Tonight, especially for entomologists. music about spiders and dromedaries, goats and ants. And for horticulturists' and farmers, extracts from catalogues selling flower-seeds and agricultural machinery.
The music is by Roussel, Milhaud. Poulenc, Honegger, Stravinsky and Jean Francaix and the performers are: NIGEL WICKENS (baritone) With the NASH ENSEMBLE conducted by ELGAR HOWARTH RUTH DYSON (harpsichord) and on gramophone records:
STRAVINSKY conducting MEMBERS
OF THE CBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA ERNEST ANSERMET conducting tne SUISSE ROMANDE ORCHESTRA