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: NEWS SUMMARY

and Weather Forecast

: OVERTURE

Overture: Zampa (Harold)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.13* Joyeuse marche (Chabrier)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC Orchestra
Conducted by SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
7.17* Six epigraphes antiques
(Debussy, orch. Ansermet)
SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ERNEST ANSERMET
7.33* Suite: Scaramouche, for two pianos (Milhaud)
BRACHA EDEN, ALEXANDER TAMIR
7.1V Suite No. 2: Daphnis and Chloe (Ravel)
NBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Conducted by ARTURO TOSCANINI on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By: Ernest Ansermet
Conducted By: Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By: Ernest Ansermet
Unknown: Alexander Tamir
Conducted By: Arturo Toscanini

: NEWS SUMMARY

and Weather Forecast

: MORNING CONCERT

Overture: The Merry Wives of Windsor (Nicolai)
VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by RUDOLF KEMPE
8.13* Polonaise No. 3, in A major
(Chopin)
ARTUR RUBINSTEIN (piano)
8.18* Krakowiak: Concert rondo for piano and orchestra (Chopin)
STEFAN ASKENASE
HAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
Conducted by WILLEM VAN OTTERLOO
8.34* Legend: The Swan of Tuonela
(Sibelius)
HALLE ORCHESTRA
Conducted by SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI Cor anglais, Roger Winfield
8.4'i* Lyric Suite, Op. 54 (Cries)
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Conducted by GEORGE WELDON on gramophone records

Contributors

Conducted By: Rudolf Kempe
Piano: Artur Rubinstein
Conducted By: Willem van Otterloo
Conducted By: Sir John Barbirolli
Unknown: Roger Winfield
Conducted By: George Weldon

: NEWS SUMMARY

and Weather Forecast

: THIS WEEK'S COMPOSER

Purcell
Anthems and Fantasias including the Bell Anthem Rejoice in the Lord alway on gramophone records

: ANNIVERSARY

Gramophone records highlighting musical anniversaries occurring this week

: PIANO RECITAL

by DAPHNE SPOTTISWOODE

Contributors

Unknown: Daphne Spottiswoode

: Music Making

Schumann Chamber Music series
Piano trio in F major, Op 80 Schumann
*11.25 Four poems of John Clare - Stephen Dodgson
*11.35 Ballad (As I Walked Out) - Richard Rodney Bennett
*11.42 Piano trio in G major Op 1 No 2 - Beethoven
Oromonte Piano Trio: Perry Hart (violin) Bruno Schrecker (cello) Nina Milkina (piano)
Wilfred Brown (tenor) John Williams (guitar)
Second broadcast of the ---ngs
Next week: piano quintet in E flat major, Op 44

Piano Trio id F major. Op. 80 - Schumann
11.25* Four poems of John Clare - Stephen Dodoson
11.35* Ballad (As walked out) - Richard Rodney Bennett
11.42* Piano Trio in G major. Op. 1 - No. 2 Beethoven

Contributors

Violinist: Perr Hart
Violinist: Bruno Schrecker
Cellist: Bruno Schrecker
Pianist: Nina Milkina
Tenor: Wilfred Brown
Guitarist: John Williams

: MIDDAY CONCERT

Raymond Cohen (violin)
Scottish NATIONAL Orchestra Leader, Sam Bor
Conducted by RODERICK BRYDON
Part 1

Contributors

Violin: Raymond Cohen
Leader: Sam Bor
Conducted By: Roderick Brydon

: NEWS SUMMARY

and Weather Forecast

: CONCERT CALENDAR

JOHN GARDNER looks at some non-broadcast musical events taking place in the North during the next seven days

Contributors

Unknown: John Gardner

: MIDDAY CONCERT

Part 2: Beethoven
Symphony No. 7, in A major

: MATINEE

LONDON STUDIO ORCHESTRA Leader. Reginald Leopold
Conducted by BRYAN FAIRFAX
CLIVE LYTHGOE (piano)
In a programme of light music by Stephen Storace , Clive Muncaster. Bruckner. Morton Gould , Heinrich Marschner with piano solos by Szymanowski, Schubert. Poulenc. and Palmgren

Contributors

Leader: Reginald Leopold
Conducted By: Bryan Fairfax
Piano: Clive Lythgoe
Music By: Stephen Storace
Music By: Clive Muncaster.
Unknown: Morton Gould
Unknown: Heinrich Marschner

: THE COMPOSER PLAYS

Sixth of nine programmes In which composers are heard in recorded performancesoftheirownmusic
DohMUfi
Three pieces, Op. 23, for piano
3.12* Shostakovich
Sonata for cello and piano, Op. 40 with Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
3.39* Bartofc
Sonata No. 2, for violin and piano with Josef Szigeti (violin) on gramophone records

Contributors

Cello: Mstislav Rostropovich
Violin: Josef Szigeti

: FROM MY REPERTOIRE

French Songs
NIGEL WICKENS (baritone) PETER CROSER (piano)

Contributors

Baritone: Nigel Wickens
Piano: Peter Croser

: TALKING ABOUT MUSIC

ANTONY HOPKINS discusses a work or theme of current interest
Sunday's broadcast

: NEW BBC ORCHESTRA

Conductor, Leonard HIRSCH

Contributors

Conductor: Leonard Hirsch

: BANDSTAND

B.M.C. BAND
Conductor, HARRY MORTIMER

Contributors

Conductor: Harry Mortimer

: FACTS IN FOCUS

Soviet Affairs
2: Industry
(3) Planning by P. H. Vigor

Contributors

Unknown: P. H. Vigor

: LET'S GO !

