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Berlioz Overture: Les francsjuges
CHICAGO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR GEORG solti
7.17* Franck Symphonic Variations. for piano and orchestra
CLIFFORD CURZON LONDONPHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
7.33* Delibes Ballet: La Source (Act2; Act 3, 1st Tableau): PARIS
CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA, COnducted by PETER MAAG : records

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Curzon
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Peter Maag

1835-1921
Hailed in his lifetime as the French Beethoven, Saint-Saens was remarkably gifted - composing when he was barely three, giving piano recitals by the age of 11. His skill as a pianist was outstanding and this week's programmes concentrate on his works with a part for the piano.
Sonata in G, for bassoon and piano
MAURICE ALLART , ANNIE D'ARCO
9.18* Piano Concerto No 1. in D ALDO CICCOLINI , THE PARIS ORCHESTRA, conducted by SERGE BAUDO : records

Contributors

Piano:
Maurice Allart
Piano:
Annie D'Arco
Unknown:
Aldo Ciccolini
Conducted By:
Serge Baudo

BBC NORTHERN SINGERS conductor STEPHEN WILKINSON
JAYE CONSORT OF VIOLS director FRANCIS BAINES Byrd Fantasia a 5 Tomkins. ed D. Stevens Pavan Bennet All creatures now
Whythorne It doth belong more Wilbye Draw on, sweet night Byrd Out of the Orient
Ravenscroft, ed J. Stevens The servant o-f his mistress; The mistress of his servant
Peerson Sing love is blind
Ravenscroft, ed J. Stevens Ale and Tobacco. BBC Manchester

Contributors

Conductor:
Stephen Wilkinson
Director:
Francis Baines
Director:
Byrd Fantasia
Unknown:
D. Stevens Pavan
Unknown:
J. Stevens
Unknown:
J. Stevens Ale

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London
Gyorgy Pauk (violin)
Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Peter FrankI (piano)
Beethoven Trio-Movement in b flat (WoO 39)
Beethoven Piano Trio in B flat (The Archduke), Op 97
(Tickets: 80p at the door)

Contributors

Unknown:
St John
Cello:
Ralph Kirshbaum
Piano:
Beethoven Trio-Movement

played by JOHN SCOTT
With CHORAL SCHOLARS FROM THE CHOIR OF ST JOHN 'S COLLEGE,
CAMBRIDGE
Messiaen Messe de ]a Pentecote: Entrée (Les langues de feu); Offertoire (Les choses visibles et invisibles); Consecration (Le don de Sagesse); Communion (Les oiseaux et les sources); Sortie (Le vent de l'Esprit)
Durufle Prelude, Adagio and Chorale Variations on Veni Creator
BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Played By:
John Scott
Unknown:
St John

Home and Family
C.30 You Are What You Eat Introduced by bill BRECKON 7: Can We Feed Ourselves?
As food gets ever more expensive, we turn to home production. Could Britain grow enough to feed us all? Book, £1.90 from bookshops
7.0 How Does Your Garden Grow?
Seven programmes about the science of growing things
7: Dealing with the Enemy
There is hardly any plant that is free from pest attack. DR GLYN JONES looks at some common ailments and ways of treating them.
Series producer MICHAEL TOTTON

Contributors

Introduced By:
Bill Breckon
Unknown:
Dr Glyn Jones
Producer:
Michael Totton

The first of two extracts from the novella by LEONARDO SCIASCIA , translated by ALFRED ALEXANDER , selected and read by Gabriel Woolf
' Sitting on the steps by that church, I began to understand many things about Spain, about Italy and about the whole world and the men who are in it.'
The setting is the Spanish Civil War: the narrator a young Sicilian who previously worked in a sulphur mine. Producer RICHARD WORTLEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonardo Sciascia
Translated By:
Alfred Alexander
Read By:
Gabriel Woolf
Producer:
Richard Wortley

No 146: Wir miissen durch viel. Triibsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen: HELEN DONATH (sop) MARGA HOEFFGEN (contralto) KURT EQUILUZ (tenor)
HANNS-FRIEDRICH KUNZ (bass) MARTHA SCHUSTER (Organ)
GACHINGER KANTOREI, STUTTGART BACH COLLEGIUM, conducted by HELMUTH RILLING : record

Contributors

Unknown:
Reich Gottes
Unknown:
Helen Donath
Contralto:
Marga Hoeffgen
Conducted By:
Helmuth Rilling

New poems by GEORGE BUCH-ANAN, LEE HARWOOD , JOHN HEATH -STUBBS, JOHN MATTHIAS , CHARLES TOMLINSON , ANDREW WATERMAN and CLIVE WILMER
Interviews by lain Wright Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Lee Harwood
Unknown:
John Heath
Unknown:
John Matthias
Unknown:
Charles Tomlinson
Unknown:
Andrew Waterman
Unknown:
Wright Producer Fraser

BBC Radio 3

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Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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