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London Light Concert Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Krein
Symphony No. 94. in G (Surprise) (Haydn): Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, conducted by Leo Blech
Violin Concerto in E (Bach): Gioconda de Vito (violin) with the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard
On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring (Delius): Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
The Banks of Green Willow (Butterworth): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Maurice Miles
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Five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and art
Conducted by Basil Wright
12.11 Radio: Naomi Lewis
12.20 Art: Stephen Bone
12.28 Films : Edgar Anstey
12.37 Theatre : Philip Carr
12.45 Books: Malcolm Muggeridge
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Introduced by Richard Weeks
Music arranged by Francis Collinson played by the Wynford Reynolds Sextet
Singer, Martin Boddey
Produced by David Thomson
' Poultry Keeping' by Alan Thompson
Editor of the Poultry Farmer
A play in three acts by Campbell Dixon and Dermot Morrah
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Owen Reed
[Starring] D.A. Clarke-Smith with Ralph Truman and Catherine Lacey
The action of the play takes place in Jerusalem in the twenty-four hours beginning at noon on Thursday, April 2, AD 33
Others taking part include Myles Rudge, Maurice Bascombe, Pamela Mant, Brenda Hamilton, John Nelson Burton, and students of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Produced in the BBC's West of England studios
Caesar's Friend tells the story - in modern language - of Pilate's political and personal dilemma. It adheres strictly to the story of the Gospels and within their framework it gives a vivid picture of the tug-of-war between the various pressure-groups at work in Palestine during the reign of the Emperor Tiberius. Pilate is presented as a shrewd and conscientious civil servant who betrayed his own principles by washing his hands of all responsibility for the execution of Jesus Christ. After a series of momentous diplomatic exchanges - how momentous none of the protagonists knew - the drama reaches its conclusion in the trial scene, and in the epilogue which follows, Pilate, in a flash of prophetic insight, is left to wonder.
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(piano)
Thirteenth in a series of Sunday evening piano recitals
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Belfagor, Respighi's most successful opera, was produced at Milan in 1923. It tells the story of the devil coming to earth to try the experience of matrimony, and having his plans upset by a naive young couple. The Overture depicts the devil, in the person of Belfagor, and Candida, the young girl to whom he tries to make love; it illustrates the scene at dawn, when, at the crowing of the cock, the devil transforms himself into a cavalier before setting out on his adventure.
One day, while he was finishing The Firebird, Stravinsky had a vision in which he saw in imagination a solemn pagan rite: sage elders, seated in a circle watching a young girl dance herself to death. They were sacrificing her to propitiate the god of spring.' In such a way was The Rite of Spring conceived. When it was produced as a ballet by Diaghilev in Paris in 1913 the sensation it caused was so great that the music could scarcely be heard. The work is in two parts, ' The Adoration of the Earth and ' The Sacrifice.' Harold Rutland
' The Shadow of the Cross '
Psalm 24
St. Matthew 21, w. 1-16
All glory, laud, and honour (S.P. 135) St. John 13, w. 31 and 32
