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Listeners' record requests transc Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 2
LOS ANGELES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.22* Rossini Sonata No 2, for string orchestra
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
7.34* Rossler Horn Concerto in D minor
ERICH PENZEL
WURTTEMBERG CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by jorg FAERBER

Part 2
Shostakovich Festival Overture, Op 96: PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGES PRÊTRE
8.13* Bach Partita No 3, in A minor (mono)
ROSALYN TURECK (piano)
8.32* Weber Symphony No 1, in c
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by HANS-HUBERT SCHONZELER

Hindemith
Suite: Nobilissima visione
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER
9.30* Mathis der Maler: symphony on music from the opera
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records

played by HUW TREGELLES WILLIAMS on the organ of New Hall, University College, Cardiff
Buxtehude Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in c
10.6* Richard Elfyn Jones Sonata for organ (first broadcast performance)
10.21* Liszt Prelude and Fugue on PACH
BBC Wales

DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET Colin Sauer (violin)
Malcolm Latchem (violin) Keith Lovell (viola)
Michael Evans (cello)
Haydn String Quartet in c major, Op 50 No 2
Schoenberg String Trio, Op 45

CZECH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JAROSLAV KROMBHOLC (Part 1) and ALOIS KLIMA (Part 2) Part 1
Symphonic Poems: The Noon-day Witch, Op 108; The Water Goblin, Op 107

P. J. Kavanagh , novelist and poet, reflects on some of the things we say and write,

Part 2
Symphony No 5, in F, Op 76 (Czech Radio recording)

direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London Christine Messiter (flute) Jennifer Coultas
(harpsichord and piano) Handel Sonata in E minor, for flute and harpsichord attrib Beethoven Sonata in B flat major, for flute and piano Messiaen Le merle noir
Doppler Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op 26
(Given before an invited audience. Applications for tickets to Ticket Unit, BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW)

The Massenet Revival
Alan Blyth discusses the present revival of interest in the operas of Massenet, with examples from, among others, Manon, Werther, Thais, Esclarmonde, Le Cid, Le roi de Lahore, and Don Quichotte. gramophone records

leader PETER THOMAS conductor BORIS BROTT with LINDA BUSTANI (piano)
Schmidt Variationen iiber ein Husarenlied
3.35* Beethoven Piano Concerto No 5. in E flat (Emperor) BBC Wales

Continuing the series in which Christopher Hogwood introduces and plays the collection of keyboard pieces devoted to music by William Byrd.
Qui passe; Lord Willoughby's welcome home; Will you walk the woods so wild; All in a garden green; The Sixth Pavan and Galliard: records

from Hereford Cathedral
Introit: Gaudent in coelis (Victoria)
Versicles and Responses (Stewart)
Psalms 108, 109 (omit vv 5-19) (Foster; Macpherson)
Lessons: Ezekiel 11, vv 14-25; Acts 3, v 11 to 4. v 4
Office hymn: 0 God, thy soldiers' great reward (A and m Rev 516)
Canticles: The Hereford Service (Herbert Howells )
Anthem: 0 give thanks (S. S. Wesley)
Organist and Master of the Choristers: ROY MASSEY
Assistant Organist: ROBERT GREEN BBC Birmingham

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

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Language and Communication
6.30 Introduction to Arabic
Fifteen lessons in spoken Arabic for complete beginners Programme 2
Introduced by BAHA ESSAID with NADIA TAWFIQ . Script by T. F. MITCHELL and D. BARBER
Book 90p, Record 97p, from bookshops
7.0 Der arme
Millionar Nach dem Roman von ERICH KÄSTNER Drei Manner im Schnee 7: Neue Bekanntschaften
Mit SABINE MICHAEL , DIETER GEISSLER , IRENE PRADOR , RENE HALKETT und CARL DUERING
Script und Regie EDITH BAER
Sprachberater DR L. LOB
(Repeated: Sun 3.0 pm R4 VHF) Book il.50, 2 LPs £1.89 each or 2 cassettes 12.97 each, from bookshops

MAURICE HASSON (violin)
BBC NORTHERN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, led by ANDREW ORTON conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD Weber Overture: Oberon
7.41* Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No 3. in B minor
8.11* Beethoven Symphony No 8, in F. BBC Manchester

The Bland Face of Noble Achievement?
Written and narrated by Dr Richard Fisher
Joseph Lister was renowned for introducing ..into medicine the techniques of antiseptic surgery. He was the first medical man to be elevated to the peerage and was the English champion of Pasteur's germ theory.
Richard Fisher 's biographical researches on Lister have revealed a complex character behind the medical success story. Lister's correspondence with his father shows that he was torn between the Quaker ministry and medicine while still a young man, and that this led to a severe mental breakdown
Producer DAVID PATERSON

A piano recital given in the Royal Festival Hall on 8 February 1976
Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor; Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies, Nos 13. 17 and 11

Part 2 Beethoven
Thirty-three Variations on a waltz by Diabelli. Op 120