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The Suisse Romance
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
Suite No. 2: Daphnis and ChloS
(Ravel)
B.21* Violin Concerto No. 1, to D major (Prokofiev) with RUGGIERO Ricci (violin)
8.42* Danzas fantasticas (Turrna) on gramophone records
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JEAN KNIBBS (soprano)
ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
JOHN CAROL CASE (bass)
BBC CHORUS
Richard Popplewell (organ continuo) Martin Isepp (harpsichord continuo)
PHILOMUSICA OF LONDON Leader, Carl Pini
Conducted by PETER GELLHORN
Cantata No. 73: Herr, wie du willst
9.22' Cantata No. 140: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
(Next week: Cantatas 189 and 208)
Introduced by JOHN LADE
Building a Library: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 22, in E flat major (K.482), by STEPHEN DODGSON
Wagner's Gotterdammerung' : by ANDREW PORTER
Music from opera and ballet
BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor, VILEM TAUSKY
APRIL CANTELO (soprano) JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor)
Introduced by JOHN DUNN
Produced by Alan Abbott
The programme includes excerpts from
Introduced by Humphrey Lyttelton
Introduced by MICHAEL DE MORGAN
Weather Forecast at 12.55
CRICKET
12.30; 12.57; 2.15; 3.50; 4.35;
5.10; 5.50
Glamorgan v. New Zealand Commentator, BRIAN JOHNSTON
From Cardiff
Lancashire v. Yorkshire
Commentator, ALAN GIBSON
From Old Trafford Hampshire v. Kent
Commentator, JOHN ARLOTT
From Southampton
1.50 Lunchtime Scoreboard
MOTOR-CYCLING
Scarborough Road Races
1.35 Heat 1: 250 c.c. event
2.35 Heat 1: 350 c.c. event
3.20 Heat 2: Sidecar event
4.25 Final: 250 c.c. event
5.25 Final: 350 c.c. event
Commentary by MURRAY WALKER at the Grandstand and ALAN CLARKE at the Mount Cafe
From Oliver's Mount. Scarborough
GOLF
1.55; 4.10; 5.45
Daks Professional Tournament
Reports by TOM SCOTT
From Wentworth Golf Club
RACING
1.45 Down the Card
Summary by Peter BROMLEY of the afternoon's racing
2.55 The Limelight Handicap
A race for three-year-olds and upwards run over two miles
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY with a summary by ROGER MORTIMER
From Kempton Park
4.50 Racing Review
4.55 Racing Results
ATHLETICS
2.0 PETER HILDRETH , former International and Olympic hurdler, talks to REX ALSTON about the inter-County Championship and the coming season
3.10; 5.35
The British Games including the inter-County Championship
(organised by the News of the World)
Commentary and reports by REX ALSTON and HAROLD ABRAHAMS
From the White City Stadium
2.10 SAILING
From a Royal Air Force Air Sea Rescue pinnace off Dunkirk, RAYMOND BAXTER talks about the rally of ' little ships' of 1940 and their escorting yachts which are taking part in the 25th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation
LAWN TENNIS
2.4S; 3.30; 4.15; 5.0; 5.50
Northern Lawn Tennis Championships
Commentary by MAX ROBERTSON
From Manchester
CYCLING
4.0 Tour of Britain
(organised by the Milk Marketing Board)
JOHN BURNS and SIDNEY SALTMARSH look back on the first week of the tour and report on the finish of the seventh stage.
At Aldersley Stadium. Wolverhampton
Charles Bressler (tenor) Melvin Kaplan (oboe) Gerald Tarack (violin) Ynez Lynch (viola)
Alexander Kouguell (cello) Albert Fuller (harpsichord)
Three talks by NEVILLE MORAY
Lecturer in Psychology, University of Sheffield
1: The Coming of Intelligence Insects, and many animal species. carry out co-operative tasks, communicate in a kind of rudimentary ' language ' and display apparent 'intelligence.' But do studies of these species throw much light on human activities? Dr. Moray concludes that they do not.
Second broadcast
2-The Coming ot Society: June 12
Fantasia and Fugue In G minor
LIONEL ROGG on the organ of the Grossmiinster. Zurich on a gramophone record
A portrait of the French sculptor
Henri Gaudier-Brzeska killed on the Western Front on June 5, 1915
Compiled by MERVYN LEVY from the recorded recollections of ENID BAGNOLD
MME RENÉ
BAlLLET-GAlDIER ROBERT BEVAN , HORACE BRODZKY OLIVER BROWN , O. RAYMOND DREY Miss KATE LECHMERE
ANTHONY LOUSADA , PAUL MORAND EZRA POUND, Miss KITTY SMITH with passages from the writings of Gaudier-Brzeska and others
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
To be repeated on June 27
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Rudolf Kempe
Part 1:
Beethoven Grosse Fuge. for string orchestra
Arranged by Weingartner
The Rev. Bruce Kenrick gives another commentary on current affairs in this fortnightly series
Next talk: June 19
Part 2: Bruckner
Symphony No. 8, in C minor This performance is from the original version edited by Robert Haas and published in 194S.
BRUCE ANGRAVE introduces some fairground organs and noises he has recorded