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Boyce Symphony No 8, in D minor
LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS conducted by RUDOLF BAUMGARTNER
7.17* J. C. Bach Concerto in f, for organ and string orchestra THURSTON DART directing the BOYD NEEL ORCHESTRA
7.29* Haydn Symphony No 104, in D (London): ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Rudolf Baumgartner
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Bax Symphonic Poem: Tintagel LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
8.19* Vaughan Williams Tuba Concerto: JOHN FLETCHER LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN
8.32* Walton Variations on a theme by Hindemith CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGE SZELL gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Vaughan Williams
Conducted By:
George Szell

ANTHONY ROLFE JOHNSON (tenor) BRYAN VICKERS (piano) Part 1
Purccll, arr Britten Music for a while; Morning Hymn; Alleluia; In the black dismal dungeon of despair
Arne Cantata: Cymon and Iphigenia
Poulenc ' C ' (Poemes de Louis Aragon); Bleuet; Metamorphoses

Contributors

Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Piano:
Bryan Vickers
Unknown:
Britten Music

A programme in memory of the distinguished Australian flautist who died on 9 January 1974 and who was a principal in the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1952 to 1970.
The oboist Janet Craxton remembers him, and introduces recordings made in 1970 in which they both took part as members of the London Concertante, together with HUGH MAGUIRE (violin)
BRUNO SCHRECKER (cello)
ALAN HARVERSON (harpsichord)
Loeillet Trio-Sonata in F, for flute, oboe and continuo
Alan Richardson Three Pieces for flute and oboe
Thea Musgrave Impromptu for flute and oboe
J. C. Bach Quintet in D major, for flute, oboe, violin, cello and harpsichord

Contributors

Unknown:
Janet Craxton
Violin:
Hugh Maguire
Harpsichord:
Alan Harverson
Harpsichord:
Loeillet Trio-Sonata
Unknown:
Alan Richardson
Oboe:
Thea Musgrave Impromptu

Robert Saxton Ritornelli and Intermezzi (first broadcast performance in this country) SUSAN BRADSHAW (piano)
Anthony Gilbert The Incredible Flute Music
JUDITH PEARCE (flute)
RONALD LUMSDEN (piano)
Anthony Payne Paean (first broadcast performance in this country): SUSAN BRADSHAW
David Blake Cantata: The Bones of Chuang Tzu
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) DAVID BLAKE (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Saxton Ritornelli
Piano:
Susan Bradshaw
Piano:
Anthony Gilbert
Flute:
Judith Pearce
Piano:
Ronald Lumsden
Piano:
Anthony Payne Paean
Unknown:
Susan Bradshaw
Unknown:
David Blake
Unknown:
Chuang Tzu
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Piano:
David Blake

6.30 Eminently Victorian People and Opinions 6: Walter Bagehot by j. w. BURROW, Reader in History at the University of Sussex
7.0 Living Decisions in Family and Community Introduced by JOHN TIMPSON 15: Matters of Taste
(Rptd: Sunday, R4 VHF)
Course Book 2, 80p: see page 50

Contributors

Unknown:
Walter Bagehot
Introduced By:
John Timpson

Horacio Gutierrez (piano) BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader SYDNEY HUMPHREYS conducted by ALBERT ROSEN direct from the City Hall Part 1 lain Hamilton Symphonic Variations
7.47* Saint-Saens Piano Concerto No 4, in c minor

Contributors

Piano:
Horacio Gutierrez
Leader:
Sydney Humphreys
Conducted By:
Albert Rosen

East-West by ANDREI AMALRIK translated from the Russian by DANIEL WEISSBORT introduced by ALEXANDER LIEVEN Andrei Amalrik , who has been serving a term in a Soviet labour camp, is one of the most outspoken of the critics of the Soviet regime within the Soviet Union. This play, which to a certain extent was influenced by the writings of Ionesco, is a grotesque fantasy, but it also contains a good deal about the atmosphere of life in the Soviet Union in recent times. with Barbara Mitchell and David Markham Producer
MARTIN ESSLIN ‡ followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Daniel Weissbort
Introduced By:
Alexander Lieven
Introduced By:
Andrei Amalrik
Unknown:
Barbara Mitchell
Unknown:
David Markham
Unknown:
Martin Esslin
Manageress:
Diana Olsson
Mistress:
Barbara Mitchell
Student:
Sam Dastor
Ivanov:
David Markham
Girl:
Kate Einchy
Overseer:
Brian Haines
First radio voice:
John Samson
Second radio voice:
Rolf Lefebvre

GEORGE MACBETH introduces the black Japanese poet IAI, author of Cruelty, talking about the background and period of her recent book, and new poems by ERICA JONG , DONALD HALL and LOLA HASKINS , read by the poets.

Contributors

Introduces:
George MacBeth
Unknown:
Erica Jong
Unknown:
Donald Hall
Unknown:
Lola Haskins

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