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Overture: Nina (Paisiello): Royal
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
Duo de St.' Sulpice (Act 3, Manon)
(Massenet): Jeanne Guyla (soprano), César Vezzani (tenor), with Orchestra of the Opéra Comique, Paris, conducted by Piero Coppola Symphony in C (Balakirev): Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Herbert von Karajan on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
Soprano:
Jeanne Guyla
Soprano:
César Vezzani
Conducted By:
Piero Coppola
Conducted By:
Herbert von Karajan

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage; introduced by Julian Herbage. Contents:
'The Traditional Place and Purpose of Music in the Coronation Service (1)' by Basil Maine;
'The Music of Lennox Berkeley' by John Amis;
'On Music's Pleasures' by Hubert Foss

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Speaker:
Basil Maine
Speaker:
John Amis
Speaker:
Hubert Foss

A sound picture without words
Devised and presented by Ludwig Koch The picture opens on a peaceful sea followed by Children playing; nesting season in the Channel Islands: Atlantic rollers: a microphone submerged in a cave: a motor launch at sea: waves on pebbles, and young seals; Antarctic eider duck; a mermaid singing: and a Thanksgiving Service on the shore

Contributors

Presented By:
Ludwig Koch

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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