Australia v West Indies Commentary from Melbourne on the final hour of the third day's play in the Second Test Match. Commentators: CHRISTOPHER MARTIN-JENKINS and HENRY BLOFELD.
Comprehensive forecast for UK land areas and inshore waters
Bach, transc Elgar Fantasia and Fugue in c minor LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT
7.24* Schumann Kinderscenen
BALINT VAZSONYI (piano)
7.44* Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols
JOHN BARROW (baritone) CHOIR OF GUILDFORD
CATHEDRAL, string orchestra conducted by BARRY ROSE
8.0 News
8.5 Overture (continued) A Valedictory Concert
Bach Chorale Prelude: Das alte Jahr vergangen ist
ROBERT KOBLER (organ)
8.8* Britten Suite on English folk tunes: A time there was ...
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
8.23* Schubert Abschied (Schwanengesang)
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
GERALD MOORE (piano)
8.28* Elgar, arr Geehl Adieu
BOURNEMOUTH SINFONIETTA conducted by GEORGE HURST
8.31* Haydn Symphony No 45. in F sharp minor (Farewell)
PHILHARMONIA HUNGARICA conducted by ANTAL DORATI gramophone records
This week's programmes include excerpts from three of his operas, as well as chamber music and the Stabat Mater.
Today: records of excerpts from his opera, The Italian Girl in Algiers, With TERESA BERGANZA, LUIGI ALVA, FERNANDO CORENA, ROLANDO PANERAI , and PAOLO MONTARSOLO , the CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF MAGGIO MUSICALE FIORENTINO , Conducted by SILVIO VARVISO.
(piano) Part 1
Bartok Dance Suite
Schubert Sonata In 9 major (D 850)
11.0* Interval Reading
11.10* Andras Schiff Part 2
Scarlatti 13 Sonatas
Mozart Andante in r major (K 616)
(A public recital given in the Queen Elizabeth Hall , London, on 8 July)
A concert from the Tenth International Organ Festival held last July in the Cathedral and Abbey Church of St Alban.
TOMMY REILLY (harmonica) ALLAN WICKS (organ)
ORCHESTRA OF ST JOHN 'S, SMITH SQUARE leader RICHARD DEAKIN conductor JOHN LUBBOCK Part 1
Haydn Symphony No 44, in E minor (Trauer)
Christopher Brown Organ Concerto (first performance)
Part 2
Gordon Jacob Five Pieces for harmonica and orchestra
Mozart Symphony No 29, in A (K 201)
Second of two song recitals by the Polish soprano Bozena Betley with Martin Isepp (piano) Moniuszko Jaskoleczka
Schubert Lachen und Weinen; Auf dem Wasser zu singen:
Delphine Moniuszko Wiosnianka ; Cztery pory roku; Dzwon zapustny; Swaty
Schubert An die Musik; Auflosung; Suleika I
BBC NORTHERN IRELAND ORCHESTRA leader MAURICE CAVANAGH conductor ERIC WETHERELL Rossini Overture: The Silken Ladder
Eric Wetherell Suite: Welsh Dresser
George Butterworth A Shropshire Lad
Peter Hope Suite: The Ring of Kerry
Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves
Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute
BBC Northern Ireland
Weber Overture: Oberon Bruckner Symphony No 5. in B Sat
CHICAGO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM
The last chamber work by this Austrian composer, pianist and cellist, who died 40 years ago. Quintet in A major THEA KING (clarinet)
JOSE-LUIS GARCIA (Violin) RUSEN GUNES (viola) THOMAS IGLOI (cello)
CLIFFORD BENSON (piano)
A portrait of the Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges by Norman Thomas di Giovanni with contributions from CARLOS FUENTES , GRAHAM GREENE , ALAIN ROBBE-GRIL-LET and JOHN UPDIKE
Readings by DENIS QUILLEY and WALTER ACOSTA
English translations by NORMAN THOMAS DI GIOVANNI Radiophonic music by MALCOLM CLARKE
Producers JUDITH BUMPUS and PIERS PLOWRIGHT Time strangely and beautifully spent.
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It was a potent tribute to a magical writer.
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Wagner's epic tetralogy performed in ANDREW PORTER'S English translation by the ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA: records The Rhinegold Introduced by ANDREW PORTER
SHELAGH SQUIRES and VALERIE MASTERSON (Sops)
ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA, conducted by REGINALD GOODALL
(The Valkyrie: next Sun)
played hy the American pianist Richard Goode
Beethoven Sonata in E major. Op 109
Chopin Nocturne in E flat, Op 55 No 2: Mazurkas: in B flat. Op 7 No 1; in A minor, Op 17 No 4: in B, Op 41 No 3: in A flat. Op 41 No 4: Ballade No 1. in G minor
Introduced by Charles Fox FINGERS
Welcome to the New Year
Australia v West Indies Commentary
IromMelbourne on the opening session of the fourth day.
