Conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN gramophone records
for British and Commonwealth
Duos and Trios
Second prizewinners In the Trio section
Recorded during the first stage of the competition at Dartington Hall
Fifth in a weekly series followed by an interlude
ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest
gramophone records
Introduced by MAURICE EDELSTON
Produced by Jacob de Vries
THE FAIREY BAND
Conductor,
HARRY MORTIMER
from the Proms
HALLÉ ORCHESTRA
Leader, Martin Milner
Conductor,
SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Johann Strauss
Overture: The Gypsy Baron
6.33* Waltz: Tales from the Vienna Woods
6.50* Annen Polka
6.53* Perpetuum Mobile
6.56* Waltz: Roses from the South
Richard Strauss
7.7* Suite: Der Rosenkavalier
Broadcast on August 10. 1968
Two enquiries by Rex Malik into the social implications of the computer
The use of steam brought about the first industrial revolution-the second, now under way, is being brought about by the computer. The outcome of this second revolution could be even more far-reaching than the first.
Speakers include: Aubrey Jones, Chairman of the National Board for Prices and Incomes; Stafford Beer, International Publishing Corporation; Sean Gervasi, Oxford University; Isaac L. Aauerbach, Auerbach Corporation, Philadelphia; Paul Armer, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica; John McCarthy, Stanford University; Richard Bellman, University of Southern California; Warren McCulloch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Dick Brandon, Brandon Applied Systems, New York; F.L. Bauer, Technische Hochschule, Munich.
Second talk: Thursday at 8.0
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STANLEY WEINER (violin)
ANDREW DAVIS
(harpsichord continuo)
NORTHERN SINFONIA ORCHESTRA Led by Trevor Williams
Conductor, RUDOLF SCHWARZ
An illustrated report on the second Festival of Text-Sound Compositions in Sweden including the voices of poet. composers from Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, England, U.S.A., and Sweden
Introduced by Bob COBBING
A new radio opera commissioned for the Third Programme
Music and libretto by Christopher Whelen based on a story by AMBROSE BIERCE with FIRST PERFORMANCE
The action takes place in America during the Civil War
Cast in the opera, in order of singing:
BBC SCOTTISH
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader. Tom Rowlette
Conducted by BRYAN BALKWILL
' Repetiteur, Alan Boustead
Produced by Lionel Salter and Charles Lefeaux
I To be repeated on August 9
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Bierce's story: Friday at 7.30
Sonata in E major
Haydn Society No. 22
ARTUR BALSAM (piano) gramophone record followed by an interlude at 10.55
