and Weather Forecast
Overture: Norma (Bellini)
PHILHARMONIA. Orchestra
Conducted by TULLIO SERAFIN
7.10* Concertstiick for harp and orchestra (Pierni)
ANNIE CHALLAN PARIS CONSERVATOIRE Orchestra Conducted by ANDRE CLUYTENS
7.25* Incidental music: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
RAE WOODLAND (soprano) HELEN WATTS (contralto)
NLTILERLANDS RADIO CHOIR
AMSTERDAM CONCERTHBOUW ORCHESTRA Conducted by BERNARD HAITINK gramophone records
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Concerto Grosso No. 15, in A minor
(Op. 6 No. 4) (Handel)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by OTTO KLEMPEREK
8.29* Cello Concerto in B minor
(Dvorak)
LEONARD ROSE
PHILADELPHIA Orchestra
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY gramophone records
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Stravinsky Dumbarton Oaks : Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
English CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
9.19* Ballet: Agon
Los ANGELES Festival ORCHESTRA Conducted by THE COMPOSER gramophone records
Gramophone records of choruses from Aida, Altita, La battaglia dt Legnano, 1 Lombardi, Nabucco, and II Trovatore'
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ST. CECILIA ACADEMY, ROME
Conducted by CARLO FRANCI
This week
Valerie Tryon (piano) plays
Friday Mozart series
EDITH VOGEL (piano)
DARTINGTON STRING QUARTET
Colin Sauer , Peter Carter
Keith Lovell , Michael Evans
CHRISTINA CLARKE (soprano)
BBC NORTHERN
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by MAURICE HANDFORD
Part 1
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FELIX APRAHAMIAN looks at some non-broadcast musical events taking place in London and the South-East during the coming midweek
Part 2
Given before an invited audience in the Town Hall. Manchester, by courtesy of Manchester Corporation
from operas
Suite: The Snow Maiden
(Rimsky-Korsakov)
PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EFHEM KURTZ
2.13* Souvenirs de Munich (on themes from Tristan and Isolde) (Chabrier)
RENA KYRIAKOU and WALTER KLIEN (piano duet)
2.19* Fantasia on themes from
Carmen (Sarasate)
RUGGIERO Ricci (violin)
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by PIERINO GAMBA
2.33* Suite: Porgy and Bess
(Gershwin)
UTAH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by MAURICE ABRAVANEL gramophone records
Czech music
Six piano pieces, Op. 6..Alois Haha first broadcast performance in this country of Nos. 3-6
LIZA FUCHSOVA (piano)
DUMKA TRIO
Suzanne Rosza (violin) Vivian Joseph (cello) Liza Fuchsova (piano)
PORTIA ENSEMBLE
Mary Ryan (flute and piccolo. Mary Murdoch (oboe) Thea King (clarinet)
Daphne Down (bass-clarinet) Valerie Smith (horn)
Deirdre Dundas-Grant (bassoon)
Third broadcast of the Janacek
Conductor, LEONARD HIRSCH
International Choral Competition
Great Britain
Programme 4
EQUAL VOICE CHOIRS
From the North
FELLING MALE VOICE CHOIR
Conductor. NORMAN WILLIAMS
From the West
PLYMOUTH CLARION MALE VOICE CHOIR
Conductor, EDGAR LlTTLEJOHNS
YOUTH CHOIRS
From Northern Ireland CAMPBELL COLLEGE CHOIR
Conductor, DONALD LEGGAT
From the South-East
ORPINGTON JUNIOR SINGERS Conductor, SHEILA MOSSMAN
Introduced by MARTIN MUNCASTER
Produced by Anthony Philpott
Records chosen by the under-twenties
Introduced by ALAN HOWLETT
This week's programme includes Schoenberg's Verklarte Nacht and Violin Concerto
100-120 w.p.m.
For those who want to keep up or improve their speeds in any system
Some of the material Is taken from Shorthand Dictation Practice, Book 3
60-80 w.p.m.: Monday at 6.30 p.m.
A new series of programmes for parents and school leavers with and A-Level qualifications on the choice of careers and the different forms of training available.
Introduced by Michael Smee
A beginners' course planned jointly by the BBC and the University of Essex primarily for use in evening classes throughout the country
Written by L. M. O'Toole, P. T. Culhane and P. S. Mirsky of the University of Essex
Given by L.M. O'TOOLE, VICTOR GREGORIY and LIUDMILLA ONATSKAYA
Produced by Dennis Simmons
A booklet is available
Monday's broadcast
Piano Concerto No. 2, in B flat major
RUDOLF SERKIN PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by EUGENE ORMANDY gramophone record
by William Shakespeare and with Alec McCowen
David Weston
John Westbrook
Music composed by JOHN BUCKLAND
Conducted by ERIC WETHERELL
Cast in order of speaking:
O'her parts played by members of 'he cast and members of the BBC Drama Repertory Company
Produced by JOHN TYDEMAN
Third broadcast
Timothy West is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company
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DURING THE INTERVAL (9.5-9.15)
A gramophone record of early Scottish keyboard music played by ALAN CUCKSTON (harpsichord)
IRIS LOVERIDGE (piano)
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