Readings for Sunday morning

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Mark Lubbock and his Orchestra with the Michael Krein
Saxophone Quartet

Symphony No. 39. in G minor
(Haydn): Vienna Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Jonathan Sternberg
Cello Concerto (Samuel Barber ):
Zara Nelsova (cello) and the New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the composer
Russian Easter Festival Overture
(Rimsky-Korsakov): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Issay Dobrowen on gramophone records

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Alec Robertson
Contents:
' Rawsthorne's Second Piano Concerto, by John Amis
' Weather Permitting,' by Spike Hughes
' For your Music Shelf,' by John Lade , illustrated by Jean Mackie

Conducted by Eric Newton
Films: E. Arnot Robertson
Theatre: Eric Keown
Books: J. M. Cohen
Radio: Dilys Powell
Art: Stephen Bone

and forecast for farmers and shipping

Listeners' questions about the countryside answered by Eric Hobbis , Maxwell Knight and Ralph Wightman
Question-Master, Jack Longland
Produced by Bill Coysh

(Leader, Tom Jenkins )
Conducted by Michael Krein

Clifford Curzon (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Festival Hall
Part 1
A studio performance: tomorrow (Third) It is rare for an English composer to excel at writing for the piano, but Alan Raws thorne now has two piano concertos to his credit, both of which have won favour. No. 1 first appeared in 1939 as a Concerto for piano, strings, and percussion, and was rescored for full orchestra three years later. It is marked by finished workmanship, deftness, and wit. The same qualities appear in No. 2, a four-movement work designed on a large scale. It was commissioned by the Arts Council for the Festival of Britain, and played for the first time in the Royal Festival Hall on June 17 last year, when the soloist was Clifford Curzon and the orchestra the London, Symphony under Sir Malcolm Sargent.
The Concerto begins with toccata-like figuration for the piano, with the flute playing a lyrical melody above it; On this melody much of the opening movement (marked Allegro piacevole) is based. A Scherzo (Allegro moho) follows; this leads to an Intermezzo (Adagio semplice). The final Allegro is dominated by an attractive tune developed with ingenuity and brilliance.Harold Rutland

Symphony No. 88. in G - Haydn
3.24 app. Piano Concerto No. 2 - Alan Rawsthorne

Part 2
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Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England

England v. Scotland
Songs of the birds from a Kentish wood in competition with those heard from a wood in the Border country
Commentators:
Douglas Fleming (England)
Henry Douglas Home (Scotland) with Percy Edwards to act as referee
Introduced by Brian Johnston

A romantic light opera
Original book and lyrics by Alexander M. Thompson and Gerald Dodson
Music by Montague F. Phillips
Adapted for broadcasting by Elizabeth Braund
BBC Midland Chorus
BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader, Frank Thomas ) Conductor, Gilbert Vinter
The story told by Hugh Morton
Production by John Tylee

' The Unity of the Spirit
0 Lord, give thy Holy Spirit (Tallis) Reading from William Penn
May the grace of Christ (BBC Hymn
Book 524)
2 Corinthians 13, v. 14