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Richter Flute Concerto in D VLADISLAV BRUNNER (flute)
ALEXANDER CATTARINO (harpsichord)
SLOVAK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by BOHDAN WARCHAL
7.29* Sibelius Suite mignonne. Op 98a: ROYAL LIVERPOOL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES
7.36* Britten Simple Symphony ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted bv
SIR MALCOLM SARGENT

Part 2 Dutilleux Le Loup: Symphonic Fragments
PARIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by GEORGES PRETRE
8.20* Ives, orch William Schu man Variations on America
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
8.27* Arnold Symphony No 2
BOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR CHARLES GROVES

Schubert Singiibungen ; Hermann und Thusnelda; Hektors Abschied JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (bar) GERALD MOORE (piano)
9.21* Quartet in B flat (D 36) MELOS QUARTET OF STUTTGART gramophone records

played by GEOFFREY TRISTRAM at Christchurch Priory
Vierne Cortege (Book 1); Arabesque (Book 2); Carillon (Book 2) (24 Pieces in Free Style)
Widor Scherzo (Symphony No 4); Allegro (Symphony No 6) BBC Bristol

Schoenberg String Quartet in D major (1897)
Mozart String Quartet in 9 minor (K 421)
ALBERNI STRING QUARTET

SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY MADRIGAL SOCIETY conductor DAVID BROWN
Byrd Ave Regina caelorum; Benedicta et venerabilis
Morley Four funeral anthems: "Man that is born of a woman; In the midst of life we are in death; Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts; I heard a voice from heaven (first broadcast performance)
Byrd Gaude, Maria Virgo; Salve sancba parens
BBC Bristol

Mary Goldring , economist, reflects on some of the things we say and write,

Second of three weekly programmes
Piano Trio in c (K 548: completed 14 July) (mono) MARLBOROTRIO
Symphony No 40, in G minor (K 550: completed 25 July)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by KARL BÖHM
(RIAS Berlin recording from the 1976 Berlin Festival)

direct from St George 's, Bran-don Hill. Bristol
Wendy Eathorne (soprano) Geoffrey Pratley (piano)
Elgar Pleading ; Queen Mary's Song to her lute; Like to the damask rose
Chausson Les papillons; Le colibri; La cigale
Grieg Song-cycle, Op 67: Haugtussa (sung in Norwegian) (Tickets: 75p at the door)
BBC Bristol

conductor RAYMOND LEPPARD
Dvorak Slavonic Rhapsody No 2, in G minor
2.16* Maconchy Variazioni concertanti
2.33* Mendelssohn Symphony No 5. in d major (Reformation) BBC Manchester

given by RUTH GEIGER
Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue (BWV 903)
Beethoven Sonata in F sharp, Op 78

after the Relief of Mafeking... Presented by GEORGE WALTON SCOTT
Narrator JOHN HOLMSTROM

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Schubert Sonata in G (D 894)
Prokofiev Sonata No 3. in A minor (From old notebooks), Op 28. BBC Birmingham

This week Montserrat Caballé sings music from Spanish zarzuelas, as well as In questa reggia from Puccini's Turandot and an aria from La Wally by Catalani; with the BARCELONA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENIO MARCO and ARMANDO GATTO : records

from Worcester Cathedral, sung by a choir of young men and boys from churches, schools and colleges affiliated to the Royal School of Church Music Responses (Smith of Durham) Psalm 18 (Turle, Walmisley)
Lessons: Job 13, vv 3-12; Romans 2, vv 17-29
Canticles (Gray in F minor) Anthem: Antiphon (Britten) Director of the Choir
MICHAEL NICHOLAS
Organist MICHAEL ARCHER

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LONDON STUDIO STRINGS conducted by MAURICE HANDFORD 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 Introduced by BAHA ESSAID with NADIA TAWFIQ . Script by T. F. MITCHELL and D. BARBER
7.0 Der arme
Millionar Nach dem Roman von ERICH KÄSTNER Drei Manner im Schnee 13: Herr Schulze macht Einkaufe
Mit SABINE MICHAEL, DIETER GEISS-LER , ANGELIKA SAHLA , GERDA KOEPPLER , CARL DUERING , ROLF RICHARDS und RENE HALKETT
Script und Regie: EDITH BAER
Sprachberater: DR L. LÖB (Repeated: Sun 3.0 pm R4 VHF)

direct from the Royal Albert Hall
Iona Brown
(violin)
BBC Welsh
Symphony Orchestra led by TREVOR WILLIAMS conductor Boris Brott Part 1
David Harries The Three Men
Beethoven Symphony No 2, in 0

Aweeklynewsbulletinof events in the arts abroad

Part 2
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor
Sibelius Symphony No 7, in c

The first of two conversations between
The Rt Hon Edward Heath , mp. Prime Minister 1970-74, and Anthony Barker , Department of Government, University of Essex.
' The machinery of government doesn't exist just for itself. It's a means, and means must have a purpose, and the purpose is to improve the quality of life of our own people, and to ensure as a nation we respond to the challenges of the last quarter of the 20th century.'
Producer ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

by JEROME ROSE (piano)
Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este; Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este (Threnodie); Les jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este (Troisieme année de pelerinage)
Vall6e d'Obermann (Premiere année de pelerinage)
Berceuse Mephisto Waltz No 2 (G 515)