VHF: for N Scotland and Wales
Bach, arr Walton Ballet Suite: The Wise Virgins
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
8.25' Schumann, arr Debussy Six Canonic Studies JOHN OGDON and BRENDA LUCAS ipianos)
8.41* Faure Suite: Masques et bergamasques
THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by SERGE BAUDO gramophone records
Introduced by JOHN LADE
Building a Library: Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 4. in G, by Joseph cooper
Miscellaneous new records: reviewed by STEPHEN walsh
Some of the new records considered by Stephen Walsh in this morning's Record Review, including excerpts from a Mozart Opera Festival and lain Hamilton's Violin Concerto. with MANOUG PARIKIAN SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by Alexander GIBSON
JOHN HIGGINS and BRYAN MAGEE discuss the Sadler's Wells Opera production of Sicufried which will be relayed from the Coliseum this afternoon.
ZARA NELSOVA fCellO)
GRANT JOHANESSEN (piano)
Beethoven Twelve Variations on Ein Madchen oder Weibchen from Mozart's Die Zaub£rflbte, Op 66
Faurt Nocturne No 7, in c sharp minor; Impromptus Nos 3 and 5 Rachmaninov Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA leader SAM BOR conductor ALEXANDER GIBSON
Part 1 Sibelius Symphony No 4
A weekly survey of the more hopeful trends in the world's news, compiled and introduced by Peter Watson
Part 2 Nielsen Symphony No 4 (1916) (L'inestinguibile)
Introduced by PETER CLAYTON
Introduced by John Amis
This week: an edition entirely devoted to Prokofiev.
Uto Ughi (violin)
Michael Isador (piano)
Mozart Sonata in G (K 379)
Dvorak Four Romantic Pieces, Op 75
Brahms Sonata in D minor. Op 108 direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House. London
A music-drama In three acts by Wagner
English version by ANDREW PORTER
Sadler's Wells Opera at the London Coliseum
After forging the sword Nothung and overcoming fearful dangers, Siegfried awakens BrUnnhilde and claims her as his bride.
SADLER'S WELLS ORCHESTRA leader BARRY collins conducted by REGINALD GOODALL Producers GLEN BYAM SHAW and JOHN BLATCHLEY
Act 1 A cave in the forest
5.35* The Economics of Opera In Britain
' It would be nice to be told not to take the easy way out, which is called Carmen.'
A discussion between Lord Harewood of Sadler's Wells Opera and John Tooley of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, introduced by ANDREW PORTER
5.55* Siegfried
Act 2 The depths of the forest
GEORGE MACBETH introduces a selection of poems broadcast in Poetry Now since the beginning of 1970, including work by KINGSLEY AMIS, ALAN BROWNJOHN JENI COUZYN , GAVIN EWART TED HUGHES. MADGE HERRON
LAURENCE LERNER , EDWIN MORGAN PETE MORGAN. PETER PORTER
BRIAN PATTEN , PETER REDGROVE
Act 3 Sc 1: A wild region at the foot of a mountain; Sc 2: The summit of the Valkyries' rock
Five programmes about social communication
4: Skin, Bone and Race
John Szwed in conversation with Vernon Reynolds
Dr Szwed, Director of the Center for Urban Ethnography at the University of Pennsylvania, speculates about changing social perceptions of race, and about the role of social scientists in describing concepts such as race.
Producer MICHAEL TOTTON
(12 March - Sign languages and the deaf: Aaron Cicourel and Vernon Reynolds ) followed by an interlude
A critical assessment by MARTIN COOPER
Derek Jewell examines the best from today's popular music gramophone records
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