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Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
7.9* Casteliiuovo-Tedesco Guitar Concerto in D JOHN WILLIAMS MEMBERS OF THE
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
7.30* Beethoven Symphony No 8, in F
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Handel Arrival
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Unknown:
John Williams
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

A series in which composers and musicologists illustrate the interweaving of music of different cultures
3:Adrienne Simpsonillustrates the interweaving of popular tunes in art music Producer MADEAU STEWART (Postponed from 5 June)

Contributors

Producer:
Madeau Stewart

England v Australia First Test at Old Trafford (Fourth Day) Ball-by-ball commentaries by JOHN ARLOTT , BRIAN JOHNSTON and ALAN MCGILVRAY with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY and ALAN DAVIDSON
Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
Scorer BILL FRlNDALL
11.25*-1.35* including lunch summary
1.35*-1.40* News
1.50-1.55 Lunchtime Scoreboard
(continued in next column)
2.10*-4.20* and 4.30*-6.5* including teatime summary
6.5-6.37* () inc close-of-play summary
On days when a Test Match is scheduled, but it is known at close of play the day before that there will be no play, normal Radio 3 music programmes will be broadcast. On days when play finishes early or is abandoned at any time after it has begun, normal Radio 3 music programmes will resume approximately one hour after play has ceased.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Alan McGilvray
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
Alan Davidson

6.40 Introduction to Arabic: Programme 10
Introduced by Baha Essaid
With Nadia Tawfiq
Written by T. F. Mitchell and D. Barber
Producer GEOFFREY BRAITHWAITE
(Rptd: Saturday, 10.30 am, R4)
(Book and record from BBC Pubs by post £1.80: see p 57)

7.10 Amici, buona serai: 29: I Ricordi dello zio Raffaele
(medium wave)
Written and presented by Hugh Shankland and Ernesto Mussi, with Silvia Gavuzzo, Marisa Dillon-Weston and Aldo Bevacqua
(Rptd: Friday, 6.30 pm)
(Book and records from BBC Pubs by post £2.65: see p 57)

Contributors

Presenter (Introduction to Arabic):
Baha Essaid
Unknown:
Nadia Tawfiq
Writer (Introduction to Arabic):
T. F. Mitchell
Writer (Introduction to Arabic):
D. Barber
Producer (Introduction to Arabic):
Geoffrey Braithwaite
Presenter (Amici, buona serai):
Hugh Shankland
Presenter (Amici, buona serai):
Ernesto Mussi
Unknown:
Silvia Gavuzzo
Unknown:
Marisa Dillon-Weston
Unknown:
Aldo Bevacqua
Producer (Amici, buona serai):
Ann Caldwell

Tragic opera in three acts Libretto by GIUSEPPE BARDARI , after SCHILLER Music by Donizetti (sung in Italian) with Montserrat Caballc
(first broadcast in this country)
OPERA CHORUS AND
ORCHESTRA OF FRENCH RADIO chorus-master JEAN-PAUL KRÉDER conducted by NELLO SANTI
The action takes place in London and Fotheringay
(Recording made available by courtesy of French Radio)

Elisabetta I, Queen of England - MICHÈLE VILMA (mezzo-soprano)
Maria Stuarda, Queen of Scots - MONTSERRAT CABALLE (soprano)
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester - JOSE CARRERAS (tenor)
Lord Talbot - MAURIZIO MAZZIERI (bass)
Lord Cecil - ENRIQUE SERRA (baritone)
Anna, Maria's maid-of-honour - RUTH BEZINIAN (soprano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Giuseppe Bardari
Chorus-Master:
Jean-Paul Kréder
Conducted By:
Nello Santi

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