Television: Jul. 31, 1964

Wednesday, July 29

ON BROADWAY TONIGHT (CBS, 10-11 p.m.).* Robert Goulet is the pro among tonight's new talent.

Thursday, July 30

CHOOSING A CANDIDATE (NBC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). How the Republicans selected their presidential and vice-presidential candidates, and an advance look at what the Democrats may do.

A WORLD'S FAIR DIARY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). NBC Correspondent Edwin Newman's personal view of the fair. Color.

Friday, July 31

THE BOB HOPE THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer and Leo Genn star in an espionage tale of a Soviet agent's theft of British defense secrets and attempted defection to Russia. Color. Repeat.

ON PARADE (NBC, 9:30-10 p.m.). Composer Henry Mancini and his music.

Saturday, August 1

SUMMER PLAYHOUSE (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). Comedy about a newly married couple's attempts to set up house while continuing college. Patricia Blair and Jim Hutton are the newlyweds.

MISS UNIVERSE BEAUTY PAGEANT (CBS, 10-11:30 p.m.). Shapely delegates from the world over display their charms and talents. Arlene Francis, John Daly and Jack Linkletter host the competition, broadcast live from Miami Beach.

Sunday, August 2

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). The story of how the U.S. helped rehabilitate both its enemies and allies after each world war and fed the Russians during the 1921 famine. Participants include Admiral Lewis L. Strauss, secretary to then U.S. Food Administrator Herbert Hoover after World War I, and General Lucius Clay, military governor of the U.S. zone in Germany after World War II.

RECORDS

Virtuosos

STRAVINSKY: VIOLIN CONCERTO IN D MAJOR (Philips). A rare and rewarding encounter between the neoclassicist Stravinsky and the romantic David Oistrakh. Oistrakh gaily sets off short rhythmic explosions in the Toccata and Capriccio and then lets the melodies pour out in the two calm stretches called arias. Conductor Bernard Haitink and the Lamoureux Orchestra are also attuned to every instantaneous change in the musical weather.

BACH: THE WELL-TEMPERED CLAVIER, PART 1 (2 LPs; Archiv). "Clavier" means keyboard, and no one knows whether these preludes and fugues were written for harpsichord, organ or clavichord. Ralph Kirkpatrick is recording them on the clavichord, preferring its subtlety. Infinitely varied within their small compass, like snowflakes, the pieces have a severe fascination when played on the soft, monochromatic instrument. The late Wanda Landowska chose the harpsichord as her clavier, and her performances (RCA Victor) will be preferred by listeners who demand greater contrast and majesty.

ERNEST BLOCH: CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA (Angel). Bloch was noted for his Jewish music, but in this work he denied having any Hebraic inspiration or intention and referred to the main theme as the "American Indian." The overtones are oriental nevertheless, and the coloring exotic. Yehudi Menuhin, who first played for Bloch when he was six, lends to the work of his late friend a special intensity, as though he were celebrating a mystery.