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Smetana Festival Overture in D CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KAREL SEJNA
7.14* Saint-Saens Morceau de concert
NICANOR ZARALETA (harp)
FRENCH NATIONAL" RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by jean MARTINON
7.28* Schumann Symphony No 3, in E flat (Rhenish)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS

Contributors

Conducted By:
Karel Sejna
Conducted By:
Saint-Saens Morceau
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Conducted By:
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos

Morning Concert: part 2
8.5 Bax Overture to a Picaresque comedy
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by IGOR BUKETOFF
8.16* Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor:
ISAAC STERN PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
8.45* Rossini, arr Britten Mati nees musicales
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ROBERT IRVING gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Igor Buketoff
Unknown:
Isaac Stern Philadelphia
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Unknown:
Britten Mati
Conducted By:
Robert Irving

JAMES GALWAY (flute)
MARGARET KITCHIN (piano)
Roman Haubenstock-Ramati Interpolation, for flutes 0 Richard Orton Eloquy , for flute Kazuo Fukushima Three Pieces from Chu-U
Gerard Schiirmann Sonatina
(All works except the Haubenstock-Ramati are receiving their first broadcast performances in this country)

Contributors

Piano:
Margaret Kitchin
Flutes:
Richard Orton Eloquy
Flute:
Kazuo Fukushima
Unknown:
Gerard Schiirmann Sonatina

A farce in one act words by NINO music by lBERT
English version by DAVID HARRIS
BBC NORTHERN SINGERS BBC NORTHERN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conductor BRYDEN THOMSON Produced by ERNEST WARBURTON
(David Lennox broadcast by permission of the General Administrator. Royal Opera House Covent Garden)

Contributors

Unknown:
David Harris
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Produced By:
Ernest Warburton
Produced By:
David Lennox

A programme of chamber music on the lighter side Played by the PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE with PHILIP CHALLIS (piano)
David Dorward Divertimento for Brass
Grieg Humoreskes Mnmpou Suburbis
Bryan Kelly Fanfares and Sonatina for Brass
Rachmaninov Preludes: c sharp minor: G minor
Alan Civil Dance Suite for Brass Quintet

Contributors

Unknown:
Philip Jones
Piano:
Philip Challis
Piano:
David Dorward Divertimento
Unknown:
Grieg Humoreskes
Unknown:
Mnmpou Suburbis
Unknown:
Bryan Kelly Fanfares

Anton Heiller In principto erat verbum (first broadcast in this country)
ANDOR KAPOSY (tenor)
PETER SCHWARZ (organ)
BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST BOUR
. (Recording made available by courtesy of West Berlin Radio)

Contributors

Unknown:
Anton Heiller
Tenor:
Peter Schwarz
Conducted By:
Ernest Bour

Kent County Youth Orchestra conductor, BELA DE CSILLERY with ANDREW HAIGH (piano)
Verdi Overture: I vesprl siclliani
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3, in c minor
Hoist Ballet Music (The Perfect Fool)
(From the 1970 Karajan Festi val: recording made available by courtesy of RIAS, Berlin)

Contributors

Piano:
Andrew Haigh
Unknown:
Karajan Festi

Ten programmes in which MEL HILL traces the development of jazz through the lives and music of its most influential exponents
9: Charlie Minous
One of the great bassists of jazz. who has gone back to its roots without feeling obliged to jettison the technical innovations of such men as Parker and Davis.
Produced by DAVID HARDING
(First broadcast by BBC Radio Stoke in December 1969)
(This Week's Sounds: page 11)
6.30-7.0 VHF Open University: see Radio 3 VHF on facing page

Contributors

Produced By:
David Harding

7: The Late 18th Century
ROGER FISKE talks about the complete change of style that separates the two halves of the 18th century and the music written for the theatres, which he describes as the ' real cultural centres.'
Produced by DAVID epps
(A supplementary programme of longer musical examples can be heard on Radio 3 tomorrow at 2.0 pm)
(For publication see page 12)

Contributors

Talks:
Roger Fiske
Produced By:
David Epps

Introduced by JOHN SPURLING This edition includes:
JULIAN JEBB on the first English edition of Vladimir Nabokov s first novel.
Mary TONY TANNER on City of Words, his study of American fiction during the past 20 years
A discussion of the Andy Warhol exhibition at the Tate Gallery, London
Produced by PATRICIA BRENT and PHILIP FRENCH
(continued at 8.45 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Spurling
Unknown:
Julian Jebb
Unknown:
Vladimir Nabokov
Unknown:
Mary Tony Tanner
Unknown:
Andy Warhol
Produced By:
Patricia Brent

Part 2
Webern Six Pieces, Op 6
Stravinsky The Rite of Spring
This is the first concert in the BBC Symphony Orchestra s current tour, which takes them to major towns in West Germany and Switzerland. The concerts in Hamburg, Nuremberg, Munich, Stuttgart, Lausanne, and Berne will be broadcast in Radio 3 and 4. With the Orchestra go conductors Colin Davis and Pierre Boulez , and soloists Michel Beroff , Michael Roll , Heather Harper , Edith Mathis , and Margaret Price.

Contributors

Conductors:
Colin Davis
Conductors:
Pierre Boulez
Soloists:
Michel Beroff
Soloists:
Michael Roll
Soloists:
Heather Harper
Soloists:
Edith Mathis

by Samuel Beckett
read by Donal Donnelly, Leonard Fenton, Denys Hawthorne, Patrick Magee, Harold Pinter, Nicol Williamson
The reading introduced and produced by Martin Esslin

(A landscape of desolation: page 12. Sketch on facing page by Arikha from 'Beckett at 60': Calder and Boyars)

Contributors

Author:
Samuel Beckett
Reader:
Donal Donnelly
Reader:
Leonard Fenton
Reader:
Denys Hawthorne
Reader:
Patrick Magee
Reader:
Harold Pinter
Reader:
Nicol Williamson
Presenter/Producer:
Martin Esslin

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