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J. C. Bach Symphony in G minor. Op 6 No 6
NEW PIllt.HARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
7.22* Wagenseil Concerto in E flat for oboe, bassoon and orchestra
MICHEL PIGUET
WALTER STIFTNER
CAPPELLA ACADEMICA OF VIENNA conducted by EDUARD MELKUS
7.39' Gretry Suite of Dances ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by RAYMOND LEPPARD (harpsichord) gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard
Unknown:
Michel Piguet
Unknown:
Walter Stiftner
Conducted By:
Eduard Melkus
Directed By:
Raymond Leppard

Tchaikovsky Suite No 4 (Mozartiana)
NEW PHII.HARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
8.31* Liszt Fantasia on Hungarian folk tunes
SHUHA CHERKASSKY (piano)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
8.48* Schumann Overture: Genoveva
NEW PHlLHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by otto KLEMPERER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Conducted By:
Liszt Fantasia
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

On 12 October 1872 Ralph Vaughan Williams was born This week. from Leeds Parish Church, a programme devoted to church music by Vaughan Williams himself.
CHOIR OF LEEDS PARISH CHURCH ANTHONY LANGFORD (organ) conductor and solo organ DONALD HUNT
Te Deum in G, for double chorus and organ
Motet: 0 taste and see
Three Preludes on Welsh hymn tunes, for organ
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (set for the use of village choir)
Passacaglia on BGC, for organ
Motet: The souls of the righteous
Motet: Lord, thou hast been our refuge

Contributors

Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Music By:
Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Anthony Langford
Unknown:
Donald Hunt
Unknown:
Te Deum

MARTHA ARGERICH (piano)
BUDAPEST PHILHARMONIC SOCIETY
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES DUTOIT Berlioz Overture: Le carnaval romain
Chopin Piano Concerto No 1, in E minor
(Recording made available by courtesy of Hungarian Radio)

Contributors

Piano:
Martha Argerich
Conducted By:
Charles Dutoit

Test Match Special
England v Australia at Headingley Ball-by-ball
;ommentaries by IRIAN JOHNSTON
JOHN ARLOTT and ALAN MCGILVRAY with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY , RICHIE BENAUD Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
Scorer bill FRINDALL
11.25-1.35* inc lunch summary
1.35*-1.40* News
1.50-1.55 Lunchtime Scoreboard
2.18'-4.20* and 4.30--6.0 including teatime summary
6.0-6.40 inc close-of-play summary

Contributors

Unknown:
Irian Johnston
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Alan McGilvray
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
Richie Benaud

6.40 The Horror Story 1: Gothic Tales
CHRISTOPHER LEE and ALEX HAMILTON talk with psychologist DR CHRISTOPHER EVANS about gruesome tales and two gothic characters: Frankenstein's creature and Count Dracula.
20th-century Gothic is illustrated by H. P. Lovecraft 's story The Gable Window, read by EDWARD BISHOP
Producer ROBIN BRIGHTWELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Lee
Unknown:
Alex Hamilton
Unknown:
Dr Christopher Evans
Unknown:
H. P. Lovecraft
Read By:
Edward Bishop
Producer:
Robin Brightwell

direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Heather Harper (soprano) Anne Pashley (soprano) Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-sop) Helen Watts (contralto) John Mitchinson (tenor) Raimund Hernicx (baritone) Forbes Robinson (bass)
BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society
London Philharmonic Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, director of music Russell Burgess
BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Bela Dekany, conducted by Colin Davis

Mahler Symphony No 8, in E flat major
Part 1
(This Week's Proms: page 12)
7.55* Talk: Deryck Cooke on the close thematic unity of Mahler's Eighth Symphony
8.15* Proms 72
Part 2

Contributors

Musicians:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Soprano:
Heather Harper
Mezzo-Soprano:
Elizabeth Bainbridge
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Baritone:
Raimund Herincx
Bass:
Forbes Robinson
Singers:
BBC Chorus
Singers:
BBC Choral Society
Singers:
New Philharmonia Chorus
Singers:
Wandsworth School Boys' Choir
Director of Music:
Russell Burgess
Orchestra Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conductor:
Colin Davis
Speaker:
Deryck Cooke

BRYAN MAGEE introduces a birthday tribute to Sir Karl Popper who is 70 today.
PROFESSOR HERMANN BONDI , LORD BOYLE, PROFESSOR ERNEST GELL -NER, PROFESSOR ERNST GOMBRICH. SIR PETER MEDAWAR and GILBERT RYLE comment on the scope and influence of Popper's work, as it has affected science, philosophy and aesthetics. Producer GEORGE MACBETH

Contributors

Introduces:
Bryan Magee
Unknown:
Sir Karl Popper
Unknown:
Professor Hermann Bondi
Unknown:
Professor Ernest Gell
Unknown:
Professor Ernst Gombrich.
Unknown:
Sir Peter Medawar
Unknown:
Gilbert Ryle
Producer:
George MacBeth

6: Human hierarchies and animal behaviour by PATRICK BATESON , Lecturer in Zoology at Cambridge University.
Popular interest in animal behaviour has been greatly intensified through the work of such writers as Konrad Lorenz , Robert Ardrey and Desmond Morris.
Patrick Bateson examines claims made by these and other writers that the findings, ideas and methods of ethology - the study of animal bebaviour - are directly relevant to the study of man. Producer LEONIE COHN

Contributors

Unknown:
Patrick Bateson
Unknown:
Konrad Lorenz
Unknown:
Robert Ardrey
Unknown:
Desmond Morris.
Unknown:
Patrick Bateson

NIGEL WICKENS (baritone)
GUY ROBERT (lute and vihuela) Encina Ay triste que vengo
Mudarra Si viesse 4 me levasse; Isabel
Encina Niguro Gierre las puendas
Mudarra Durmiendo iba el senor Narvaez Vihuela: Diferencias 0 Guardame las Vacas Milan Fantasia
Mudarra Israel, mira tus montes; Triste estaba el rey David Milan Vihuela: Pavana qua la bella franceschina
Narvaez Baxas da Contrapunto Mudarra Galliarda
Pisador Si te vas a banar
Juanica Mudarra Claros y frescos rios Milan Toda mi vida os ame" anon Dindirin, dindirin
Pisador En la fuente del rosel

Contributors

Baritone:
Nigel Wickens
Unknown:
Narvaez Baxas
Unknown:
Juanica Mudarra Claros

BBC Radio 3

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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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