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LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Respighi Suite: The Birds conducted by ISTVANKERTESZ Tchaikmsky Bluebird pas-dedeux (The Sleeping Beauty) conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
Jean Francaix Concertino for piano and orchestra CLAUDE FRANCAIX conducted by ANTAL DORATI milhaudLe boeuf sur le toit conducted by ANTAL DORATI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Istvankertesz Tchaikmsky Bluebird
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
Jean Francaix
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

Debussy Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune
RADIO FRANKFURT SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by HIROYUKIIWAKI
9.15* Debussy Trois poemes de Stephane Mallarm*
Ravel Ronsard a son Sme; D'Anne jouant de l'espinette EMILIA petrescu (soprano) MARTA JOJA (piano)
(Recording made available by courtesv of Yugoslav Radio)
9.26* Prokofiev Sonata No 7, in B flat major, Op 83
GYORGV SANDOR (piano)
9.45* Maki Ishii Kyoso (first broadcast in this country)
10.1' Ravel Bolero
RADIO FRANKFURT SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by HIROYUKI IWAKI
(Recordings made available by courtesy of Radio Frankfurt)

Contributors

Piano:
Maki Ishii Kyoso
Conducted By:
Hiroyuki Iwaki

A personal choice of records presented by Hugh Macdonald including at 2.12* Handel's Concerto Grosso No 12, in G (Op 6 No 1) played by the ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS; at 2.25* three Hamlet pieces by Berlioz: the Choeur d'ombres from Lélio and two pieces from Tristia; at 2.53* piano duet sonatas by Beothoven and Poulenc, and Beethoven's Violin Sonata in E flat. Op 12 No 3, played by ADOLF BUSCH and RUDOLF SERKtN (mono); at 3.28* LEONARD BERNSTEIN conducting Bartok's Concerto for two pianos, percussion and orchestra: at 3.55* Act 2 of Gluck's Orphie et Eurydice With NICOLAI GEDDA and JANINE MICHEAU , conducted by LOUIS de FROMENT (mono): and at 4.M* BERNARD HAITINK conducting Liszt's Symphonic Poem: Orpheus

Contributors

Presented By:
Hugh MacDonald
Played By:
Adolf Busch
Played By:
Rudolf Serktn
Unknown:
Leonard Bernstein
Unknown:
Nicolai Gedda
Unknown:
Janine Micheau
Conducted By:
Louis de Froment
Unknown:
Bernard Haitink

A study of the music composed in the 12 years following the First World War, with particular reference to neo-classicism and the music of commitment
LONDON SINFONIETTA conductor DAVID ATHERTON Part 1 Stravinsky Histoire du soldat
MICHAEL ALDRIDGE (Narrator) RICHARD DENNIS (Soldier) GRAHAM CROWDEN (Devil)

Contributors

Unknown:
Stravinsky Histoire
Narrator:
Michael Aldridge

Tonight: from the Royal Albert Hall London

Zara Nelsova (cello)
Benjamin Luxon (baritone) BBC Chorus
Croydon Philharmonic Society, Harrow Choral Society, Royal Choral Society, Thurrock Choral Society
Wembley Philharmonic Society
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Eli Goren, conducted by Charles Groves

Purcell Suite: Abdelazer

7.46* Holst Capriccio

7.54* Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor

8.23* Britten Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell

(This Week's Proms: page 13)

Contributors

Cellist:
Zara Nelsova
Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Singers:
Croydon Philharmonic Society
Singers:
Harrow Choral Society
Singers:
Royal Choral Society
Singers:
Thurrock Choral Society
Singers:
Wembly Philharmonic Society
Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Charles Groves

by CHARLES PARKER
The tape recorder can be used not only to record and preserve the popular tradition of spoken English but also to stimulate its survival and growth. This has important implications, not only for radio but also for education as a whole and the teaching of English in particular. And its social implications are equally important,

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Parker

A programme in which different interpretations on gramophone records are compared. ERIC WARR discusses with HOWARD FERGUSON and PAUL HAMBURGER the interpretation of some of Chopin's Preludes, but reveals the identity of the performers only after their discussion of each example is complete,

Contributors

Unknown:
Howard Ferguson

THOMAS HEMSLEY (baritone) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Five Songs, Op 94: Mit vierzig Jahren: Steig auf, geliebter Schatten: Mein Herz ist schwer: Sapphische Ode; Kein Haus , keine Heimat Verrath
Four Serious Songs, Op 121

Contributors

Baritone:
Thomas Hemsley
Unknown:
Mein Herz
Unknown:
Kein Haus

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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