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Cimarosa Overture: The Secret Marriage (mono)
NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI
7.11* Hummel Rondo in E flat, Op 11: EARL WILD (piano)
7.15*Loewe Der Erlkonig, Op 1 No 3 (mono): HANS HOTTER (bar) GERALD MOORE (piano)
7.19* Dvorak Symphony No 3, in E flat, Op 10
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ

Contributors

Conducted By:
Arturo Toscanini
Conducted By:
Hummel Rondo
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Conducted By:
Istvan Kertesz

Part 2
Strauss, arr Hasenorl Till Eulenspiegel (arranged for sextet) : MEMBERS OF THE
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC OCTET
8.13* Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat: ARTHUR RUBINSTEIN GUARNERI QUARTET
8.45* Strauss Prelude from Capriccio (arranged for string orchestra)
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Rubinstein
Conducted By:
Neville Marriner

Bliss and Williamson
Bliss Flourish for two brass orchestras: Greetings to a City PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE
9.11* Williamson From a Child's Garden
SIMON WOOLF (treble)
STEUART BEDFORD (piano)
9.25* Bliss Melee Fantasque
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, COnducted by THE composer: records

played by HARRISON OXLEY at St Edmundsbury Cathedral Bach Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in c (BWV 564)
Peter Hurford Dialogue No 1
S. S. Wesley Larghetto in r sharp minor
Durufle Prelude and Fugue on ALAIN
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Played By:
Harrison Oxley
Unknown:
Peter Hurford
Unknown:
Wesley Larghetto

6: York Buildings and Carlisle House
York Buildings, close to the Strand, was one of the earliest concert rooms and for the half century from 1680 the location of many concerts, which included in 1683 Purcell's Ode for St Cecilia's Day, excerpts from which are included today.
Carlisle House in Soho Square was at the centre- of fashionable London life for a decade in the 1760s and was the home of several seasons of the Bach-Abel subscription concerts. These would have included such works as J. C. Bach's Concerto in c, Op 7 No 1, Six Canzonettas, Op 4, and Symphony in D, Op 3 No 1, all of which can be heard today. gramophone records

PIERRE FOURNIER (Cello)
MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI (piano) LUCERNE FESTIVAL STRINGS conducted by MATTHAIS BAMERT
Carlos Setxas Sinfonia in 8 flat Haydn Cello Concerto in D (H VHb 2) arr Casals El cant dels ocells, for cello and orchestra

Contributors

Cello:
Pierre Fournier
Piano:
Mieczyslaw Horszowski
Conducted By:
Matthais Bamert

A weekly series given by artists of the younger generation. Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Steuart Bedford (piano) direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
Purcell The blessed Virgin's Expostulation
Wolf Der Knabe und das Immlein; Schlafendes Jesuskind; Verborgenheit; Erstes Liebeslied eines Madchens
Brahms Auf dem See; Nachklang; Von waldbekranzter
Hone: Dein blaues Auge; Auf dem Kirchhofe
Faure Le secret; Chanson d'amour; La fee aux chansons
Granados La maja dolorosa: Oh muerte cruel; Ay majo demi vida; De aquel majo amante
El tra la la y el punteado; El majo discreto
(Given before an invited audience. Applications for tickets to: Ticket Unit, BBC Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Ann Murray
Piano:
Steuart Bedford

from Wells Cathedral Responses (Radcliffe)
Psalms: 47 (Crotch): 48 (Matthews); 49 (Attwoodt
Lessons: 1 Samuel 3, vv 1-19; Galatians 2, vv 1-10
Canticles (Dyson in F)
Anthem: Like as the hart (Howells)
Hymn: 0 worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness CWas lebet)
Organist and Master of the Choristers ANTHONY CROSSLAND Assistant Organist
DAVID PONSFORD. BBC Bristol

Contributors

Organist:
David Ponsford.

Language and Communication
6.30 Puntidi vista
15: 11 gioco del calcio
Introduced by SILVIA STEWART and ALDO BEVACQUA ,
Script by MARIA LAURA FRANCIOSI (Rptd: Sun 2.30 pm R4 VHF)
7.0 Sur le vif
15: Qu'est-ce que vous lisez commc journal?
Présenté par ANNE-MARIE PELLE-TIER et GILLES DATTAS
Script par ANNE GRUNEBERG (Rptd: Sun 3.0 pm R4 VllF)

Contributors

Introduced By:
Silvia Stewart
Introduced By:
Aldo Bevacqua
Script By:
Maria Laura Franciosi

Constantine FitzGibbon. who was related to the novelist and travel writer Norman Douglas by marriage, spent a year with him on Capri in 1949 intending to write his biography. Why this proved too difficult, he explains in this talk to mark the 25th anniversary of Douglas's death. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Norman Douglas

direct from the Royal Festival Hall
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) Christopher Booth Jones (bar) Monteverdi Choir and Orchestra, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Mezzo-Soprano:
Sarah Walker
Tenor:
Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Conducted By:
John Eliot Gardiner

Four and a half thousand million years ago' the Earth was created through an agglomeration of dust and gas. A thousand million years later continents had begun to form that were to be the precursors of the land masses that move slowly over the Earth's surface today. But what is the Earth like many miles down, beyond the reach of even the deepest drills? A recent discussion at the Royal Society showed that even this inaccessible region is yielding its history. John Maddox talked to some of the conference's participants about the inner workings of our planet. Editor THELMA RUMSEY

Contributors

Unknown:
John Maddox
Editor:
Thelma Rumsey

BBC Radio 3

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