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(cello)
The first of five programmes Mendelssohn Cello Sonata No 2 in D
Faure, arr Casals Apres un reve with FRANZ RUPP. (piano) Bloch Schelomo: Hebrew Rhapsody for cello and orchestra: with PHILADELPHIA
ORCHESTRA/STOKOWSKI records: mono

Contributors

Unknown:
Casals Apres
Piano:
Franz Rupp.

Bach Sonata for flute and harpsichord in B minor (BWV 1030)
WILBERT HAZELZET (flute)
HENK BOUMAN (harpsichord) Couperin Sixieme Ordre
KENNETH GILBERT (harpsichord)
Debussy Sonata for flute, viola and harp
ATHENA ENSEMBLE Kurt Atterberg
Symphony No 3 in D, Op 10 STOCKHOLM PO/SIXTEN EHRLING records

Contributors

Flute:
Wilbert Hazelzet
Harpsichord:
Couperin Sixieme Ordre
Harpsichord:
Kenneth Gilbert

A magazine programme about the music and musicians in this year's Promenade Concerts. ROBERT SAXTON on his new Concerto for Orchestra;
ROBERT LAYTON and LINDA ESTHER GRAY anticipate a performance of Sibelius's 'Luonnotar'; a conversation with PETER eotvos. Presented by Nicholas Kenyon Producer RAY ABBOTT

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Saxton
Unknown:
Robert Layton
Unknown:
Linda Esther
Unknown:
Peter Eotvos.
Presented By:
Nicholas Kenyon
Producer:
Ray Abbott

Judith Pearce (flute)
Marcia Crayford (violin) Roger Chase (viola)
Christopher van Kampen (cello) Ian Brown (piano)
Haydn Flute Trio in G (H XV 15) Faure Piano Quartet in c minor, Op 15
1.45* Interval Reading
1.50* Dvorak Piano Quartet in E flat. BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Flute:
Judith Pearce
Violin:
Marcia Crayford
Viola:
Roger Chase
Cello:
Christopher van Kampen
Piano:
Ian Brown

(Paris and Helen)
Melodrama in five acts
The story of the wooing of Helen of Troy by Paris.
Words by RANIERI DE 'CALZABIGI Music by Gluck (sung in Italian)
ARNOLD SCHOENBERG CHOIR chorus-master ERWIN ORTNER
AUSTRIAN RADIO SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA conducted by LOTHAR ZAGROSEK (Austrian Radio Production for the EBU)
3.25* Interval Reading
3.30* Paride ed Elena Act 3
4.10* Interval Reading
4.15* Paride ed Elena Acts 4 and 5

Contributors

Chorus-Master:
Erwin Ortner
Conducted By:
Lothar Zagrosek

The Columbia Broadcasting
System is being sued for libel by General William Westmoreland , after alleging he suppressed figures about enemy size during Vietnam.
David Wheeler discovers that much of the hostility provoked has been directed at news organisations.
The attorneys for both sides, top managers at CBS and NBC, the offending programme's producer and General
Westmoreland himself, reflect whether newsmen are now abusing their privileges under the First Amendment of the United States Constitution.
Producer LOUISE PURSLOW

Contributors

Unknown:
General William Westmoreland
Producer:
Louise Purslow

Chaconnes from the 17th and 20th centuries, and an elegiac string quartet leading into the little-known Tudor funeral music on which it is based.
UNDSAY STRING QUARTET Peter Cropper (violin) Ronald Birks (violin) Roger Bigley (viola)
Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello) BBC SINGERS conductor JOHN POOLE
Purcell, ed Britten Chacony in G minor
Robert Saxton Chaconne for double choir (first broadcast performance)
Richard Steinitz Quartet In Memoriam (first broadcast performance)
Morley, ed Steinitz The Burial Service
Robert Saxton 's Concerto for Orchestra: R3, Mon 7.30 pm

Contributors

Violin:
Peter Cropper
Violin:
Ronald Birks
Viola:
Roger Bigley
Cello:
Bernard Gregor-Smith
Conductor:
John Poole
Unknown:
Britten Chacony
Unknown:
Robert Saxton Chaconne
Unknown:
Richard Steinitz
Unknown:
Robert Saxton

Paul Archibald (trumpet) Graham Ashton (trumpet)
James Handy (french horn) David Whitson (trombone) James Gourley (tuba)
Lutoslawski Mini Overture Gesualdo, arr
Maxwell Davies Peccatem me quotidie; 0 vos omnes
Gunther Schuller Quintet BBC Birmingham

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Archibald
Unknown:
Graham Ashton
Horn:
David Whitson
Unknown:
James Gourley
Unknown:
Maxwell Davies Peccatem
Unknown:
Gunther Schuller

by JAMES DOUGLAS
Bush was a writer until The State decided to withdraw his work. Now, a prisoner in his own home, he waits for the weekly visit from Lomb, a bureaucrat whose investigation into Bush's work takes the form of a deadly psychological game.
Directed by ROBERT COOPER
BBC Northern Ireland

Contributors

Unknown:
James Douglas
Directed By:
Robert Cooper
Bush:
Tony McEwan
Lomb:
Alan Dudley
A most chilling play:
(financial Times)

The opening concert, direct from the Usher Hall
Cecilia Gasdia (soprano)
Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Francisco Araiza (tenor) James Morris (bass)
Edinburgh Festival Chorus chorus-master JOHN CURRIE Philharmonia Orchestra leader CHRISTOPHER WARREN-GREEN conducted by Riccardo Muti Part 1
Beethoven Symphony No 2 in D

Contributors

Soprano:
Cecilia Gasdia
Mezzo-Soprano:
Ann Murray
Tenor:
Francisco Araiza
Bass:
James Morris
Chorus-Master:
John Currie
Leader:
Christopher Warren-Green
Conducted By:
Riccardo Muti

by ARTHUR MILLER abridged in four parts by MICHAEL BAKEWELL
Read by Arthur Miller
4: The author recalls the first preview and the first night of his play Death of a Salesman as it opens in Beijing to a joyfully energetic Chinese audience. Producer NED CHAILLET

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Miller
Unknown:
Michael Bakewell
Read By:
Arthur Miller
Producer:
Ned Chaillet

A series of duologues by PETER BARNES 2: Worms with Joan Plowright and Paul Scofield
What is the nature of religious faith and is the world really made of mouldy cheese?
Directed by IAN COTTERELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Peter Barnes
Unknown:
Joan Plowright
Unknown:
Paul Scofield
Directed By:
Ian Cotterell

BBC Radio 3

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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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