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Stravinsky Circus Polka for a young elephant
CBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer

7.9* Gliere Harp Concerto in E flat: Osian Ellis
London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynyge

7.34* Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (mono)
Cyril Smith (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargaent: records

Contributors

Conductor:
Richard Bonynge
Harp:
Osian Ellis
Piano:
Cyril Smith
Conductor:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Manfredini Concerto in D, for two trumpets and string orchestra: Hellmut Schneidewind, Wolfgang Pasch
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra,
conducted by Jorg Faerber
8.12* Verdi String Quartet in E minor (orchestral version)
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra, conducted by David Zinman
8.35* Respighi Suite: The Birds
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, conducted by Neville Marriner

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(Stereo)

Contributors

Trumpeter:
Hellmut Schneidewind
Trumpeter:
Wolfgang Pasch
Musicians:
Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jorg Faerber
Musicians:
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
David Zinman
Musicians:
Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields
Conductor:
Neville Marriner

Szymanowski and Luloslawski Szymanowski Ballet: Harnasie, Op 55
WARSAW NATIONAL PHILHARMONIC CHOIR AND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by WITOLD ROWICKI
9.42* Lutoslawski Trois Poemes d'Henri Michaux
POLISH RADIO CHOIR IN CRACOW conducted by the composer
POLISH RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by JAN KRENZ : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Witold Rowicki
Conducted By:
Jan Krenz

CHILINGIRIAN STRING QUARTET
Mendelssohn Quartet in D, Op 44 No 1
10.30* William Mathias Quartet , Op 38
10.50' In Short
In the interval of the Chilingirian Quartet's recital, LEVON CHILINGIRIAN, its leader, talks about the Haydn quartets as heard through the ears of a first violinist.
10.55* Music for St David 1978 Part 2 Brahms
Quartet in B flat, Op 67
(Concert given on 2 March at the University of North Wales in association with the Department of Music) BBC Wales

Contributors

Unknown:
William Mathias Quartet

Opera in four acts
Libretto by HENRI CAIN adapted from the play by ROSTAND
Music by Franco Alfans (sung in French)
(first broadcast in this country) Cast in order of singing:
TURIN CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA
OF ITALIAN RADIO chorus-master FULVIO ANGIUS conducted by MAURIZIO ARENA Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Unknown:
Henri Cain
Music By:
Franco Alfans
Chorus-Master:
Fulvio Angius
Conducted By:
Maurizio Arena

The third of 13 programmes surveying the large number of important works commissioned over the years by this remarkable Swiss conductor and patron of music.
Martin Ballad for cello and small orchestra: MIKLOS PERENYI BUDAPEST SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by GYÖRGY LEHEL
Honegger Symphony No 2, for strings and trumpet THE PARIS ORCHESTRA conducted by CHARLES MUNCH gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Martin Ballad
Conducted By:
Charles Munch

before 1300
Sequence: Organicus canamus modulis
Conductus a 3: Quid tu vides Jeremia
Organum a 2: Exiit sermo
Motet a 2: Manere vivere-Manere
Motet a 3: Dame de valor - Dame vostre doz regard -Manere Motet a 4: Cc que je tieng-Certes mout est bone - Bone compaignie -
Mancrc Monophonic Conductus : Alabaustrum frangitur
Conductus Motet a 3: Serena Virginum
JOHN DUDLEY , PAI'LEI.LTOTT (tenors) ANDREW PARROTT (tenor, bells) HOWARD WILLIAMS (baritone) PETER HOLMAN (organ) TAVERNER CHOIR director ANDREW PARROTT

Contributors

Unknown:
Mancrc Monophonic Conductus
Unknown:
Serena Virginum
Unknown:
John Dudley
Tenor:
Andrew Parrott
Baritone:
Peter Holman
Director:
Andrew Parrott

medium onlu
The Wider World
6.30 What Right Have You Got? 19: Unemployment
When can an employee be made redundant? What benefits is he or she entitled to? What sources of advice and help are available?
Presented by MICHAEL MOLYNEUX (Rptd: Sunday 3.30 pm R4 VHF)
7.0 Who Cares about The Commonwealth?
' Part of our problem is that the leaders of the Commonwealth have always been very far in advance of their publics and haven't often taken time - or perhaps dared - to stop. turn around and inform them, so that a perception gap develops.' Speakers from different parts of the Commonwealth comment on the view of its Secretary-General, SHRIDATH RAMPHAL ,

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Molyneux
Unknown:
Shridath Ramphal

by Ray Gosling
Throughout the 1960s Ray Gosling was deeply and turbulciitly involved in an upheaval typical of the period - the massive clearance and rebuilding of a slum area in Nottingham. In these talks he tells his personal story of the place, the people, the ideals, the scandals, the achievements and disasters, what was gained and lost.
2: The Battlefield

Contributors

Unknown:
Ray Gosling
Unknown:
Ray Gosling

New poems by JEAN EARLE , JENNY JOSEPH , C. H. SISSON , SYLVIA TOWNSEND WARNER, ANDREW WATERMAN , ROBERT WELLS and PAUL WILKINS.
Introduced by Michael Schmidt Producer FRASER STEEL BBC Manchester

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Earle
Unknown:
Jenny Joseph
Unknown:
C. H. Sisson
Unknown:
Andrew Waterman
Unknown:
Robert Wells
Unknown:
Paul Wilkins.
Introduced By:
Michael Schmidt
Producer:
Fraser Steel

at the Royal Academy of Music The third of four concerts of 20th-century music. Tonight Nicholas Maw introduces Messiaen's Couleurs de la cité céleste
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Jan Latliam-Koenig (piano) Members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra leader BELA DEKANY conducted by Lionel Friend Maw Sinfonia
Durkó Turner Illustrations for violin and 14 instrumentalists Introduction by NICHOLAS MAW to Messiaen Couleurs de la cité celeste
(A recording of a concert given before an invited audience earlier this evening

Contributors

Introduces:
Nicholas Maw
Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Leader:
Bela Dekany
Conducted By:
Lionel Friend

BBC Radio 3

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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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