Overture: Semiramide
Gvrowetz 0
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
8.12* Concertante in B flat major
Haydn 0
PETER GRAEME (oboe)
MARTIN GATT (bassoon)
EMANUEL HURWITZ (violin) KEITH HARVEY (cello)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM
8.33* Symphony in D major
Cherubini
NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
9.0 News; Weather
9.4 Elgar
Serenade in E minor, for string orchestra 0
SINFONIA OF London Conducted by Sir JOHN BARBIROLLI
9.18* THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) RICHARD Lewis (tenor) Kim BORG (bass) Halle CHOIR
SHEFFIELD PHILHARMONIC CHORUS AMBROSIAN SINGERS HALLÉ ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR John BARBIROLLI gramophone records

Introduced by JOHN LADE
Building a Library: Sibelius's Symphony No. 5, in E flat major, by TREVOR HARVEY
Recent choral records: reviewed by ROBERT HENDERSON

Introduced by Steve Race

Introduced by Peter Jones
Produced by Geoff Dobson

12.30 Sports Service Line-Up
Including your afternoon's Weather Forecast the latest Cricket scores and news and previews of today's Soccer Internationals, the Seven-a-side Rugby Union Tournament, the Penfold Golf Tournament, the Finals of the British Hard Court Championships, Racing at Ascot Heath, and the International Swimming Trials.

RUGBY UNION
12.55 : 1.35 : 2.13 2 2.55
3.46 : 4.50
The Middlesex 7-a-side Finals
Eric York and Alan Gibson are at Twickenham for the final event of the season - a feast of fast, open and exhausting Rugby.

CRICKET
1.5 : 2.23 : 3.15 : 3.50 I
4.45 : 5.23
Worcestershire v. The West Indies
BRIAN JOHNSTON and ROY LAWRENCE watching the traditional opening county match of a touring side.
See page 39
Surrey v. Derbyshire
NORMAN CUDDEFORD from The Oval

1.40 LUNCH-BREAK
A look at tomorrow's Spanish Grand Prix at Barcelona
The Daily Mail Transatlantic Air Race
BRIAN JOHNSTON takes a look at some of the international entries for the race which commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first flight across the Atlantic.
The race starts at 8.0 a.m. tomorrow and entrants can make their attempt in either direction up to Sunday. May 11. from the top of the Post Office Tower. London. to the 86th floor of the Empire State Building. New York.
See page 31 also
Cricket Scoreboard and news

RACING
1.55 The Hampton Court Stakes Over one and a half miles
3.0 The Victoria Cup Over seven furlongs
3.30 The Paradise Stakes Over two miles
4.0 The Great Harry Stakes Over one and a half miles
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY From Ascot Heath
5.10 Full Racing Results and a summary and review by PETER BROMLEY of the afternoon at Ascot Heath

GOLF
2.10 : 3.45 : 4.45 : 5.23
The Penfold Tournament
The first major tournament of the season, played over 72 holes at the Hill Barn course, Worthing, ends today. TOM SCOTT reports on the play during the final two rounds.

LAWN TENNIS
2.23 : 3.15 : 3.50 : 4.4S : 5.23
The British Hard Court Open Championships
Commentary by MAX ROBERTSON with summaries by DAN MASKELL from the West Hants Lawn Tennis Club, Bournemouth.

4.15 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Wales v. Scotland
See panel and pages 33-36

5.18 SWIMMING
Great Britain International Trials
JOHN BURNS reports from Crystal Palace

PETER FRANKL (piano)

Die Brautwahl
A fantastic comedy in music in three acts and an epilogue based on the story by E. T. A. HOFFMANN
Words and music by Ferruccio Busoni sung in the Italian version of Giovanni Trampus
Cast in order of singing:
ROME CHORUS AND Symphony ORCHESTRA OF ITALIAN RADIO Chorus-Master, Nino Antonellini Conducted by FERNANDO PREVITALI
Recording made available by courtesy of Italian Radio
Scene: Berlin about 1820
Act 1
Sc. 1: The ' Zelte ' beer-garden Sc. 2: Outside the city hall Sc. 3: A dimly lit tavern

by H. R. KEDWARD
Lecturer in History, University of Sussex
After France's defeat in 1940 she was divided into two zones: the German-occupied Northern area and the Southern ' Vichy ' zone. Mr. Kedward has been researching into the Resistance that developed in Vichy France and talking to some of the surviving Resisters. What were their motives? Is ' patriotism '-the usual answer-a sufficient explanation?

ACT 2
Sc. 1: A room in Voswinkel's house Sc. 2: Another room in the house

John Sparrow , Warden of All Souls College, Oxford
Last of three weekly talks
Next Saturday: John Rex

Act 3
Sc. 1: The ' Froschlalch ' In the Tiergarlen
Sc. 2: A room in Voswinkel's house
Epilogue
The drawlngroom In Voswinkel's house

† LAURENCE DAVIES talks about the common ideals shared by Cesar Franck and the group of composers he gathered round him, and examines Franck's work in relation to developments in the other arts both in France and abroad. followed by an interlude at 10.55