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A record request programme Part 1
Gounod Faust: Act 5, Scenes 1, 2 and 3 (including Walpurgis Night and the Ballet Music) FRANCO CORELLI (tenor) NICOLAI GHIAUROV (bass) AMBROSIAN OPERA CHORUS
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
7.33* Sor Variations on a theme by Mozart
.JOHN WILLIAMS (guitar)
7.40* Glazunov Symphonic Poem: Stenka Razin
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI

Contributors

Tenor:
Franco Corelli
Bass:
Nicolai Ghiaurov
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
Anatole Fistoulari

Part 2
Prokofiev Symphony No 4 (original version)
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN MARTINON
8.32* Lord Berners Suite: The Triumph of Neptune (mono) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

SILVIA MARCOVICI (violin) BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by CLIFFORD KNOWLES conducted by ERICH SCHMID Part 1
Schumann Overture, Scherzo and Finale
12.24* Beethoven Symphony No 2, in d major

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Knowles
Conducted By:
Erich Schmid

Ninth of a series of 12 recitals given by artists of the younger generation, introduced by NATALIE WHEEN
SANDRA DUGDALE (soprano) DAVID HARPER (piano)
CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
Mozart Das Veilchen; Dans un bois solitaire: Oiseaux, si tous les ans: Ridente la calma
Hindemith Piano Sonata No 2
Strauss Ach was Kummer: Ich wollt ein Strausslein binden; Amor
Chopin Etude in E major, Op 10 No 3; Ballade No 4. in F minor. Op 52
(Sandra Dugdale broadcast by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Natalie Wheen
Soprano:
Sandra Dugdale
Piano:
Clifford Benson
Unknown:
Sandra Dugdale

conducted by GARY BERTINI With MICHAEL ROLL (piano)
ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) Part 1
Mozart Overture: La Clemenza di Tito
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 3. in c minor
3.35* Denis Matthews talks about Beethoven's c minor Concerto.
3.55* Academy of the BBC Part 2
Falla El Amor Brujo Ibert Divertissement

Contributors

Conducted By:
Gary Bertini
Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Talks:
Denis Matthews

from The Chapel Royal, HM Tower of London
Introit: Credo quod Redemptor meus vivit (Robert Parsons )
Responses (Gibbons and Barnard)
Psalms 59. 60. 61 (Mann; Walmisley; anon, Cambridge Chant)
Lessons: Joel 2. vv 1-11; Acts 11. vv 19-30
Office Hymn: Te Lucis ante Terminum (A and M Rev 16)
Magnificat (Plainsong, Byrd Faux-bourdon)
Nunc Dimittis (Robert Parsons , First Service)
Anthem: Ecce Tu pulchra es (Peter Philips)
Hymn: Glory to thee. my God, this night (A and M Rev 23) Organist and Master of the Music JOHN WILLIAMS

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Parsons
Unknown:
Robert Parsons
Music:
John Williams

6.30 Superfirm and Superpower Six programmes on the development and impact of multinational companies.
Presented by HUGH STEPHENSON. Editor of The Times Business News.
4: Multi-nationals and the Trade Unions

Contributors

Presented By:
Hugh Stephenson.

Six studies of overseas writers whose native language is not English
3: Samuel Selvon
GERALD MOORE , Reader in English in the School of African and Asian Studies, Sussex University, introduces the West Indian author who talks about and reads from his novel, The Lonely Londoners,
(Rptd: Sun, 3.0 pm, R4 VHF)

Contributors

Unknown:
Samuel Selvon
Reader:
Gerald Moore

direct from the Royal Albert Hall AL'RELE NICOI.KT
(flute)
HEINZ HOLLIGER (oboe)
BARRY TUCKWELL (hom) LONDON SINFONIETTA leader NONA LIDDELL conductor David Atherton Part 1
Mozart Serenade in c minor (K 388)
Ligeti Concerto for flute, oboe and orchestra
Hamilton Voyage for horn and orchestra

Contributors

Unknown:
Royal Albert Hall
Oboe:
Barry Tuckwell
Conductor:
David Atherton
Unknown:
Mozart Serenade

Introduced by John Maddox
Could life have evolved in space? In recent years radio astronomers have discovered a wide range of organic molecules in interstellar gas clouds. PROFESSOR CHARLES TOWNES of the University of California at Berkeley discusses the significance of complex molecules in such a hostile environment.
Quasars - quasi stellar objects - were discovered over ten years ago. Exactly what they are no one yet knows. It is not even clear whether they are near to us or exceedingly far away. PROFESSORS GEOFFREY AND MARGARET BURBIDGE talk about this continuing controversy. Producer MARGARET CHAMBERS followed by an interlude

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Maddox
Unknown:
Margaret Burbidge

Donald Hazelwood (violin) Ronald Ryder (violin) Ronald Cragg (viola)
Gregory Elmaloglou (cello) Nigel Butterlev Quartet
Shostakovich Quartet No 8
Felix Werder Quartet No 9 (first broadcast performance in this country)

Contributors

Violin:
Donald Hazelwood
Cello:
Gregory Elmaloglou
Cello:
Nigel Butterlev
Unknown:
Felix Werder

BBC Radio 3

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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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