(piano) Seventh of eight programmes
Scarlatti Sonata in E flat (Kk 193)
Beethoven Sonata in D minor, Op 31 No 2
Mozart Concerto in E flat, for two pianos and orchestra (K 365) with GEZA ANDA and the PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA conducted by ALCEO GALLIERA : records

Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel
ROBERT TEAR (tenor)
PHILIP LEDGER (piano)
William Hurlestone Piano Concerto in D: ERIC PARKIN LONDON PHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA, conducted by NICHOLAS BRAITHWAITE
Mozart String Quartet in B flat (The Hunt) (K 458) ITALIAN QUARTET: records

A magazine about this year's Proms. Including
Sacred and Profane:
KuuNKY MILNES examines Victorian preconceptions about religious music.
A Little Night Music: as the Proms break new ground, USTAD VILAYAT KHAN explains why. Presented by Jeremy Siepmann
Producers PETER TANNER and GRAHAM SHEFFIELD

conducted by SEIJI OZAWA VLADIMIR ASIIKENAZY (piano) Beethoven Overture: Leonora No 3
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 2, in B flat, Op 19

with Frank Kermode

Part 2 Strauss Ein
Heldenlcben: JOSEPH SILVERSTEIN (violin) (WCRB recording)

Second of six programmes Nos 5-8 from' Sonnatas of III Parts ' (1683)
MARIE LEONHARDT , JANNEKE VAN DER MEER (violins) RICHTE VAN DER MEER
(cello), BOB VAN ASPEREN
(harpsichord and organ)

(soprano), with GEOFFREY PARSONS (piano) Schubert Die Allmacht; An die Natur; Am See; Der Musensohn
Mozart Cantata: Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls (K 619)
Brahms Standchen (Der Mond steht liber dem Berge); Dein blaues
Auge; Es traumt mir; Das Madchen spricht
1.45* Interval Reading
1.50* Jessye Norman. Pt 2 Gounod OÙ voulez-vous aller?; Mignon;
Sérénade; Aimons-nous Offenbach Monde charmant (Le voyage dans la lune); 0 mon cher amant; Ah! Quel diner je viens de faire
(Laperichole)
(Given on 1 January in the Queen Elizabeth Hall )

given last night in the Royal Albert Hall,
London
Part 1 Birtwistle
For 0, for 0, the Hobby Horse is Forgot (first UK performance)
Les Percussions de Strasbourg

Brian Thompson introduces a letter written by D. H. LAWRENCE to Rolf Gardiner in 1926. Reader David Calder Producer KAY JAMIESON BBC Manchester

Messiaen L'Ascension: quatre meditations symphoniques - Timothy Bond (organ)

3.35* Interval Reading

3.45* Proms 81: Part 3: Classical Music of Thailand
Thai Classical Music Group of Srinakharimvirot University, Bangkok

Third of six programmes AEOLIAN STRING QUAHTET Haydn Quartet in E flat, Op 50 No 3
Matyas Seiber Quartetto lirico (Quartet No 3)

Fifty years ago, as the pound slumped and the number of unemployed rose towards three million,
Ramsay MacDonald , Britain's first Labour Prime Minister formed the National Government. He saw himself as a patriot, most of his colleagues condemned him as a traitor and his reputation has never recovered Humphry Berkeley examines the events and personalities surrounding the National Government in 1931. and its effect on the Labour Party.
Contributions from Ishbel Peterkin. Lord Boothby, Lord Geoffrey Lloyd , Lord Home.
David Marquand , Lord Noel-
Baker, Lord Shinwell and Lord Strauss
Producer ANNE WINDER

Concerto da camera JOHN SOLUM (flute) ANTHONY CAMDEN (cor anglais)
ENGLISH SINFONIA conducted by NEVILLE DILKES : record

by DAVID MARSHALL
A suburban garden in summer; home-made lemonade; a solidly middle-class couple enjoy the peacefulness. But the setting proves deceptive.
Directed by RICHARD WORTLEY

Direct from the Royal Albert Hall, London

Katia Ricciarelli (sop) Lucia Valentini-Terrani (mezzo-soprano) Dalmacio Gonzalez (tenor) Ruggero Raimondi (bass)
Philharmonia Chorus, Chorus-master Heinz Mende
Philharmonia Orchestra, leader Christopher Warren-Green, conducted by Carlo Maria Giulini

Haydn Symphony No. 94, in G (The Surprise)

A concern for animals was one of the most agreeable elements In WILLIAM COWPER 'S vulnerable, melancholy character.
Donald Bancroft introduces -Some "Optis letters" and poetry about the beasts of the field and of the family hearth, with readings by Geoffrey Beevers. producer PAMELA howe
"BC Bristol

Part 2 Rossini Stabat Mater
Part 2 of this concert is a simultaneous broadcast with BBC2

PHILIP mead (piano)
Bach Prelude and Fugue in G minor (' 48 ' Bk II) (bwv 885); Prelude and Fugue in G (' 48 ' Bk 1) (BWV 860)
Nielsen Chaconne, Op 32 Bach Prelude and Fugue in E fiat minor (' 48 ' Bk I) (Bwv 853)
Stravinsky Sonata No 2
Bach Prelude and Fugue in c sharp minor (' 48 '
Bk II) (bwv 887); Prelude and Fugue in A flat (' 48 ' Bk 11) (bwv 886)
BBC Birmingham

Denis Donoghue , Henry James Professor of English Literature at New York University, who lives in Dublin, reaects on the political scene in the Republic of Ireland and in Ulster. followed by an interlude

Night Flight, Op 19a London Symphony Orchestra conducted by david measham : record