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A weekly programme of recent records
Sonata in C minor. Op. 13 (Pathetique) (Beethoven)
Claudio Arrau (piano)

8.20 Songs (Schubert)
Die Forelle Fruhlingsglaube
Gretchen am Spinnrade
Anneliese Rothenberger(soprano) with Gerald Moore (piano)

8.34 Prelude, Aria, and Finale (Franck)
Varda Nishry (piano)

Contributors

Pianist:
Claudio Arrau
Soprano:
Anneliese Rothenberger
Pianist:
Gerald Moore
Pianist:
Varda Nishry

A request programme of gramophone records
Ballet Suite: The gods go a-begging (Handel, arr. Beecham)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC Orchestra
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
10.5* Miserere (Psalm 51) (AUeort) Choir OF
KING'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE
Directed by David WILLCOCKS
10.17* Oboe Concerto in D minor.
Op. 9 No. 2 (Albmoni)
PIERRE PIERLOT and the OISEAU-LYRE Orchestral ENSEMBLE Conducted by LOUIS DE FORMENT
10.31' Symphony in C major
(Bizet)
French NATIONAL RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Directed By:
David Willcocks
Unknown:
Pierre Pierlot
Conducted By:
Louis de Forment
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by JULIAN HERBAGE
Spontini's La Vestale by MARK LUBBOCK
Music Twenty-Five Years Ago by WILLIAM MANN
Musical Profile: Gerald English , by CEDRIC WALLIS
Walking Encyclopaedia: B for Big B, by SIDNEY HARRISON

Contributors

Edited By:
Anna Instone
Introduced By:
Julian Herbage
Unknown:
William Mann
Unknown:
Gerald English
Unknown:
Cedric Wallis
Unknown:
Sidney Harrison

A complete performance of the famous Savoy operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan
Chorus of Pirates, Police, and General Stanley's Daughters
THE JHON MCCARTHY SINGERS and the BBC CONCERT ORCHESTRA Leader, Arthur Leavins
Conductor. VILEM TAUSKY
Produced by MICHAEL MOORES and PETER BRYANT
ACT 1 A rocky seashore on the coast of Cornwall
ACT 2 A ruined chapel by moonlight
Peter Pratt is appearing in ' A Month in the Country ' at the Cambridge Theatre: Alan Dudley in ' Robert and Elizabeth ' at the Lyric Theatre, London

Contributors

Produced By:
Michael Moores
Produced By:
Peter Bryant
Unknown:
Peter Pratt
Unknown:
Alan Dudley
Major-General Stanley:
Peter Pratt
The Pirate King:
Victor Godfrey
The Pirate King spoken by:
Ronald Baddiley
Samuel, his Lieutenant:
Leslie Fyson
Samuel, his Lieutenan spoken by:
Antony Viccars
Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice:
Thomas Round
Frederic, the Pirate Apprentice spoken by:
Glyn Dearman
Sergeant of Police:
Alan Dudley
Actor:
Cynthia Glover
General Stanley's daughters: Mabel spoken by:
Etain O'Del
Edith spoken by:
Pamela Binns
Kate spoken by:
Wendy Lovelock
Isabel spoken by:
Carol Haddon
Ruth, a Pirate Maid of all Work:
Pamela Bowden
Ruth, a Pirate Maid of all Work spoken by:
Shirley Cooklin

by Euripides
Translated from the Greek by DAVID THOMSON with Music for this production composed and conducted by JOHN BECKETT
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Second broadcast
Eileen Atkins Is appearing In ' The Killing of Sister George' at the Duke of York's Theatre, London followed by an interlude at 7.25

Contributors

Unknown:
David Thomson
Conducted By:
John Beckett
Produced By:
John Tydeman
Unknown:
Eileen Atkins
as Electra:
Eileen Atkins
as her brother, Orestes:
Ian McKellen
Actor:
Mary Morris
as her mother:
Queen Clytaemnestra
as the Tutor:
Robert Harris
Peasant, husband to Electra:
Denys Hawthorne
Pylades, friend of Orestes:
Gary Watson
First Chorus:
Mary O'Farrell
Second Chorus:
Peggy Marshall
Third Chorus:
Kate Binchy
Voice of Castor:
Hector Ross

by Penelope Leach, Junior Research Fellow at the Department of Psychology, London School of Economics

Talks on aspects of child development

The rigid person views situations in terms of pre-determined patterns, about which he is inflexible. In the extreme case. he is unable to see the limitations of his perception. In conversation with David Edge, Dr. Leach describes some recent research which relates this condition to authoritarian styles of child-rearing.

(Ability and Social Class, by Colin Hindley: March 7)

Contributors

Interviewer:
David Edge
Interviewee:
Dr. Penelope Leach

Compiled and introduced by Michael Swan

The various friends and acquaintances who recorded these recollections in 1936 included Sir Max Beerbohm. Ruth Draper, Lady Violet Bonham Carter, Theodora Bosanquet, Ethel Sands, Sir Compton Mackenzie, and Henry James's valet, Burgess Noakes.
(Fourth broadcast)

The Turn of the Screw: Monday at 8.30 p.m. (Home)
The Lesson of the Master: Friday at 9.0 p.m. (Third)

Contributors

Compiled by/Presenter:
Michael Swan
Producer:
Douglas Cleverdon
Speaker:
Sir Max Beerbohm
Speaker:
Ruth Draper
Speaker:
Violet Bonham Carter
Speaker:
Theodora Bosanquet
Speaker:
Ethel Sands
Speaker:
Compton MacKenzie
Speaker:
Henry James
Speaker:
Burgess Noakes

Network Three

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