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Julian Bream (lute)
The Earl of Essex Gaillard Lachrimae antiquae
My Lady Hunsdon's Puffe Lord d'Lisle's Gaillard The Frog Galliard Lachrimae verae
The shoemaker's wife (A toy) Lady Rich her Gaillard
Sir John Smith's Almaine
(gramophone records)

Contributors

Lutenist:
Julian Bream

at Old Trafford
Second day
Ball-by-ball commentaries by Roy LAWRENCE, JOHN ARLOTT, BRIAN JOHNSTON with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY , F. R. BROWN
Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
11.25 a.m. -1.35* p.m. including lunchtime summary
2.10*-4.20' p.m. including teatime summary
4.30*-6.37 p.m.

During the tea interval
LAWN TENNIS
A report from MAURICE EDELSTON on the European Zone Davis Cup match
Great Britain v. West Germany From The Edgbaston Priory Lawn Tennis Club

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Lawrence
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
F. R. Brown
Unknown:
Maurice Edelston

1934-1939
Sir Hugh Greene , until last March Director-General of the BBC, in conversation with THOMAS BARMAN
In 1934 Hugh Carleton Greene became Daily Telegraph Correspondent in Berlin during one of the tensest periods in modern history. At that time Thomas Barman , later BBC Diplomatic Correspondent, was a Times correspondent in Paris. f Second broadcast
Sir Huoh Greene talks to Thomas Barman about his time as Warsaw Correspondent, 1939: June 20 followed by an interlude at 8.20

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Hugh Greene
Unknown:
Hugh Carleton Greene
Unknown:
Thomas Barman
Talks:
Sir Huoh Greene
Unknown:
Thomas Barman

IDOMENEO ⓢ
Opera seria in three acts
Libretto by GIAMBATTISTA VARESCO
English version by M. and E. RADFORD
Music by Mozart
The original version edited for performance by Benjamin Britten
The English Opera Group production
From The Maltings, Snape Cast in order of singing:
Trojans, Cretans
English OPERA GROUP CHORUS
English Chamber ORCHESTRA Leader. Kenneth Sillito
Continuo:
Viola Tunnard (harpsichord) Bernard Richards (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
Conducted by Benjamin BRITTEN
Produced by Colin Graham
The action takes place at Cydonia in Crete, soon after the end of the Trojan War.
ACT 1
See page 41

Contributors

Unknown:
E. Radford
Unknown:
Benjamin Britten
Leader:
Kenneth Sillito
Harpsichord:
Viola Tunnard
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Conducted By:
Benjamin Britten
Produced By:
Colin Graham
Ilia, a Trojan princess:
Heather Harper (soprano)
ldamante, son of Idomeneo:
Anne Pashley (soprano)
Electra, a Greek princess:
Rae Woodland (soprano)
Arbace, counsellor to Idomeneo:
Robert Tear (tenor)
Trojan women:
Alexandra Browning (soprano)
Trojan women:
Carolyn Mala (mezzo-Soprano)
Trojan men:
Paul Wade (tenor)
Trojan men:
Peter Leeming (baritone)
Idomeneo, King of Crete:
Peter Pears (tenor)
Cretan women:
Erica Busch (soprano)
Cretan women:
Judith Stubbs (soprano)
A messenger:
Peter Bamber (tenor)
A priest:
Paul Nemeer (baritone)
The voice of Neptune:
Anthony Williams (bass)

The stainless steel and glass entrance to London's Strand Palace Hotel has just been acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum as an example of 1920s design.
J.M. Richards, editor of The Architectural Review, discloses his personal involvement with this and another key design of the period, and with their two authors.

Contributors

Speaker:
J.M. Richards

BBC Radio 3

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