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KING ARTHUR VARIATIONS

AND DUCHESS OF MALFI

THE

TODAY. TO FRIDAY, JULY 8

DUCHESS OF MALFI-Monday, 7.30 p.m.: An introduction by Hongkong's most distinguished scholar, Edmund Blunden, to the first production ever in Hongkong of a play by John Webster, great contemporary of Shakespeare.

The programme

includes duces these variations on the dramate illustrations by members Arthurlan theme.

cast

and Victor

Price

of the talks to the producer Alec Hardle about problems encountered in staging the play,

THE BLUE AND THE GREY -Monday, 9 p.m.: At the close

Civil of the American

War a

10.45 a.m.

To

Scherzo

SATURDAY SYMPHONY Confederate general said "The

-Little Symphony in B Flat South would have won if her

for

Wind

Instruments the

(Gounod); songs had equalled those of

from Triumphant Symphony North,"

view, An exaggerated

(Smetana); Symphony No. 1 perhaps, on how the war was lost,

in F Major, Op. 17 (Fibich). OUR but all the same the

of 11.45 BEYOND songs

KEN-(Re- peat).

TODAY.

DIARY FOR

both sides played an important 12.15 pm. BANDSTAND. role in what was one of the 12.43 PIANO PLAYTIME. bloodiest conflicts In American 1.00 TIME SIGNAL, history. This one hour tribute, 1.13 WEATHER REPORT. by Charles Chilton allows time 1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS.

1.30 THE AFTERNOON CONCERT for only the best representative

-A Purcell Suite (Purcell arr.- songs of North and South, but

Sir John Barbirolli). each of these is linked with Its appropriate event, showing why It was composed at all.

ARNE AND BOYCE ANNI- VERSARY

1960 is

PROGRAMME— Wednesday, 10.15 p.m.: the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas. Arne and WIE- liam Boyce, the two greatest 18th contury English composers (not reckoning Handel who was born a German). Clive Simpson talks about these composers and plays some of their music In this anni- versary programme.

2.00 WE SING FOR YOU—The Four

Lads. TAKE IT FROM HERE—(Re- peat series).

2.30

3.00 FIESTA LATINA.

MAN,

3.30 THE VANISHING 4.00 FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND

HIS ORCHESTRA. 4.30 HOLIDAY MAGAZINE — (Re-

peat).

5.00 DISK JOCKEY—With Joe Yue. 5.20 THE NAVY LARK-(Repeat). 6.00 TIME SIGNAL, NEWS FROM

RADIO AUSTRALIA. 6.10 INTERLUDE. 6.15 LARRY ADLER

12.30 p.m.

GOING

TO

(Gounod); Soldier's Chorus 6.00 TIME SIGNAL, NEWS FROM from "Faust" (Gounod)

RADIO AUSTRALIA. MUSIC IS FOR EVERY-

6.10 INTERLUDE. ONE-The Rev.

6.15 EDMUNDO Father T. F.

ROS Ryan S.J. talks on music for

ORCHESTRA. the ordinary listener. No. 21. 1.00 TIME SIGNAL,

AND

HIS

6.45 THE ARCHERS. 7.00 FILM FOCUS.

THE PICTURES. 1.13 WEATHER REPORT. 1.15 TIME SIGNAL, THE NEWS &

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 1.30 THE AFTERNOON CONCERT

-Le Beau

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