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Overture: Ruy Bias (Mendelssohn) SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.13* Concertstiick in F major, for four horns and orchestra (Schumann)
SAAR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
Conducted by KARL RISTENPART
7.33* Symphony singullere, in C major (1845) iBerwald)
STOCKHOLM PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by HANS SCHMIDT-ISSERSTEDT on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By:
Karl Ristenpart
Conducted By:
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt

Bach
Courante. Gavottes 1 and 2, Glgue
(Suite No. 6, in D major for cello)
JANOS STARKER
9.13* Magnificat In D major
ILSF. WOLF (soprano)
HELEN WATTS (contralto) RICHARD Ltwis (tenor)
THOMAS HEMSLEY (baritone)
GERAINT JONES
SINGERS AND ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GERAINT JONES on gramophone records

Contributors

Contralto:
Helen Watts
Tenor:
Richard Ltwis
Singers:
Geraint Jones
Conducted By:
Geraint Jones

with JANET BAKER (contralto)
GERAINT EVANS (baritone)
Five songs (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) (Mahler)
Rheinlegendchen
Lied des Verfolgten tm Turme Verlor'ne Miih'
Lob des hohen Verstandes Trost im Ungliick
Conducted by WYN MORRIS
10.0" Symphony No. 8. In D minor (Vaughan Williams)
Conducted by SIR ADRIAN BOULT on gramophone records
A stereophonic broadcast: see p. 10

Contributors

Contralto:
Janet Baker
Baritone:
Geraint Evans
Unknown:
Verstandes Trost
Conducted By:
Wyn Morris
Conducted By:
Sir Adrian Boult

CLAUDE MAY (baritone)
WILFRID PARRY (piano)
AEOLIAN STRING Quartet
Sydney Humphreys (violin) Raymond Keenlyside (violin) Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello)
English STRING Quartet Nona Liddell (violin)
Eleanor St. George (violin) Marjorie Lempfert (viola) Helen Just (cello)
Second broadcast of the Octet

Contributors

Baritone:
Claude May
Piano:
Wilfrid Parry
Violin:
Sydney Humphreys
Violin:
Raymond Keenlyside
Viola:
Watson Forbes
Cello:
Derek Simpson
Violin:
Nona Liddell
Violin:
Eleanor St. George
Viola:
Marjorie Lempfert

A series of ten programmes for listeners who want to know more about the language and life of German-speaking countries
Programme 8:
Eine Unterhaltung fiber Berlin
Gesprach fiber das Theater
Brecht und DUrrenmatt
Introduced by SABINE MICHAEL and DIETER GEISSLER
Written and produced by Edith R. Baer

Contributors

Unknown:
Eine Unterhaltung
Introduced By:
Sabine Michael
Introduced By:
Dieter Geissler
Produced By:
Edith R. Baer

Users and visitors - the problems illustrated
3: Forests and Forest Parks: timber production, conservation and recreation by G. B. Ryle, C.B.E., Formerly Deputy Director General of the Forestry Commission
Produced by Rosemary Jellis
Second broadcast
Next week's programme is at 6.40 p.m.
A booklet is available

Contributors

Unknown:
G. B. Ryle
Produced By:
Rosemary Jellis

by FRED INGLIS
In Defence of Reason Is the title of the collected criticism of Yvor Winters. In Mr. Inglis's opinion it has been gravely neglected in Britain and he argues in favour of the importance of paying greater attention to this major American critic and poet.

Contributors

Unknown:
Fred Inglis
Unknown:
Yvor Winters.

Written and introduced by A. L. Lloyd
Illustrated by field recordings Produced by Douglas Cleverdon The idea dies hard that folk music is produced as naturally as a bird sings on the bough. On the contrary. when folk traditions are in flower, they demand a high degree of talent and training, of Individual fantasy and technical skill. This programme shows that in Europe and elsewhere there are authentic performers whose art is. in its own idiom, comparable to the art of the great concert virtuosi...
Second broadcast followed by an interlude at 10.55

Contributors

Produced By:
Douglas Cleverdon

Network Three

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