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Mozart Overture: Lucio Silla
ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.15* Telemann Violin Concerto in F
EDUARD MELKUS VIENNA CAPELLA ACCADEMICA conducted by KURT REDEL
7.38* Bach Suite No 4, in D ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Lucio Silla
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Unknown:
Eduard Melkus
Conducted By:
Kurt Redel
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard

Parry An English Suite
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
8.27* Arnold Concerto for two pianos and orchestra
PHYLLIS SELLICK and CYRIL SMITH CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
8.42' Delius Fantasy-overture: Over the hills and far away
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Phyllis Sellick
Unknown:
Cyril Smith
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Test Match Special
England v
West Indies at The Oval (First day) Ball-by-ball commentaries by BRIAN JOHNSTON
TONY CROZIER , JOHN ARLOTT and ALAN GIBSON with comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY and NORMAN YARDLEY
Close-of-play summary by E. W. SWANTON
Scorer bill FRINDALL
11.15-1.35* inc lunch summary
1.35'-1.40* News; weather
1.40-2.0. ALEC HEDSER and GEOFFREY HOWARD talk to BRIAN JOHNSTON about The Oval past and present.
2.0'-2.5* Lunchtime Scoreboard
2.10*-4.20* and 4.30* 5.45 including teatime summary
5.45-6.40 () inc close-of-play summary
On days when a Test Match is scheduled, but it is known at close of play the day before that there will be no play, normal Radio 3 music programmes will be broadcast. On days when play finishes early or is abandoned at any time after it has begun, normal Radio 3 music programmes will resume approximately one hour after play has ceased.
Next week, a colour feature on the West Indies cricketers

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Johnston
Unknown:
Tony Crozier
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Alan Gibson
Unknown:
Trevor Bailey
Unknown:
Norman Yardley
Unknown:
Alec Hedser
Unknown:
Geoffrey Howard
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

6.40 Community Care:
Mental Illness and Handicap 5: ' Mrs May Glynis Book, 45p: see page 54
7.0 New series
Sounds Like Now
Bubblegum. rock. folk, jazz, classical, avant-garde-why so many musical styles?
In the first of five programmes RICK WAKEMAN , MARTIN CARTHY , HENRY LOWTHER and STOMU YAMASH 'TA comment on the relevance of the music they perform.
Series assembled by PADDY KINGSLAND at the BBC Radio-phonic Workshop
Series producer DAVID EPPS A Yes man's music: page 4

Contributors

Unknown:
Mrs May Glynis
Unknown:
Rick Wakeman
Unknown:
Martin Carthy
Unknown:
Henry Lowther
Unknown:
Stomu Yamash
Producer:
David Epps

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Gary Graffman (piano)
Sheila Armstrong (soprano) Robert Tear (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone)
LSO Chorus, chorus-master Arthur Oldham
London Symphony Orchestra, leader John Brown, conductor Andre Previn

Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

Piano Concerto No 2, in C minor

Contributors

Pianist:
Gary Graffman
Soprano:
Sheila Armstrong
Tenor:
Robert Tear
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Singers:
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Chorus-Master:
Arthur Oldham
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Orchestra Leader:
John Brown
Conductor:
Andre Previn

Professor A. J. Ayer delivers a studio version of the last in his recent series of Gifford Lectures.
In this lecture he examines the traditional arguments for the existence of God and rejects them all as inadequate. He concludes, however, that morality does not depend on belief in God, and that life can have meaning for us without this belief.

Contributors

Unknown:
Professor A. J. Ayer

The second of three programmes devoted to
Palestrina's 29 motets setting texts ex Cantico Canticorum
In each programme MICHAEL HOWARD discusses the ways in which the Song of Songs has proved a perpetual source of Inspiration to poets, artists and musicians alike.
Sicut lilium irter spinas; Introduxit me; Laeva eius; Vox dilecti mei: Surge propera arnica mea; Surge arnica speciosa mea; Dilectus meus; Surgo et circuibo Sung by CANTORES IN ECCLESIA
Conductor MICHAEL HOWARD

Contributors

Conductor:
Michael Howard

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

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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