B nVTb!
13 M3
A course of twenty lessons in spoken Russian for near-beginners
Lesson 13
Written by VAUGHAN JAMES University of Sussex
Given by VAUGHAN JAMES
MARINA RYAN , and VICTOR GREGORIY
Language consultant, Lyubov Volossevich
Produced by Richard Hooper
A booklet is available
Repented Saturday 10.45 a.m. (Home)

Contributors

Written By: Vaughan James
Unknown: Marina Ryan
Unknown: Victor Gregoriy
Unknown: Lyubov Volossevich
Produced By: Richard Hooper

: THE ROMANS

Eight programmes on the background of the Roman world
3: Roman Law and the Family by Professor ALAN WATSON of the University of Glasgow
Rome's greatest legacy to the World was her law. After suggesting why the Romans were such good law makers. Professor Watson considers specific points in Roman family law and shows how it was adapted to changing circumstances.
With readings by DENIS GOACHER
Produced by Adrian Johnson
A reading list can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed foolscap envelope to The Romans. Further Education Department [address removed]

Contributors

Unknown: Professor Alan Watson
Produced By: Adrian Johnson

: THE NOVEL IN THE THIRTIES

A reconsideration by Walter Allen
Readers, STEPHEN MURRAY DUNCAN MCINTYRE
FRANK DUNCAN , PETER MARINKER Vile Bodies
England Made Me
The Death of the Heart
Acknowledging himself ' a Thirties man.' Walter Allen considers from the viewpoint of 1965 the characteristic writing of the decade in terms of the novels of Evelyn Waugh , Graham Greene. Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Wyndham Lewis. Christopher Isherwood , Henry Green , and Elizabeth Bowen.
Produced by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
Second broadcast

Contributors

Readers: Walter Allen
Readers: Stephen Murray
Readers: Duncan McIntyre
Unknown: Frank Duncan
Unknown: Peter Marinker
Unknown: Walter Allen
Unknown: Evelyn Waugh
Unknown: Graham Greene.
Unknown: Lewis Grassic Gibbon.
Unknown: Wyndham Lewis.
Unknown: Christopher Isherwood
Unknown: Henry Green
Unknown: Elizabeth Bowen.
Produced By: Douglas Cleverdon
Tony: Geoffrey Matthews
Brenda: Betty Huntley-Wright
John Andrew: Eva Haddon
Mr Norris: Changes Trains
Bradshaw: Allan McClelland
Mr Norris: Peter Marinker
Minty: Leslie French
Kate: Jane Wenham
Anna: Cécile Chevreau
St Quentin: Geoffrey Matthews
Thomas: Douglas Hankin
Dickie: Anthony Hall
Portia: Patricia Leventon

: SCHOENBERG'S ' FREE' ATONALITY

SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF BAVARIAN Radio
Five Pieces for Orchestra,
Op. 16
Conducted by HERMANN SCHERCHEN
8.52* Erwartung: monodrama for voice and orchestra
HELGA PILARCZYK (soprano)
Conducted by MICHAEL GIELEN
Recording made available by courtesy of Bavarian Radio

Contributors

Conducted By: Hermann Scherchen
Conducted By: Michael Gielen

: THE BIRTH OF AN OPERA

Gluck's Alceste by Hanns Hammelmann and Michael Rose
Part 1: Gluck in Vienna
FELIX FELTON reads excerpts from Gluck's letters Others taking part:
NORMAN SHELLEY , JONATHAN Scott ROGER SNOWDON , ROLF LEFEBVRE JOHN JUSTIN
Narration by JOHN GLEN
Produced by CHRISTOPHER SYKES
To be repeated on June 11 Gluck in Paris: June 2

Contributors

Unknown: Hanns Hammelmann
Unknown: Michael Rose
Unknown: Norman Shelley
Unknown: Jonathan Scott
Unknown: Roger Snowdon
Unknown: Rolf Lefebvre
Unknown: John Justin
Unknown: John Glen
Produced By: Christopher Sykes

: EARLY FRENCH MUSIC

AIMÉE VAN DE WIELE (harpsichord)
Second broadcast

: THE NEWS

: MARKET TRENDS

: Closedown

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