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Overture: Poet and Peasant (Suppé)
Detroit Symphony Orchestra Conducted by Paul Paray
Symphony No. 5, in C minor
(Beethoven)
Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conducted by Erich Kleiber
March (The Love for Three Oranges)
(Prokofiev)
Philharmonia Orchestra
Conducted by Efrem Kurtz on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Paul Paray
Conducted By:
Erich Kleiber
Conducted By:
Efrem Kurtz

Six programmes offering advice and information to parents and all who are concerned in advising school-leavers taking G.C.E. and similar courses.
5: Other Routes to the Professions
A university education is not always the only way to prepare for a professional career.
BRIAN GROOMBRIDGE investigates the alternatives with CATHERINE AVENT , Careers Advisory Officer, London County Council, and other experts Recorded broadcast of June 12, 1961, in Network Three

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Groombridge
Unknown:
Catherine Avent

Country tunes and songs from the British Isles and abroad
Willie Walker and his Band with Christina Short
Alex Glasgow
Billy Pigg
(Northumbrian pipes)
Produced by Richard Kelly

Contributors

Unknown:
Willie Walker
Unknown:
Christina Short
Unknown:
Alex Glasgow
Unknown:
Billy Pigg
Produced By:
Richard Kelly

devised by Tony Shryane and Edward J. Mason
E. Arnot Robertson and Frank Muir challenge
Nancy Spain and Denis Norden
In the chair, Jack Longland
Recorded broadcast of July 23. 1961

Contributors

Unknown:
Tony Shryane
Unknown:
Edward J. Mason
Unknown:
E. Arnot Robertson
Unknown:
Frank Muir
Unknown:
Denis Norden
Unknown:
Jack Longland

Walter Gerhardt (viola)
BBC Welsh Orchestra Leader. Philip Whiteway
Conducted by Meredith Davies Overture: Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck
Viola Concerto.......................... Rolla
Symphony No. 4, in B flat major
Beethoven

Contributors

Viola:
Walter Gerhardt
Conducted By:
Meredith Davies

The Absentee by MURIEL JENKINS
Fred Harris , a ship's engineer, given long shore-leave when his ship is sold for scrap, notices an uncollected post-card in the shipping office to Jack Granger from a girl called Nancy, which sets him thinking.
Produced by WILLIAM GLEN -DOEPEL

Contributors

Unknown:
Muriel Jenkins
Unknown:
Fred Harris
Unknown:
Jack Granger
Produced By:
William Glen
Fred Harris:
Will Leighton
Jim Searle:
Kenneth McClellan
Nancy Middleton:
Mary Wimbush
Enid Brown:
Gudrun Ure
Jack Granger:
Michael Spice

from Bristol Cathedral
Sentence; Confession; Absolution The Lord's Prayer
Preces and Responses (Bristol use) Psalms 53, 54, 55
First Lesson: Hosea 2, w. 13-23 Magnificat (Ireland in C major)
Second Lesson: Galatians 3, vv. 1-14 Nunc dimittis (Ireland in C major) Creed; Versicles and Responses;
Collects
Anthem: Hail, gladdening light
(Charles Wood)
Prayers; the Grace
Organist and Master of the Choristers, Clifford Harker
Assistant Organist, Michael Dyer

Contributors

Unknown:
Clifford Harker
Organist:
Michael Dyer

When They Were Young
Stories of famous composers read by Kathleen Garscadden
Joseph Haydn the merry little peasant by Opal Wheeler and Sybil Deucher
1: In Rohrau

Contributors

Read By:
Kathleen Garscadden
Read By:
Joseph Haydn
Unknown:
Opal Wheeler
Unknown:
Sybil Deucher

An adventure play in six episodes by WILLIAM JOHNSON
1: Strangers on a Train
Produced by Shirley Franklin
See page 38

Contributors

Unknown:
William Johnson
Produced By:
Shirley Franklin
Mark Cooper:
Jean England
Jane Cooper:
Mary Chester
Nicholas Preston:
Elizabeth Marlow
Dr Preston:
Philip Cunningham
Arnold Hallsmith:
Philip Garston-Jones
Mantis:
Arnold Peters

A series of five-round contests between London and the Regions
LONDON v. WEST
ROUND 2
London:
Barry Carman , Cedric Cliffe
Quiz-Master, Lionel Hale
West:
John Arlott , Alan Gibson
Quiz-Master, Roy Plomley Arranged by Patrick Harvey
Repeated on Thursday at 1.10

Contributors

Unknown:
Barry Carman
Unknown:
Cedric Cliffe
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
John Arlott
Unknown:
Alan Gibson
Unknown:
Roy Plomley
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

Schoenberg
Sextet: Transfigured Night played by The Martin String Quartet David Martin (violin)
Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) with Gwynne Edwards (viola) Florence Hooton (cello)
Recorded broadcast of July 19. 1961. in the Third Programme

Contributors

Violin:
David Martin
Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Viola:
Eileen Grainger
Cello:
Bernard Richards
Viola:
Gwynne Edwards
Cello:
Florence Hooton

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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