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Dvorak Symphonic Variations on an original theme
CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by VACLAV NEUMANN
7.30* Grieg A swan; Fra Monte Pincio; Spring
BIRGIT NILSSON (soprano) VIENNA OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by bertil bokstedt
7.44* Prokofiev Suite: A Summer Day
PRAGUE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Vaclav Neumann
Soprano:
Birgit Nilsson

Haydn Cantilena for Advent: Ein' Magd, ein' Dienerin
GERTRAUT STOKLASSA (soprano) .MAINZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by GÜNTER KEHR Sonata in E flat (H xvi 49) THERESE DUSSAUT (piano) Salve Regina (mono)
URSULA BÜCKEL (soprano)
MAUREEN LEHANE (Contralto)
RICHARD VAN VROOMAN (tenor) EDUARD WOLLITZ (bass) TOLZ BOYS' CHOIR COLLEGIUM AUREUM conducted by ROLF REINHARDT gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Haydn Cantilena
Soprano:
Gertraut Stoklassa
Conducted By:
Günter Kehr
Piano:
Therese Dussaut
Soprano:
Ursula Bückel
Contralto:
Maureen Lehane
Tenor:
Richard van Vrooman
Bass:
Eduard Wollitz
Conducted By:
Rolf Reinhardt

The last of a series of programmes devoted to works commissioned by the American patron of music and the Foundation that bears her name This week: the voice of mrs COOLIDGE and the DARTINGTON and HUNGARIAN STRING QUARTETS playing works by Britten and Bartok
Devised by GARETH WALTERS. introduced by CORMAC RIGBY and produced by KEITH WILSON

Contributors

Unknown:
Gareth Walters.
Introduced By:
Cormac Rigby
Produced By:
Keith Wilson

Liszt Totentanz, for piano and orchestra
SHURA CHERKASSKY AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by MILAN HORVAT
Tchaikovsky Symphony No 5, in E minor
VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID OISTRAKH

Contributors

Conducted By:
Milan Horvat
Conducted By:
David Oistrakh

Home Sweet Home, and all that A programme of Victorian ballads, duets and ensembles HAZEL HOLT , MARGARET CABLE
GORDON PULLIN , JOLYON DODGSON with KEITH SWALLOW at the piano (From the Library Theatre, Bradford. Sixth in a series of 12 concerts promoted by the Bradford City Libraries in association with the BBC)

Contributors

Unknown:
Hazel Holt
Unknown:
Gordon Pullin
Unknown:
Jolyon Dodgson

English bravura tradition, the French style and examples of German, Russian and American virtuosi.
An illustrated commentary by J. M. THOMSON
Pre-electric recordings made available by MELVIN HARRIS Producer MADEAU STEWART

Contributors

Commentary By:
J. M. Thomson
Unknown:
Melvin Harris
Producer:
Madeau Stewart

or The Admiral's Daughter
A comic opera in three acts Book by SCOBIE MACKENZIE and v. c. CLINTON-BADDELEY
Lyrics by V. C. CLINTON -BADDELEY Music by Walter Leigh
Jolly Roger is a musical bur. lesque containing a hero and heroine who are bedevilled by the wicked schemes of the cruel Governor of Jamaica, who is in league with the Bloody Pirate, the terror of the Spanish Main.
The first production, with George Robey in the cast. was given at the Savoy Theatre, London, on 1 March 1933.
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Producer ANTHONY PHILPOTT
The scene is set in and about the town of Kingston, Jamaica, in 1690 Act 1 The private landing stage of Government House, Saturday afternoon
Act 2 The Pirate Ship at sea, Sunday morning
Act 3 The terrace of Government House, Tuesday evening

Contributors

Book By:
Scobie MacKenzie
Music By:
Walter Leigh
Music By:
Jolly Roger
Unknown:
George Robey
Conductor:
Ashley Lawrence
Producer:
Anthony Philpott

6.30 Getting Into Focus
Six programmes for the keen amateur photographer
3: Picture Taking for a Pur pose.
JOHN CAMPBELL , commercial photographer; PAUL CONSTANT ,industrial specialist: and DAVID CAIRNS , photo journalist, discuss different techniques and approaches
Introduced by BRIAN GEAR

Contributors

Unknown:
John Campbell
Unknown:
Paul Constant
Unknown:
David Cairns
Introduced By:
Brian Gear

To celebrate her 80th birthday, a conversation between Dame Rebecca West. author, journalist and critic, and ANTHONY curtis. Dame Rebecca recalls personalities such as Shaw, Harold Ross, Ford Maddox
Ford: events such as the Nuremberg trials: and she assesses the contemporary literary scene.
Producer ROBERT fox

Contributors

Unknown:
Rebecca West.
Producer:
Robert Fox

'Many are beginning to look on television not as a check on the government but as a challenge to the authority of parliament, and indeed to authority in any form.'
Antony Jay discusses his recently published paper Public Words and Private Words with Christopher Tugendhat , mp Chairman Robin Day Producer HELEN FRY

Contributors

Unknown:
Antony Jay
Unknown:
Christopher Tugendhat

Recorded in St John's, Smith Square, London, 12 December Athalia
An oratorio or sacred drama
Words by SAMUEL HUMPHREYS , after RACINE
Music by Handel
Chorus of Young Virgins. Attendants, Sidonian Priests, Priests and Levites, Israelites Continuo:
CECIL JAMES (bassoon)
JENNIFER WARD CLARKE (cello) ADAM SKEAPING (violone)
CHARLES SPINKS (harpsichord) JOHN BIRCH (organ) LONDON BACH SOCIETY
STEINITZ BACH PLAYERS led by PETER BENSON conductor PAUL STEINITZ Part 1
10.25. Irene Worth in an extract from the 1970 radio production of Athaliah by JEAN RACINE translated by JOHN CAIRNCROSS Producer CHARLES LEFEAUX
10.40* Invitation Concert Athalia: part 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Humphreys
Bassoon:
Cecil James
Cello:
Jennifer Ward Clarke
Cello:
Adam Skeaping
Harpsichord:
Charles Spinks
Harpsichord:
John Birch
Conductor:
Peter Benson
Conductor:
Paul Steinitz
Unknown:
Jean Racine
Translated By:
John Cairncross
Producer:
Charles Lefeaux

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