and Weather Forecast
Parnassus, or The apotheosis of Corelli iCouperin)
TOULOUSE CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Louis AURIACOMBE
7.19* Ballet Suite: Les biches
(Poulenc)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROGER DESORMIERE
7.43* Variations and Fugue on a theme of Purcell (Britten)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by THE COMPOSER on gramophone records
and Weather Forecast
Directed and led by EMANUEL HURWITZ
CHARLES SPINKS
(harpsichord continuo)
Second broadcast
and Weather Forecast
The sons of Bach
Records of instrumental music by C. P. E. Bach
ARTHUR GRUMIAUX (violin) and the NATIONAL Orchestra OF THE MONTE CARLO OPERA
Conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
Recording made available by courtesy of Radio Monte Carlo
Leader, Hugh Bean
Bernard Walton (clarinet) Alan Civil (horn) Ian Beers (horn) Desmond Bradley (violin) Ernest Scott (violin) Kenneth Moore (violin) Desmond Heath (violin) Herbert Downes (viola) Bernard Davis (viola) Raymond Clark (cello) Peter Beavan (cello)
James Merrett (double-bass)
From Leith Town Hall Edinburgh
MANOUG PARIKIAN (violin)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, John Georgiadis
Conducted by MEREDITH DAVIES
Part 1
takes a look at
THE ULSTER SINGERS
Part 2
Leader, Reginald Leopold
Conducted by MAURICE HANDFORD with EDWARD RUBACH (piano)
Overture: The Bartered Bride
(Smetana)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
2.37* Prelude and Act 1, Scene 1
(Rigoletlo) (Verdi)
RENATO CIONI (tenor)
ANGELO MERCURIALI (tenor) LUISA VALLE (soprano)
CORNELL MACNEIL (baritone) GIULlO CORTI (baritone) GIUSEPPE MORRESI (bass) FERNANDO CORENA (bass)
Chohus AND ORCHESTRA OF THE SANTA CECILIA ACADEMY
Conducted by NINO SANZOGNO
2.54* Prelude (Katya Kabanova)
(Janacek)
PRO ARTE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Charles MACKERRAS on gramophone records
This programme is being broadcast experimentally on the Zenilh-G.E. pilot tone stereophonic system from the VHF transmitters at Wrolham and Dover. Kent. To hear the programme in stereophony a special receiver, or an adapter for use with an existing receiver, is necessary. Listeners with normal VHF receivers will hear the programme monophoniealiy as usual.
conducts the BERLIN RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
3.14* Dances from Galanta iKodaly) on gramophone records
MARIA ZERI (soprano) UEL DEANE (tenor)
✝ PAUL Hamburger (piano)
YUUKO SHlEKAWA (violin)
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA of the WEST GERMAN BROADCASTING Service Conducted by RAFAEL KUBELIK
Recording made available by courtesy of the West German Broadcasting Service
VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLE
Edward Walker (flute) Leon Goossens (oboe) Sidney Fell (clarinet)
Wilfred Hambleton (bass-clarinet) Ronald Waller (bassoon) John Burden (horn)
Dennis Clift (trumpet)
Michael Jefferies (harp) Wilfrid Parry (celesta) Patrick Hailing (violin) Ernest Scott (violin)
Gwynne Edwards (viola) Derek Simpson (cello)
J. Edward Merrett (double-bass)
Conducted by Jacques-Louis MONOD
CHARLES ROSEN (piano)
WILLIAM BENNETT (flute) ROGER Lord (oboe) TERENCE WEIL (cello)
COLIN TILNEY (harpsichord)
Modern American Music
Part of the Tuesday Invitation
Concert on April 6 in the Third Programme
How composers convey atmosphere and character
Five illustrated programmes Devised and introduced by KENYON EMRYS-ROBERTS
2: Battle, murder, and sudden death
First broadcast jn the BBC World
Service on July 12
50-80 w.p.m.
Compiled by VALENTINE McNEFF
For those who want to keep up or improve their speeds in any shorthand system
Second broadcast
50-80 w.p.m.:
Monday at 6.35
A booklet is available
A series of five programmes on the work of contemporary poets
5:Peter Porter and Peter Redgrove
Script and narration by FRANCIS HOPE Poems read by GARY WATSON
Produced by George Walton Scott
A series of thirteen talks, mainly for parents and teachers, on the emotional and intellectual development of children
8: Babyhood and the Nursery Years by DR. KENNETH LOVELL Lecturer in Education University of Leeds
First broadcast in the ' Second Start ' series on January 18 (Home)
In the fourth of six fortnightly broadcasts about his life in the theatre, Sir TYRONE talks to JOHN WILSON about the psychology of the actor and the work of some whom he has known, and Koes on to discuss influences in his own work and the question of a director's ' signature.'
Artists and others: September 6
Sonata for two pianos and percussion
EDITH FARNADI and ISTVAN ANTAL (pianos)
J. and O. SCHWARTZ (percussion) on a gramophone record
Les Gommes by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Translated from the French and adapted for radio by BARBARA BRAY with Mary Morris. Gary Watson and Peter Pratt
All seeing time has shown thee what thou art
SOPHOCLES (Oedipus Rex)
The detective story subscribes in fact to the Socratic day-dream ' sin is ignorance
W. H. AUDEN
The production is preceded by a short introduction
Cast in order of speaking:
Other parts played by members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Fifth of six programmes of string quartets played by the ✝ DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET
Colin Sauer , Peter Carter
Keith Lovell , Michael Evans
Last programme : August 29 followed by an interlude at 10.50
