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Chacony in G minor (Purcell) Philomusica OF LONDON
Conducted by Anthony LEWIS
7.9* Prelude and Fugue for eighteen-part string orchestra (Britten)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by NORMAN DEL MAR
7.18* Four-part Sonata No. 6, in G minor (Purcell)
THE Jacobean Ensemble
7.27* Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge (Britten)
BATH Festival ORCHESTRA
Conducted by YEHUDI Menuhin on gramophone records

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Overture: The two blind men of Toledo (Mehut)
Royal PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by Vilem Tausky
8.11* Dolly Suite (FauTé, arr.
Rabaud)
FRENCH NATIONAL RADIO Orchestra Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
8.30* Ballet music: Gaité parisienne
(Offenbacli, arr. Rosenthal)
MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY Orchestra Conducted by ANTAL Dorati on gramophone records

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Haydn
Records of the Piano Trio No. 17, in E flat major, and the String Quartets Op. 33 No. 2 and Op. 103

t Jean Allister (contralto)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Ambrosian Singers
Directed by JOHN McCarthy
NORBERT Brainin (violin) NINA MILKINA (piano)

(soprano) in scenes from French and Italian Operas on gramophone records

A programme in which musicians sketch in the background of their musical life and introduce the music
This week
Wilfred Brown accompanied by WILFRID Parky sings
Next Studio Portrait, Terence MacDonagh (oboe): August IS

BBC Northern ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by BRYDEN THOMSON Part 1

takes a look at the t NORFOLK AND NORWICH
MUSIC CLUB

Part 2 t Given before an Invited audience in the Town Hall, Stockport

Soldiers' March (William Tell)
(Rossini)
MONTE CARLO OPERA ORCHESTRA Conducted by Louis Fremaux
2.8* Dance of the hours (La
Gioconda) (Ponchielli)
BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY Orchestra Conducted by FF.RENC FRICSAY
2.17* Intermezzo (William Rate 1 iff)
(Mascaani)
Philhahmonia ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Alceo GALLIERA
2.21* Overture: Joan of Arc
(Verdi)
Philharmonia ORCHESTRA
Conducted by TULLIO SERAFIN on gramophone records

Leader, Reginald Leopold t Conducted by Michael Krein

THE Vienna
Philharmonic ORCHESTRA
Overture: Entr'acte No. 3, in B flat major: Ballet No. 2, in G major (Rosamunde) (.Schubert)
3.23* Waltz from Act 2 (Faust)
(Gounod) on gramophone records

Improvisations for Jazz Band and Symphony Orchestra
Seiber and Dankworth
SYMPHONY Orchestra OF Radio Frankfurt
Conducted by DEAN DIXON
DANCE Orchestra OF RADIO FHANKFURT
Conducted by WILLY Berking
Recording made available by courtesy of Radio Frankfurt L'ORCHESTRE DE Chambre de cracovie
Conducted by Andrzej Markowski
Recording made available by courtesy of the Belgian Broadcasting Service 4.11 Variations. Op. 31Schoenberg
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF RADIO FRANKFURT
Conducted by DEAN DIXON
Recording made available by courtesy of Radio Frankfurt

Beromunster RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ERICH Schmid
Symphonie fantastique...Berlioz Recording made available by courtesy of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation

A choice of records for the under-twenties
Introduced by ANTONY BEAUMONT
This week's programme includes Janacek's Second Quartet
Schubert's F minor Fantasy for piano duet and songs by Schumann

A discussion between a distinguished practitioner and another member of his art on the ideas that have influenced his contribution to it
J. DOVER WILSON, C.H. in conversation with RICHARD DAYA

A series in which practising musicians discuss listeners' queries
DERYCK COOKE
DAVID WILLCOCKS t Chairman, ARTHUR LANGFORD

Margaret Price (soprano)
Virtuoso Ensemble
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute) Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe) Sidney Full (clarinet) John Burden (horn)
Dennis Clift (trumpet)
Evan Watkin (trombone) Alan Jenkins (tuba)
Richard Rodney Bennett (piano) Susan Bradshaw (piano)
Stephen Whittaker (percussion) James Blades (percussion)
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
Part 1

by HUGH TINKER
Professor of Asian Government and Politics. School of Oriental and African Studies. London
Professor Tinker looks at the background to the present breakdown in international relations in South-East Asia. and suKKests that both the United States and Great Britain are in much the same position as the man who has taken hold of a timer's tail and is afraid either to hold on or let go.

Part 2

t In the third of six fortnightly broadcasts reflecting his life in the theatre SIR Tyrone talks to JOHN WILSON about dramatists. critics, and his own approach to production. The Actor: August 23

t by JANE CARLSON