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Beethoven Piano Concerto No 1, in c: CLAUDIO ARRAU , AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
7.44* Mendelssohn Symphony No 10, in B minor, for string orchestra: LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA, conducted by KURT MASUR : records

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Milhaud Le boeuf sur Ie toit
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
8.25* Jean Francaix Concertino for piano and orchestra CLAUDE FRANÇAIX
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANTAL DORATI
8.34* Dellbes Ballet Suite: La source: PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA, conducted by PETER MAAG : records

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Tchaikovsky
Songs and piano music
GAijNA VISHNEVSKAYA (soprano) MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH (piano) ROBERT TEAR (tenor) PHILIP LEDGER (piano)
MICHAEL PONTI (piano): records

conducted by HAVELOCK NELSON Music by Stanford, Delius, Rived, Faurt and Shostakovich

Radio 3 at the Maxwell Hall, University of Salford
CHRISTOPHER HIRONS (violin) GEORGE MALCOLM (piano)
Mozart Sonata in B flat (K 454)
Anthony Hedges Rhapsody for violin and piano

Part 2
Schubert Sonatina No 1, in D Faure Sonata No 1, in A

conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD with JANET CRAXTON (oboe) Milhaud Suite franchise
Berkeley Sinfonia Concertante for oboe and chamber orchestra Poulenc Sinfonietta

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OWEN WYNNE (counter-tenor) ALAN CUCKSTON (harpsichord)
Shakespeare songs, a cantata and sonatas by Scartatti. Bach's Italian Concerto, and Noble Numbers-a a song-cycle by Betty Roe
(From the Library Theatre, Bradford. Tenth of 12 concerts promoted by Metropolitan Bradford Libraries in association with the BBC)

ANNE SHASBY and RICHARD MOMARON play
Satie Trois morçeaux en forme de poire
Constant Lambert TroLs pieces nègres pour les touches blanches

Comic opera in two acts Music by Rossini
Libretto by CESARE STERBINI , after BEAUMARCHAIS
(Detail from Nattier's painting of Beaumarchais at 27) German version by IGNAZ KOLLMAN adapted by GÜNTHER RENNERT
Rossini's witty and exciting music turns the first of Beaumarchais's three plays about the barber Figaro into one of the greatest comic operas of all time.
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF TUE
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA chorus-master
WOLFGANG BAUMGART conducted by SILVIO VARVISO
(Recording from the National Theatre, Munich, made available by Bavarian Radio) Act 1

A series in which poets talk about the effects of music on their work and in their lives. Today: Vernon Scannell

Act 2

with David Munrow
The emergence of music critics who could not only understand music but could also write well. This didn't prevent one critic from finding himself caricatured in an opera.

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6.30 Foreign Correspondent
A weekly study of a topic of cur* rent international significance. Presented by GRAHAM TAYAR
6.50 Perspective
Designs on the Box
The current exhibition of television design at the Victoria and Albert Museum prompts CHRIS DUNKLEY to talk to some of the designers who have contributed to BBC television programmes that can be seen over the next few days.
7.10 The ABC of Education A series of 16 programmes Presented by JOHN BROWN
5: Why aren't they being Taughtf
What is ' discovery ' learning? How much can children discover for themselves? And how much still needs to be taught?

Toccata, Adagio and Fugue [n c (Bwv 564); Toccata and Fugue in D minor (BWV 565) CHARLES BENBOW (organ) gramophone records

leader DESMOND BRADLEY conducted by ANDREW DAVIS STOIKA MILANOVA (violin) direct from the Royal Festival Hall. London
Mozart Symphony No 40, In a minor (k 550)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64

Richard Murphy reads a group of poems associated with the west coast of Ireland where he lives. Most of them are contained in his new collection of poems High Island.

Part 2 Stravinsky
Ballet: The Rite of Spring

A radio version in three parts based on the translation by SIR DESMOND LEE
Edited by DR D. A. REES
Adapted and produced by JOHN THEOCHARIS
Music specially composed by CHRISTOS PITTAS with Leo McKern
2: The Philosopher Ruler
(The Imperfect Societies: 6 Mar)

Songs recorded in 1932 by MADELINE GREY and RAVEL
Chanson hébraïque (Chants populaires)
Chansons madécasses with instrumental ensemble conducted by the composer
(The centenary of Ravel's birth Is celebrated next week in a number of programmes on R3)

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