Listeners' record requests
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon): ACADEMY
OF ST MARTIN-IN-THE-FIELDS conducted by NEVILLE MARRINER
7.8* Bach Concerto in A minor for four harpsichords and string orchestra
GEORGE MALCOLM , VALDA AVELING
GEOFFREY PARSONS , SIMON PRESTON ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
7.18* Mozart, arr Wendt Music from Die Entfiihrung aus dem Serail
NETHERLANDS WIND ENSEMBLE
7.38* Virgil Thomson Acadian Songs and Dances (mono): LITTLE ORCHESTRA SOCIETY, conducted by THOMAS SCHERMAN

Part 2
Lyapunov Piano Concerto No 2, in E:
ALEXANDER BAKHCHIEV MOSCOW RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by BORIS KHAIKIN
8.23* Bizet Suite: Roma: CITY OF
BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by LOUIS FREMAUX

Prokoftev
Overture on Jewish themes
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA conducted by JEAN MARTINON
9.14* Piano Concerto No 3, in c
JULIUS KATCHEN LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ
9.42* Suite: The Love of Three Oranges: VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, conducted by constants SILVESTRI: records

for young people
Brush with Music
Shipwrecked on an exotic island the intrepid Basil Brush goes off in search of animal life. determined not to be foxed by musical disguises,

played by MARGARET PHILLIPS on the organ of St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon
Buxtehude Prelude and Fugue in E minor
Bohm Partita: Ach wie nichtig, ach wie fliichtig
Bach Prelude and Fugue in D (Bwv 532)
Alain Deux danses a Agni Yav ishta
Buxtehude Chorale Fantasia: Nun freuet euch lieben Christen g'mein

conducted by IRWIN HOFFMAN ESTHER GLAZER (violin)
Mozart Symphony No 32, in G (Overture in the Italian style) (K 318)
Haydn Violin Concerto in c Beethoven Symphony No 2, in D BBC Wales

Second in a series of 28 programmes showing the pervasive influence of Plainsong on the development of European music. Devised and introduced by Basil Lam
This programme includes further examples of Hymn, Sequence, and Chants for the Great Feasts, sung by the MEN OF WESTMINSTER CATHEDRAL CHOIR directed by COLIN MAWBY

led by HUGH BRADLEY conducted by SIMON RATTLE RAYMOND OVENS (violin)
KATHLEEN LIVINGSTONE (Soprano) NEIL MACKIE (tenor)
RONALD MORRISON (baritone) BBC SCOTTISH SINGERS chorus-master JOLYON DODGSON
BOYS OF THE GLASGOW ACADEMY
Stravinsky Violin Concerto in D major
Vaughan Williams Hodie (This Day): Christmas Cantata BBC Scotland

at Lancaster University Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin) Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello) Part 1
Mozart Quartet in D minor (K 421)
2.43* Tippett Quartet No 2, in F sharp

A series of short talks with long thoughts behind them
First of four talks by Everett Helm: Reminiscences of Paul Hindemith

Part 2 Beethoven
Quartet in B flat, Op 130
(Given in the Great Hall, Lancaster University, in Nov 1976) BBC Manchester

Continuing the series in which Sir Thomas Beecham is heard conducting the music of Delius: records
The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Songs (arr Beecham): Whither; I Brasil; Klein Venevil DORA LABBETTE (soprano)
LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA North Country Sketches
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

JOHN LADE introduces excerpts from the performance of Tchaikovsky's Ballet: The Nutcracker recommended by Noel Goodwin in last Saturday's Record Review.

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

(continued)

Language and Communication
6.30 Kontakte
Holiday programme 3: Wir machen Musik
Introduced by LUTZ liebelt and LIANE RUDOLPH
Script by EDITH R. BAER
7.6 Allez France!
Spécial-Vacances 2: Les Pieds Noirs
Le deuxieme de trois programmes de revision avec
ANNE-MARIE PELLETIER et GILLES DATTAS. Script par JOHN ROSS

EDITH MATHIS (soprano) PETER SCHREIER (tenor) JOSÉ VAN DAM (bass)
VIENNA STATE OPERA CHORUS
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
(sung in German) Part 1

A weekly news bulletin

Part 2
9.15* Interval Reading
9.20* Haydn: The Creation Part 3
(Austrian Radio recording from this year's Salzburg Festival)

Introduced by John Maddox '
In 1973 most of the citizens Of the State of Michigan were poisoned by a chemical fire retardant that had been fed by mistake to cattle. This poison is noted for its extreme persistence in the bodies of animals - so does it, together with a host of other man-made chemicals, present a serious long-term threat to health?
Recently John Maddox attended a conference on this issue organised by The Royal Society in London, and talked to some of the participants. Editor GEOFF DEEHAN'

played by the Vegh Quartet Part 1
String Quartet in E flat, Op 127
11.20* Interval Reading
11.25* Beethoven Quartets
Part 2 String Quartet in F, Op 135: record

5: 18th Century
Tonight from the 18th century the St Clement Danes Chorale, conductor Martindale Sidwell. perform the Motet: Hodie Christus natus est. by Louis Clerambault : record