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A programme of recent records

Overture: Preciosa (Weber) - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Conducted by Rafael Kubelik

9.13* Violin Concerto (Delius) - Robert Gerle with the Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Conducted by Robert Zeller

9.40* Suite No.2 (L'Arlesienne) (Bizet) - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conducted by Andre Cluytens

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BBC WELSH ORCHESTRA
Leader, Philip Whiteway
Conducted by ARWEL HUGHES
Symphony No. 47, in G major
9.24* Symphony No. 42, in D major

A request programme of records

Music for a Scene from Shelley (Barber)
SYMPHONY OF THE AIR Conducted by VLADIMIR GOLSCHMANN

9.54* Soft flowing Avon (Ode to Shakespeare) (Arne)
MAUREEN FORRESTER (contralto) with the VIENNA RADIO ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BRIAN PRIESTMAN

10.3* Manfred Symphony (Tchaikovsky)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCH

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Sir Malcolm Sargent : a birthday tribute by HERBERT HOWELLS
Glinka and Russian Opera by MARTIN COOPER
Scriabin (1872-1915) Today by ROLLO MYERS
Schumann's Musical World: book review by JOAN CHISSELL

An opera by Gluck
Libretto by CALZABIGI
Cast in order of singing
COLOGNE RADIO CHORUS Chorus-Master,
Herbert Schernus
CAPPELLA COLONIENStS
Conducted by FERDINAND LEITNER
Recording of the 1762 Vienna version made available by courtesy of the West German Radio

THE ALAN CIVIL HORN TRio
MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto) PAUL HAMBURGER (piano)

ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest

Peter Lloyd (flute)
Honor Sheppard (soprano) John Carol Case (baritone)
BBC Northern Orchestra, Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by Berthold Goldschmidt
Introduced by Robert Simpson

Part 1

3.35* The Interval
John Spurling reads excerpts from Karl Ekman's biography of Sibelius and from Nielsen's account of his own childhood

3.55* Nielsen and Sibelius
Part 2
The third of nine orchestral and choral programmes

Peterisms STEFHEN MANTON (tenor) VIOLA TUNNARD (piano) Chopcherry; A sad song Spring; Lusty juventus
Lullaby (Golden slumbers) Walking the woods
Robin Goodfellow ; Eloré 10
Eleventh tn a series of programmes devised by Elizabeth PONton

In this illustrated talk DONALD MITCHELL discusses the picture of the composer that emerges from two recently published studies, and offers some personal reactions.

Opera in four acts and an epilogue
Music by Glinka
Words by BARON ROSEN
Sung in Russian on gramophone records
Continued in next column
CHORUS OF THE BELGRADE OPERA and THE LAMOUREUX ORCHESTRA
Conducted by IGOR MARKEVITCB ACT I
A street in the village or Domnin
ACT 2: A ballroom

A sequence of poems by DONALD DAVIE introduced and read bv the author, with CAROLINE BLAKI -STON, WILLIAM BUCK , and ALAN WHEATLEY

ACT 3
The interior of Susanin's hut
ACT 4: A dark forest at night
EPILOGUE
The Red Square in Moscow

3: The Pace of Aid
ANDREW SHONFIELD
Director of Studies at the Royal Institute of International Affairs talks about the marked change of trend in the ftow of Aid from the rich to the poor countries which he sees in the mid 1960s. This he believes is raising new problems for the underdeveloped countries which may attain critical propor. tions.
Three leading businessmen discuss with Andrew Shonfield the Role of Private Investment: Monday at 7.45 p.m.

Jean Racine's tragedy in a new translation by JOHN CAIRNCROSS with Sheila Allen
Marius Goring and Alec McCowen
Characters in order of speaking:
The action takes place at Buthrotum. capital of Epirus, some time after the end of the Trojan War.
Produced by MARTIN ESSLlN
Andromaque. first performed in 1667 when Racine was twenty-eight. was his first great success.
To be repeated on May 20
Acts 3 and 4 of the ploy in French, on gramophone records: Tuesday, at 7.50 p.m.

REIKO HONSHO (piano)
N.H.K. SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by YUHZOH TOYAMA
Piano Concerto.....Akira Myoshi first broadcast in this country
Recording made available by courtesy of the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation