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Eighth in a series of nine programmes.
Fantasy Pieces, Op 73 (mono)
REGINALD KELL (clarinet) GERALD MOORE (piano)
8.17* Piano Trio No 2, in F, Op 80
JEAN MOUILLERE (Violin) FREDERIC LODEON (cello) JEAN HUBEAU (piano)
8.44* Three Romances, Op 94 (mono)
LEON GOOSSENS (Oboe) GERALD MOORE (piano) gramophone records

Contributors

Clarinet:
Reginald Kell
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Cello:
Frederic Lodeon
Oboe:
Leon Goossens
Piano:
Gerald Moore

Britten Ballet: The Prince of the Pagodas, Act 1 ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL
OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN conducted by THE COMPOSER
9.38* Suk String Quartet No 1. in B flat
MUSIKVEREIN QUARTET
10.5* Wagner, transc Liszt Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)
MICHÈLE CAMPANELLA (piano)
10.12* Mozart Symphony No 13, in F (K 112) I musici: records

with Michael Oliver
Handel's Semele - opera or oratorio?, by ROGER SAVAGE
Mahler'sTenth Symphony: a new beginning - a conversation with SIMON RATTLE
The art of Nellie Melba , by JOHN STEANE. Producer CHRISTINE HARDWICK
(Repeated: Wed 2.0 pm)

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Oliver
Unknown:
Roger Savage
Unknown:
Nellie Melba
Unknown:
John Steane.
Producer:
Christine Hardwick

(King David) Symphonic
Psalm in three parts, after a drama by RENÉ MORAX Music by Honegger (sung in French) This performance combines the original orchestration of 1921 with the revised concert format substituting a narrator for the stage action. JUDITH REES (soprano) CATHERINE DENLEY (contralto)
CARETH ROBERTS (tenOr)
AMERAL GUNSON (meZZO-SOp) as the Witch
Narrator ANDRÉ MARANNE BBC SINGERS
LONDON SINFONIETTA conducted by SIMON JOLY (Given in Nov 1980 at St Augustine's, Kilburn)

Contributors

Soprano:
Judith Rees
Tenor:
Ameral Gunson
Conducted By:
Simon Joly

Four talks in which Mary Seton-Watson , of the BBC's Russian Service. introduces selections from stories and novels published in the many state-owned literary journals and finds that the habit of giving and taking of bribes described in 19th-century Russian literature Is not unknown now. There's also evidence of another unpleasant practice: pressure put on someone to denounce a colleague. 3: Bribery and Censorship ' 1 won't sign this, it's not what I said.'
' You are being tiresome. After all, they edited
Chekhov and Tolstoy... Readers Gwen Watford. Benjamin Whitrow
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Seton-Watson
Unknown:
Benjamin Whitrow
Producer:
Louise Purslow

The present Government claims that, as for an individual, so for a nation - no good can come from living beyond one's means.
But how does the Government's Budget differ from that of an individual? Professor
Alan Coddington examines the opportunities and dilemmas that face Sir Geoffrey Howe in his preparation for 10 March.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alan Coddington
Unknown:
Geoffrey Howe

The novel by NGUGI WA THIONG'O dramatised by MARY BENSON with Joe Marcell Millie Kiairie
John Matshikiza and Alton Kumalo
This play, centred round a murder enquiry, tells the intertwined history of four young people living in a Kenyan village shortly after Independence. Their uneasy relationships, hidden lives and loves unfold against a background of change in their own village and in Kenya itself.
Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is one of Africa's most remarkable writers. He was Chairman of the Department of Literature at the University of Nairobi, but was held in detention for a year. 1977-78, and has not, since his release, been reinstated.
Other parts played by CLARKE PETERS. CHRISTOPHER ASANTE , HUGH QUARSHIE , OLU JACOBS, WILLIE PAYNE ,
KWESI KAY , MARK HEATH. ELIZABETH ADARE , WILLIE JONAH , DANNY SCHILLER , TREVOR COOPER , AMADOO MADDY SHOPE SHODEINDE ,
JILL LIDSTONE , BERNADETTE WINDSOR, LOUIS MAHONEY Directed by CHRISTOPHER VENNING During the interval
7.55-8.0* Kayamba Dance A record of tribal music from Kenya recorded by David Fanshawe

Contributors

Novel By:
Ngugi Wa Thiong'O
Dramatised By:
Mary Benson
Unknown:
Joe Marcell
Unknown:
Millie Kiairie
Unknown:
John Matshikiza
Unknown:
Alton Kumalo
Played By:
Clarke Peters.
Played By:
Christopher Asante
Played By:
Hugh Quarshie
Unknown:
Willie Payne
Unknown:
Kwesi Kay
Unknown:
Mark Heath.
Unknown:
Elizabeth Adare
Unknown:
Willie Jonah
Unknown:
Danny Schiller
Unknown:
Trevor Cooper
Unknown:
Amadoo Maddy
Unknown:
Shope Shodeinde
Unknown:
Jill Lidstone
Directed By:
Christopher Venning
Unknown:
David Fanshawe
Munira:
Joe Marcell
Wanja:
Millie Kiairie
Nyakinyua:
Jumoke Debayo
Inspector Godfrey:
Rudolf Walker
Abdulla:
Alton Kumalo
Joseph:
Anni Domingo
Karega:
John Matshikiza
Njogu:
Lionel Ngkane
Njunguna:
Victor Lindsay
Muturi:
Frank Singuineau
Lawyer:
Tony Osoba

Final concert from the London Stravinsky
Festival. given earlier this evening in the Royal Festival Hall. London Elizabeth Gale (soprano)
Robert Tear (tenor) John Shirley-Quirk (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Souihend Boys' Choir London Sinfonietta conducted by David Atherton. Part 1 Pulcinella (complete) Two Poems of Balmont Three Japanese Lyrics Two Poems of Verlaine

Contributors

Soprano:
Elizabeth Gale
Bass-Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Conducted By:
David Atherton.

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