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Rossini Overture:
William Tell (mono) LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
7.17' Hahn Suite: Le bal de Beatrice d'Este
THE PARIS ORCHESTRA, conducted by JEAN-PIERRE JACQUILLAT
7.33* Respighi Symphonic Poem:ThePinesof Rome: PHILHARMONIA
ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
8.0 News
8.5 Mozart Overture: The Magic Flute
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by HERBERT VON KARAJAN
8.12* Beethoven
Romance in F (mono) DAVID OISTRAKH (violin) CZECH PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by KAREL ANCERL
8.20* Handel Sta nell'
Ircana (Alcina): TERESA
BERGANZA (mezzo-soprano) LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA conducted by RICHARD BONYNGE
8.27* Haydn Symphony No 86, in D
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA, conducted by SIR COLIN DAVIS : records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Jean-Pierre Jacquillat
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan
Violin:
David Oistrakh
Conducted By:
Karel Ancerl
Conducted By:
Richard Bonynge
Conducted By:
Sir Colin Davis

Igor Stravinsky
'New Wine in Old Bottles'. These programmes illustrate Stravinsky's radical approach to the traditional forms of the concerto and symphony. Ebony Concerto
WOODY HERMAN (clarinet) and his orchestra
9.15* Symphony in E flat. Op 1: COLUMBIA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, conducted by THE COMPOSER: records

Contributors

Unknown:
Igor Stravinsky
Clarinet:
Woody Herman

Sea Fever; The Bells of San Marie; Song-cycle: Marigold; If there were dreams to sell; Love and friendship; When I am dead; Santa Chiara; The Sally Gardens ; Great things
PETER SAVIDGE (baritone) STEUART BEDFORD (piano) BBC Bristol

Contributors

Unknown:
Sally Gardens
Baritone:
Peter Savidge
Piano:
Steuart Bedford

BBC SCOTTISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by IRVINE ARDITTI conducted by TERENCE KERN EMMY VERHEY (Violin) Auber Overture: Fra Diavolo
Saint-Saens Violin
Concerto No 3 in B minor Faure Suite:
Masques et bergamasques BBC Scotland

Contributors

Conducted By:
Terence Kern
Violin:
Emmy Verhey

direct from St John's, Smith Square, London

Janina Fialkowska (piano)

Beethoven Sonata in C major, Op 2 No 3

Chopin Ballade in A flat major, Op 47; Nocturne in c minor, Op 48 No 1,

Scherzo in C sharp minor, Op 39

(Repeated: Thurs 9.0 pm)
(VHF only)

Contributors

Pianist:
Janina Fialkowska

DAVID WILDE (piano)
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA led by MAURICE BRETT conducted by BRIAN PRIESTMAN Part 1
Dance Overture; Scherzo for wind and percussion; Variations, Nocturne and Finale on an English sea story

Contributors

Unknown:
Maurice Brett
Conducted By:
Brian Priestman

selected and presented by Donald Bancroft
Readers John Bott and Alexander John Alfred Noyes is most remembered as the -writer of thumping narrative poems like
The Highwayman. But he also wrote gentler,
-more lyrical poetry which this selection mainly
represents
Producer RICHARD KEEN

Contributors

Readers:
Donald Bancroft
Readers:
John Bott
Readers:
Alexander John
Unknown:
Alfred Noyes

A series- of eight documentary programmes written and presented by Michael Charlton , which examine what have been called the ' missed opportunities ' of Britain's European diplomacy between the final years of the Second
World War and de Gaulle's veto of the first British bid to join the EEC.
4: A Sludgy Amalgam This was Churchill's phrase describing the European Defence
Community, the great issue with which he and Anthony Eden were confronted on their return to power in 1951. But why did Churchill's drive and enthusiasm for a united Europe diminish, and what was the influence of Eden at this time?
Contributors include LUKE BATTLE, ROBERT BOWIE, LORD CARR, SIR JOHN COLVILLE,
LORD GLADWYN. SIR ANTHONY NUTTING, SIR CON O'NEILL, SIR FRANK ROBERTS, LORD SHERFIELD, SIR EVELYN
SHUCKBURGH, LORD SOAMES and LORD THORNEYCROFT with recordings from the BBC Sound Archives Producer
ANTHONY MONCRIEFF

Contributors

Presented By:
Michael Charlton

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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