Amid persecution and destruction, often in a strange country, some old masters speak their last word, a generation trained before the war comes to maturity, and a new musical ferment is on the way. The BBC acquires a Third Programme.
Strauss Opening scene (Capriccio)
Bartok Piano Concerto No 3
Hindemith La belle dame sans mercl
3.10* Stravinsky Ode conducted by THE COMPOSER Schoenberg A Survivor from Warsaw
Vaughan Williams
Landscape (Scott of the Antarctic)
3.50* Britten Peter Grimes (Act 1, Scene 2) conducted by THE COMPOSER
4.5* Seeds of the new. and some followers of Schoenberg
4.35* Tippett Ritual Dances: records
Producer LEO BLACK