Octet in F major played by the VIENNA OCTET on a gramophone record

Three talks by CHRISTOPHER MIDDLETON
3: Some Recent German Poems
Readers:
Anne Beresford and Denis Goacher

Sonatina I
Sonatina III (Ad usum infantis) Sonatina IV (In Diem Nativitatis Christi mcmxvii) played by PHILIP CHALLIS (piano)
This is the first of three programmes of Busoni's piano music.
Busoni is regarded by many people simply as an astonishing piano virtuoso who left a few transcriptions of Bach's organ works. Yet he was very much more. For Busoni was also a highly original composer whose true importance is only now being recognised. This series of three recitals provides an opportunity to hear some of his piano music, ranging from the miniature Sonatinas to the monumental Fantasia Contrappuntistica.

based on material from the book
In-laws and Outlaws by C. Northcote Parkinson
Music composed and conducted by ANTONY HOPKINS
Lyrics by DAVID HENEKER Written and produced by NESTA PAIN
Why does Professor A get a grant while Professor B is always refused? Why do academic journals multiply and proliferate? Why does successful research make further research impossible? The answer to all these and other questions is supplied by Professor Parkinson together with advice on such subjects as committee management and the removal of the man who will not retire. Second broadcast

BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Leader, Hugh Maguire
Conducted by George Hurst Part 1

MICHAEL TIPPETT speaks about what these terms mean in opera with special reference to The Midsummer Marriage (to be broadcast on Sunday) and King Priam, and Kurt Weill's Rise and Fall of Mahagonny (to be broadcast from Sadler's Wells on February 12)

Part 2

in an interview with HENRY MAYHEW
Adapted by Douglas Cleverdon from Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor
Whistling Billy...ANTHONY SELBY Henry Mayhew. CARLETON HOBBS Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON

BBC CHORUS
SIDONIE Goossens (harp) JAMES BLADES (timpani)
THOMAS BLADES (percussion) JACK COLLINGS (percussion)
ENGLISH CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz
Conducted by PETER GELLHORII