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Sibelius
Overture: Karelia
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON
7.13* Symphony No 2, in D
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEL gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson
Conducted By:
Lorin Maazel

WirSn Serenade for strings, Op 11: ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHANNES SOMARY
8.20* Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor: CLIFFORD CURZON LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI
8.50* Stravinsky Four Norwegian Moods
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Johannes Somary
Conducted By:
Anatole Fistoulari

Conducted by Havelock Nelson

Mozart Ballet Music: Les petits riens

Gerald Cockshott Alia francese for flute and strings (Serenade)

Dvorak Slavonic Dance No 1, in C

Rachmaninov Vocalise

Milhaud Suite francaise

Contributors

Conductor:
Havelock Nelson

Mendelssohn Symphony No 6. in E flat, for string orchestra AMSTERDAM CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by MARINUS VOORBERG Mozart Piano Concerto No 15, in B flat (K 450): GEZA ANDA who also directs the SALZBURG MOZARTEUM CAMERATA ACADEMICA Haydn Symphony No 42, in D PHILHARMONIA HUNGARICA conducted by ANTAL DORATI gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Marinus Voorberg
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati

Michael Rippon (baritone)
Josephine McKimmie (piano)
Purcell Let the dreadful engines Loewe Tom der Reimer; Der Erlkonig: Edward
Ravel Don Quichotte a Dulcine"e
Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death
(From the Library Theatre, Bradford. The ninth of 12 concerts promoted by Bradford City Libraries in association with the BBC)

Contributors

Baritone:
Michael Rippon
Piano:
Josephine McKimmie

Opera in two acts
Music by Giovanni Simone Mayr Libretto by GIUSEPPE FELICE ROMANI (sung in Italian) (gramophone records)
Both theatre management and public expected much of this opera ' in the French manner,' nor were they disappointed ... Medea in Corinto scored a triumphant success in its portrayal of one of the most horrifying of all plots.
CLARION CONCERTS CHORUS AND
ORCHESTRA conducted by NEWELL JENKINS Act 1
3.25* Bergamo - and the Other Medea
Reflections on the Colleone Chapel, Bergamo's most famous monument, by PETER MURRAY, Professor of the History of Art, Birkbeck College, London.
Giovanni Simone Mayr, the composer of this afternoon's opera, spent 40 years in Bergamo. He founded the local conservatory which became one of the liveliest centres of musical culture in 19th-century northern Italy.
3.40* Medea in Corinto, Act 2

Contributors

Music By:
Giovanni Simone Mayr
Unknown:
Giuseppe Felice
Conducted By:
Newell Jenkins

The BBC's Radio Contest for Brass Bands
Round 1 Programme 1 Kibworth Band conductor PAUL WRIGHT v RHP Newark (Works) Band conductor DENNIS MASTERS Introduced by Harry Mortimer , OBE Producer ALLAN GILES

Contributors

Conductor:
Paul Wright
Conductor:
Dennis Masters
Introduced By:
Harry Mortimer , OBE
Producer:
Allan Giles

medium wave
6.30 Foreign Correspondent
A weekly study of a topic of current international significance. presented by JOHN PARRY (Rptd: Friday, 9.30 am R4)
6.45 The Learning World
A weekly commentary on an item of educational news (Rptd: Sunday. R4 VHF)
6.50 Perspective Shaping Up
The opening this week of a gallery of British sculpture from 1600-1850 at London's Victoria and Albert Museum prompts thoughts on the international standing of British sculpture today.
Producer JOAN GRIFFITHS
7.10 Developing a Career
Five programmes presented by ROGER WILLIAMS
4: The Age Barrier
(Look, Listen and Learn: pages 33-36. For publications see p 14)

Contributors

Presented By:
John Parry
Presented By:
Albert Museum
Producer:
Joan Griffiths
Presented By:
Roger Williams

ARTHUR LIMA (piano) BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BRENDAN O'BRIEN conductor PAAVO BERGLUND direct from the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth Part 1
Joonas Kokkonen Symphony No 4 (first broadcast performance in this country)
Ravel Piano Concerto in G

Contributors

Leader:
Brendan O'Brien
Conductor:
Paavo Berglund

A fortnightly series
National Security and Self-Censorship
A discussion about issues arising out of the voluntary restrictions on the publication of Defence secrets, between
John Crawley , BBC representative. Defence, Press and Broadcasting Committee
Vice-Admiral Sir Norman Den ning, Secretary. Defence. Press and Broadcasting Committee, 1967-73
Brian Roberts , Editor, Sunday Telegraph
C. M. Woodhouse , mp
In the chair Magnus Magnusson Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
John Crawley
Unknown:
Admiral Sir Norman Den
Unknown:
Brian Roberts
Unknown:
M. Woodhouse
Unknown:
Magnus Magnusson
Producer:
Anthony Moncrieff

PHILIP LANGRIDGE (tenor) ALAN opie (baritone) BBC CHORUS
CHRISTOPHER BOWERS-BROADBENT (organ continuo) SYMPHONIAE SACRAE
BRASS ENSEMBLE
John Wilbraham (trumpet) Michael Laird (trumpet) laan Wilson (trumpet)
Peter Goodwin (trombone) Roger Groves (trombone)
Martin Nicholls (trombone) conducted by PETER GELLHORN Part 1
Matthew Locke The King's Progress (1661)
Anthony Milner The Harrowing of Hell
Giovanni Gabriell Motet: In ecclesiis
FRANCES GREGORY (soprano) AUDREY HANSON (contralto) COLIN APPLETON (tenor)
ANTONY RANSOME (baritone)

Contributors

Tenor:
Philip Langridge
Unknown:
John Wilbraham
Unknown:
Michael Laird
Unknown:
Peter Goodwin
Unknown:
Roger Groves
Unknown:
Martin Nicholls
Conducted By:
Peter Gellhorn
Unknown:
Matthew Locke
Unknown:
Anthony Milner
Contralto:
Audrey Hanson

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