Vivaldi Concerto in G. for two mandolins. strings and continuo (rv 532)
HUGO D'ALTON and ROBERT CALCUTT (mandolins)
L'ESTRO ARMONICO ENSEMBLE directed by DEREK SOLOMONS
7.19* Schubert An die Musik; Frühlingsglaube ELLY AMELING (soprano) JORG DEMUS (piano)
7.25* Chopin Polonaise in F sharp minor, Op 44
MAURIZIO POLLINI (piano)
7.36* Mozart Symphony No 33, in b flat (K 319) VIENNA PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by ISTVAN KERTESZ : records

Berlioz Overture: Les francs-juges: LONDON symPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR COLIN DAVIS
8.18* Granados Rapsodi'a aragonesa
THOMAS RAJNA (piano)
8.25* Villa-Lobos Choros No
JOHN WILLIAMS (guitar)
8.30* Delius Cello Concerto: JACQUELINE DU PRÉ ROYAL PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT gramophone records

Antonin Dvorak
The American Venture
Apart from a few months of holiday at home in Bohemia. Dvorak lived in America from September 1892 until April 1895. This week's programmes are drawn from the music he composed and conducted during those New World ' years.
Overture: Carnival
LOS ANGELES PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA conducted by ZURIN MEHTA Biblical Songs. Op 99 Nos 1-5: JINDRICH JINDRAK (bar)
PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by VACLAV SMETACEK Silent Woods
ZARA NELSOVA (cello) ST LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by WALTER SUSSKIND Te Deum
MARIA IIELENITA OLIVARES (soprano)
GIANNI MAFFEO (baritone)
CZECH PHILHARMONIC CHORUS
PRAGUE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by VACLAV SMETACEK : records

Schubert Polonaise in E (p 824 No 3); Sonata in c (p 812) (Grand Duo)

Cantata: Crown of the Year (text by Christopher Fry)
CHETHAM'S SCHOOL OF MUSIC CHAMBER CHOIR AND INSTRUMENTAL ENSEMBLE conductor MICHAEL BREWER

GIDON KREMER (violin) VIENNA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by HUBERT SOUDANT
Rossini Overture: The Italian Girl in Algiers Berg Violin Concerto
12.0* Interval Reading
12.10* Concert, Part 2
Bruckner Symphony No 1 0 ', in d minor i Austrian Radio recording)

direct from St John 's, Smith Square, London
Shura Cherkassky (piano) Mendelssohn Prelude and Fugue in E minor. Op 35 No 1
Chopin Nocturnes: B, Op 9 No 3; F minor, Op 55 No 1
Stravinsky Three Movements from Petrushka Jnhann Strauss, transc
Godowsky Wine. Woman and Song (Rptd: Tues 10.0)

BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA conducted by MARCUS DODS Quiiter A Children's Overture
Geoffrey Bush Natus est Emmanuel
Coleridge-Taylor Three characteristic waltzes
Peter Hope Kaleidoscope Bryan Kelly Improvisa tions on Christmas Carols Humperdinck Overture: Hansel and Gretel

ELISABETH PARCELLS (SOp) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)
Bellini Malinconia. Ninfa gentile; Vanne, o rosa fortunata; Bella Nice. che d'amore; Almen se non poss'io; Per pieta, bell' idol mio; Ma rendi pur contento
Mozart Ridente la calma; Sei du meinTrost; Abendempfindung: Die Zufriedenheit; Das Veilchen ; An Chloe
Donizetti Ah! rammenta. o bella Irene: L'amor funesto: Ne ornera la bruna chioma i Repeat)

Shostakovich String Quartet No 1: TALICH QUARTET
Nicolai Leontivich Two Ukrainian folk tunes PHILIP JONES BRASS ENSEMBLE
Prokofiev Peter and the Wolf: JACQUELINE DU PRÉ (narrator). ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA. conducted by DANIEL BARENBOIM

PHILIP PICKETT
RACHEL BECKETT
Tippett Four Inventions
Hans Ulrich Staeps Reihe kleiner Duette

GYORCY PAUK PETER
FRANKL Schubert Duo in A (p 574) Schumann Sonata No 1, in A minor
6.10* Interval Reading
6.15* Recital. Part 2
Bartok Rhapsody No 1 Ravel Sonata in c

by Jill Anders, third prize winner in the Radio 3 Short Story Competition

'You are going out alone?' the ticket collector asked. 'My husband waits for me in town,' she lied.
He smiled as she walked away.

Read by Joss Ackland

The English composer celebrates his 80th birthday today.
WENDY EATHORNE (soprano) PETER SAVIDGE (baritone) WILLIAM LANGFORD (piano) PARK LANE MUSIC PLAYERS BBC SINGERS conducted by SIMON JOLY
Lidice: Christmas Cantata: The Winter Journey; Relinquishment. Op 11; To the men of England; Corentyne Kwe-Kwe , Op 75; During Music

The Life of Karen Blixcn and the Art of Isak Dincsen
Be not afraid of absurdity; do not shrink from the fantastic. Within a dilemma choose the most unheard-of, the most dangerous solution.
(THE DELUGE AT NORDENEY)
Karen Blixen became a story-teller when her life in Kenya collapsed in 1931 and she returned to her native Denmark. She took the name Isak Dinesen adopted the English language and wrote several collections of stories and Out of Africa. The novelist Paul Bailey presents this critical biography.
Contributors:
SIR JOHN CIELGUD , LAURENS VAN DER POST, ELSPETH HUXLEY , ROBERT LANGBAUM. STEEN EILER RASMUSSEN , TORE DINESEN. AAGE HEN-RIKSEN. CLARA SVENDSEN Readings by Jill Balcon Producer DAVID PERRY

leader BARRY WILDE conducted by RUDOLF SCHWARZ
Rossini Overture: La cambiale di matrimonio
Rawsthorne Divertimento for chamber orchestra Faure Pavane
Strauss Prelude and Dance Scene (Ariadne auf Naxos)
Haydn Symphony No 89, in F major
BBC Manchester

Introduced by Clive Bennett
NONA LIDDELL and JOAN ATHERTON (violins) DONALD MCVAY (viola)
CHRISTOPHER VAN KAMPEN (cello)
PHYLLIS BRYN-JULSON (sopranoi
LONDON SINFONIETTA CHORUS chorus-master CLIVE WEARING
LONDON SINFONIETTA leader NONA LIDDELL conducted by DAVID ATHERTON
Scherzo and Trio, for string quartet
Two Songs. Op 19. for chorus and small ensemble
Four Songs, Op 13, for soprano and orchestra

Introduced by Charles Fox EXETER FREE JAZZ DUO Lou Gare
(tenor saxophone)
Fred Burwood (drums)

La carita, from Trois choeurs religieux
MIRELLA FRENI (soprano)
CHORUS OF THE TEATRO COMUNALE, BOLOGNA conducted by LEONE MAGIERA gramophone record