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An Entertainment Fabric for All Occasions woven around and about the West Region from threads of Music, Song and Speech

1. By way of Explanation
The comments of Two Listeners (who will also be heard between the Items) as imagined by J.E. Barton
2. Pianoforte Impressions
Played by Hubert Pengelly
3. Phyllis Smale looks at Gloucestershire Folk
4. String Quartet
5. A Diminutive Drama: 'King Alfred and the Neat-Herd'
by Maurice Baring
Characters:
The Neat-Herd
King Alfred
The Neat-Herd's Wife
Scene: The interior of a Neat-Herd's hut, near the River Parret, in Somersetshire
6. A Cycle of Six Songs, 'On Wenlock Edge'
Poem by A.E. Housman
Sung by Trefor Jones (Tenor)
7. Phyllis Smale looks again at Gloucestershire Folk

Played by The Cardiff Ensemble

Contributors

Performer (By way of Explanation):
J.E. Barton
Pianist:
Hubert Pengelly
Performer:
Phyllis Smale
Writer (King Alfred and the Neat-Herd):
Maurice Baring
Poet (On Wenlock Edge):
A.E. Housman
Music (On Wenlock Edge):
Vaughan Williams
Tenor (On Wenlock Edge):
Trefor Jones
Musicians:
The Cardiff Ensemble

5WA Cardiff

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