Time: GTS 7.0 am

Wagner Overture: Rienzi
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORG SOLTI
7.18* Beethoven Symphony No 7 CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI gramophone records

Michael Haydn Six Minuets
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS, directed by NEVILLE MARRINER (violin)
8.17* Mozart Serenade No 9, in d (The Posthorn) (K 320) BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BOHM gramophone records

Let the bright seraphim (Samson): JOAN SUTHERLAND (soprano) ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENTGARDEN, Conducted by FRANCO MOLINARIPRADELLI
9.12* Sonata in c minor, Op 1 No 8: HEINZ HOLLIGER (oboe)
EDITH PICHT-AXENFELD (harpsiChord), MARCEL CERVERA (Cello)
9.22* Da tempeste il legno infranto (Giulio Cesare )
JOAN SUTHERLAND , NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF LONDON conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
9.29* Concerto Grosso No 19 (Op 6 NO 8): MUNICH BACH ORCHESTRA. conducted by KARL RICHTER gramophone records

OWEN WYNNE (counter-tenor) .MEMBERS OF THE
WISSEMA STRING QUARTET KEITH ELCOMBE
(harpsichord continuo)
Viadana Three Motets for counter-tenor and continuo
Gibbons Fancies Nos 6 and 5, for string trio
Telemann Psalm vi, forcountertenor, two violins and continuo Handel Sonata No 8, for two violins and continuo
Alessandro Scarlatti Cantata: Infirmata vulnerata, for counter-tenor, two violins and continuo

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent A public recital given in St Albans Cathedral in July 1971
Jean-Paul Holstein Le Trois du temps sacré (first broadcast performance in this country) Francis Routh Fantasia (1967)

Grieg Holberg Suite: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-1N-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
12.6* MacDowell Piano Concerto NO 2:
ROBERTOx szidon LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by EDWARD DOWNES
12.34* Falla Ballet: El amor brujo: NATI MISTRAL (soprano) NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK SE BURGOS gramophone records

Stoika Milanova (violin) Radu Lupu (piano)
Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 96 Franck Sonata in A
(A series of public concerts from St John 's, Smith Square, London. SW1. Tickets 35p, obtainable at the door)

Music in the current repertory of the Royal Ballet
Introduced by CORMAC RIGBY Poeme de l'extase
Choreography by John Cranko (English premiere 15 February) Music by Scriabin Piano Sonata No 9
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ Poème de l'extase
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by ZUBIN MEHTA Les noces
Choreography by Nijinska Music by Stravinsky MILDRED ALLEN (soprano)
REGINA SARFATY (mezzo-soprano) LOREN DRISCOLL (tenor) ROBERT OLIVER (bass)
AMERICAN CONCERT CHOIR
SAMUEL BARBER , AARON COPLAND LUKAS FOSS, ROGER SESSIONS (pianos)
COLUMBIA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Eighth of nine programmes
Six poetic tone-pictures, Op 3
Songs: Erstes Begegnen , Op 21 No 1; Wo sind sie hin?, Op 4 No 6; Die Prinzessin; Dem Lenz soil mein Lied, Op 21 No 3
3.33* Three pieces. Op posth
Songs: Solveigs Wiegenlied, Op 23 No 23; Die Haidebeere, Op 33 No 4: Beim Sonnenunter gang, Op 9 No 3; Hor ich das Liedchen klingen, Op 39 No 6
3.53* Moods (Op 73): Scherzo-Impromptu; Hommage Chopin BENJAMIN KAPLAN (piano) ANGELA BEALE (Soprano)
PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)

Trio in c major (k 548)
TRIO ROSTAL-PALM-SCHROTER Max Rostal (violin)
Siegfried Palm (cello) Heinz Schrbter (piano)

Tales and Music for Younger Listeners with David Munrow

A programme of recent records Ravel Suite: Le tombeau de Couperin
THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
4.59* Berio Folk Songs
CATHY BERBERIAN (SOpranO) JUILLIARD ENSEMBLE conducted by THE COMPOSER
5.20* Lutoslawski Mala Suite BERLIN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ARTHUR GRÜBER

BRIGHOUSE AND RASTRICK BAND conductor WALTER HARGREAVES
Frank Bryce Overture: Promenade
Gilbert Vinter Entertainments Dean Goffin Rhapsody in Brass

WILLIAM MANN takes a look at some musical events in London and the South East during the coming weekend.

6.30 Vient de paraitre
17: Cap sur Marseille
Presented by CATHERINE GRAHAM and PAUL COUSTER , with LILA VALMERE , JACQUES BONNET and GERARD PLAUX
(Rptd: Saturday, 10.30 am, R4) (For book see page 12)
7.0 am Amici, buona seral! 17: A Livorno
Presented by HUGH SHANKLAND and ERNESTO MUSSI , with SILVIA GAVUZZO , MARISA DILLON-WESTON and LINO FERTILE
(Rptd: Friday, 6.30 pm)
(For book and records see p 12)

A romantic opera in three acts Libretto by J. B. PRIESTLEY Music by Sir Arthur Bliss
(first performance since the production at the Royal Opera House. Covent Garden, in 1949) Given in the Royal Festival Hall, London, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother
AMBROSIAS SINGERS
POLYPHONIA ORCHESTRA leader DENIS EAST conductor BRYAN FAIRFAX
Scene: in or near Bertasson, a small town in the South of France, midsummer 1836. Act 1; Act 2, part 1

J. B. Priestley recalls to GARETH LLOYD EVANS how the collaboration with Sir Arthur Bliss came about, and the difficulties surrounding the first production of The Olympians at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in September 1949.

Act 2 (concluded); Act 3

W. H. Auden is perhaps the best known poet writing in English, and his work has been consistently admired through four decades. Tonight he introduces and reads a selection of poems from all periods of his career.
Producer GEORGE MACBETH

A series of programmes featuring the artist in a dual role
Thea King (clarinet, basset-horn and piano)
Introduced by Anthony Friese-Greene

Brahms Sonata in F minor, Op 120 No 1, for clarinet and piano
Mendelssohn Concertstuck No 2, in D minor, Op 114, for clarinet, basset-horn and piano

(28 February - Sybil Michelow, contralto and piano)

(guitar)
Scarlatti, arr Williams Sonatas: c minor (L 352): A major (L 232) Bach Suite No 1, in e minor
Praetorius Three Dances (Terpsichore)