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Overture : Benvenuto Cellini
(Berlioz)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by CHARLES MUNCH
7.15* Dance of the Priestesses;
Baccanale (Samson and Delilah) (saint-saëns)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC Orchestra
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
7.2.1* Symphonic Poem: Prometheus (Liszt)
Paris CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by KARL MÜNCHlNGER
7.37* Suite: The Golden Cockerel
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERICH LEINSDORF on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Benvenuto Cellini
Conducted By:
Charles Munch
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Erich Leinsdorf

A request programme of gramophone records
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
8.29* Piano Concerto No. 1. in F minor (Glazunov)
ELENA GLAZUNOV (piano)
HAMBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by Alois MELICHAR

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Alois Melichar

Satie and Roussel
Satie
Gymnopedies No. 1. in D major Celle qui parle trop
Le porteur de grosses pierres
Regrets des enfermes (Chapitres en tous sens)
'dylle a Debussy
Aubade à Paul Dukas
Meditations a Albert Roussel
(Avant-dernieres pensees)
Gymnopedies No. 3, in A minor
9.14- Roussel
Piano Trio in E flat major
KYILA GREENBAUM (piano)
THE GABRIELI TRIO
Kenneth Sillito (violin) Keith Harvey (cello) John Streets (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Paul Dukas
Unknown:
Albert Roussel
Violin:
Kenneth Sillito
Cello:
Keith Harvey

BBC WOMEN'S CHORUS WILFRID PARRY (piano)
Conducted by ALAN G. MELVILLE
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
Hoist
Hymn to the dawn Hymn to the waters Hymn to
Vena Hymn of the travellers
19.* Kubla Khan. Bernard Naylor

Contributors

Piano:
Wilfrid Parry
Conducted By:
Alan G. Melville
Unknown:
Vena Hymn
Unknown:
Kubla Khan.
Unknown:
Bernard Naylor

MILES COVERDALE (piano)
BBC Scottish ORCHESTRA
Led by Leonard Friedman
Conducted by JAMES LOCKHART
James Lockhart broadcasts by permission of the Gen. Administrator Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Contributors

Unknown:
Leonard Friedman
Conducted By:
James Lockhart
Unknown:
James Lockhart

German folk songs (Brahms)
Guten Abend , mein tausiger
Schatz
Die Sonne scheint nicht mehr Da unten im Tale
Gunhilde lebt gar stille und fromm
Ach, enulische Schaferin Es war eine schone Jiidin
11.18* Clarinet Trio in B flat major, Op. 11 (Beethoven)
11.37* German folk songs (Brahms)
Es ritt ein
Ritter Jungfr äulein. soil ich mit euch geh'n
Nur ein Gesicht auf Erden lebt Schonster Schatz , mein
Engel Mein Madel hat einen Rosenmund
Ach, konnt' ich diesen Abend Ich stand auf hohem Berge
ELISABETH SCHWARKOPF (soprano) DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU (baritone)
GERALD MOORE (piano)
REGINALD KELL (clarinet) FRANK MILIER (cello)
MIECZYSLAW HORSZOWSKI (piano) on gramophone records

Contributors

Unknown:
Guten Abend
Unknown:
Ritter Jungfr
Unknown:
Schonster Schatz
Unknown:
Engel Mein Madel
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarkopf
Piano:
Gerald Moore
Clarinet:
Reginald Kell

This week
Harrison Birtwistle talks to ROBERT HENDERSON about his work and introduces a programme of his music
Verses for clarinet and piano first broadcast performance
Ring a dumb carillon
Punch's Resolve 1: Punch's Serenade I (Punch and Judy) first broadcast performance
NOELLE BARKER (soprano) JOHN CAMERON (baritone) WII.LIAM BENNETT (flute and piccolo)
ALAN HACKER (clarinet)
Vai. KENNEDY (contra bassoon) HILARY WILSON (harp)
TRISTAN Fry (percussion) STEVEN PRUSLIN (piano)
Conducted by the COMPOSER

Contributors

Talks:
Harrison Birtwistle
Unknown:
Robert Henderson
Soprano:
Noelle Barker
Baritone:
John Cameron
Flute:
Liam Bennett
Harp:
Hilary Wilson
Piano:
Steven Pruslin

Night Thoughts
MARY THOMAS (soprano)
WIGMORE ENSEMBLE with PERRY HART (violin)
DIANA CUMMINGS (violin) HARRY DANKS (viola)
JENNIFER WARD CLARKE (cello)
Conducted by JACQUES-LOUIS MONOD
MELOS Ensemble
NIGEL ROGERS (tenor)
John ALLDIS CHOIR
Conductor. JOHN ALLDIS
Second broadcast of the Huber

