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Overture: Semiramide (RossJnC
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EDUARD VAN BEINUM
7.17* Four Norwegian Dances, Op.
35 (Grieo)
WALTER AND BEATRICE KLIEN (piano duet)
7.32* The Wand of Youth, Suite
No. 2 (Elflar)
London PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EDUARD VAN BEINUM
7.47* Scherzo capriccioso (Dvorak)
AMSTERDAM CONCERTGEBOUW ORCHESTRA
Conducted by BERNARD HAITINK on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Eduard van Beinum
Conducted By:
Beatrice Klien
Conducted By:
Eduard van Beinum
Conducted By:
Bernard Haitink

with MYRA HESS (piano)
Symphony No. 20. In D major
(K.133) (Mozart)
MAINZ CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by GÜNTER KEHR
8.22* Piano Concerto in A minor
(Schumann)
MYRA HESS with the PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by RUDOLF SCHWARZ
8.55* Overture: Susanna's Secret
(Wolf-Ferrari)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE Orchestra Conducted by NELLO SANTI on gramophone records

Contributors

Piano:
Myra Hess
Unknown:
Myra Hess
Conducted By:
Rudolf Schwarz
Conducted By:
Nello Santi

Lambert and Walton
Johannesburg Festival Overture
(Walton)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by THE COMPOSER
9.12* The Rio Grande (Lambert)
GLADYS RIPLEY (contralto) KYLA GREENBAUM (piano) with CHORUS and PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by THE COMPOSER f.27* Movements from Facade
(Walton)
Royal OPERA HOUSE ORCHESTRA COVENT GARDEN
Conducted by ANATOLE FISTOULARI on gramophone records

Contributors

Contralto:
Gladys Ripley
Conducted By:
Anatole Fistoulari

Second of a series of programmes of recently released records which each week include some of Bach's organ music played by Lionel Rose on the organ of the Grossmunster. Zurich
Sonata pian' e forte
(Gioi'annt Gabrieli)
LONDON GABRIELI BRASS ENSEMBLE
9.50* Toccata. Adagio, and Fugue ir C major (Bach)
LIONEL ROGG (organ)
10.6* Lincoln Portrait (Copland)
ADLAI STEVENSON (narrator) PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
10.22* Symphony No. in C major (Schumann)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET

Contributors

Played By:
Lionel Rose
Narrator:
Adlai Stevenson
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet

Part 1
Poème danse : La péri (Dukas)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
12.37* Piano Concerto in G major
(Ravel)
SAMSON FRANCOIS (piano)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ANDRE CLUYTENS on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Andre Cluytens

Danse sacrée et danse profane, for harp and string orchestra (Debussy)
2.41* Impromptu for harp
(Fauré)
2.50* Sinfonietta for string orchestra (Roussel)
ANNIE CHALLAN (harp)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by ANDRE CLUYTENS on gramophone records
This programme is being broadcast experimentally on the Zenith-G.E. pilot tone stereophonic system from the VHF transmitters at Wrotham 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 monophonically as usual.

Contributors

Conducted By:
Andre Cluytens

Dvorak Stabat Mater
RAE WOODLAND (soprano)
PAMELA BOWDEN (contralto) ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone)
BOURNEMOUTH MUNICIPAL CHOIR
BOURNEMOUTH
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Gerald Jarvis
Conductor,
CONSTANTIN SlLVESTRI

Contributors

Unknown:
Stabat Mater
Contralto:
Pamela Bowden
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Leader:
Gerald Jarvis
Conductor:
Constantin Sllvestri

Died 30 years ago today
La sensitiva, for voice and orchestra (1918) first performance in this country
5.31* Concerto gregoriano for violin and orchestra (1921)
6.2. Metamorphoseon: Theme and variations for orchestra (1930)
First performance in this country
JANET BAKER (contralto)
UTO UGHI (violin)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Bean
Conducted by SERGIU COMISSIONA

Contributors

Contralto:
Janet Baker
Leader:
Hugh Bean
Conducted By:
Sergiu Comissiona

9: Albi
A series of twenty programmes, intended for listeners who already have some knowledge of French. An imaginary roving reporter, Gilles Leroy , records his impressions of the different places he visits each week
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS with the help of Emile Harven
Script by Odile Castro and Elsie Ferguson
Produced by Elsie Ferguson
Language consultant, Paul Couster
Repeated: Thursday, 7.4 p.m.
A booklet is available

Contributors

Reporter:
Gilles Leroy
Introduced By:
Katia Ellis
Unknown:
Emile Harven
Script By:
Odile Castro
Script By:
Elsie Ferguson
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson
Unknown:
Paul Couster

The second group of programmes in this series is concerned with the treatment of the young offender in England and Wales
9: Detention Centre
' It's supposed to be so rough,' said an ex-inmate, ' like an army training camp really, in and out of boots all day, double-marching, drilling, it's supposed to be so rough that it jerks you on to the straight and narrow.'
DR. ALAN LITTLE of the London School of Economics talks to
The Warden of Blantyre House Detention Centre which is set amidst some of the most beautiful Kent countryside
Produced by Richard Hooper

Contributors

Unknown:
Dr. Alan Little
Produced By:
Richard Hooper

2: Anglo-American Dialogue
Louis BLOM-COOPER introduces selections he has made from famous judgments to illustrate his belief that while American judges openly admire our judges the English lawyer is looking across the Atlantic with increasing admiration.
Readings by WILL LEIGHTON JOHN GLEN , ANTHONY JACOBS and TOM WATSON
Produced by Anthony Moncrieff
Literature at Court: Thursday at 7.30 p.m.

Contributors

Introduces:
Louis Blom-Cooper
Unknown:
Leighton John Glen
Unknown:
Anthony Jacobs
Unknown:
Tom Watson
Produced By:
Anthony Moncrieff

Fifth of a series of six public concerts presented by the Third Programme in the Royal Festival Hall
Margaret Price (soprano) Manoug Parikian (violin)
Richard Rodney Bennett and James Lockhart (piano duet) Delme String Quartet
Granville Jones (violin) Jürgen Hess (violin)
John Underwood (viola) Joy Hall (cello)
Part 1

Contributors

Violin:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Piano:
James Lockhart
Violin:
Granville Jones
Violin:
Jürgen Hess
Viola:
John Underwood

1: The Unknown Gods of the English by DAVID MARTIN
Lecturer in Sociology,
London School of Economics
Sociologists tend to study the abnormal features of society. As a result, they have largely neglected our major religious institutions. And yet there are many puzzles here, waiting to be solved.
Radio version of a paper delivered at the 1965 Meeting of the British Association
Two Contemporary Cults, by John Jackson : April 27

Contributors

Unknown:
David Martin
Unknown:
John Jackson

Network Three

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