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Part 2
WAGHER
Prelude and Liebestod (Tristan und Isolde)
Siegfried's Journey to the Rhine
(Gotterdammerung)
9.35* VERDI
Requiem Mass
HERVA NELLI (soprano)
FEDORA BARBIERI (mezzo-soprano)
GIUSEPPE DI STEFANO (tenor)
CESARE Siepi (bass)
ROBERT SHAW Chorale gramophone records

Contributors

Soprano:
Herva Nelli
Mezzo-Soprano:
Fedora Barbieri
Tenor:
Giuseppe Di Stefano
Bass:
Cesare Siepi

Introduced by MICHAEL DE MORGAN
Directed by John Fenton
Timings may be altered by events
12.30* Your Afternoon Forecast direct from the London Weather Centre followed by SPORTS PARADE
*
1.5 ROWING
The Boat Race
See below and page 2
RACING
1.55 The First Apprentice Handicap
For four and five-year-olds only. run over one mile
2.25 The Ranskill 2-year-olds Selling Stakes
For two-year-olds only. run over five furlongs
2.55 The Stirling Handicap
For three-year-olds and upwards. run over six furlongs
Commentary by PETER BROMLEY with summaries by TONY PRESTON
From Doncaster
4.54* Racing Results
RUGBY UNION
Cardiff v. Barbarians
2.40 Preview
3.10 Commentary on part of this afternoon's match by PETER YARRANTON and G. V. WYNNE-JONES
From Cardiff Arms Park
3.55 ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Commentary by ALAN CLARKE and PETER JONES on the second half of one of today's English League Games
4.40* Football Results
M they come In direct from the BBC Sports Room
5.0 SPORTS REPORT
Produced by Angus Mackay
Classified Football Results at
5.0 and 5.50

Contributors

Introduced By:
Michael de Morgan
Directed By:
John Fenton
Commentary By:
Peter Bromley
Unknown:
Tony Preston
Unknown:
Peter Yarranton
Unknown:
G. V. Wynne-Jones
Commentary By:
Alan Clarke
Commentary By:
Peter Jones
Produced By:
Angus MacKay

by DENIS MATTHEWS
Today is the hundredth anniversary of Toscanini's birth. To mark the occasion Denis Matthews talks about the great conductor's unique qualities and relates his achievement to his recorded legacy.

Contributors

Unknown:
Denis Matthews
Talks:
Denis Matthews

A symposium
Eleven years after the death of Michael Ventris. Leonard Cottrell has interviewed internationally known archaeologists, philologists, and historians, and invited them to comment not only on Linear B but on the progress made in our overall understanding of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations.
Recorded contributions by DR. JOHN BOARDMAN
DR. EMMETT L. BENNETT JR .
DR. JOHN CHADWICK
VINCENT DESBOROUGH
SINCLAIR Hood
PROFESSOR SPYRIDON MARINATOS
PROFESSOR LEONARD PALMER
PROFESSOR DENYS PAGE
DR. FRANK STUBBINGS
Produced by LEONARD COTTRELL
Third broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ventris.
Unknown:
Leonard Cottrell
Unknown:
Dr. John Boardman
Unknown:
Dr. Emmett L. Bennett Jr
Unknown:
Dr. John Chadwick
Unknown:
Vincent Desborough
Unknown:
Sinclair Hood
Unknown:
Professor Spyridon Marinatos
Unknown:
Professor Leonard Palmer
Unknown:
Professor Denys Page
Unknown:
Dr. Frank Stubbings
Produced By:
Leonard Cottrell

MARGARET NEVILLE (soprano) MAUREEN LEHANE (contralto) KENNETH BOWEN (tenor)
JOHN SHIRLEY-QUIRK (baritone) IFOR JAMES (horn)
LONDON STRING QUARTET Carl Pini , John Tunnell
Keith Cumminns , Douglas Cameron
Gwynne Edwards (viola) Terence Weil (cello) EDEN and TAMIR
(two pianos and piano duet)
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Neville
Contralto:
Maureen Lehane
Tenor:
Kenneth Bowen
Baritone:
John Shirley-Quirk
Horn:
Ifor James
Unknown:
Carl Pini
Unknown:
John Tunnell
Unknown:
Keith Cumminns
Unknown:
Douglas Cameron
Viola:
Gwynne Edwards
Cello:
Terence Weil

by ROGER MANVELL
The casting of Elen Terry as Lady Macbeth in Henry Irving's lavish production of 1888 proved revolutionary In the course of writing her biography Roger Manvell has studied some unpublished notes Ellen Terry made on the play and on Sarah Siddons's performance. The notes reveal a new interpreta. tion which was to break a theatrical tradition of two centuries
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Roger Manvell

Network Three

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