Contributors

Violin:
Perry Hart
Violin:
Diana Cummings
Cello:
Jennifer Ward Clarke
Conducted By:
Jacques-Louis Monod
Tenor:
John Alldis
Conductor:
John Alldis

FREDERICK HARVEY (baritone)
EDNA BLACKWELL (piano)
Armstrong Gibbs
Silver; The splendour falls By a bierside: Danger
The scarecrow; The cherry tree
5.10* Ireland
Spring sorrow: English May I was not sorrowful
When I am dead my dearest If there were dreams to sell Great things

Contributors

Baritone:
Frederick Harvey
Piano:
Edna Blackwell
Piano:
Armstrong Gibbs

This week:
MALE VOCE CHOIRS
From Wales:
THE GENTLF.MEN SONGSTERS
Conductor, RICHARD WILLIAMS
From Sweden:
THE ORPHEUS MEN'S CHOIR Conductor, ERIC ERICSON and some of the choirs who have qualified as finalists
Introduced by ALVAR LIDELL
Produced by Anthony Philpott

Contributors

Conductor:
Eric Ericson
Introduced By:
Alvar Lidell
Produced By:
Anthony Philpott

Lesson 31
Dimanche a la ramvagne
Introduced by KATIA ELLIS with the help of Louis Bloncourt
Written and produced by Elsie Ferguson
Language consultant. Paul Couster
First broadcast on May 10. 1965
Repeated Sat. 11.10 a.m. (Home)
A booklet and records are available

Contributors

Introduced By:
Katia Ellis
Unknown:
Louis Bloncourt
Produced By:
Elsie Ferguson
Unknown:
Paul Couster

Studies in Form
Tchaikovsky: Fantasy-Overture
Romeo and Juliet
An illustrated talk by STEPHEN DODGSON
Produced by Peter Dodd
Tchaikovsky's Fantasy - Overture ' Romeo and Juliet ' can be heard on May 25. In Midday Concert. in the Music Programme

Contributors

Talk By:
Stephen Dodgson
Produced By:
Peter Dodd

A weekly review of the arts
In this edition:
ERic RHODE on Marco Bellocchlo 's film Fists in the Pocket
T. G. ROSENTHAL and PETER PORTER discuss the fiction of Patrick White on the occasion of the publication of his new book The Solid Man-data
Produced by Philip French

Contributors

Unknown:
Eric Rhode
Unknown:
Marco Bellocchlo
Unknown:
T. G. Rosenthal
Unknown:
Peter Porter
Unknown:
Patrick White
Produced By:
Philip French

The story of the Easter Rising in 1916 Compiled and introduced by W. R. Rodgers
With the recorded voices of Pierce Beasley, Charles Duff, Joseph Guilfoyle, Michael Hayes, Bulmer Hobson, Fionan Lynch, Sean MacEntee, Denis McCullough, Sean McGarry, Helena Moloney, Richard Mulcahy and Mrs. Mulcahy, Liam O'Briain, Paddy O'Connor, Florence O'Donoghue, Sean T. O'Kelly and Mrs. O'Kelly, Dominic O'Riordan, Cathal O'Shannon, Desmond Ryan, Cecil Salkeld, Owen Sheehy Skeffington, Mrs. Maire Sweeney, Frank Thornton, and Mervyn Wall
Produced by Maurice Brown
Second broadcast

Contributors

Introduced By:
W. R. Rodgers
Unknown:
Pierce Beasley
Unknown:
Charles Duff
Unknown:
Joseph Guilfoyle.
Unknown:
Michael Hayes
Unknown:
Bulmer Hobson
Unknown:
Fionan Lynch
Unknown:
Sean MacEntee
Unknown:
Denis McCullough
Unknown:
Sean McGarry
Unknown:
Helena Moloney
Unknown:
Richard Mul
Unknown:
Liam O'Briain.
Unknown:
Paddy O'Connor
Unknown:
Florence O'Donoghue
Unknown:
Sean T. O'Kelly
Unknown:
Dominic O'Riordan
Unknown:
Cathal O'Shannon
Unknown:
Desmond Ryan
Unknown:
Cecil Salkeld
Unknown:
Owen Sheehy
Unknown:
Mrs. Maire Sweeney.
Unknown:
Frank Thornton
Produced By:
Maurice Brown

Network Three

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