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Listeners' record requests Playford, arr Schulze Eight Dances from The English Dancing Master TELEMANN SOCIETY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD SCHULZE
7.16* Vivaldi Concerto in c, for sopranino recorder and strings (p 79): JEAN-CLAUDE VEILHAN LA GRANDE ECURIE ET LA CHAMBRE DU roy, conducted by JEAN-CLAUDE MALGOIRE
7.26* Mozart Symphony No 41. in c (Jupiten (K 551) PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by otto KLEMPEREN

Pakistan v England at Lahore (First day) CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS introduces Test Match Special with commentary from Lahore during the first day's play by DON MOSEY and HENRY BLOFELD.

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Part 2 Fauré Pavane, Op 50 NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS
8.12* Ravel Tzigane JASCHA HEIFETZ (violin) BROOKS SMITH (piano)
8.20* Poulenc Mes filles, voila qui s'achève (Dialogues des Carmelites) LEONTYNE PRICE (soprano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by EDWARD DOWNES
8.28* Berlioz Funeral March for the final scene of Hamlet JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by COLIN DAVIS
8.37* Chausson Poeme, Op 25 ISAAC STERN (violin) THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM

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Rimsky-Korsakov Suite: The Snow Maiden SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET Trombone Concerto VICTOR BATASHOV , USSR MINISTRY OF DEFENCE SYMPHONIC BAND conducted by NICOLAI NAZAROT Quiet is the sea BORIS CHRISTOFF (baSS) SERGE ZAPOLSKY (piano) The Prophet: BORIS CHRISTOFF PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA conducted by ANDRE CLUYTENS Suite: Tsar Saltan: SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA, conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET : records

for young people Brush with Music
Arriving on a farm, the intrepid Basil Brush sets about sorting the sheep from the goats, determined not to be foxed by musical disguises.

In the second of these three programmes ROBERT MUNNS and SHEILA LAWRENCE play three 18th-century concertos for two organs at St Mary's Parish Church,
Woodford Soler Concerto No 1, in c
Luchinetti Concerto in B flat Soler Concerto No 3, in G

ALFREDA HODGSON (contralto) KEITH SWALLOW (piano)
Wolf Nun wandre. Maria; Die ihr schwebet um diese Pal-men; Ach, des Knaben Augen sind mir (Spanisches Liederbuch, Book 1)
10.58* Brahms Vier ernste Gesange, Op 121
BBC Manchester

A memorial concert of music by the Welsh composer who died on 11 February
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by BARRY HASKEY conducted by VERNON HANDLEY BRAM GAY (trumpet) GORDON HUNT (oboe)
BBC WELSH CHORAL SOCIETY Part 1
Gogenedawg Arglwydd
Carillons, for oboe and orchestra
Concerto for trumpet and orchestra
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

The first of two talks by Martin Cooper on Music and Words. This afternoon, he talks about the verbal translatability of music.
(The Setting of Words: tomorrow 11.55 am)

Part 2
Symphony No 2
(Given before an invited audience at the City Hall, Cardiff, on 17 May) BBC Wales

direct from the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London L'Ecole d'Orphee
Le Roux Suite No 2 (1705) (Pieces de clavessin)
Dolie Sonata No 6 (1737)
De la Barre Suite in G major (First book of pieces for flute)
Guignon Sonata No 2 (Sonates en trio, Op 4) (1742)
Dornell Sonate en Quatuor (1709) (Livre de Simphonies) (Given before an invited audience. Tickets available from Ticket Unit. BBC, Broadcasting House, London W1A 4WW)

By way of introducing Franz Schmidt 's orchestral variations, LEO BLACK talks about the composer's creative character, with gramophone illustrations.
2.15* Franz Schmidt Variations on a Hussar's Song
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by ZSOLT DEAKY

given by TOM BROMLEY
Haydn Sonata in A (H xvi 26) Max Reger Sonatina in D, Op 89 No 2
Poulenc Napoli : Suite pour Ie piano
BBC Birmingham

HUNGARIAN RADIO CHOIR conducted by JOZSEF MAKLARI Kodaly Five Matra Pictures
3.35* Bartok Five Choruses (27 Choruses. 1935)
(Hungarian Radio recording)

The first of six programmes of music composed by Frederick Delius and conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , the composer's most ardent champion. Marche Caprice
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Fantasy-Overture: Over the hills and far away
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Violin Concerto
JEAN POUGNET , ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: records

JOHN LADE introduces excerpts from the version of Bach's Christmas Oratorio recommended by Giles Bryant in last Saturday's Record Review.

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Language and Communication
6.30 Kontakte
Holiday Programme 1: Nikolaus Introduced by LUTZ LIEBELT and LIANE RUDOLPH
Script by EDITH BAER
(Television programme - Half-way through the Course: Wed
12.5 pm BBC1)
7.0 Allez France!
Special-Vacances 1
Le premier de trois programmes de revision avec ANNE-
MARIE PELLETIER et GILLES DATTAS. Script par JOHN ROSS
(Repeated: Sun 3.0 pm R4 VHF)

Elegies: Nach der Wendung ; All' Italia; Die Nachtlichen; Erscheinung
MARGARET KITCHIN (piano)

by EDMUND SPENSER , abridged in 13 episodes by TERENCE TILLER Reader Gary Bond
12: The Legend of Sir Calidore, or of Courtesie (Part 2)
During his pursuit of the Blatant Beast, the emblem of Calumny, Sir Calidore is led into the rustic world of shepherds, and learns the lessons of simple courtesie before his final confrontation with the Beast.
Narrator JOHN WESTBROOK Other voices HUGH DICKSON
ALAN ROWE , PETER WICKHAM Producer DAVID SPENSER

at St John's, Smith Square Lynda Russell (soprano)
Fiona Kimm (mezzo-soprano) Ian Caley (tenor)
David Thomas (bass-baritone) BBC SINGERS, director JOHN POOLE BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Ivan Fischer Part 1
Mozart Symphony No 28, In c major (K 200)
Bartok Village Scenes

A weekly news bulletin

Part 2 Haydn
Mass in a fiat major (Harmoniemesse)

Introduced by John Maddox

'We feel that if we understood the nature of chemical communication between insects, we could control them far more effectively - and we're now beginning to understand some of the chemical languages that insects use.'

Professor Thomas Odhiambo, Director of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, describes the work of his institute in Nairobi, and discusses with John Maddox the need for fundamental research on the biology of insects.

Sextet for piano and wind instruments: NASH ENSEMBLE