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12.00 Desmond Carrington with Radio 2 All-Time Greats
Listeners' favourite tunes and performances on record.
2.00pm Benny Green
A weekly celebration of the art of the songwriter.
3.00 Alan Dell with Sounds Easy
4.00 Rosemarie Ford
Radio 2 Tea Dance
The first of four programmes featuring the BBC Big Band and the Tony Evans Singers conducted by Tony Evans .
Producer Ray Harvey
4.30 Sing Something Simple with the Cliff Adams
Singers and the Jack Emblow Quartet.
5.00 Charlie Chester with Sunday Soapbox The telephone number during the programme is [number removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Desmond Carrington
Unknown:
Benny Green
Singers:
Tony Evans
Conducted By:
Tony Evans
Producer:
Ray Harvey
Singers:
Cliff Adams
Unknown:
Charlie Chester

Roger Royle goes on holiday to the tiny Scottish island of Ion where he joins young people at lona Abbey for their Youth
Festival. Jesus Christ Is
Waiting; Sing Hey for the Carpenter; Gabi Gabi ; Jesu Ta Wa Pano; Sometimes I Cry; 0 The Life of the World; Kyrie Eleison ; Sent by the Lord. Musical
Director Pat Livingstone.

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Royle
Unknown:
Gabi Gabi
Unknown:
Kyrie Eleison
Director:
Pat Livingstone.

John Amis introduces a programme about the mellow sounds of the cello.
Saint-Saens characterised the cello perfectly as a swan: noble, eloquent, soulful, gliding and shapely." The repertoire is grand, its performers in this programme include Casals, Feuermann,
Rostropovich, Tortelier, du Pre and Julian Lloyd Webber.
Producer Madeleine Cuming

Contributors

Introduces:
John Amis
Introduces:
Julian Lloyd
Producer:
Madeleine Cuming

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