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Academic Festival Overture (Brahms):
London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult
Concerto in one movement for oboe and orchestra (Eugene Goossens ): Leon Goossens (oboe) with the Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Walter Susskind
A Pastoral Symphony (Vaughan
Williams): London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Sir Adrian Boult , with Margaret Ritchie (soprano) on gramophone records

Contributors

Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Unknown:
Eugene Goossens
Oboe:
Leon Goossens
Conducted By:
Walter Susskind
Conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult
Soprano:
Margaret Ritchie

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Julian Herbage
Contents:
' An Introduction to Mahler's Ninth Symphony,' by Mosco Carner
' Opera in 1953,' by Harold Rosen thal
' And so to Musique,' by Diana Poulton

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Edited By:
Julian Herbage
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
Mosco Carner
Unknown:
Harold Rosen
Unknown:
Diana Poulton

During the past week Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh have completed their visit to the North Island of New Zealand and are now in the South Island
Audrey Russell and Wynford Vaughan Thomas describe some places visited by the Royal Party, with reports on the progress of the tour from Godfrey Talbot

Contributors

Unknown:
Audrey Russell
Unknown:
Wynford Vaughan Thomas
Unknown:
Godfrey Talbot

by Monica Baldwin
The author of the book ' I Leap Over the Wall,' who left a convent after spending twenty-eight years as a member of a strictly enclosed contempla-tive order of nuns, recently went to see the play ' The Return, which deals with a similar type of experience.
She has recorded some of her reactions to it in an interview with Eideen Molony , in which she describes her own life, both in the convent and in the world.

Contributors

Unknown:
Monica Baldwin
Unknown:
Eideen Molony

'For Thy Great Glory...'
A Cathedral Pilgrimage
An occasional series of programmes in which visits are paid to some of our famous cathedral churches
2 - St. Albans
John Snagge explores the lovely cathedral of St. Albans, parts of which date back to Roman times. He meets the Bishop, the Dean, and members of the staff of the Cathedral, and joins with children of the city of St. Albans in. a service conducted by the Precentor and the Rev. Peter Graham
Order of Service
City of God (E.H. 375) Prayers
Psalm 122
Lesson: St. Matthew 2, vv. 1-11 Address
O come, all ye faithful (E.H. 614, omitting vv. 3 and 5)
Prayer
Blessing
Organ Voluntary
Organist and Master of Choristers,
Peter Burton, F.R.C.O.

Contributors

Unknown:
John Snagge
Unknown:
Re.V. Peter Graham

Personalities of the radio and entertainment world introduce music of their own choice
17-Kay Hammond with Irene Kohler (piano)
Elton Hayes (songs with guitar)
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by Harold Neden

Contributors

Piano:
Irene Kohler
Piano:
Elton Hayes
Leader:
John Sharpe
Conducted By:
Stanford Robinson
Produced By:
Harold Neden

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