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Listeners' record requests Boyce Symphony No 2, in A I SOLISTI Dl ZAGREB conducted by antonio JANIGRO
7.19* Purcell Halcyon Days (The Tempest)
JENNIFER VYVYAN (soprano) PHII.OMUSICA OF LONDON conducted by SIR ANTHONY LEWIS
7.16* Handel Concerto Grosso No 16 in D, Op 6 No 5: ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIEI.DS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.30' Dellus Cello Sonata
JULIAN LLOYD-WEBBER (Cello) CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
7.43* Elgar Introduction and Allegro for string orchestra ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER

Contributors

Conducted By:
Antonio Janigro
Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Conducted By:
Sir Anthony Lewis
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner
Cello:
Julian Lloyd-Webber
Piano:
Clifford Benson
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner

Part 2
Chabrier Rhapsody: Espana
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD
8.12* Ravel Concerto in D for piano (left hand) and orchestra JULH'S KATCHEN
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
8.30* Falla Ballet: El amor brujo: VICTORIA DELOS ANGELES (soprano), PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by CARLO MARIA GIULINI
Requests, on postcards please, to: Your Midweek Choice, BBC, Broadcasting House; London WlA 4WW

Contributors

Conducted By:
John Pritchard
Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz
Conducted By:
Carlo Maria Giulini

Bernard Rogers Three Japanese Dances
Eastman Wind Ensemble, conducted by Frederick Fennell
9.18 s George Walker Trombone Concerto: Denis Wick
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Freeman
9.37* Roy Harris Kentucky Springs (mono)
Louisville Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Whitney

(gramophone records)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Musicians:
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Conductor:
Frederick Fennell
Trombonist:
Denis Wick
Musicians:
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Paul Freeman
Musicians:
Louisville Symphony Orchestra
Conductor:
Robert Whitney

given by michael. smith on the organ of Llandaff Cathedral
Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor (Bwv 565,
Christopher Steel Six Short Pieces: Intrada: Flourish; Nocturne; Dance: Meditation; Postlude (first broadcast performance)
Durufle Toccata (Suite. Op 5) BBC Wales

Radio 3 debut of the young Australian, mezzo-soprano SUSAN KESSLER with GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano)
Mahler Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt: Liebst du um Schönheit?: Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen
Brahms Der Schmied : Wie Melodien zieht es mir: Des Liebsten schwur (Ei, schmollte mein Vater); 0 wiisst' ich doch den Weg zuriick; Von waldbekranzter Hone

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Susan Kessler
Piano:
Geoffrey Parsons
Piano:
Mahler Des Antonius
Unknown:
Brahms Der Schmied
Unknown:
Des Liebsten

THEA king (clarinet)
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA leader ARTHUR LEAVINS conductor ASHLEY LAWRENCE Part 1
Vaughan Williams Overture: The Wasps
Stanford Clarinet Concerto in A minor. Op 80
Sullivan. arr Mackerras Ballet Suite: Pineapple Poll

Contributors

Leader:
Arthur Leavins

Piano Sonata in G minor. Op 50 No 3 (Didone abbandonata) played by MALCOLM BINNS on a Clementi upright grand of 1816 (Part of a recital at the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, on 24 October 1974)

Contributors

Played By:
Malcolm Binns
Unknown:
Elizabeth Hall

The fourth of eight programmes juxtaposing Bach's Brandenburg Concertos with the "neo-classical" works of Hindemith and Stravinsky
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 3. in G
Munich Bach Orchestra conducted by Karl Richter
Hindemith Kammermusik No 3. for cello and ten instruments Anner Bylsma
Concerto Amsterdam
Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks
English Chamber Orchestra
conducted by Colin Davis

(gramophone records)
(Stereo)

Contributors

Musicians:
Munich Bach Orchestra
Conductor:
Karl Richter
Cellist:
Anner Bylsma
Musicians:
Concerto Amsterdam
Musicians:
English Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Colin Davis

from
King's College. Cambridge
Introit: 0 God of Bethel (Tye) Responses (Radcliffe)
Psalms 136 (Lloyd). 137 (Lang). 138 (J. Turle)
Lessons: 2 Chronicles 34. vv 8 and 14-21; Acts 28. vv 10-20 and 23-31 Canticles (Gibbons, Short Service)
Anthem: When David heard that Absalom was slain (Tomkins)
Director of Music Philip LEDGER Organ Scholar FRANCIS GRIER

Contributors

Unknown:
Francis Grier

A two-part sequence of music for the early evening played by the London Studio Strings, conducted by Vilem Tausky
BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra, conductor Eric Wetherell with artists on records

(Stereo)

Contributors

Musicians:
London Studio Strings
Conductor:
Vilem Tausky
Musicians:
BBC Northern Ireland Orchestra
Conductor:
Eric Wetherell

6.30 Starting Chinese: Part 2: Speaking Chinese: Programme 7
Introduced by Lucia Liu and Terry Chang
Script by David Pollard
(Book, Parts 1 and 2, 60p; Record, 97p, from bookshops)
(Rptd: Sun 2.30 pm R4 VHF)

7.0 Euromagazine II: 3: Rund um die Buhnen
Sechs Sendungen uber das heutige Leben in den deutschsprachigen Landern.
Am Mikrophon: Gabi Englet

Contributors

Introduced By:
Lucia Liu
Introduced By:
Terry Chang
Script By:
David Pollard

direct from the Royal Albert Hall RALPH HOLMES (violin)
BBC SYMPHONY. ORCHESTRA leader BELA dekany conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and Edward Downes Part 1
(conducted by Edward Downes ) Britten Canadian Carnival Barber Violin Concerto

Contributors

Unknown:
Albert Hall
Violin:
Ralph Holmes
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Conducted By:
Edward Downes
Conducted By:
Edward Downes

Introduced by John Maddox
Although archaeologists talk about tools, it has been pointed out that perhaps the most basic human invention is the bag or basket. Without that one simply can't be human in the pattern of one's organisation."
Professor Glynn Isaac from the University of California reflects on the early cultural evolution of man.
The anatomical aspects of evolution are discussed by Professor Phillip Tobias from the University of Witwatersrand. South Africa.
Editor THELMA RUMSEY

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Maddox
Unknown:
Professor Glynn Isaac
Unknown:
Professor Phillip Tobias
Editor:
Thelma Rumsey

No 44: Sie werden euch in den Bann tun: REGINA WERNER (sop) GERDA SCHRIEVER (contralto) PETER MENZEL (tenor)
HERMAN-CHRISTIAN POLSTER (bass) CHOIR OF ST THOMAS'S CHURCH, LEIPZIG, LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA, conducted by HANS-JOACHIM ROTZSCH
(East German Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Regina Werner
Contralto:
Gerda Schriever
Tenor:
Peter Menzel
Conducted By:
Hans-Joachim Rotzsch

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