Time: GTS 7.0 am

Beethoven Overture: Egmont - PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER

7.14* Mozart Violin Concerto No 5 (K 219) - HENRYK SZERYNG NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON

7.43* Handel Suite: Rodrigo - PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON conducted by ANTHONY LEWIS

Morning Concert: part 2 a
8.4 Berlioz Overture: Beatrice and Benedict
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
8.13* Liszt Piano Concerto No 2, in A: SVIATOSLAV RICHTER LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by KYRIL KONDRASHIN
8.35* Janacek Sinfonietta LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO gramophone records

Fantasy: Fireworks
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
9.9* Duo concertant
PETER MESSIEREUR (violin)
JARMILA KOZDERKOVA (piano)
9.27* Suite: The Firebird (1911) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI gramophone records

LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by ASHLEY LAWRENCE

GERALDINE and MARY PEPPIN
Weber Two Pieces (Op 60): No 5, in D minor (Alia Siciliana); No 8, in b flat major (Rondo) Saint-Saens Variations on a theme of Beethoven
Grieg Two Waltz-Caprices, Op 37

SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Conductor ALEXANDER GtBSON Martin Dalby Symphony (first broadcast performance)
12.9* Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5, in E minor

Haydn, played by the Aeolian String Quartet
Quartet in D major, Op 20 No 4 Quartet in G major, Op 76 No 1 (From St John's, Smith Sq) (Rptd: Thursday, 10.30 pm)

A weekly record programme based on the current repertory of the Royal Ballet
Presented by CORMAC RtGBY This week: The Dream Choreography by FREDERICK ASHTON
Music by MENDELSSOHN HANNEKE VAN BORK ALFREDA HODGSON
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK Dt BURGOS

SEBASTIAN BELL
(flute and piccolo) PHILIP JONES (Oboe)
ROY JOWITT (clarinet)
ALAN HAMMOND (bassoon) JAMES DIACK (horn) JOHN MCCABE (piano)
From the City Art Gallery, Birmingham Part 1
Mozart Quintet in E flat, for piano and wind instruments (K 452)
Milhaud La cheminée du Roi René

Third of seven programmes
Der Schmied; Liebestreu; An eine Aeolsharfe; Es liebt sich so lieblich im Lenze; Wie Melodien zieht es mir: Therese Two Songs, Op 91, with viola obbligato
PAMELA BOWDEN (contralto) KENNETH ESSEX (viola)
PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)

Part 2
Rachmaninov Preludes (Op 32): Nos 10. 11, 12, and 8 John McCabe Concerto for piano and wind quintet (1969) (first performance)
(A Birmingham Chamber Music Society Concert given on 21 February)

Wagner Overture: The Master-singers conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF
5.6* Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1, in B flat minor: MISHA DICHTER conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF
5.34* Dukas Scherzo: L'apprenti sorcier conducted by CHARLES MUNCH gramophone records

CARLTON MAIN FRICKLEY COLLIERY BAND conductor ROBERT OUGHTON George Allen March:
Raby Eric Ball Tone Poem: Resurgam Bantock Overture: The Frogs

PETER EVANS looks at events in London and the South East during the coming weekend,

A second-year French course of 25 lessons written by JOHN ROSS and MADELEINE LE CUNFF of the University of Essex Programme 2
Presented by CATHERINE GRABAM and LOUIS BLONCOURT , with ELMA SOIRON, PAULETTE PRENEY and JAN ROSOL
Produced by ALAN WILDING
(Rptd: Saturday, 10.30 am. R4)

The Era of The Companies 1600-1824
2: The Founding of the Companies
Why the English and Dutch companies were founded, how they set up their first ' factories ' in the Indies, and how they ousted the Portuguese but feuded between themselves.
Presented by JOHN HARRISON of the School of Oriental and African Studies, with the help of diaries and journals of the time.
Produced by HUGH PURCELL
(Rptd: Saturday, 11.30 am, R4) (For publications see page 14)

His Magical History " Libretto by JOHN DRYDEN in a new version by COLIN GRAHAM
Music by PURCELL realised by PHILIP LEDGER
English Opera Group production from St Andrew 's Hall, Norwich, as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Triennial Festival Merlin.DENIS DOWLING (baritone)
ENGLISH OPERA GROUP CHORUS Continuo:
JOHN CONSTABLE (harpsichord) ROGER BIRNSTINGL (bassoon) JENNIFER WARD CLARKE (cello) JOHN GRAY (double-bass)
THAMES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by PHILIP LEDGER Produced by COLIN GRAHAM Prologue and Act 1

by ERIC W. WHITE
So Jeremy Collier , attacking the ' profanity ' of the London stage at the end of the 17th century, described ' dramatic opera,' then so popular. Collier was particularly severe on Purcell's King Arthur. This talk describes the rise of dramatic opera and the sudden fall when Italian opera was introduced at the beginning of the 18th century.

Act 2 and Epilogue

Schumann Symphony No 1 BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY

ROBERT GITTINGS uses Wilfred Owen 's manuscripts to show how this famous sonnet was created.
Readers KERRY FRANCIS and DENYS HAWTHORNE Production by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON followed by an interlude

Songs by Mike Taylor and Neil Ardley sung by NORMA WINSTONE and played by a sextet led by DAVE GELLY
Introduced by CHARLES FOX
Produced by JOHN F. MUIR