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Mozart Symphony No 38, in D (Prague) (K 504)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.30* Dvorak Serenade in E, for string orchestra
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Dvorak Serenade
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelik

Bruch Violin Concerto No 1, in G minor
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW
ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
8.30* Schubert Symphony No 5, in B flat
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BÖHM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

The first of five weekly programmes including music by Bloch
Medtner Sonata idyllica, Op 56 Bloch Quartet No 2
Medtner Fairy Tales: Op 26 No 2: Op 51 No 2
LIZA FUCHSOVA (piano)
WISSEMA STRING QUARTET Nella Wissema (violin) Fay Campey (violin)
Ludmila Navratil (viola) Paul Ward (cello)

Contributors

Violin:
Nella Wissema
Viola:
Ludmila Navratil
Cello:
Paul Ward

by EVAN john from the Sir William Whitla Hall , Queen's University, Belfast
Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor (The Wedge)
Mozart Andante in F (k 616) Nielsen Commotio (1931)

Contributors

Unknown:
Evan John
Unknown:
William Whitla Hall
Unknown:
Mozart Andante

UZI WIESEL (cello)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by GARY BERTINI Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 52, In c minor
12.38* Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme, for cello and orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Gary Bertini

BRONISLAV KAPER talks to JOHN amis about his life as a Hollywood composer.
1.20 Midday Prom: part 2
Beethoven Symphony No 1, in c major
1.49* Falla Dances from The Three-cornered Hat
(Given before an invited audience in the Town Hall, Manchester)

Contributors

Talks:
Bronislav Kaper
Unknown:
John Amis

Part 2 Beethoven Missa Solemnis
ELISABETH SÖDERSTRÖM (soprano) MARGA HÖFFGEN (contralto) WALDEMAR KMENTT (tenor) MARTTI TALVELA (bass)
NEW PHII.HARMONIA CHORUS
AND ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER gramophone records

Contributors

Tenor:
Waldemar Kmentt
Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer

played in the context of an orchestral concert
Second -of six weekly programmes
JOHN OGDON (piano) MEMBERS OF THE
MELOS ENSEMBLE
NEW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led by DESMOND BRADLEY conducted by BRYAN BALKWILL Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in c major
Stravinsky Septet
Tippett Piano Concerto

Contributors

Piano:
John Ogdon
Unknown:
Desmond Bradley
Conducted By:
Bryan Balkwill

6.30 Amici, buona serat 17: A Livorno
Presented by HUGH SHANKLAND and ERNESTO MUSSI , with SILVIA GAVUZZO , MARISA DILLON-WESTON and lino PERTILE
(For book and records see p 12)
7.0 Musical Interpretation 2: The Evidence
What is notation, what is it for, and for whom is it intended? Starting with these questions IAN BENT, Lecturer in Music. King's College, London, examines several definitions of notation and concludes that it is essentially 'an aid-to-memory. which has striven hard to become a foolproof means of communication. totally precise, totally unambiguous.'
Producer DAVID EPPS
(For publication see page 12)

Contributors

Presented By:
Hugh Shankland
Presented By:
Ernesto Mussi
Unknown:
Silvia Gavuzzo
Unknown:
Marisa Dillon-Weston
Producer:
David Epps

Last of five programmes illustrating how great composers re-composed their works Wagner
The Overture and Venusberg Music from Tannhaiiser, with an illustrated talk by PAUL HAMBURGER
BBC WOMEN'S CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader JOHN GEORGtADts conducted by MYER FREDMAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Venusberg Music
Talk By:
Paul Hamburger
Leader:
John Georgtadts
Conducted By:
Myer Fredman

A programme to commemorate the centenary of the birth of this great man of the theatre whose ideas have influenced theatre production in Europe and America for over half a century. Craig in his 80s proved to be a remarkable broadcaster and this programme contains excerpts from some of the talks he gave.

Four talks by CHARLES DAVIS , Professor in the Department of Religion, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, on whether institutionalised religion still has a creative role to play in modern society 4: The Anger of Morality
' Many Christians are refusing the drive toward transcendent value, because it urges them on beyond the familiar, the comfortable, the safe.'

Contributors

Unknown:
Charles Davis

GEORGE MACBETH introduces a collaboration In verse and music between LILY GREENHAM and BOB DOWNES.
The programme includes sound poems by Elena Asins , Alain Arias Misson Augusto de Campos Edwin Morgan , Gerhard Ruhm and Jonathan Williams read by LILY GREENHAM with jazz accompaniment on flute, bass, and percussion by BOB DOWNES , BARRY GUY and DENNIS SMITI
Producer JOHN f. MUIR

Contributors

Introduces:
George MacBeth
Introduces:
Bob Downes.
Unknown:
Elena Asins
Unknown:
Alain Arias Misson
Unknown:
Edwin Morgan
Unknown:
Gerhard Ruhm
Unknown:
Jonathan Williams
Read By:
Lily Greenham
Unknown:
Bob Downes
Unknown:
Barry Guy
Unknown:
Dennis Smiti
Producer:
John F. Muir

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