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Frederick the Great Symphony in D
EMIL SEILER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by CARL GORVIN
7.15* Nardini Violin Concerto in E flat: EDUARD MELKUS
VIENNA CAPPELLA ACADEMICA conducted by AUGUST WENZINGER
7.38* Grétry Ballet Suite
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by RAYMOND LEPPARD (harpsichord) gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Emil Seiler
Conducted By:
Carl Gorvin
Conducted By:
August Wenzinger
Directed By:
Raymond Leppard

Australia v England
Third Test from the Melbourne Cricket Ground
Commentary on the last hour of the fourth day's play by BRIAN JOHNSTON , ALAN MCGILVRAY and PETER EWIN Summaries by LINDSAY HASSETT

Contributors

Play By:
Brian Johnston
Play By:
Alan McGilvray
Unknown:
Lindsay Hassett

Handel
Overture: Esther
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
9.19* Chandos Anthem: The Lord is my light
APRIL CANTELO (soprano) IAN PARTRIDGE (tenor)
CHOIR OF KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
ANDREW DAVIS (organ) ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-
IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by DAVID WILLCOCKS gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
David Willcocks

Requiem
DAVID BARRETT (tenor) LESLIE FRY (tenor)
ROGER HEATH (baritone) WILLIAM MASON (bass)
MEN'S VOICES OF THE BBC CHORUS AND THE BBC CHORAL SOCIETY PHILIP JONES (trumpet)
ELGAR HOWARTH (trumpet)
RAYMOND BROWN (trombone) RAYMOND PREMRU (trombone) GARY KETTEL (timpani)
RICHARD POPPLEWELL (Organ) conducted by JOHN POOLE from St Paul 's Church, Onslow Square, London

Contributors

Tenor:
David Barrett
Tenor:
Leslie Fry
Baritone:
Roger Heath
Bass:
William Mason
Unknown:
Philip Jones
Unknown:
Elgar Howarth
Unknown:
Raymond Brown
Unknown:
Raymond Premru
Conducted By:
John Poole
Unknown:
St Paul

(guitar)
Buxtehude Suite in E minor
Weiss Tombeau sur la mort de Monsieur Comte de Logy; Fantasia
Carl Kohaut Sonata in A major Berkeley Sonatina Gerhard Fantasy
Granados La maja de Goya (Tonadilla)
(A BBC Lunchtime Concert given in St John 's. Smith Square, London, last May)

Contributors

Unknown:
Weiss Tombeau
Unknown:
Carl Kohaut
Unknown:
St John

Two feminine characters from the novel Wilhelm Meister Schubert Mignon
Kennst du das Land?: Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt ; Heiss mich nicht reden; So lasst mich scheinen Schumann Philine sung by MARY THOMAS (soprano) with PAUL HAMBURGER fpiano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Wilhelm Meister
Unknown:
Schubert Mignon
Unknown:
Schumann Philine
Soprano:
Mary Thomas

Dvorak Overture: Husitska
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
3.40* Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 2, in D minor RUDOLF SERKIN
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
4.3* Tchaikovsky Fantasy: Francesca da Rimini
LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKT gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz
Unknown:
Rudolf Serkin
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvenskt

Transcendental Studies, Op 11 Berceuse; Rondedes fantomes; Carillon; Térek; Nuit d'été; Tempete; Idylle; Chant épique: Harpes goliennes; Lesghinka; Ronde des sylphes; Elégie en mémoire de François Liszt
LOUIS KENTNER (piano)

NATIONAL YOUTH BRASS BAND OF GREAT BRITAIN conductor GEOFFREY BRAND
Edward Greoson Overture: The Pacemakers
Maurice Johnstone March: County Palatine
Dean Goffin Rhapsody in Brass

Contributors

Conductor:
Geoffrey Brand
Conductor:
Edward Greoson
Unknown:
Maurice Johnstone

Rendez-vous a Chaviray Spécial Epiphanie third of four extra programmes for the holiday Period, written by MADELEINE LE CUNFF and JOHN ROSS of the University of Essex.
Presented by CATHERINE GRAHAM and LOUIS BLONCOURT
Produced by ALAN WILDING
(Rptd: Saturday, 10.30 am, R4)

Contributors

Written By:
Madeleine Le Cunff
Written By:
John Ross
Presented By:
Catherine Graham
Produced By:
Alan Wilding

Three programmes for those who brew beer at home or who Want to try their hand at it.
3: RENÉ CUTFORTH introduces more experienced amateurs to talk about their successes and failures and to answer listeners' queries.
Produced by JOHN TURTLE

Contributors

Produced By:
John Turtle

GILES BRINDLEY , MD, FRS, is Professor of Physiology at the University of London. He is also an amateur musician and has constructed a bassoon with a built-in computer, which, he claims, helps to standardise the sound and simplify the Playing of this, one of the most complicated of instruments.
He discusses his logical bassoon and its possible consequences for music lovers with WILLIAM WATERHOUSE, a principal bassoonist of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and JOHN WARRACK , critic and former oboe player.
Produced by PATRICIA BRENT

Contributors

Unknown:
Giles Brindley
Unknown:
John Warrack
Produced By:
Patricia Brent

by MICHEL BLOCK
Debussy Suite bergamasque: Prélude; Menuet; Clair de lune: Passepied
9.53* Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 23
No 1. in F sharp minor No in B flat major No 4, in D major No 5, in G minor No 7. in c minor
10.13* Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka: Danse russe: Chez Petrushka; La semaine grass*

Part 1
R. D. SMITH on Lallans and All That with readings from many poets and recordings by, among others,
NORMAN MACCAIG , HUGH MACDIARMID ROBERT GARIOCH
HAMISH HENDERSON , GEORGE BRUCE IAIN CRICHTON SMITH SIDNEY GOODSIR SMITH GEORGE MACKAY BROWN
Reader MARGARET GORDON
Produced by R. D. SMITH

Contributors

Unknown:
R. D. Smith
Unknown:
Norman MacCaig
Unknown:
Hugh MacDiarmid
Unknown:
Robert Garioch
Unknown:
Hamish Henderson
Unknown:
George Bruce
Unknown:
Iain Crichton Smith
Unknown:
Sidney Goodsir Smith
Reader:
George MacKay Brown
Reader:
Margaret Gordon
Produced By:
R. D. Smith

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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