STEPHEN BISHOP (piano)
THE ELIZABETHAN SINGERS Conductor, Louis HALSEY London Symphony ORCHESTRA
Leader, Erich Gruenberg Conducted by COLIN DAVIS
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1
A weekly review of the arts
B.S. Johnson, author of an avant-garde novel, Travelling People, and a book of poems in syllables, discusses his new novel Albert Angelo and the current state of the novel in England with Christopher Ricks.
Part 2
The Rite of Spring...Stravinsky Colin Davis broadcasts by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company
Illustrated talk by Deryck Cooke
Thursday evening's Promenade Concert includes the first performance of the full-length version of Mahler's posthumous Tenth Symphony, which has been prepared from the composer's comprehensive draft by Deryck Cooke. In this talk he introduces the work and explains the nature of his task.
A somewhat stately home somewhere in England, the family seat of Sir Plantagenet Pickle , is the scene of this comedy series
Written by David Nobbs and PETER TINNISWOOD
5: Priscilla Houseproud's Story Mon Repos, as the Hall has been christened, is the setting for a nice, respectable love story.
Other parts played by David Nettheim , Patricia Leventon
Music specially composed by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop
Produced by RICHARD THOMAS
followed by an interlude at l»*i
Today's overseas commodity and financial news. London Stock Market closing report