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Ravel Sonatine
8.15* Schumann Carnaval , Op 9
8.41* Haydn Piano Trio in G major (H xv 25) with JACQUES THIBAUD and PABLO CASALS : records

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Walton Overture: Portsmouth Point
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRÉ PREVIN
9.10* Elgar Sea Pictures
JANET BAKER (mezzo-soprano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIRJOHNBARBIROLLI
9.33* Bizet Suite: Carmen (mono)
COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
9.49* Nielsen Symphony No 6 (Sinfonia semplice)
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY

A weekly survey of the world ofmusicwiththeartistsand personalitieswhocreateit, including DAVID WILDE' on Boulanger at 90 and a conversation with EDO DE WAART.
Introduced by John Amis Producer DENYS GUEROULT

conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
A concert given in Symphony Hall, Boston, on 3 March 1963 Part 1 Beethoven
Overture: Leonora No 3
Piano Concerto No 5, in E flat major (Emperor)
12.5* Interval Reading
12.15* Concert Part 2
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1, in B flat minor
(Recording made available by the Boston Symphony Transcription Trust)

Anthony Thwaite , poet and editor, reflects on some of the things we say and write. BBC Manchester
(Repeated: Wednesday 11.45 am) (Anthony Thwaite presents Happy and Glorious.- Friday
9.40 pm)

International Amateur Choral Competition (10): Semi-finals Youth Class: Semi-final 1
West Germany: VIA NOVA CHOIR, MUNICH conductor KURT SUTTNER , Netherlands: HELMOND CITY CON
CERT CHOIR conductor ROLAND DE KROON Youth Class: Semi-final 2 Ireland: PARK SINGERS conductor SEAN CREAMER
Hungary: MIXED CHOIR OF THE TEACHERS' TRAINING COLLEGE, pecs conductor AUREL TILLAI
Bernard Keeffe introduces the choirs, summarises the adjudicators' comments and announces the results.
This year's jurors are:
CHARLES BEARDSALL, BBC (Chairman); WILFRIED BRENNECKE,. West Germany; MRS MICHAL SMOIRA cccin, Israel; NIKI VASKOLA, Finland; CHARLES DUPUIS , Canada; GEORGI MINCHEV , Bulgaria
(Let the Peoples Sing is organised by the BBC with the EBU)

from the Berlin Festival 1976 Sixth of seven programmes COMPOSERS STRING QUARTET
Ruth Crawford Seeger String Quartet
Elliott Carter String Quartet No 1
(SFB Berlin recording)

Opera in five acts by Gounod Libretto by JULES BARBIER and MICHEL CARRE after GOETHE (sung in French: records)
OPERA DU RHIN CHORUS, STRASBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ALAIN LOMBARD Acts 1 and 2

A series of short talks with long thoughts behind them
Composers and Conductors: David Cox discusses some aspects of musical interpretation.

Acts 3 and 4

Keith Roberts , Associate Editor of the Burlington Magazine, considers the work of Edgar Degas in the light of two new books by Theodore Reff : The Notebooks of Edgar Degas and Degas: The Artist's Mind. He finds in the Notebooks evidence for a somehow unexpected side of Degas's art and personality,

Act 5

A series surveying the changes in British musical life over the 25 years of the Queen's reign. 5: Practical Studies
Leonard Pearcey. one-time Musical Director at the Guild-hall School of Music and Drama, examines the opportunities and training given to young musicians before, during and after their days at music college. He discusses the success or failure of the system with Sir Thomas Arm strong (formerly Principal of the Royal Academy of Music), Sir David Willcocks and John Manduell (who run the Royal College and the Royal Northern College of Music). Evelyn Bar birolli, Raimund Herincx , Peter Wishart and other people concerned with teaching and employing young musicians.
Two former pupils of the Menuhin School, on the threshold of their careers, Nigel Kennedy and Melvyn Tan talk about their experiences and play the Finale of Grieg's Third Violin Sonata, and a 16-year-old prizewinner at a recent international piano competition, Jeremy Atkin , plays Liszt's La leggierezza. Producer CLIVE BENNETT

A play for radio by MENZIES MCKILLOP
with Bill Paterson
'Nigel! There's a good boy. Come down at once., The nice gentlemen have said they won't shoot you ... Nigel! speak to me. I'm your Mother.... You're to push the red button. Nigel. That will allow you to reply.'.
Directed by GORDON EMSLIE BBC Scotland (Repeat)
"Here was good, stimulating radio fare for anyone with a desire to escape from endless formula drama." (THE STAGE)

Last of seven programmes ir which all of Messiaen's music for piano has been played. Today ROBERT SHERLAW JOHNSON. who introduces the series, plays three related works, in eluding Messiaen's most recen' piano composition.
Ravel Oiseaux tristes (Mlroirs' Mcssiaen La fauvette des jar-dins
Sherlaw Johnson Sonata No 3 (first performance)

John Rosselli. Lecturer in History at Sussex University, talks about the Bengali saint, mystic and ' early ecumenist ', Sri Ramakrishna , whose real personality is more fascinating than the legendary figure created by his disciples and devotees.

This concert concludes the series with all Roberto Gerhard's symphonies, and is also the third of four programmes with music by Hugh Wood

Part 1
Gerhard Metamorphoses (Symphony No 2, revised and unfinished version)

10.40* Interval Reading

10.45* Concert Part 2
Alexander Goehr Three Piecer from Arden must die
Hugh Wood Violin Concern played by Manoug Parikian
BBC Symphony Orchestra leader Eli Goren conducted by Sir Charles Groves

(Hugh Wood Songs and Second Quartet: 17 September)