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Corelli Concerto Grosso In D, Op 6 No 1: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.21* Monteverdi Beatus Vir HAMBURG MONTEVERDI CHOIR conducted by JÛRGEN JURGENS
7.30* Pergolesi Flute Concerto No 2, in D: JEAN-PIERRE RAMPAL
STUTTGART CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL MÛNCHINGER
7.40* Boccherini Symphony No 17: ROSSINI ORCHESTRA OF NAPLES conducted by FRANCO CARACCIOLO gramophone records

Contributors

Directed By:
Neville Marriner
Conducted By:
Franco Caracciolo

FaurC Suite: Masques et bergamasques
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
8.20* Poulenc Concerto in D . minor: FRANCIS POULENC and JACQUES FEVRIER (pianos)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGES PRETRE
8.41* Ravel Rapsodie espagnole LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERRE MONTEUX gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Unknown:
Francis Poulenc
Pianos:
Jacques Fevrier
Conducted By:
Georges Pretre
Conducted By:
Pierre Monteux

for the Life and Work of Sir Arthur Bliss , CH, KCVO (1891-1975) at Westminster Abbey Order of Service: Sentences (Croft)
Psalm 121 (arr McKie)
Lesson: Wisdom 7, vv 22-30, read by RT BON EDWARD HEATH , MBE, up
Hymn: All my hope on God Is founded
Lesson: St Matthew 5, VV 2-12 read by MAURICE FARQUHARSON and BARBARA GATEHOUSE
Hymn: Dear Lord and Father of mankind
Address by DAVID WILLCOCKS
Anthem: Sing Mortals! (Bliss) Prayers
Hymn: 0 Worship the King Blessing
Fanfare for Heroes (Bliss) CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY
Organist and Master of the Choristers DOUGLAS GUEST
TRUMPETERS OF THE ROYAL MILI
TARY SCHOOL OF MUSIC, KNELLER HALL
Scene described by CLIFF MORGAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Arthur Bliss
Unknown:
Bon Edward Heath
Unknown:
St Matthew
Read By:
Maurice Farquharson
Unknown:
David Willcocks

ALFREDA HODGSON (Contralto) BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by ANDREW DAVIS
Beethoven Overture: King Stephen
1.30* Elgar Sea Pictures
1.55* Haydn Symphony No 44, in E minor (Trauer-Symphonie)

Contributors

Contralto:
Alfreda Hodgson
Leader:
Barry Griffiths
Conducted By:
Andrew Davis

Birtwistle Tragoedia LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by DAVID ATHERTON Justin Connolly Sestina A NASH ENSEMBLE
Judith Pearce (flute) Robin Miller (oboe) Antony Pay (clarinet)
Brian Wightman (bassoon) John Pigneguy (horn) Clifford Benson (piano)
Nicholas Sackman Ensembles and Cadenzas
LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by david ATHERTON
(Birtwistle, Sackman: part of a concert promoted by the Friends of Worcester Cathedral)

Contributors

Conducted By:
David Atherton
Conducted By:
Justin Connolly
Flute:
Judith Pearce
Oboe:
Robin Miller
Bassoon:
Brian Wightman
Horn:
John Pigneguy
Piano:
Clifford Benson
Piano:
Nicholas Sackman
Conducted By:
David Atherton

Jon Curie presents a miscellany of popular orchestral pieces, songs, arias and instrumental works on record.
This week's programme includes music by Mozart, Bach, Humperdinckand Mendelssohn , with ANNIE FISCHER , VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES, JULIUS KATCHEN and STOKOWSKI.

Contributors

Unknown:
Jon Curie
Unknown:
Humperdinckand Mendelssohn
Unknown:
Annie Fischer
Unknown:
Julius Katchen

6.30 The Roof Over Your Head Ten programmes offering practical guidance on finding, keeping and improving a home. Presented by TRISH Williams 1: Somewhere to Live
There are many different forms of housing, provided you can afford them. What choices are open to you? And how do you make up your mind?
Others taking part include
DEREK FOX , Director of Housing, Borough of Hammersmith: GILLIAN DIAMOND , founder of After Six: ROBERT LANGTON , property correspondent of the Evening Standard; and PATRICE BENSON , formerly of Shelter. Series producer
GORDON HUTCHINGS
7.0 A Stranger Abroad Holland (i)
The first of three programmes introducing the country, its people and its language, with CORNELIUS LANGENBERG and EVA REICHLING.
Series producer DAVID DOUGHAN

Contributors

Presented By:
Trish Williams
Unknown:
Derek Fox
Unknown:
Gillian Diamond
Unknown:
Robert Langton
Unknown:
Patrice Benson
Unknown:
Gordon Hutchings
Unknown:
Cornelius Langenberg
Unknown:
Eva Reichling.
Producer:
David Doughan

A concert given on 10 May in the Festival
' Hall, Tokyo, recorded for the BBC by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation
MICHAEL ROLL (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader ELI GOREN conductor SIR CHARLES GROVES Part 1 Walton Partita
Delius The Walk to the Paradise Garden
Britten Piano Concerto in D

Contributors

Piano:
Michael Roll
Leader:
Eli Goren
Conductor:
Sir Charles Groves

(1908-1974) in conversation with GEORGE STEEDMAN.
4: The Structure of Energy
In the first year of the 20th century. Max Planck published his Quantum Theory and in 1927 Werner Heisenberg proposed his Principle of Uncertainty. Dr Bronowski suggests there is an analogue between the atom and its uncertainty, and the behaviour of an individual in a crowd.
(A BBC Transcription Service production)
Dr Bronowski's book, The Ascent of Man, £5.50 from bookshops

Contributors

Unknown:
George Steedman.
Unknown:
Max Planck
Unknown:
Werner Heisenberg

Monkeys - A Love Story
A radio play by JAN GUDMUND sson. translated from the Swedish by IAN RODGER. with Fenella Fielding as Lotta and Norman Rodway as Laban This is a story based on fact. In a zoo in a Scandinavian town there were two monkeys who loved each other, but the crowds who came to visit them were offended.
Other parts TIMOTHY BATESON ANTHONY HALL , ROLF LEFEBVRE BETTY HUNTLEY-WRIGHT
ELIZABETH MORGAN , DIANA OLSSON Producer JOHN TYDEMAN followed by an interlude

Contributors

Play By:
Jan Gudmund
Unknown:
Ian Rodger.
Unknown:
Norman Rodway
Unknown:
Timothy Bateson
Unknown:
Anthony Hall
Unknown:
Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown:
Betty Huntley-Wright
Unknown:
Elizabeth Morgan
Unknown:
Diana Olsson
Producer:
John Tydeman

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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