The Centenary Test:
Australia v England
BRIAN JOHNSTON introduces live commentary on the last two hours of the third day's play at Melbourne. Commentators include JOHN ARLOTT , CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS and ALAN MCGILVRAY

Glinka Overture: A Life for the Tsar: SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.14* Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor): LONDON SYMPHONY CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG SOLTI
7.28* Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococo theme, for cello and orchestra MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH , BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, COndUCted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.47* Glazunov Autumn (The Seasons): MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by BORIS KHAIKIN : records

Mendelssohn Symphony No 10, in B minor, for string orchestra: ACADEMY OF
ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS directed by NEVILLE MARRINER
8.13* Mozart Divertimento in E flat (K 289): LONDON WIND SOLOISTS
8.26* Mendelssohn Symphony No 4, in A (Italian): LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by CLAUDIO ABBADO : records

1683-1764
Always one of the more controversial figures in music history, even during his lifetime Rameau had the distinction of being criticised by some for being too revolutionary and by others for being too conservative. He is best known today for his operas and ballets, but did not actually write music for the theatre until he was 50. Each of this week's programmes examines a different side of his musical output. Chamber and Instrumental Music
Suite in e minor
TREVOR PINNOCK (harpsichord)
9.25* Cantata:
Thetis GERARD SOUZAY (baritone)
HUGUETTE FERNANDEZ (violin) BERNARD FONTENY (cello)
ANNE-MARIE BECKENSTEINER (harpsichord)
9.36* Pieces de clavecin en concerts: Troisieme concert
SIGISWALD KUIJKEN (violin), FRANS BRUGGEN (flute), WIELAND KUIJKEN (viola da gamba), GUSTAV LEON HARDT (harpsichord): records

Antony Hopkins

A continuing series of music of all periods, but always containing a first broadcast MINCHO MINCHEV (violin) GORDON BACK (piano)
Mozart Sonata in E minor (K 304)
Leopold Spinner Variations, Op 19 (first broadcast performance) Schumann Sonata in A minor, Op 105

leader MARTIN MILNER conducted by STANISLAW SKROWACZEWSKI
Wagner Overture and Venus-berg Music (Tannhauser)
Lutoslawski Symphony No i

To Repeat or Not to Repeat. Before Brahms's Second Symphony, the conductor Hans-Hubert Schonzeler discusses an intriguing problem - with gramophone illustrations.

Part 2 Brahms Symphony No 2, in D (Given in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester, in February 1976) BBC Manchester

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London
Chilingirian String Quartet
Shostakovich String Quartet No 7, in F sharp minor, Op 108 Beethoven String Quartet in E flat, Op 127
(Tickets: 80p at the door)

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by TERENCE LOVETT
Music by Roger Quilter. Oscar Straus , Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Johann Strauss and Rossini

CHRISTOPHER HERRICK (organ)
Reger Fantasia and Fugue on the Chorale: Halleluia! Gott zu loben
Guilmant Sonata No 1, in a minor (Premiere symphonie)
(Given in Brangwyn Hall, Swansea) BBC Wales

LINDA ESTHER GRAY (SOpranO)
SYBIL MICHELOW (mezzo-soprano) PAUL TAYLOR (tenor)
JONATHAN ROBARTS (bass-bar) ORPHEUS YOUTH CHOIR chorus-master JOHN RAILTON BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by JOHN POOLE Wilfred Josephs Mortales
Vaughan Williams Cantata: Dona nobis pacem

THE BAND OF HM ROYAL MARINES SCHOOL OF music, conducted by LT-COL PAUL NEVILLE , MVO, FRAM, rm, Principal Director of Music Music by John Barnes Chance, Howard Cable, Paul Neville and Allan Street

Atarah Ben-Tovim explores the different sounds of instruments.

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Home and Family
6.30 Doctor and Patient 5: Future Trends
BILL DOLMAN examines the possibilities of providing better health education for patients.
Series producer DENNIS SIMMONS

A lyric drama for radio in 24 scenes by lain Hamilton
Libretto by THE COMPOSER, based on the play in two parts Tamburlaine the Great by CHRISTO- PHER MARLOWE. (BBC commission: first performance)
BBC SINGERS trained by GORDON KEMBER BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY
Conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
Répétiteur RICHARD NUNN. Sound co-ordinator JOHN RUSHBY-SMITH Technical assistance TONY KiME Producer STEPHEN PLAISTOW

and the Curse of Popularity
Donald Mitchell talks about Malcolm Arnold 's creative development and argues that the popular exterior has served to mask the full extent of his achievement.

in Hong Kong
A public concert recorded on 23 February at the Hong Kong Arts Festival leader RAYMOND OVENS conductor Christopher Seaman Victoria de los Angeles (sop)
Dukas Fanfare and Poeme dansé (La péri)
Ravel Five Greek Melodies
Falla Seven Spanish Popular Songs

c.davidheyman'srecentlypublished ' political profile ', Ezra Pound: The Last Rower, has once again provoked public discussion of the poet's conduct during World War II.
Michael Schmidt , co-editor of Poetry Nation, is highly critical of much that has been written about Pound's politics. He suggests some new ways in which we can understand the link between his cultural beliefs and their subsequent political expression.

Part 2 Shostakovich Symphony No 10