The Civil Defence Controversy

First of six programmes Mass in F major (D 105);
Offertorium: Tres sunt (D 181) LUCIA popp (soprano)
HELEN DONATH (soprano)
BRIGITTE FASSBAENDER (Contralto) PETER SCHREIER (tenor)
ADOLF DALLAPOZZA (tenor)
DIETRICH FISCHER DIESKAU (bass) BAVARIAN RADIO CHORUS
BAVARIAN RSO/WOLFGANG SAWALUSCH: records Series producer
CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL

First of six programmes marking the 60th birthday of the Russian-born cellist, pianist and conductor
Bridge Sonata (mono)
With BENJAMIN BRITTEN (piano) (R) Tchaikovsky Fantasy-overture: Romeo and Juliet
LPO/MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH record Series producer PETER TANNER

Balakirev, orch Casella
Oriental Fantasy: Islamey PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA/
EUGENE ORMANDY
Handel Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne JUDITH NELSON (soprano) SHIRLEY MINTY (contralto)
JAMES BOVMAN '.(counter-tenor) MARTYN HILL (tenor) DAVID THOMAS (bass)
CHOIR OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL.
OXFORD
ACADEMY OF ANCIENT MUSIC/
SIMON PRESTON
Weber Concertino, Op 45 HERMANN BAUMANN (horn)
LEIPZIG GEWANDHAUS ORCHESTRA/
KURTMASUR Thomas Ame Sonatas: in A major; in g major CHRISTOPHER HOGWOOD (harpsichord)
Glazunov Ballet: Raymonda, Op 57 (Act 2, excerpts) SNO/NEEME JARVI: records

Introduced by Michael Oliver A conversation with the American violinist Joseph Silverstein.
In Memoriam Ralph Holmes :
Peter Dickinson talks about his new Violin Concerto.
Playing the Schubert piano sonatas: some reflections by Imogen Cooper.
Parry without Stanford:
Michael Kennedy considers the reputation of Sir Hubert Parry. Producers GRAHAM SHEFFIELD and ANDREW LYLE

(piano)
Mendelssohn Fantasy in F sharp minor, Op 28
Beethoven Sonata in A flat, Op 110
Schumann Faschingsschwank aus Wien, Op 26
(A re-broadcast of last Monday's BBC Lunchtime Concert)

CYNTHIA MILLAR (ondes Martenot) PETER DONOHOE (piano)
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA OF
GREAT BRITAIN leader EDWARD DUSINBERRE conducted by MARK ELDER
Debussy Three symphonic sketches: La mer
12.40* Interval Reading
12.45* Messiaen Turangalila Symphony (R)
Richness of tone-quality was evident in all departments, but what was really outstanding was the maturity of the emotions that lay behind it. not simply the abundant technical expertise.
Robust where it needed to be, it was also coloured to the finest degree.
(FINANCIAL TIMES)

conductor John Poole
Mendelssohn Three psalms, Op 78 Schubert Gesang der Geister uber den Wassern (D 538)
Hoist Ave Maria Thea Musgrave Rorate coeli
3.0* Interval Reading
3.5* Wolf Six spiritual songs (poems by EICHENDORFF) Anthony Payne A little Whitsuntide cantata
Bruckner Christus factus est Parry At the round earth's imagined corners
(Given on 3 July as part of the Sevenoaks Summer Festival, in association with Lancer Sevenoaks)

MEDICI QUARTET
With RICHARD MARKHAM (piano) (R)

leader BELA DEKANY conductor Sir John Pritchard j Natalia Gutman (cello) direct from the Moscow Conservatory Part 1 Oliver Knussen Symphony No 3, Op 18
Elgar Cello Concerto in E minor ' 0 HEAR THIS! page 25

Sigismund von Herberstein, an ambassador of the Habsburgs, published one of the earliest western accounts of Russia in 1549. Simon Franklin , Fellow of Clare College, Cambridge, considers the merits of Moscoviticarum Commentarii Rerum and surveys the prodigious range of inquiry of its author. (R)

Part 2 Scriabin
Symphony No 3, in c

Six documentaries by Lord
Rawlinson about the political influence across the world of the Society of Jesus. 3: Revolution
The Jesuit, Joaquin Bernas , is an advisor to Corazon Aquino. Fernando Cardenal , once a Jesuit, is the Sandinista Minister of Education.
As the revolutions in Nicaragua and the Philippines grow tarnished, the Jesuits in each are pondering age-old dilemmas. with Fernando Cardenal Peter Marchetti , sj, Cesar Jerez , si
Joaquin Bernas , sj, Jose Cruz , sj Jose Blanco , sj and Cardinal Jaime Sin
Producer MICHAEL STEVENSON

Paul Archibald (trumpet) Graham Ashton (trumpet) James Hardy (horn)
David Whitson (trombone) James Gourlay (tuba)
Lutoslawski Mini Overture Ewald Quintet No 3
Maxwell Davies Brass quintet (Given aspart of the 1984 St Magnus Festival. Orkney Islands) BBC Scotland

Mozart Trio in B flat (K 502)
Hummel Trio in F major, Op 22
9.0* Interval Reading
9.5* Beethoven Trio in G, OplNo2
BBC Wales (R)

5: Towards Modernism
Merikanto Partita for orchestra
FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRAl ULFSODERBLOM
Bergman Four Galgenlieder FINNISH RADIO CHAMBER CHOIR;
HARALD ANDERSEN
Merilainen Piano Concerto No 1 RHONDDA GILLESPIE (piano) RPO/WALTER SUSSKIND records
Kokkonen Laudatio Domini BBC SINGERS conducted by JOHN POOLE (R) Sallinen Symphony (1971) FINNISH RSO/OKKO KAMU: record

according to the Sarum Rite as sung at Magdalen College, Oxford, c 1545
THE CLERKES OFOXENFORD director DAVID WULSTAN BBC Manchester (R)