Bach Brandenburg Concerto No 6. in B flat
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by RAYMOND LEPPARD
7.22* Beethoven Fantasia in c minor
DANIEL BARKNBOIM (piano) JOHN ALLDIS CHOIR
NEW PHILHARMONIA orchestra, conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
7.43* Liszt Symphonic Poem: Hainlet
LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by BERNARD IIAITINK
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued Buccherini Quintet in E minor, for guitar and string quartet: NARCISO YEPES (guitar), MELOS QUARTET OF STUTTGART
8.25- Tosti Ideale: La Serenata
JOHN SUTHERLAND (Sop)
RICHARD BONYNGE (piano)
8.32*Respighi Feste Romane
CLEVELAND ORCHESTRA conducted by LORIN MAAZEI , gramophone records

Schubert
Die Zwillingsbriider (D 647): opera in one act, with libretto by GEORG VON HOFMANN
BAVARIAN STATE OPERA CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA, conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH gramophone record

(piano)
Mendelssohn Songs without Words. Book 1. Op 19 Liszt Sonata in B minor
Interval Reading
10.55* Daniel Adni. Part 2 Chopin Ballades: No 1 in G minor. Op 23: No 2 in F, Op 38: No 3 in A flat, Op 47: No 4 in F minor, Op 52
Debussy Prelude (Pour le piano. No 1)

Today's and next Thurs day's programmes compare a sequence of anthems, hymns and instrumental music by the two greatest masters of the Restoration style, Blow and Purcell.
Today: John Blow BBC SINGERS
THE KING'S MUSICK
(director IAN GAMMIE conductor JOHN POOLE
(A public concert given on1 February in Sf John's, Smith Square. London

Par 1 Stravinsky Suite: I'ulcinella conducted by GÜNTER WAND

Part 2
Henze Three Dithyrambs for chamber orchestra

Franck Symphony in D minor

Conducted by Gunther Wich

(Saar Radio recording)

Richard Coeur de Lion
Opera-comique in three acts. Music by Andre-Modeste Gretry
Libretto by MICHEL SEDAINE (sung in French)
IMEP CHORUS
BELGIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA, conducted by EDGARD DONEUX
3.35* Interval Reading
3.40* L'amant jaloux
Opéra-comique in three acts. Music by Andrf-Modeste Grétry
Libretto by THOMAS d'HEL E (sung in French)
BELGIAN RADIO AND TELEVISION CHAMBER
ORCHESTRA. conducted by EDGARD DONEUX
gramophone records

5.45-5.50 News medium wave and mono only from 5.45

Presented by Jack Brymer The Distaff Muse
Music by women composers of the past. It includes piano music by Clara Schumann , and two salon pieces: The Devout Lover and The Maiden's Prayer
(More Clara Schumann in tomorrow's Edinburgh Festival concert at 11.0)

The dreamy "Eusebius" and the flamboyant "Florestan": David Munrow describes the two opposing facets of Schumann's personality and their influence on his music.

(Stereo)

direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London
BBC Symphony Orchestra guest leader Peter Thomas conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas Part 1
Debussy Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune
Stravinsky Ballet: Petrushka (1947)

If men really are descended from apes, why has Mother Nature taken away their warm fur, their sharp teeth, their excellent vision, and that exceedingly useful tail? Dr Nick Humphrey of King's College, Cambridge argues that nature's theft provoked man to acquire a much more valuable gift - highly developed brain.
Producer GEOFF DEEHAN

Part 2
Oliver Knussen Symphony No 3 (BBC Commission: first performance)
Ravel La valse: poeme choregraphique

by AUDREY LASKI with Eileen Atkins as Ada, Countess of Lovelace
A woman lies on a bed. She is preparing to play Solitaire. It is a game for the lonely, with only one player. The woman is Ada, Lord Bvron's only legitimate daughter. With TAMMY USTINOV , JOHN GABRIEL , HILDA KRISEMAN. GORDON DULIEU , FRED BRYANT , JENNY TWIGGE and LIZA FLANAGAN
Directed by DAVID SPENSER
(Re peat)

This week. three British works, including a second performance of Nicholas Maw 's new song-cycle, La vita nuova. commissioned by the BBC and premiered at last Sunday's Promenade Concert.
ROSEMARY HARDY (Soprano) NASH ENSEMBLE conducted by MARK ELDER Martin Dalby Piano Trio MARCIA CRAYFORD (violin) CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN (cello)
IAN BROWN (piano)
Nigel Osborne Remembering Esenin (first broadcast performance)
CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN
(cello), IAN BROWN (piano) Nicholas Maw La vita nuova. for soprano and chamber ensemble

No 144: Nimm, was dein ist, und gehe hin
No 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich
VIOLET TWOMEY (soprano) AINE NIC GABHANN (contralto)
FRANK PATTERSON (tenor) WILLIAM YOUNG (bass)
JOHN O'SULLIVAN (organ) CANTATA SINGERS
NEW IRISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA leader MARY GALLAGHER conductor JOHN BECKETT