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Dvorak Overture: Amid nature
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
7.19* Smetana Symphonic Poem: From Bohemia's woods and fields (Ma vlast)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIX
7.32* Kodaly Variations on a Hungarian folk song: The peacock: LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz
Conducted By:
Rafael Kubelix
Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz

Boyce Overture (Cambridge Ode)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
8.15* Boccherini, arr Griitzmacher Cello Concerto in B flat: JACQUELINE DU PRÉ
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM
8.39* Bach Suite No 4, in D ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard
Conducted By:
Daniel Barenboim
Conducted By:
Raymond Leppard

Sibelius Tone Poem: The Bard
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ALEXANDER GIBSON Suite:
Rakastava Halle ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
Tone Poem: The Oceanides
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Alexander Gibson
Unknown:
Rakastava Halle
Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

A recital broadcast direct from the Leith Town Hall. Edinburgh
Marina Argericn (piano) Part 1
Bach Toccata and Fugue in c minor (bwv 911)
11.12* Mozart Sonata in B flat major (K 333)
11.32* Debussy Estampes
11.50* Festival Comment
In which contributors drawn from among the critics, performers and personalities in Edinburgh this week, talk about Festival issues and events. Presenter ELAINE PADMORE
12.5* EIF Recital, Part 2
Chopin Twenty-four Preludes

Contributors

Presenter:
Elaine Padmore

An opera recorded in the King's Theatre on 29 August
Blood Wedding (Verndsz)
Opera in three acts
Libretto by GYULA ILLYÉS, after GARCIA LORCA
Music by Sandor Szokolay (sung in Hungarian)
(first broadcast in this country) A Hungarian State Opera production
The tragedy of a bride who elopes with another man on her wedding day. The Mother
ERZSÉBET KOMLÓSSY (contralto)
The Moon.SANDOR PALCSÓ (tenor) Death.ZSUZSA BARLAY (contralto) CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE
HUNGARIAN STATE OPERA chorus-master LÁSZLÓ PLESS Producer ZOLTÁN FÜLOP conducted by Andras Korodl Act 1
3.0* Szokolay and the Modern Operatic Scene
A talk by JOHN WEISSMANN Read by JON CURLE
3.10* Blood Wedding. Act 2
3.50* Professor Herbert Rams -den of Manchester University talks about Lorca's play, Blood Wedding.
4.10* Blood Wedding, Act 3

Contributors

Music By:
Sandor Szokolay
Conducted By:
Andras Korodl
Talk By:
John Weissmann
Read By:
Jon Curle
Unknown:
Professor Herbert Rams

6.30 This Was Their World
Ten programmes on the study of local history.
9: School and Society by R. L. GREENALL
Book, £2.40: see page 61
7.0 Film Music
In his final programme misha DONAT discusses the music for
Hitchcock's Psycho and North by North-West, and Orson Welles 's Citizen Kane. with their composer BERNARD HERR -MANN
Series producer DAVID EPPS ‡
Look, Listen, Learn: pp 31-M

Contributors

Unknown:
R. L. Greenall
Unknown:
Orson Welles
Unknown:
Bernard Herr
Producer:
David Epps

direct from the Royal Albert Hall
London
HOLMES PIANO TRIO
Ralph Holmes (violin) Moray Welsh (cello)
Anthony Goldstone (piano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader JOHN BROWN conducted by Bernhard Klee
' I always like to hear Beethoven. I often listen to the beginning of the second act of Fidelio before I go to the theatre. It soothes me and calms my nerves.' AVA JUNE
Beethoven. Part 1
Symphony No 8. in F major
Concerto in c major, for violin* cello, piano and orchestra

Contributors

Violin:
Ralph Holmes
Piano:
Anthony Goldstone
Leader:
John Brown
Conducted By:
Bernhard Klee

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