Robert Woodcock Concerto in E flat, for oboe and strings
NEIL BLACK (oboe)
THAMES CHAMBER ORCHESTRA conducted by MICHAEL DOBSON
7.14* Arne Cantata: Bacchus and Ariadne
ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
ACADEMY OF ST MART1N-IN-
THE-FIELDS
7.25* Elgar Cello Concerto JACQUELINE DUPRE
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI gramophone records

Berlioz Overture: Waverley: LONDON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR COLIN DAVIS
8.16* Falla Seven Spanish popular songs: VICTORIA DE LOS ANGELES (soprano)
GONZALO SORIANO (piano)
8.28* Piston Symphony NO 2 : BOSTON SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA, conducted by MICHAEL TILSON THOMAS gramophone records

Sinfonia Concertante with piano obbligato (mono) PHYLLIS SELLICK, CITY OF BIRMINGHAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER

9.23* Daphne: Through gilded trellises KIRI TE KANAWA (soprano) RICHARD AMNER (piano)

9.31* Viola Concerto YEHUDI MENUHIN, NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE composer

(gramophone records)

(piano)

Part 1

Bartok Dance Suite

Schubert Sonata in D major (D 850)

11.0* Interval Reading

11.10* Andras Schiff Part 2

Scarlatti Sonatas: B flat major (Kk 551); G major (Kk 144); E minor (Kk 394;) C major (Kk 420); A flat major (Kk 127'; F minor (Kk 519); D major (Kk 491); F sharp minor (Kk 25); A major (Kk 208); C major (Kk 513); E major (Kk 162); G minor (Kk 450); B flat major (Kk 545)

Mozart Andante in F major (K 616)

(Given in July 1979 in the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London)

JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
BBC WELSH SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA leader
CHRISTOPHER WARREN-GREEN conductor BRYDEN THOMSON Part 1
Elgar Overture: Cockaigne (In London Town)
Mahler Poems by Ruckert

Ian McDougall , with the help of the BBC's Monitoring Service, presents his weekly selection of foreign radio broadcasts. Producer BLAIR THOMSON
(Rptd: tomorrow 9.15 pm)

Part 2 Schumann
Symphony No 3 in E flat, Op 97 (Rhenish)
(Given on 20 October in the Brangwyn Hall as part of the Swansea Festival and sponsored by Marks and Spencer Ltd) BBC Wales
Schumann Orchestral Music, a BBC Music Guide by Hans Gal , £1.50 from book and music shops

NONA LIDDELL (Violin) DAPHNE IBBOTT (piano)
Bridge Sonata for violin and piano
Britten Suite for violin and piano (Repeat;

The first of eleven programmes reflecting the orchestra's work and achievements over its first half-century
Today the whole programme is conducted by Sir Adrian Boult, Chief Conductor from 1930 to 1950.
Beethoven Symphony No 8, in F
Mendelssohn Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)
Bliss Music for Strings
gramophone records
(Next prog: next Tuesday)

'The BBC Orchestra was designed, first, to meet the needs of broadcasting... incidentally (and I think this is the right adverb) it became one of the greatest orchestras of the world' - Dr Adrian Boult after he was made Director of Music in 1933. He conducts the first programme of a series in celebration of 50 Years of the BBC Symphony Orchestra: 2.50 pm

First of three programmes Clair de lune, by Faurg and Szulc
En sourdine, by Faure, Hahn and Debussy
Green, by Faure, Hahn (Offrande) and Debussy PETER KNAPP (baritone)
ANTONY SAUNDERS (piano)

The best of present-day jazz on records Introduced by Charles Fox

Steve Race introduces the programme of music for the early evening.

VERMEER QUARTET

The Somalis have a unique tradition of oral Poetry. Because of their mercurial temperament, they are often described as the ' Irish of Africa '. But in this respect they are more like the Welsh, a true nation of bards. loan Lewis, Professor of Social Anthropology at the London School of Economics, re-discovered the language of nationalism on a recent trip to Somalia. followed by an interlude

Edgar Opera in three acts Libretto by FERDINANDO FONTANi Music by Puccini (sung in Italian) direct from the Theatre Royal. Wexford
Puccini's little-known second opera is set in Flanders, where the hero tests the two women in his life by pretending to be dead and seeing how both behave at his funeral.
Bride St Boys' Choir choirmaster
GERARD LAWLOR
Wexford Festival Chorus chorus-master KIM MOONEY Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra leader AUDREY PARK conducted by Robin Stapleton

Julian Smith examines the development of Puccini's theatrical technique as shown in the three different versions of the opera.

Act 2
9.40' Interval Reading
9.55* Edgar, Act 3

Nocturnal after John Dowland , Op 70
TIMOTHY WALKER (guitar) gramophone record

Intermezzo and Trio in d minor
ALBERNI STRING QUARTET with ROGER BEST (viola) gramophone record