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LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Respighi Suite: The Birds conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ

8.25* Tchaikovsky Bluebird pas-de-deux (The Sleeping Beauty) conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE

8.32* Jean Francaix Concertino for piano and orchestra Claude Francaix (piano) conducted by ANTAL DORATI

8.41" Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit, conducted by ANTAL DORATI

(gramophone records)

Beethoven Quartet in B flat major. Op 18 No 6
GUARNERI STRING QUARTET
Arnold Steinhardt (violin) John Dalley (violin) Michael Tree (viola) David Soyer (cello)
(From a public concert given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, in January 1970)
9.33* Mahler Symphony No 1. in D major
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conducted by HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT
10.28* Beethoven Sonata in B flat major, Op 106 (Hammerklavier)
TAMAS VASARY (piano)

Contributors

Violin:
Arnold Steinhardt
Violin:
John Dalley
Cello:
David Soyer
Unknown:
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conducted By:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

FRANK VV1BAUT (piano) BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by ANDREW DAVIS Part 1
Glinka Overture: Ruslan and Ludmilla
12.32* Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2, in c minor
1.0
News; Weather
Midday Concert: part 2
1.5 Rimsky-Korsakov Dubinushka
1.13* Mussorgsky A night on the Bare Mountain
1.25* Stravinsky Symphony in three movements

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Bradley
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Rimsky-Korsakov Dubinushka
Unknown:
Stravinsky Symphony

A personal choice of records presented by Arthur Hutchings including at 1.56* BORIS CHRISTOFF in the Coronation Scene from Mussorgsky's Boris Godu nov; at 2.15* Miniature marches by Tchaikovsky and Debussy and Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance No 5; at 2.40* MARIA CALLAS in a scene from the second act of Cherubini's Medea: at 3.14* Berlioz's Symphonie funèbre et triomphale conducted by DÉSlRÉ DONDEYNE; and at 3.58* ST HEDWIG'S cathEDRAL CHOIR singing Haydn's Te Deum in c

Contributors

Presented By:
Arthur Hutchings
Unknown:
Boris Godu
Unknown:
Maria Callas
Unknown:
Te Deum

ITALIAN STRING TRIO
Franco Gulli (violin)
Bruno Giuranna (viola) Giacinto Caramia (cello)
With PETER-LUKAS GRAF (flute)
Mozart Flute Quartet In c major (K Anh 171)
Beethoven String Trio in c minor. Op 9 No 3
Mozart Flute Quartet in B major (K 285)

Contributors

Violin:
Franco Gulli
Viola:
Bruno Giuranna
Cello:
Giacinto Caramia

Sixth in a series
Ravel Chansons madécasses BARRY MCDANIEL (bass) RICHARD ADENEY (flute) KENNETH HEATH (cello)
ERNEST LUSH (piano)
Maurice Delage Quatre poèmes hindous
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano)
MEMBERS OF THE MELOS ENSEMBLE directed by BERNARD KEEFFE (gramophone record)
Messiaen Cantéyodjayå
RONALD LUMSDEN (piano)
Ravel Noctuelles; Oiseaux tristes; La vallée des cloches (Miroirs): PETER KATIN (piano) (Nextprogramme: 29February)

Contributors

Bass:
Barry McDaniel
Cello:
Kenneth Heath
Piano:
Maurice Delage Quatre
Mezzo-Soprano:
Janet Baker
Directed By:
Bernard Keeffe
Piano:
Ronald Lumsden

A discussion between
JERRY RAVETZ and JOHN TAYLOR
In his recent book Scientific Knowledge and its Social Problems Dr Ravetz argues that we need a new, socially conscious science, which he calls ' Critical Science.' Professor Taylor questions his evidence and some of his conclusions.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Ravetz
Unknown:
John Taylor

MARY WARNOCK talks about Jacques Monod's Le Hasard et la Nécessité, and about its overwhelming success in France as a best-seller.
Professor Monod argues that recent advances in molecular biology and genetics have more or less uncovered the ' secret of life.' This makes it imperative for the biologist to try to formulate the connections between his discipline and philosophy in general,

Music, Opera and Ballet
Introduced by JEREMY NOBLE This edition includes:
ALEXANDER BLAND discussing the choreography of Kenneth Mac-Millan and his latest work for the Royal Ballet, Triad.
LEONARD SCHAPIRO reviewing Music and Musical Life in Soviet Russia, 1917-70 by Boris Schwarz
BAYAN NORTHCOTT talking about the BBC Symphony Orchestra concerts, conducted by Pierre Boulez , at the Round House in London.
Producer PATRICIA BRENT
(Triad is featured in Royal Repertoire: Monday. 2.5 pm)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Jeremy Noble
Unknown:
Boris Schwarz
Unknown:
Bayan Northcott
Conducted By:
Pierre Boulez
Producer:
Patricia Brent

sings settings of poems by Goethe, accompanied by NORMAN SHETLER (piano)
Beethoven Nachtlied ; Neue Liebe. neues Leben
Schubert An den Mond (Fullest wieder Busch und Tal, second version): An Schwager Kron os; Meeres Stille : Erlkonig
Brahms Standchen (Liebliches Kind): Unuberwindlich Strauss Gefunden Reger Einsamkeit
Wolf Wandrers Nachtlied ; Frühling übers Jahr; Anakreons Grab; Cophtisches Lied II ; Der Rattenfanger
(Part of a recital given in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in September 1968)

Contributors

Piano:
Norman Shetler
Piano:
Beethoven Nachtlied
Unknown:
Schwager Kron
Unknown:
Meeres Stille
Unknown:
Unuberwindlich Strauss Gefunden
Unknown:
Reger Einsamkeit
Unknown:
Wolf Wandrers Nachtlied

A series of late-night musical entertainments
This week a very French programme of mixed pathos and humour, framed by Satie's leisured Gymnopgdies, and containing Poulenc songs, Stravinsky orchestral suites, Ravel violin music, and more besides
BENJAMIN LUXON (baritone) DAVID WILLISON (piano) and on gramophone records:
WALTER KLIEN and RENA KYRIAKOU (piano duet)
YEHUDI MENUHIN (violin) GERALD MOORE (piano) STRAVINSKY and the CBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA LOUIS AURIACOMBE and the PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA and members of the MELOS ENSEMBLE

Contributors

Baritone:
Benjamin Luxon
Unknown:
Walter Klien
Violin:
Yehudi Menuhin
Piano:
Gerald Moore

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