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Arne Overture No 4, in ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA directed by EMANUEL HURWITZ
7.13* Quantz Flute Concerto in G: JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL MUSICA ANTIQUA ORCHESTRA conducted by JACQUES ROUSSEL
7.29* Couperin L'Espagnole (Les Nations): JACOBEAN ENSEMBLE directed by THURSTON DART gramophone records

Contributors

Directed By:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted By:
Jacques Roussel
Directed By:
Thurston Dart

Beethoven Overture: King Stephen: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
8.14* Hummel Concerto in t. for trumpet and orchestra JOHN WILBRAHAM , ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-1N-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.33* Mozart Divertimento No 11, in D: BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer
Unknown:
John Wilbraham
Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

Sibelius Symphonic fantasia: Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49
HALLE ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
9.20* Tone Poem: Luonnotar. for soprano and orchestra GWYNETH JONES
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
9.31* Violin Concerto in minor, Op 47: JASCHA HEIFETZ CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by WALTER HENDL gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir John Barbirolli
Conducted By:
Antal Dorati
Conducted By:
Walter Hendl

from the 13th 16th centuries THE KING'S SINGERS KENNETH ELLIOTT
(organ and harpsichord) anon Conductus: Hac in annl janua anon Ex te lux oritur (Wedding Hymn of Margaret of Scotland, 1281) anon Motet: Haec dies anon Interlude: My heartly service
Carver Sanctus (Missa a 6) anon Woe worth the tyme (c 1530) anon Christmas Medley: All sons of Adam (c 1540)
Peebles Motet: Si quts dillglt me (1530/45) anon Credo (Missa a 5) anon May Song: Trip and go, hey

Contributors

Singers:
Kenneth Elliott

Ian Partridge (tenor)
Jennifer Partridge (piano)
Schumann Song-cycle: Dichterliebe
Finzi Song cycle: O fair to see
(From the Library Theatre, Bradford. The first of 12 concerts promoted by Bradford City Libraries in association with the BBC)

Contributors

Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Piano:
Jennifer Partridge

by C. GORDON CUMMINO
One hundred years ago today Fiji was ceded to the British Crown by the ' King ' of Fiji, Ratu Cakobau. Miss C. Gordon Cumming went to Fiji in the 1870s as companion to the Governor's wife, and wrote home a series of letters describing life in ' The Cannibal Isles.'
PAULINE LETTS reads a selection of the letters which has been made by CHRISTOPHER VENNING

Contributors

Unknown:
C. Gordon Cummino
Unknown:
Ratu Cakobau.
Unknown:
Miss C. Gordon
Unknown:
Pauline Letts
Unknown:
Christopher Venning

Opera In two acts Music by Massenet
Libretto by JULES CLARETIS (sung in French)
(gramophone records)
Set during the horrors of the French Revolution Thérèse is a passionate love story which resolves itself only in the last moments of the drama as the heroine sees a tumbril on its way to the guillotine.
LINDEN SINGERS
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by Richard BONYNG

Contributors

Unknown:
Jules Claretis
Conducted By:
Richard Bonyng

6.30 Foreign Correspondent
A weekly study of a topic of current international significance
Presented by GRAHAM TAYAR
6.50 New series Context
1: What a Summer
BILL BRECKON talks to weather. men about the British climate and the problems of weather forecasting.
Series producer MICHAEL TOTTON
7.10 Early Promise
Six programmes about the first signs of artistic talent in the child and the questions arising for parents and teachers.
2: How Can the Local Authority Help!
Presented by LEONARD PEARCEY

Contributors

Presented By:
Graham Tayar
Producer:
Michael Totton
Presented By:
Leonard Pearcey

Opening concert direct from the Brangwyn Hall PETER KATIN (piano)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by ROBERT ST JOHN WRIGHT conducted by NORMAN DELMAR Daniel Jones Concert Overture
7.56* Saint-Saens Symphony No 3, In c minor
(organ CHARLES SPINKS )

Contributors

Conducted By:
Norman Delmar
Conducted By:
Daniel Jones
Unknown:
Charles Spinks

Alexander Goehr , Professor of Music at Leeds University, discusses Schoenberg's theoretical writings on music, the Harmon' ielehre and the Fundamentals of Musical Composition. His talk is based on a paper read to the Royal Musical Association earlier this year.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alexander Goehr

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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