A reading for Sunday morning from ' The Unfinished Task ' by Bishop Stephen Neill
Part of the chapter called ' The Coming Generation '
Reader, Arthur Bush

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BBC Midland Light Orchestra
(Leader. James Hutcheon )
Conductor, Gerald Gentry

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Marjorie Anderson introduces:
Talk of the Town from Peter Forster
The Cost of Living: a study of family budgets. 10: A husband and wife living on a retirement pension
Whizzo and Super: Lady Hawke, who has seven children of her own, talks about children's parties
Johnny Morris with more observations of women he has met
Voices and Views heard in Woman's Hour recently

Wagner
Overture. The Flying Dutchman:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Rudolf Kempe
Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin): Bavarian
Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Lehmann
Siegfried Idyll: Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Guido Cantelli
Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhauser):
Bavarian Radio Chorus and Orchestra, conducted by Fritz Lehmann
Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkiire):
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Paray on gramophone records

Conducted by Hope-Wallace Philip
Art: Stephen Bone
Film: Elizabeth Coxhead
Theatre: Ivor Brown
Radio: Siriol Hugh Jones Book: John Lehmann

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Edited and introduced by James Fisher
Great Crested Grebes
Discussion by Arnold Boyd
Julian Huxley , Kenneth Simmons
These long-necked, exotic-looking birds are a familiar sight on lakes and reservoirs for many months of the year. In 1860 there were fewer than fifty pairs known to breed in Britain. Their recovery in numbers and their curious display ceremonies are the subject of today's discussion.
Produced by Winwood Reade

David Franklin introduces favourite operatic records and singers

Dec. 8, 1865-Sept. 20, 1957
Memorial Concert
Monica Sinclair (contralto) BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Paul Beard )
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
Tone Poem: Finlandia
Valse Triste
Ballad: The Ferryman's Brides Tone Poem: En Saga

by Mary Chubb
Miss Chubb's theatre-going started disastrously at the age of four in the Dress Circle, but she remembers with more pleasure visits to the Gallery in the 1920s, particularly to those musical comedies and plays with music that caught her fancy, such as The Beggar's Opera, a D'Oyly Carte season, and some shows in which Jack Buchanan was the star.

Part 2
Legend: The Swan of Tuonela
(Helen Gaskell , cor anglais)
Symphony No. 3, in C

Executors
Following his talk on making a will Dudley Perkins explains what an executor of a will has to do and what his responsibilities are.

For Older Children
' The Story of Saint Cuthbert Retold from the ' Lives' of the Venerable Bede and an unknown monk of Lindisfarne by Nan Macdonald
Other parts played by Louise Andrews , Karal Gardner
Peter Harvey , and Walter Baddeley
Production by Herbert Smith

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A summary of events of the past week

Max Jaffa and the Palm Court Orchestra
This evening's visiting artist,
Robert Thomas

by George F. Kennan, Professor of History at the Institute for Advanced Study, N.J. Princeton
There are certain conditions in the non-European world which, says Mr. Kennan, favour the expansion of Russian influence. The best way to counteract this influence is by clarifying the Western attitude to the under-developed countries and recovering the dignity of the Western position.
Next Sunday: Anglo-American Relations
These Lectures are being printed in The Listener.

Frederick Harvey (baritone)
Colin Sauer (violin)
Kathleen Frazier (piano)
BBC West of England Singers
Conductor, Reginald Redman

' Thy Word is a lantern unto my feet'
Isaiah 55, vv. 6-11
Psalm 119, part 6 (Broadcast Psalter) 2 Timothy 2. vv. 1-2, 8-16, 22-25; 3, v.
14, to 4, v. 5
Lord thy word abideth (BBC H.B.
190)
Psalm 119, v. 81

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