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Handel Concerto Grosso No 17, in G minor (Op 6 No 6)
SCHOLA CANTORUM BASILIENSIS conducted by AUGUST WENZINGER Bach Violin Concerto in E major ISAAC STERN
MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA directed by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Faun* Suite: Pelléas et Melisande SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ansermet gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
August Wenzinger
Unknown:
Isaac Stern
Directed By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet

Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps: Bournemouth
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CONSTANTIN SILVESTRI
8.14* SibeUus Violin Concerto ZINO FRANCESCATTI; NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
8.44* Britten Four Sea Interludes (Peter Grimes )
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Constantin Silvestri
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Peter Grimes
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

Weelkes, Morley, and Gibbons Morley Canzonets
ALFRED DELLER (counter-tenor) MARK DELLER (counter-tenor)
9.12. Gibbons Harpsichord Pieces: THURSTON DART
9.29* Gibbons In nomine a 4 0 BRUGGEN CONSORT OF VIOLS
9.31. Gibbons Anthems
CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE conducted by BORIS ORD
9.40. Weelkes Madrigals. WILBYE CONSORT conducted by PETER PEARS gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Gibbons Morley Canzonets
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Conducted By:
Boris Ord
Conducted By:
Weelkes Madrigals.
Unknown:
Wilbye Consort
Conducted By:
Peter Pears

STEPHEN BISHOP (piano)
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, leader FELIX KOK conducted by EDGAR COSMA
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis
10. It* Richard Rodney Bennett Piano Concerto
10.37. Brahms Symphony No 4

Contributors

Piano:
Stephen Bishop
Leader:
Felix Kok
Conducted By:
Edgar Cosma
Unknown:
Thomas Tallis
Piano:
Richard Rodney Bennett

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leaderTOM rowlette conducted by CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN Haydn Symphony No 88, in G
12.23* Stravinsky Ballet: Petrushka (1947 version)
1.0
News; Weather
1.4 Brahms Academic Festival Overture
1.16* Brahms Symphony No 2

Contributors

Leader:
Tom Rowlette
Conducted By:
Christopher Seaman

Le convenienze e
Vinconvenienze teatrali
Operatic burlesque by DONIZETTI English version by ARTHUR JACOBS (first broadcast performance in this country)
Place: a provincial theatre in Northern Italy
Act 1 A rehearsal room Act 2 The auditorium
Upstage and Downstage: Cast
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS and SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader Reginald STEAD conducted by ADRIAN sun shin Repetiteur, richard NUNN
Produced by JULIAN budden
Eric Shilling and Eric Stan nard broadcast by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Co: Forbes Robinson of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Jacobs
Leader:
Reginald Stead
Conducted By:
Adrian Sun
Repetiteur:
Richard Nunn
Produced By:
Julian Budden
Produced By:
Eric Shilling
Produced By:
Eric Stan
Unknown:
Forbes Robinson

The lark ascending, for violin and orchestra
4.t* Cantata: Dona nobis pacem HEATHER HARPER (soprano)
JOHN Shirley-quirk (baritone) HUGH BEAN (violin)
BBC CHORUS and CHORAL society BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader HUGH BEAN conducted by SIR adrian boult

Contributors

Unknown:
Dona Nobis Pacem
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Violin:
Hugh Bean
Leader:
Hugh Bean
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

Amsterdam Students' Chamber Orchestra conducted by JAN VRIEND with iet wiei.inck (piano) Stravinsky Movements, for piano and orchestra
Stockhausen Kontra-punkte No 1, for ten instruments Berio Serenata 1
Second of a weekly series
(Recording made available by courtesy of Netherlands Radio)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jan Vriend

A series prepared In association with BBCtv
1: The Sources of the Law
MICHAEL molyneux describes the growth of Common Law and the development of both the law of Equity and Statute Law With PROFESSOR W. WEDDERBURN and readings by MICHAEL DEACON and PETER WILLIAMS
Written by MICHAEL MOLYNEUX and produced by ian griubli (First broadcast October 1968)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Molyneux
Unknown:
Professor W. Wedderburn
Unknown:
Michael Deacon
Unknown:
Peter Williams
Written By:
Michael Molyneux
Produced By:
Ian Griubli

AMADEUS STRING QUARTET Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello) Mozart Quartet in b flat major
(K 458)
8.24* Joseph Horovitz Quartet No 5 (first broadcast performance in this country)

Contributors

Violin:
Norbert Brainin
Violin:
Siegmund Nissel
Viola:
Peter Schidlof
Cello:
Martin Lovett
Cello:
Mozart Quartet
Unknown:
Joseph Horovitz

William Frederick Temple Archbishop of Canterbury died 25 years ago
' To a man of my generation an Archbishop of Temples enlightenment was a realised impossibility ' (Bernard Shaw ) In his lifetime Temple was much admired and hated, but could not be ignored. He was active in so many different fields - in philosophy, theology, politics, and education. After a quarter of a century, what traces of his Influence remain? Introduced by DOUGLAS BROWN Among those taking part: SIR RICHARD ACLAND DR MICHAEL RAMSEY
DR IAN RAMSEY , DR WILLIAM WAND QUINTIN HOGG , MP SIR ERIC FLETCHER
SIR HAROLD SHEARMAN
DR ERNESTGREEN , BARONESS STOCKS CANON V. A. DEMANT , LORD BUTLER Produced by HUBERT hoskins

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Shaw
Introduced By:
Douglas Brown
Unknown:
Sir Richard Acland
Unknown:
Dr Michael Ramsey
Unknown:
Dr Ian Ramsey
Unknown:
Dr William Wand
Unknown:
Quintin Hogg
Unknown:
Sir Eric Fletcher
Unknown:
Sir Harold Shearman
Unknown:
Dr Ernestgreen
Unknown:
Baroness Stocks
Unknown:
Canon V. A. Demant
Unknown:
Lord Butler
Produced By:
Hubert Hoskins

TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL CHOIR
TILFORD BACH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA deader Trevor Williams
DEREK STEVENS (organ continuo) conductor DENYS DARLOW
Part 1
Das neugebor'ne Kindelein Dein edles Herz

Contributors

Unknown:
Trevor Williams
Unknown:
Derek Stevens
Conductor:
Denys Darlow
Unknown:
Kindelein Dein

Sir Charles Tennyson talks about his grandfather Sir Charles, who will be 90 in November, spent much of his first 13 years in the house of his famous grandfather, Alfred Lord Tennyson. He recently recorded these personal memories of the extravagant figure who dominated his youth

Contributors

Speaker:
Sir Charles Tennyson

2: Who Needs Persuading*
Madeleine SIMMS argues that we could limit the population of Britain if government would only enable people to follow their true inclinations. She suggests that at least a quarter of all children born in Britain today are unplanned and unwanted.
She proposes that greatly extended birth control and abortion services would give us quite painlessly one of the lowest birth rates in the world

Contributors

Unknown:
Madeleine Simms

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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