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BBC Northern Ireland Light Orchestra
Conductor, David Curry
BBC West of England Light Orchestra
Conductor, Frank Cantell
George Scott-Wood and his Music
At 6.45 on 1.500 m. G.T.S.; Shipping Forecast
Weather and News Summary at 7.30

Contributors

Conductor:
David Curry
Conductor:
Frank Cantell
Conductor:
George Scott-Wood

The best of today's
' pop ' entertainment featuring
Jerry Keller , Joan Small
Keith Kelly
Johnny Wiltshire and the Trebletonea
The Bert Weedon Quartet
Nero and the Gladiators
The Jazz Cellar
Terry Lightfoot 's New Orleans Jazzmen
New To You
Spinning the latest releases
Sound-track
Songs from the film ' Can-Can starring
Frank Sinatra and Maurice Chevalier
Cat's Call
Disc stars you've requested
Introduced by Brian Matthew
Produced by Jimmy Grant
News Summary at 10.30 and 11.30

Contributors

Unknown:
Jerry Keller
Unknown:
Joan Small
Unknown:
Keith Kelly
Unknown:
Johnny Wiltshire
Unknown:
Terry Lightfoot
Unknown:
Frank Sinatra
Unknown:
Maurice Chevalier
Introduced By:
Brian Matthew
Produced By:
Jimmy Grant

From the Royal Festival Hall, London
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The BBC Light Programme in association with the LCC presents the first concert in the BBC Light Music Festival 1960
From the Royal Festival Hall, London

1. Cavalcade of Light Music
BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader: William Armon)
Conductor, Vilem Tausky
With guest conductors Ronald Binge, Sidney Torch, Montague Phillips, Gilbert Vinter conducting their own music
Olga Gwynne, soprano
James Milligan, baritone
The George Mitchell Singers
Conductor: George Mitchell
Introduced by Frank Phillips
Produced by Geoffrey Brand

7.30-8.15
National Anthem: arr. Gordon Jacob
Orchestra:
March: Knightsbridge (London Suite) Impression of a Princess...Eric Coates
Waltz: A State Ball at Buckingham Palace (Suite: London Cameos)...Haydn Wood Overture: Hampton Court...Montague Phillips (BBC Commission) Conducted by the composer
Soloists, Singers, and Orchestra: Sixty Years of Shows...arr. Sidney Torch Conducted by Sidney Torch

9.0-10.0
James Milligan and Orchestra:
Prologue (Pagliacci)...Leoncavallo
Orchestra:
Fairy Coach: Cinderella Waltz...Ernest Tomlinson
Portrait of a Flirt...Robert Farnon
Las Castanuelas (The Castanets)...Ronald Binge
Singers and Orchestra:
Elizabethan Serenade; Cockles and Mussels...Ronald Binge
Conducted by the Composer
The Singers (unaccompanied):
Loch Lomond; The Battle of Jericho...arr. George Mitchell
Orchestra:
Little Island Rhapsody
Concert March: Cock a-hoop (First performance)...Gilbert Vinter
Conducted by the Composer
Suite: Duel for Drummers...Sidney Torch
(BBC Commission: First performance)
Conducted by the Composer
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(The whole of this programme is being heard by listeners to Norsk Rikskringkasting, Oslo and Yleisradio, Helsinki; Part 1 is heard by Danmarks Radio, Copenhagen; Part 2 by Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg)

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