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Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, with flute, clarinet and string quartet
ROBLES TRIO ; DELME QUARTET
7.18* Poulenc Piano Concerto GABRIEL TACCHINO
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGES PRÊTRE
7.38* Gounod Ballet Music (Faust: Act 5): BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARA JAN

Contributors

Unknown:
Robles Trio
Conducted By:
Georges Prêtre

WILLIAM YOUNG (baritone) BELFAST BRASS ENSEMBLE NORMAN FINLAY (organ)
Gottfried Reiche Sonata No 7 Benedetto Marcello Psalm 19
Stanford Bible Songs, Op 113, Nos 1-3
Paul Miiller Chorale Toccata on Ein feste Burg, Op 54 No 1
Stanford Bible Songs, Op 113, Nos 4 and 5 Flor Peeters Entrata Festiva: Chorale Fantasy on Christ the Lord has risen

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Miiller

A weekly series given by artists of the younger generation Christopher Czaja Sager (piano) David Cripps (horn) John York (piano)
Bach Italian Variations (BWV 989)
Schumann Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op 70, for horn and piano
Chopin Sonata in B flat minor, Op 35
Beethoven Sonata in F major, Op 17, for horn and piano
(Given in the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London)

Contributors

Piano:
Christopher Czaja Sager
Horn:
David Cripps
Piano:
John York

Milhaud Suite cisalpine sur des airs populaires Piémontais THOMAS BLEES (Cello)
RADIO LUXEMBOURG ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD KONTARSKY
2.20* Ravel Ballet: Mother Goose: NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERRE BOULEZ

Contributors

Conducted By:
Bernard Kontarsky
Conducted By:
Pierre Boulez

Song of Destiny; String Quartet in A minor, Op 51 No 2 BERLIN RADIO CHAMBER CHOIR
AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by HELMUT KOCH BRAHMS STRING QUARTET Heinz Schunk (violin) Horst Pietsch (violin)
Manfred Schumann (viola) Peter Zimmermann (cello)
(Recording made available by courtesy of East German Radio)

Contributors

Conducted By:
Helmut Koch
Violin:
Horst Pietsch
Viola:
Manfred Schumann
Cello:
Peter Zimmermann

Raymond Leppard discusses four operas in his repertory with illustrations from La Calisto by Cavalli; The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart; Albert Herring by Britten; and The Cunning Little Vixen by Janacek, which he conducts in a new production at Glyndebourne this week. gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Raymond Leppard
Unknown:
Albert Herring

from King's College, Cambridge Introit: 0 Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis)
Psalm 106 (Soaper; Brooks-bank, from Byrd; Russell)
Lessons: 2 Samuel 22, vv 33-37, 45-50: Acts 3, vv 1-9, 12, 13, 16 Canticles: (Weelkes for Trebles) Anthem: Dum complerentur (Palestrina)
Director of Music PHILIP LEDGER Organ Scholar FRANCIS GRIER

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Grier

C.30 Vient de Parattre
A third-year French course by RICHARD MARTINEAU and ANNE-MARIE GIROLAMI
9: Beaucoup d'appelés ...
With CATHERINE GRAHAM. GERARD PLAUX and ANDRÉ MARANNE
Book 60p; 2 LP records fl.20 each: from bookshops
7.0 Venturing Abroad
A look at forthcoming BBC language series,
Presenter RANDOLPH QUIRK

Contributors

Unknown:
Richard Martineau
Unknown:
Marie Girolami
Unknown:
Catherine Graham.
Unknown:
Gerard Plaux

Opera In six scenes
Music by Alban Berg
Libretto adapted by THE comPOSER from tragedies by FRANZ WEDEKIND
(sung In German: records)
The second of Berg's two operas centres round the character of Lulu, whom Wedekind conceived as a symbol of pure sexual attraction. Rescued from the gutter as a child, Lulu is 20 years old when the opera begins, and already a wife and a mistress.
BERLIN OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted byKARL BÖHM
The action takes place In the 1890s.

Contributors

Music By:
Alban Berg
Conducted By:
Karl Böhm

Is Time Going Wrong?
Atomic clocks are now the source of the international standard for time; yet no two atomic clocks agree exactly. Recently there have been suggestions that atomic clocks should be corrected for latitude, but even when that is done, one clock - the clock at the Royal Greenwich Observatory - remains out of step. Could it be that our notion of time and space is not accurate enough? John Maddox discusses the implications of these discrepancies with experimenters and theorists. Producer DAVID PATERSON

Contributors

Unknown:
John Maddox
Producer:
David Paterson

The fourth of five public concerts recorded in the Bishops-gate Hall, during last year's Festival of the City of London.AEOLIAN STRING QUARTET
Quartet in E flat major. Op S3 No 2 (The Joke)
Quartet in G major, Op 76 No 1
BBC Music Guide: Haydn String Quartets, 45p, from bookshops

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