William GLOCK the BBC's Controller of Music introduces the new service See below, facing page and page 14 followed by News Summary and Weather Forecast

A weekly programme of recent records
Ballet music La Source: Act 2 (Delibes)
Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden
Conducted by Charles Mackerras

8.33 Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo) (Gluck)
Claude Monteux (flute)
London Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Pierre Monteux

8.44 Suite No. 2, Daphnis and Chloe (Ravel)
Cleveland Orchestra
Conducted by George Szell

and Weather Forecast

BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA
Led by James Davis Conducted by STANFORD Robinson
EverySunday.theteastknownor the great one of his be sentedbyoneofhissymphonies

A request programme of gramophone records
Sinfonia: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon) (Handel, arr. Beecham)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
9 35* Oboe Concerto in G major
(Scarlatti, arr. Bryan)
I ton GOOSSENS with the PmLHARMONIA STRING ORCHESTRA Conducted by WALTER Susskind
9.48* Symphony No. 5, in D major (Vauahan Williams)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR JOHN BaRbirolli

peter Katin (piano)
JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor) Wilfrid PARRY (piano) ALLEGRI STRING QUARTET Eli Goren (violin)
Peter Thomas (violin)
Patrick Ireland (viola) William Pleeth (cello)

Winners of the Italian Radio Competition for young opera singers
Willy Caron (tenor) The Netherlands
ANN COOPER (mezzo-soprano) Great Britain
Pierre Thau (baritone) France
UNNI RUGTVEDT (contralto) Norway
MARIA GOLTARA (soprano) Italy
DONALD PILLEY (tenor) Great Britain
MARIANNE ROEPSTORFF (mezzo-soprano) Denmark
JENS FLOTTAU (bass) Germany
ORCHESTRA OF THE
FENICE OPERA, VENICE
Conducted by ARTURO BASILE
Introduced by ERIC WARR
Recorded at the Finals of the Verdi International Competition in the Fenice Theatre. Venice
Recording made available by courtesy of the Italian Broadcasting Service

MANOUG Parikian (violin)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Kenneth Sillito
Conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
Part 1

makes a personal choice of some forthcoming music broadcasts

Alec Robertson introduces some of the music to be broadcast from the Promenade Concerts during the coming week.

Part 2

by RUDOLF SERKIN
From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Part 1: Schubert
Sonata in A major (D.959)

THE EARL OF HAREWOOD and Hans Keller in a challenging conversation on the future of the Festival

Part 2: Beethoven
Eleven Bagatelles, Op. 119
3.46* Sonata in C major. Op.
53 (Waldstein)

A weekly programme about current musical events of outstanding interest
Introduced by ALAN WALKER
Covent Garden
GEORG SOLTI talks about Wagner's ' Ring ' Cycle
The Edinburgh International Festival
MICHAEL WHEWELL talks to some leading artists
Concert Calendar
Looking ahead towards musical occasions of topical interest, including the Durham Twentieth Century Festival and Summer School, and tonight's concert given by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall , London