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Lalo Scherzo
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.10* Liszt Symphonic Poem: Prometheus
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by BERNARD HAITINK
7.23* Bruch Symphony No 2, in f minor
LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA conducted by JORGE MESTER gramophone records

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Offenbach Ballet: Le papillon, Act 2
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
8.28* Schmitt Ballet: La tragedie de Salome
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, conducted by JEAN MARTINON : records

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Taneyev and Borodin
Borodin, orch Glazunov Symphony No 3, in A minor (uni finished)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by DAVID LLOYD-JONES
9.24* Borodin, orch Rimsky-Korsakor Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS; conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI : records

leader NORMAN GEORGE conductor ERNEST TOMLINSON
Suppt Overture: Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna
Phillip Lord Three Court Dances
Gretry Suite: Zgmire et
Azor Tomlinson Sarabande and Carnival Dance (Festival Suite)

Cherry Rhodes plays and talks about Jean Guillou 's transcription of Liszt's Orpheus and two of Cuillou's Sagas.
(Part of a recital given In St Thomas the Martyr Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 23 October 1974)

Second of six programmes of music by Vaughan Williams , his friends and contemporaries.
GABRIELI STRING QUARTET with JOHN STREETS (piano)
Frank Bridge Trio (Rhapsody), for two violins and viola Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor

DAVID WILDE (piano)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS conducted by ZDENEK MACAL Part 1
Blacher Variations on a theme of Paganini
12.18* Rachmaninoy Piano Concerto No 2, in c minor

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A personal preview by robin HOLMES of some of the plays and features on Radio 3 and Radio 4 in the week ahead.

Part 2
Sibelius Symphony No 2, In D major
(A public concert presented in the Town Hall, Leeds, on 11 October by the BBC in association with the Leeds City Council Leisure Services Committee)

A cycle of 20 poems by WILHELM MULLER
Music by Schubert sung by BARRY MCDANIEL (baritone) with ARIBERT REIMANN (piano) Part 1
Das Wandern; Wohin?; Halt!; Danksagung an den Bach: Am Feierabend: Der Neugierige; Ungeduld: Morgengruss; Des Mailers Blumen; Tranenregen; Mein!; Pause
BBC Music Guide: Schubert Songs, 50p from booksellers

A series of short talks with long thoughts behind them.
John Culshaw , BBC Television's former Head of Music, talks about a time-honoured problem:
To Cut or Not to Cut

Part 2
Mit dem griinen Lautenband: Der Jager: Eifersucht und Stolz; Die liebe Farbe; Die bose Farbe: Trock'ne Blumen; Der Müller und der Bach ; Des Baches Wiegenlied

with the LONDON CHAMBER ORCHESTRA co-leaders TREVOR WILLIAMS and JACK ROTHSTEIN
MICHAEL LAIRD (trumpet) SIDNEY SUTCLIFFE and CELIA NICKLIN (oboes) Continuo:
LESLIE PEARSON (harpsichord) CHARLES TUNNELL (cello)
JOHN HONEYMAN (double-bass)
Handel Concerto Grosso No 2, in B flat major (Op 3 No 2)
Couperin Pieces en concert, for cello and string quartet (realised Bazelaire)
Telemann Concerto in D, for trumpet, two oboes, strings and continuo
4.20* Interval Reading
4.30* Paul Tortelier Part 2
J. S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3. in G major
C. P. E. Bach Cello Concerto in A major (Wq 172)
Handel Concerto Grosso No 3. In D minor (Op 3 No 5)
(A public concert given In the Fairfield Hall, Croydon, on 23 October 1972)

David Munrow talks about Schubert's spontaneous mastery in the writing of songs.

A two-part sequence of music for the early evening.

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(continued)

Leisure and Recreation
6.30 It's Catching
NICK HUGHES , MAUREEN GALVIN HUGH PHILLIPS and JEREMY BEADLE brave the elements to see if they'll enjoy rambling, sponsored cycling, rallying and sundry ways of getting a rind and a bite.
7.0 Special Report
MALCOLM LAYCOCK joins an independent jogging group on Hampstead Heath and discusses other opportunities for sport and athletic activity in evening classes and sports clubs.
7.10 Reading for Pleasure 3: Biography and Autobiography STEVE RACE talks about some of his favourite books and introduces readings from them.

Scenes from
The Song of Hiawatha by Coleridge-Taylor (born 1875) words by LONGFELLOW direct from the Fairfield Halls, Croydon CYNTHIA GLOVER (soprano) STUART BURROWS (tenor)
JOHN LAWRENSON (baritone) BBC SINGERS conductor JOHN POOLE
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conducted by KENNETH ALWYN
Part 1: Hiawatha's Wedding-Feast
Part 2: The Death of Minnehaha

For most of the last 50 years of his life. John Reith, founder of the BBC, kept a diary. Selections from this diary, edited by Charles Stuart, have recently been published.
What would have been the effect on the BBC had Lord Reith continued to dominate it during and after the last war? Was Reith equal to the great offices of state to which he aspired?
These two questions are considered by Oliver Whitley, member of the BBC's Board of Management 1964-71.

Part 3: Hiawatha's Departure

A weekly survey of the worM of music with the artists and personalities who create it.
This week: Lalo, Cavalli and Rossini at Wexford, and Stravinsky at Tooting.
Introduced by John Amis Producers DENYS GUEROULT and NATALIE WHEEN followed by an interlude

String Quartet in D, Op 20 No 4 played by the PRAGUE STRING QUARTET
Bretislav Novotny (violin) Karel Pribyl (violin) Lubomir Maly (viola)
Jan Sire (cello)

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