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Holberg Suite (Grieg)
PHILHARMONIA. ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GEORGE WELDON
7.27* Introduction and Allegro for strings (Elgar)
NEW SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ANTHONY COLLINS
7.41* A Simple Symphony (Britten)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR MALCOLM SARGENT on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
George Weldon
Conducted By:
Anthony Collins
Conducted By:
Sir Malcolm Sargent

Symphonic Poem: The golden spinning-wheel (Dvorak)
CZECH PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by ZDENEK CHALABALA
8.2.5* Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (Rachmaninov)
GARY GRAFFMAN (piano)
NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by LEONARD BERNSTEIN
8.49* Overture: Le carnaval romain (Berlioz)
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN MARTINON on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By:
Zdenek Chalabala
Piano:
Gary Graffman
Conducted By:
Leonard Bernstein
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon

The Russian ' Five,'
Symphony No. 2, in B minor
(Borodin)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN MARTINON
9.29* Kontchak's aria: How are you Prince? (Prince Igor, Act 2) (Borodin)
Boris CHRISTOFF (bass) PHILHARMONIAORCHESTRA
Conducted by JERZY SEMKOW
March: Tsar Saltan
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by JEAN MARTINON on gramophone records
Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 14

Contributors

Conducted By:
Jean Martinon
Bass:
Boris Christoff
Conducted By:
Jerzy Semkow
Conducted By:
Jean Martinon

Symphony No. 100, in G major
(Military) iHaydn)
NEW PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA Conducted by OTTO KLEMPERER
10.31* Sanctus: Agnus Dei (Grande
Messe des Morts) (Berlioz)
CESARE VALLETTI (tenor)
TEMPLE UNIVERSITY Choirs PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY
10.33* Violin Concerto No. in G minor (Prokofiev)
HENRYK SZERYNG London SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by GENNADI ROZHDESTVENSKY
Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 14

Contributors

Conducted By:
Otto Klemperer
Unknown:
Agnus Dei
Tenor:
Cesare Valletti
Conducted By:
Eugene Ormandy
Conducted By:
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky

ELIZABETH HARWOOD (soprano) JOHN WAKEFIELD (tenor)
DONALD MCINTYRE (baritone)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
Chorus-Master. John McCarthy LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA -
Leader, Erich Gruenberg
Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
Haydn
The Seasons
Part 1: Spring: Summer

Contributors

Soprano:
Elizabeth Harwood
Tenor:
John Wakefield
Baritone:
Donald McIntyre
Leader:
Erich Gruenberg
Conducted By:
Colin Davis

Duo in A major (D.574)
JOSEF SUK (violin)
JAN PANENKA (piano)
5.19* Adagio in E flat major
(D.897)
RUDOLF KOECKERT (violin) Josef MERZ (cello)
CHRISTOPH ESCHENBACH (piano) on gramophone records
Fifth of a series of twelve programmes
String Trio in B flat major (D.471) and String Quartet in A minor (D.804)

Contributors

Violin:
Rudolf Koeckert
Cello:
Josef Merz
Piano:
Christoph Eschenbach

played by Fou TS 'ONG (piano)
Polonaise-fantaisie in A flat major.
Op. 61
Two Nocturnes, Op. 62
B major; E major
Three Mazurkas, Op. 59
A minor: A flat major: F sharp minor
Three Mazurkas, Op. 63
B major; F minor; C sharp minor
Berceuse, Op. 57
Three Waltzes, Op. 64
D flat major; C sharp minor: A flat major
Barcarolle, Op. 60

Contributors

Played By:
Fou Ts 'Ong

A beginners' course planned jointly by the BBC and the University of Essex primarily for use in evening classes throughout the country
Lesson 1
Written by L. M. O'Toole , P. T. Culhane and P. S. Mirsky of the University of Essex
Given by L. M. O'TOOLE LYUBOV VOLOSSEVICH Victor Gregoriy and Alexei JAVDOKIMOV
Produced by Richard Hooper
A booklet is available

Contributors

Written By:
L. M. O'Toole
Written By:
P. T. Culhane
Written By:
P. S. Mirsky
Unknown:
L. M. O'Toole
Unknown:
Lyubov Volossevich
Unknown:
Victor Gregoriy
Unknown:
Alexei Javdokimov
Produced By:
Richard Hooper

A series of six programmes about
- scientitic exploration and field work
1: Climate in a citu
By T. J. CHANDLER ,
Department of Geography, University College London
For some years the local climate of Greater London has been studied to find out what variations exist. A mobile laboratory has been used and many schools have helped by keeping records. Now the study is being extended to other cities.
Produced by Rosemary Jellis
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
T. J. Chandler
Produced By:
Rosemary Jellis

A documentary programme on the trial of two Soviet writers
Sinyavsky and Daniel compiled by T. R. FYVEL with Tim Seely as Sinyavsky Ronald Herdman as Daniel other parts played by PRESTON LOCKWOOD GEOFFREY MATTHEWS
BRIAN Hewlett. BASIL Jones and ALLAN MCCLELLAND
Produced by MARTIN ESSLIN
Parts of the transcript of the trial of two Soviet writers who had sent some of their works abroad for publication (which aroused considerable interest earlier this year) have reached the West, and are the basis of this reconstruction of the proceedings in the form of a radio documentary.

Contributors

Unknown:
T. R. Fyvel
Unknown:
Tim Seely
Unknown:
Sinyavsky Ronald Herdman
Played By:
Preston Lockwood
Played By:
Geoffrey Matthews
Unknown:
Brian Hewlett.
Unknown:
Basil Jones
Unknown:
Allan McClelland
Produced By:
Martin Esslin

RONALD Down (tenor)
BBC MEN'S CHORUS
MEN'S VOICES OF THE BBC CHORAL SOCIETY
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
Part 1: Schumann
Overture, Scherzo. and Finale
Stereophonic broadcast: see p. 14

Contributors

Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Colin Davis

by David BUTLER
Nuffield ColteKe , Oxford
Do Party Conferences help or hinder the process of successfully leading a political party? Which is master, the party or the leader?
Mr. Butler speaks from Brighton where he is attending the Labour Party Conference as an independent observer. He will broadcast from Blackpool during the Conservative Party Conference on October 13.

Contributors

Unknown:
David Butler
Unknown:
Nuffield Colteke

tA review of books of verse by Robert Francis
Michael Goldman David Ray
Gary Snyder
Radcliffe Squires and Louis Zukovsky
Arranged, introduced and read by DONALD HALL

Contributors

Unknown:
Robert Francis
Unknown:
Michael Goldman
Unknown:
David Ray
Unknown:
Gary Snyder
Unknown:
Radcliffe Squires
Unknown:
Louis Zukovsky
Read By:
Donald Hall

Network Three

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