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Arthur Rubinstein (piano) born 28 January 1887
Brahms Ballade in D, Op 10 No 2
Faure Quartet in c minor, Op 15, with JOHN DALLEY (violin) MICHAEL TREE (viola) DAVID SOYER (Cello)
Chopin Andante spianato and Polonaise inEaat,Op22 With SYMPHONY OF THE AIR conducted by ALFRED WALLENSTEIN gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Arthur Rubinstein
Violin:
John Dalley
Cello:
David Soyer
Conducted By:
Alfred Wallenstein

Edited and introduced by John Lade
Building a Library: Telemann's Viola Concerto in G by LIONEL SALTER.
What makes a good recording, by JOHN BORWICK. 1: Musical Balance.
Recent operatic issues reviewed by RODNEY MILNES
Producer ARTHUR JOHNSON

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Lade
Unknown:
Lionel Salter.
Unknown:
John Borwick.
Reviewed By:
Rodney Milnes
Producer:
Arthur Johnson

The Miners' Muse
The dark, dangerous work of mining coal has inspired songs' that may be comic or tragic, but are always uniquely intense. Bob Campbell examines the musical traditions of Britain's colliers from before the Industrial Revolution to the present day.

Contributors

Unknown:
Bob Campbell

For The Rev Nicholas Staeey music has associations with every stage of a very varied career: as an Olympic sprinter. as a controversial Rector of Woolwich, as Deputy Director of Oxfam, and most recently as Director of Social Services for Kent. Today he talks about his career and introduces his personal choice of records.

Contributors

Unknown:
Nicholas Staeey

A series of programmes devoted to the guitar and guitarists. Today's edition was specially presented by BBC Radio 3 for the Durham University Classical Guitar Society.
The guest artist Sergio Abren plays music by Rodrigo. Scarlatti, Sor and Villa-Lobos, and talks to Michael Jessett.
Producer GARETH WALTERS

Contributors

Artist:
Sergio Abren
Unknown:
Michael Jessett.
Producer:
Gareth Walters

direct from the City Hall. Glasgow
Jennifer Smith (soprano)
Bernadctte Greevy (contralto) Nell Jenkins (tenor) Robert Lloyd (bass) SNO Chorus
SCOTTISH NATIONAL ORCHESTRA leader EDWIN PALING conducted by Gary Bertini Part 1 Mordecal Seter Jerusalem - Symphony for
Chorus and Orchestra (first British performance)

Contributors

Soprano:
Jennifer Smith
Contralto:
Bernadctte Greevy
Tenor:
Nell Jenkins
Bass:
Robert Lloyd
Leader:
Edwin Paling
Conducted By:
Gary Bertini

Christopher Sykes looks at the lives of the four remarkable sons of the Bishop of Manchester. Edmund Knox : Evoe, humorist and Editor of Punch; Dilly, classicist and cryptographer who helped to solve Enigma in the Second World War; Wilfred, an Anglican clergyman who took his faith with saintly literalness; and the youngest. Ronald, who became a Catholic and translated the Bible single-handed. The sons are now the subject of a biography by Penelope Fitz gerald, daughter of Evoe, who, along with Ronnie, was known to Christopher Sykes.

Contributors

Unknown:
Christopher Sykes
Unknown:
Edmund Knox
Unknown:
Penelope Fitz
Unknown:
Christopher Sykes.

Sir Charles Curran , Director-General of the BBC, 1969-1977, examines the presuppositions of the wide-ranging Review, of Overseas Representation conducted by the Central Policy Review Staff, the Think Tank, whose 442-page report was published last year. followed by an interlude

Contributors

Unknown:
Sir Charles Curran

In his second look at JONI MITCHELL 'S remarkable double album, Don Juan 's Reckless Daughter, Derek Jewell tonight plays a long track which compellingly shows how the composer's range is extended with this, her tenth album. The composition - part-oratorio, part-concerto - features JACO pas-TORIOUS (bass) and WAYNE SHORTER (soprano saxophone) as well as the piano of Joni Mitchell and orchestrations by MICHAEL GIBBS.
The programme also Includes the work of the Indian-orientated hand, SHAKTI, featuring John McLaughlin , GRAHAM PAR-KER AND THE RUMOUR, and MEAL TICKET. gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Joni Mitchell
Unknown:
Don Juan
Unknown:
Derek Jewell
Unknown:
Joni Mitchell
Unknown:
Michael Gibbs.
Unknown:
John McLaughlin

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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