Readings for Sunday morning

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Mark Lubbock and his Orchestra with Eric Hope (piano)

Prelude. Lohengrin (Wagner): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Paul Kletzki
Romeo's Reverie, Fête at the Capulets, and Love Scene (Romeo and Juliet) (Berlioz): Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch
(Continued in next column)
Zigeunerweisen (Sarasate) :
Isaac Stern (violin) with orchestra conducted by Franz Waxman
Suite. Bscales (Ibert): San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pierre Monteux on gramophone records

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced today by Julian Herbage
Record Review:
' Mozart's " Don Giovanni ," ' by Harold Rosenthal
' Old and New': BeethoVen's Thirty-two Variations in C minor and Strauss' ' Don Juan ,' by Mosco Carner
' Miscellaneous Records for May,' by Donald Mitchell
This week The Critics speak from Paris at 10.0 p.m.

A juxtaposition of some arguments for and against the censorship of stage plays, compiled and introduced by Leslie Stokes
Quotation from Bernard Shaw spoken by H.A.L. Craig: from G.K. Chesterton, by Gilbert Harding; from Lord Chesterfield, by Laidman Browne; and from other sources, by Peter Fettes, James Langham, Duncan Mclntyre, Leslie Perrins, Bryan Powley, Julian Randall, and Adrian Waller
(Shortened version of the recorded broadcast of February 27 in the Third Programme)

and forecast for farmers and shipping

83-Field Centres
Maxwell Knight introduces two speakers: John Barrett and Harry Godwin
Produced by Desmond Hawkins

and his Salon Orchestra with Philip Hattey
(bass-baritone)

by Charles Dickens
A radio adaptation in three parts by Mabel Constanduros
Part 3
Other parts played by: Bryan Powley , Nancy Nevinson
Garard Green , Eric Anderson
Aubrey Richards
Production by Cleland Finn
(Janette Scott broadcasts by permission of the Associated British Picture Corpaation; Trader Faulkner and John Moffatt are appearing in ' Much Ado About Nothing ' at the Phoenix Theatre, London),

Shipping and general weather forecasts. followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

Andre Navarra (cello)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Rafael Kubelik
(Rafael Kubelik broadcasts by permission of Harold Holt, Ltd.)
Les Petits Riens was a ballet produced by Noverre (whom Garrick called ' the Shakespeare of the dance ') during Mozart's stay in Paris in 1778. The title had a curious appropriateness, since Mozart received nothing for his music! The score, moreover, was lost for some years: it was found in 1872, in the library of the Opera.
After reading through the score of Dvorak's Cello Concerto, Brahms exclaimed: Why on earth didn't I know that one could write a violoncello concerto like this? If I had only known, I would have written one long ago! ' Certainly the problems confronting a composer in this exacting form-problems largely of balance and construction-were solved by Dvorak with a sureness and an ease that few have been able to rival. The whole work is masterly and attractive, made up as it is of spontaneous melody, lively rhythms, and scope for virtuosity. It was written in 1894-5, at the end of Dvorak's stay in America. But it was London that had the honour of hearing it for the first time, at Queen's Hall in March 1896, when it was conducted by the composer.
Beethoven's Seventh Symphony has an extended introduction which, as it proceeds, hints at the dancing rhythm of the main part of the movement. A persistent rhythm also characterises the Allegretto, the second movement, though here the mood is elegiac, if not tragic. The captivating Scherzo has a trio that is said to be based on an Austrian pilgrims' hymn; and peremptory chords announce the coming of the turbulent finale.
Harold Rutland

Appeal on behalf of the British Empire Society for the Blind (registered in accordance with the National Assistance Act, 1948) by the Secretary, John F. Wilson
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged and should ' be addressed to [address removed]
The British Empire Society for the Blind is an independent voluntary organisation formed in 1950 to serve the blind in the Colonies, irrespective of race, creed, and colour. It is estimated that there are one million blind people and millions more suffering from painful and preventable eye diseases in the Colonial Empire. Present facilities are pitifully inadequate. There are, in the whole Colonial Empire, only eleven small schools for the blind, accommodating fewer than three hundred children, one workshop for the blind, and few eye hospitals. Thousands of people, especially children, go blind each year for lack of simple treatment.
To combat this formidable problem the Society launched the '.British Empire Campaign Against Blindness ' on Empire Day last year. Funds are urgently needed to finance this initial programme of research to prevent blindness in the Colonies, and to provide education, training, and welfare facilities for those already blind.

A programme of quiet and gentle music arranged by Stanford Robinson and played by the BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Stanford Robinson

( from Paris)

' The eyes of all wait upon thee ' Psalm 145, vv. 1-2, 15-21
Reading from Jeremy Taylor
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
(BBC Hymn Book 347)
St. Matthew 7, v. 7