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All you've ever wanted to know about anniversaries but never dared to ask ...
In a great economy-size programme, CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD deals this week with almost every musical anniversary: celebrating 50, 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 350 years of S. S. Wesley , Wolf-Ferrari, de Lalande, Edison, the telephone, Chrysander, Stephen Foster , Judenkiinig, Cavalli, Henze, Clerambault and counties* others, all in 55 minutes.
Record requests from the under-20s.

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Introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Schubert's Wanderer Fantasy, by STEPHEN DODGSON.
Recent orchestral records: reviewed by NOEL GOODWIN.

This week's programme Includes some of the orchestral records just reviewed by NOEL GOODWIN in Record Review.

Test Match Special England v
The West Indies at Lord's
(Third day)
Ball-by-ball commentary by JOHN ARLOTT , TONY COZIER BRIAN JOHNSTON and DON MOSEY
Comments and summaries by TREVOR BAILEY and FRED TRUEMAN
Scorer BILL FRINDALL
11.25-1.35* inc lunch summary
1.35*-1.40* News; weather
1.40* Cricket Clinic: TREVOR BAILEY and FRED TRUEMAN try to answer your cricketing problems In a programme aimed chiefly at young people or those who coach them.
(If you want to put a question to them, just send a postcard to ' Cricket Clinic ', Test Match Special, BBC. London W1A4WW, and tell us the subject of your question and your telephone number.)
2.0'-2.10* Lunchtime Scoreboard. 2.10*-4.20*; 4.35*-6.40 Commentary with teatime and close-of-play summaries

Grande piece symphonique, Op17 played on the organ of Westminster Abbey by STEPHEN CLEOBURT

A weekly discussion on cinema, theatre, books, broadcasting and the visual arts.
Richard Mavne (in the Chair) talks with MARGARET DRABBLE BENEDICT NIGHTINGALE and BRYAN ROBERTSON
Producer PHILIP FRENCH

direct from
York Minster
Paul Tortelier (cello)
JANE MANNING (soprano)
SARAH WALKER (mezzo-soprano) NIGEL ROGERS (tenor) ALAN OPIE (baritone)
BBC NORTHERN SINGERI chorus-master
STEPHEN WILKINSON
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BARRY GRIFFITHS
Conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT and VERNON HANDLEY Part 1
John Tavener Cain and Abel
8.25* Elgar Cello Concerto In 2 minor (conducted by Sir Adrian Boult )

John Ziman. H. H. Wills Professor of Physics at Bristol University and member of the Council for Science and Society, gives the last of four fortnightly talks.

Holst The Planets
(A public concert presented in the Minster by the BBC in association with the York Festival and Mystery Plays)
BBC Manchester

played by the GABRIELI STRING QUARTET Kenneth Sillito (violin)
Brendan O'Reilly (violin) Ian Jewel (viola)
Keith Harvey (cello)
With KENNETH ESSEX (viola)
Haydn Quartet in c, Op 54 No 2 Brahms Quintet in G, Op in (Lost Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert from St John's. Smith Square, London)

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