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leader FAY CAMPEY conductor FRANK CLIFF Avison Concerto No 1
John McCabe Sonata on a motet Elgar Serenade in E minor
Introduced by VIVIEN BACON , of BBC Radio Manchester

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Listeners' record requests Handel Oboe Concerto No 1
EVELYN ROTHWELL HALLE ORCHESTRA
SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
9.15* Mendelssohn Piano Concerto No 2 (JOHN OGDON )
9.42* Dellus North Country Sketches (SIR CHARLES GROVES)
10.10* reter Maxwell Davies 0 magnum mysterium

Introduced by Michael Oliver Northern Edition
Charles Avison of Newcastle, by ROGER FISKE.
Musical Rarities: MICHAEL OLIVER looks at the Handel manuscripts in Manchester, the Bresson recorders in Chester, and the Deighn Layrocks legacy in RawtensbaJl.
The Northern Choral Tradition, by DONALD HUNT.

leader MARTIN MILNER conductor JAMES LOUGHRAN
Bruckner Symphony No 8, In c minor (ed Haas)
Introduced by MICHAEL KENNEDY , Northern Editor of the Daily Telegraph. BBC Manchester

Henry Livings and Alex Glas gow in a programme of poems, prose and songs by writers from the North of England with VALERIE GEORGESON and colin EDWYNN
Compiled by BRIAN THOMPSON Producer ALFRED BRADLEY
(Before an invited audience at the Humberside Theatre) BBC Manchester

Jon Silkin. a North-Easterner by choice, introduces a selection of poetry from the region read by the poets themselves. The programme includes work by BASIL BUNTING , ALISTAIR ELLIOT , TONY HARRISON , RICHARD KELL , TOM PICKARO , RODNEY PYBUS , FRED REED and JON SILKIN.
From the studios of Radio Newcastle. Producer FRASER STEEL

by Ray Gosling

conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON direct from the Royal Northern College of Music. Manchester
CLIFFORD BENSON, FRANK WIBAUT (two pianos and piano duet) Part 1
Bach Motet for double choir: Singet dem Herrn
Mozart Sonata in D, for two pianos (K 448)
Heiller Tentatio Jesu , for soloists, choir and two pianos BRIAN COOKSON (tenor) HENRY HERFORD (bass)

Dr Patrick Nuttgens. Director of the Leeds Polytechnic, surveys the Northern architectural scene
Producer CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM BBC Manchester

Mendelssohn Lieder im Freien zu singen: Fruhzeitiger Fruhling; Jagdlied; Die Nachtigall; Herbstlied
Schubert Variations on an original theme in A flat (D 813), for piano duet
Brahms Liebeslieder Walzer
BBC Manchester

A trilogy of contemporary Northern dialect verse, read by speakers in their native tongue.
1: Of People

A programme of music written over the last ten years by three composers living and working in the North, including David Blake 's Cantata: The Bones of Chuang Tzu , tor baritone and piano; Anthony Gilbert 's A Treatment of Silence, for violin ami tape; and Edward Cowie 's Endymion Nocturnes, for tenor and siring quartet.
BBC Manchester

2: And Places

leader BARRY WILDE conductor CHRISTOPHER SEAMAN Rossini Sonata No 1, in G
Handel Concerto Grosso in F, Op 3 No 4
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (soloist BARRY WILDE )
Handel Concerto Grosso in G, Op 6 No 1
The programme includes an appreciation of the Northern Sinfonia by TOM LITTLE, music critic of the Northern Echo. BBC Manchester

3: For All Seasons BBC Manchester

Celebration for a Million Deaths by JAN NEEDLE
' Kenny, this is an historic moment in your career. Tonight was your millionth death. It's in the paper so it must be true....'
Produced and directed by TONY CLIFF. BBC Manchester Preview: page 15

A recital of songs by ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) with KEITH SWALLOW (piano) and LUDMILA NAVRATIL (viola)

Bill Purdie , on behalf of Geordies everywhere, says:

In this special edition, Derek Jewell introduces the long suite, Kaleidoscope of Rainbows, by NEIL ARDLEY who lives and works in Wensley Dale in Derbyshire. The 12-strong band who play the work are directed by the composer and include TONY COE (saxophone and wood-wind) IAN CARR (trumpet and flugelhorn), PAUL BUCKMASTER (cello) and DAVE MCRAE (keyboards).

A discussion of the past achievements, present state and future prospects of the North of England.
In the chair George Scott
Speakers: SIR WILLIAM MATHER LOUIS ALLEN , EDMUND IONS
Producer STANLEY WILLIAMSON BBC Manchester

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