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Mozart Ballet Music (Idomeneo) VIENNA MOZART ENSEMBLE conducted by WILLI BOSKOVSKY
7.31* Bach Concerto in c, for three harpsichords and orchestra: GUSTAV leonhardt
ANNEKE UITTENBOSCH, ALAN CURTIS LEONHARDT CONSORT
7.48' Roman Sinfonia No 20
LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS conducted by . RUDOLF BAUMGARTNER

Contributors

Conducted By:
Willi Boskovsky
Unknown:
Alan Curtis
Conducted By:
Rudolf Baumgartner

Morning Concert: part 2 0
8.4 Grieg String Quartet in G minor: GUARNERI QUARTET
8.37* Fauré Elégie
JACQUELINE DU PRE (cello) GERALD MOORE (piano)
8.44* Dag Wiren Serenade for string orchestra
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHANNES SOMARY gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Gerald Moore
Conducted By:
Johannes Somary

Weber Overture: Abu Hassan
BAVARIAN RADIO ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK
10.44* Mozart Concert Rondo in.E flat major (K 371) ALAN CIVIL (horn)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
10.51- Schubert Symphony No 3 ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Abu Hassan
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik
Horn:
Alan Civil
Conducted By:
Rudolf Kempe
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

England v
The Rest of the World (for the Guinness Trophy) Fifth Test Match at The Oval (first day)
- Ball-by-ball commentaries by JOHN ARLOTT , BRIAN JOHNSTON and NEIL DURDEN-SMITH with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY , RICHIE RENAUD Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
11.15 - 1.35.
2.10* 4.20.
4.30* - 6.37
Producer MICHAEL TUKE-HASTINGS

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Neil Durden-Smith
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
Richie Renaud

An examination of the decade introduced by DANIEL SNOWMAN 2: Britain's Defence Role
Throughout the sixties Britain's defence role has been narrowing as successive governments have tried to cut back our military commitments to a level which we can afford. But how far has Britain's contracting sphere of military influence affected our international position?
The programme includes the recorded voices of DENNIS HEAI. EY. MP, HAROLD MACMILLAN ; HAROLD WILSON , MP, SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME , MP, GENERAL SIR JOHN HACKETT , PRESIDENT J. F. KENNEDY. PHILIP WINDSOR , and others who played significant parts in the events of the decade.
Produced by GRAHAM TAYAR
(For publication see page 10)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Daniel Snowman
Unknown:
Dennis Heai.
Unknown:
Harold MacMillan
Unknown:
Harold Wilson
Unknown:
Sir Alec Douglas-Home
Unknown:
John Hackett
Unknown:
J. F. Kennedy. Philip Windsor
Produced By:
Graham Tayar

2: Blackburn - period of decline
After the first world war cotton went into a decline. Foreign competition and the economic slump brought unemployment, vicious competition for jobs and the humiliation of the Means Test. Workers began to question the inevitability of working in the mill, and many sought refuge in emigration Introduced by JEREMY SEABROOK
Produced by CHRIS CUTHBERTSON
(Seven weekly articles on Blackburn by Jeremy Seabrook are printed in The Listener, beginning in the issue dated 30 July.)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jeremy Seabrook
Produced By:
Chris Cuthbertson
Unknown:
Jeremy Seabrook

from the Royal Albert Hall London
Part 1
ILSE WOLF (soprano)
JAMES BOWMAN (counter-tenor) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
CHRISTOPHER KEYTE (bass) BBC CHORUS
PHILIP LEDGER
(harpsichord continuo) CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (organ continuo) ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS leader ALAN LOVEDAY conductor NEVILLE MARRINER
Cantata No 116: Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ
(Tonight's concert begins at
7.0, but the first half-hour will not be broadcast)

Contributors

Bass:
Christopher Keyte
Unknown:
Christopher Hogwood
Leader:
Alan Loveday
Conductor:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Herr Jesu Christ

Part 2
ANPRE TCHAIKOWSKY (piano) ALAN LOVEDAY (violin)
DAVID MUNROW (recorder) JOHN TURNER (recorder) SIMON PRESTON "
(harpsichord continuo) ACADEMY OF
ST MARTININ-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER (violin) Partita No 4. in D major
8.42* Brandenburg Concerto No 4, in g major
(This week's Proms: page 44)

Contributors

Violin:
Alan Loveday
Harpsichord:
Simon Preston
Violin:
Neville Marriner

PHILIP HOBSBAUM introduces a group of early dramatic monologues which illustrate the history of the form before its most famous exponent Robert Browning. The programme includes readings of The Dying Indian by Joseph Warton , Oswald by Francis Sayers , Sappho and The Wife of Fergus by Robert Southey , and Jugurtha lncarceratus by Charles Wolfe
Readers: JILL BALCON
PHILIP HOBSBAUM , ANTHONY JACOBS and GARY WATSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Browning.
Unknown:
Joseph Warton
Unknown:
Francis Sayers
Unknown:
Robert Southey
Readers:
Charles Wolfe
Readers:
Jill Balcon
Readers:
Philip Hobsbaum
Readers:
Anthony Jacobs
Readers:
Gary Watson

from the Royal Albert Hall London
Part
Terry Riley Keyboard Studies INTERMODULATION Andrew Powell
'amplified piano) Roger Smalley
(electronic organ)
Tim Souster (amplified celesta) Robin Thompson (amplified piano) with MIKE RATLEDGE (electric piano)
10.24* Tim Souster Triple Music II (commissioned by the BBC: first performances BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
JUSTIN CONNOLLY , ELGAR HOWARTH (Tim Souster writes about his new work in The Listener dated 13 August)

Contributors

Unknown:
Andrew Powell
Piano:
Roger Smalley
Unknown:
Tim Souster
Unknown:
Robin Thompson
Unknown:
Mike Ratledge
Piano:
Tim Souster
Conducted By:
David Atherton
Conducted By:
Justin Connolly
Conducted By:
Elgar Howarth
Unknown:
Tim Souster

by DEREK WRIGHT , Lecturer in Psychology, University of Leicester
The idea of sex as an innate force which must not be bottled up underlines many current views on sexual behaviour. But some recent research suggests that sex may be better thought of as a learnt appetite. The implications are considerable

Contributors

Unknown:
Derek Wright

The Soft Machine: Mike Ratledge (electronic organ, electric piano), Hugh Hopper (bass guitar), Robert Wyatt (drums), Elton Dean (alto-saxophone, saxello)

(This week's Proms: page 44. See special colour feature: pages 42-44)

Contributors

Organist/Pianist (The Soft Machine):
Mike Ratledge
Bass guitarist (The Soft Machine):
Hugh Hopper
Drummer (The Soft Machine):
Robert Wyatt
Saxophonist (The Soft Machine):
Elton Dean

BBC Radio 3

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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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