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Mozart Piano Concerto No 25, in c (K 503): GEZA ANDA directing the CAMERATA ACADEMICA OF THE SALZBURG MOZARTEUM
7.33* Haydn Symphony No 53, in D (L'Impériale): PHILHARMONIA RUNGARICA, conducted by ANTAL DORATI : records

Mendelssohn Overture: Calm sea and prosperous voyage
VIENNAPHILHARMONICORCHESTRA conducted by KARL MUNCHINGER
8.17* Paganini Violin Concerto No 4. in D minor
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX , MONTE CARLO NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA conducted by PIERO BELLUGI
8.45* Mendelssohn Symphony No 6. in E fiat, for string orchestra: LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS
ORCHESTRA, conducted by KURT MASUR : records

1810-1849
Chopin's orchestral and chamber compositions were mostly confined to his ear]y years up to the age of 21, before he left Poland. However, the piano was always the instrument through which he felt he could best express himself and. consequently, all this week's works have prominent piano parts.
Piano Trio in G minor
BEAUX ARTS TRIO
Menahem Pressler (piano) Isidore Cohen (violin)
Bernard Greenhouse (cello) gramophone record

Antony Hopkins discusses a work or theme of current interest.

Arriaga Quartet No 1. in D minor
Wellesz Quartet No 9
14.55* Interval Reading
11.5* Quartet Part 2
Beethoven Quartet in c. Op 59 No 3 (Rasumovsky)
BBC Birmingham

MARTHA ARGERICH (piano)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, led by ANDREW ORTON conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD
Stanford Irish Rhapsody No 4, in A minor
12.6* Ravel Piano Concerto in G
12.30* Roussel Symphony No 3, in G minor
BBC Manchester

direct from
St John 's, Smith Square Music Group of London
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor Frances Mason (violin) Eileen Croxford (cello)
David Parkhouse (piano)
Robert Simpson Quartet (1976) (first performance) Alan Civil (horn) Frances Mason Eileen Croxford David Parkhouse
(A series of concerts from St John 's. Smith Square, London, SW1. Tickets: 80p at the door)

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by MAURICE HANDFORD Music by Rossini, Ziehrer, Mussorgsky, Debussy, Lalo and Liszt

PIET KEE playing the organ of St Paul 's. Fiirsh
Sweelinck Variations on Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr'
Bach Prelude and Fugue in B minor (BWV 544)
Schumann Fugue on BACH, Op 60 No 3
Reger Chorale Prelude: Aus tiefer Not schrei' ich zu dir (Bavarian Radio recording)

leader BELA DEKANY conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No 2

ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) keithswallow(piano)
Wolf Die ihr schwebet; In dem Schatten meiner Locken; Das verlassene Magdlein: Fussreise; Mausfallenspruchlein Mahler Riickert Lieder
Moeran Four Shakespeare Songs (One of a series of concerts promoted by the Manchester Midday Concerts Society in association with the BBC) BBC Manchester

UPPER NORWOOD BAND OF THE
SALVATION ARMY conducted by Bandmaster MAJOR GEORGE WUITTINGHAM
Erik Leidzen The Children's Friend
Robert Redhead Shout Salvation Eric Ball The Kingdom Triumphant

Atarah Ben-Tovim explores the different sounds of musical instruments and each week she talks to a child who is learning an instrument.

LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by JOHN CAREWE
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA conductor ERIC WETHERELL with artists on records

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Home and Family
6.30 You Are What You Eat Introduced by BILL BRECKON 4: Making the Best of It
From kitchen-style cooking to factory-style processing, the aim is the same - to make the best of the raw materials. But how successful are we? 4 Repeat) Book, £1.90 from bookshops
7.0 How Does Your Garden Grow?
4: New Plants from Old
Plant breeders are steadily improving on varieties of flowers and vegetables, DR GLYN JONES looks at how they do it.

SHEILA ARMSTRONG (soprano) ORIEL SUTHERLAND (contralto) NEIL JENKINS (tenor)
NORMAN BAILEY (baritone)
ST MARGARET'S WESTMINSTER
SINGERS
COLLEGIUM MUSICUM OF LONDON
WOOBURN FESTIVAL CHORUS
CHORISTERS OF ST MARGARET 'S,
WESTMINSTER AND HIGH WYCOMBE
PARISH CHURCH
RICHARD HICKOX ORCHESTRA leader SIMON STANDAGE with ALASTAIR ROSS (organ) conductor RICHARD HICKOX Part 1

In this occasional series, Harold Truscott offers some critical reflections on recent music broadcasts.

Part 2
(A public concert given at the Royal Albert Hall in Feb 1976)

We built a gossamer bridqe from war to war, a passionate passerelle between a rejected past and an impossible future.
(CARESSE CROSBY)
A portrait of Caresse and Harry Crosby - a couple who rejected their cultural roots in the New World, tried to come to terms with the old and who were different from us because they were rich. Compiled and narrated by Tim Jeal from the Crosbys' own writings. material from the archives of Southern Illinois University and the memories of their friends and contemporaries. including MALCOLM COWLEY. KAY BOYLE. SAM ROSEN -BERG and ROBERT MANN
Producer PATRICIA BRENT (Rpf)
An unnerving account of two people who lived in a way which made Gatsby's sound like a well-behaved kids' party.
(THE TIMES)
A slice of eerie 20th-century history. (THE GUARDIAN)

Nilla Pierrou plays the Sonata for violin
(East German Radio recording)