldes blisce - Benedicamus
Domino........................13th cent.
Virgo Maria— O stella......14th cent. Ave, mundi rosa 14th cent. Gloria. laus, et honor 15th cent
Part of a public concert recorded
In the Purcell Room, Royal Festival Hall, London, on April 20: broadcast on May 16. 1968

Contributors

Unknown:
John Whitworth
Tenor:
Wilfred Brown
Tenor:
Duncan Robertson
Tenor:
Alan Lumsden
Unknown:
Marylin Wailes
Directed By:
Gilbert Reaney

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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