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Clarke, arr Henry Wood Trum pet Voluntary: WILLIAM LANG HALLÉ ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
7.9* Carl Stamitz Sinfonia Concertante
SUSANNE LAirTENBACHER (violin) ERNST WALLFISCH (viola) STUTTGART SOLOISTS
7.28* Haydn Symphony No 104, in D (The London): ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Henry Wood Trum
Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Conducted By:
Carl Stamitz
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Rossini Overture: The Barber of Seville
NAPLES ROSSINI ORCHESTRA conducted by SILVIO VARVISO
8.13* Weber Clarinet Concerto No 1: GERVASE DE PEYER
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL FRUHBECK DE BURGOS
8.36' Messager Ballet: Les deux pigeons
COVENT GARDEN OPERA HOUSI ORCHESTRA, conducted by CHARLES MACKERRAS gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Silvio Varviso
Conducted By:
Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos
Conducted By:
Charles MacKerras

Broadcast direct from the Main Hall of the Musikverein, Vienna. Part of the traditional annual concert of Viennese music given by the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA led and directed by Willi Boskovsky
(Part of this concert will be shown in colour on BBC2 tonight at 5.15)

Contributors

Directed By:
Willi Boskovsky

1: The Early 19th Centum IRENE SANDFORD (soprano) FRANK PATTERSON (tenor) JUNE MOORE (violin)
JEREMY LAWRENCE (Cello) HAVELOCK NELSON (piano)
Arrangements by Haydn, Sir John Stevenson and Beethoven Introduced by EDGAR BOUCHER

Contributors

Soprano:
Irene Sandford
Tenor:
Frank Patterson
Cello:
Jeremy Lawrence
Piano:
Havelock Nelson
Unknown:
John Stevenson
Introduced By:
Edgar Boucher

CORMAC RIGBY introduces a weekly series of music from the current repertoire of the Royal Ballet
This week: Cinderella Choreography
SIR FREDERICK ASHTON Music by Prokofiev
MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY gramophone records

Contributors

Introduces:
Cormac Rigby
Unknown:
Sir Frederick Ashton
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

6.30 Starting German: Reiseburo Atlas: Wir wunschen Ihnen ein gluckliches Neues Jahr
A special holiday programme With Ilse Singer, Jorg Sorensen and Gordon Sterne about 'Silvester' and New Year celebrations in Germany and Austria

7.0 Tal como es
Last of three extra programmes for the holiday period, introduced by Eloisa Diez and Pablo Soto

Contributors

Unknown (Starting German):
Ilse Singer
Unknown (Starting German):
Jorg Sorensen
Unknown (Starting German):
Gordon Sterne
Presenter (Tal como es):
Eloisa Diez
Presenter (Tal como es):
Pablo Soto
Script (Tal como es):
Alan Wilding

A performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony to mark the occasion of Britain's entry into the European Economic Community HEATHER HARPER (soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto) ROBERT TEAR (tenor) NORMAN BAILEY (bass)
NEW PHILHARMONIA CHORUS chorus-master
WALTER HAGEN-GROLL
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA leader DESMOND BRADLEY conducted by ANDREW DAVIS
(Given before an invited audience in Guildhall, London)
(Tonight's Winter Prom in the Royal Albert Hall at 7.30 will be recorded and broadcast on Radio 3 at a later date)

Contributors

Soprano:
Heather Harper
Contralto:
Helen Watts
Tenor:
Robert Tear
Bass:
Norman Bailey
Chorus-Master:
Walter Hagen-Groll
Leader:
Desmond Bradley
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis
Unknown:
Albert Hall

Somereflections on the cultural implications of Britain's entry into Europe. Dr Steiner,
Extraordinary Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, was educated in France, the United States and England. He is the author of several books on literature and intellectual history including Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?, The Death of Tragedy, Language and Silence and Extraterritorial. His 1970 T. S. Eliot Memorial Lectures were broadcast on Radio 3, and published as In Blue-beard's Castle. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
T. S. Eliot

direct from the Round House, London
LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by David Atherton Part 1
Gerhard Concert for Eight
Robin Holloway Evening with Angels (commissioned by the BBC: first performance)

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Atherton
Unknown:
Robin Holloway

by Roy OWEN , Professor of French in the University of St Andrews
After considering Eugene Vina ver's book The Rise of Romance. Professor Owen looks for a different and complementary approach to the development of romance by following the fortunes of Sir Gawain. t

Contributors

Unknown:
Roy Owen
Unknown:
Eugene Vina

A Medieval Yuletide Poem in a translation by GWYN JONES with music by STEPHEN DODGSON 4: The New Year at the Green Chapel
Producer RAYMOND RAIKES t

Contributors

Translation By:
Gwyn Jones
Music By:
Stephen Dodgson
Producer:
Raymond Raikes
The Gawain Poet:
Deryck Guyler
Sir Gawain:
Henry Stamper
The Guide:
David Timson
The Green Knight:
Norman Ley
The Host:
Norman Shelley

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