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with Astrid Varnay (soprano) and Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
Wagner
Overture. Tannhauser: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler
Siegmund! Sieh' auf mich (Act 1. Die
Walkilre) : Astrid Varnay , Wolfgang Windgassen. with the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Ludwig
Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine
(Gotterdammerung) : Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; conductor, William Steinberg
Dance of the Apprentices and Procession of the Masters (Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg) : Stuttgart State Theatre Orchestra, conducted by Ferdinand Leitner
.on gramophone records

Contributors

Soprano:
Astrid Varnay
Tenor:
Wolfgang Windgassen
Conducted By:
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Unknown:
Astrid Varnay
Conducted By:
Leopold Ludwig
Conductor:
William Steinberg
Conducted By:
Ferdinand Leitner

Edited and introduced by James Fisher
Looking into the Future
James Fisher , Bruce Campbell , Walter Flesher , and Ludwig Koch look into the crystal ball and discuss possible changes in the birdwatching scene during the next twenty years or so Produced by Tony Soper

Contributors

Introduced By:
James Fisher
Unknown:
James Fisher
Unknown:
Bruce Campbell
Unknown:
Walter Flesher
Unknown:
Ludwig Koch
Produced By:
Tony Soper

by L. A. G. Strong
' Why can't they give us the story just as it is in the book? ' That is a question people often ask when they see a film that has been made from a favourite novel. L. A. G. Strong, who has helped to make films from his own stories as well as those of other writers, endeavours to answer it.

Contributors

Unknown:
L. A. G. Strong

* The Story of Joseph ' from
' Stories from the Bible ' by Walter de la Mare
Told by David
3—' He divines Pharaoh's Dream '
' And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, " I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst understand a dream to interpret it." And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying " It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace".'
5.15 For Children of Most Ages
' The Boy and the Seven Wonders'
A serial play about the travels and 'adventures of Toto, a little Egyptian boy who was born a few years before the birth of Christ
Written in seven parts by Norman Painting
3—' The Temple of Jupiter '
Produced by Graham Gauld

Contributors

Produced By:
Graham Gauld
Toto:
Robin Willett
Demetrios, a sailor:
Deryck Guyler
His wife:
Ann Codrington
Timon:
Dorothy English
Panaenus:
Arnold Peters
Phidias:
Oliver Burt
Pantarces:
Jill Nyasa

by Mary Rowland who sings to her own accompaniment on the minstrel's harp
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick
(two pianos) and the London String Trio :
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Vivian Joseph (cello)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Rowland
Harp:
Cyril Smith
Harp:
Phyllis Sellick
Violin:
Emanuel Hurwitz
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Vivian Joseph

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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