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Sonatas for cello and continuo
No. 1, in A major No. 2, in C major played by CAROL SANSOM with HAROLD LESTER (harpsichord) and PETER WILLISON (cello)
The second of seven programmes of Boccherini's chamber music.
Two string Quintets Played by the Aeolian Quartet with Bruno Schrecker (cello): October 20

Contributors

Played By:
Carol Sansom
Harpsichord:
Harold Lester
Harpsichord:
Peter Willison
Cello:
Bruno Schrecker

A critical and biographical study written and narrated by Vincent Brome
'She may have destroyed lives and marriages, but her presence was exciting. One felt the spark of genius in her. One grew in her presence.' (BJERRE) with Olive Gregg as Lou
Produced by TERENCE TILLER
Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Vincent Brome
Unknown:
Olive Gregg
Produced By:
Terence Tiller
Nietzsche:
Anthony Jacobs
Peters:
Humphrey Morton
Freud:
Anthony Jackson
Rée:
Michael Deacon
Rilke:
Denys Hawthorne
Elizabeth:
Rosalind Shanks
Malwtlda:
Grizelda Hervey

Ulysses
A cantata for tenor, chorus, and orchestra
ALEXANDER YOUNG (tenor)
AMBROSIAN SINGERS
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA Leader, Raymond Cohen
Conducted by ERICH SCHMID
Broadcast on May 9. 1966
The text of Ulysses comes from the penultimate chapter of James Joyce 's book of the same name and, because it includes a great deal of scientific jargon, might appear unrewarding material for setting to music. However, with what imagination and subtlety the composer has met the challenge,

Contributors

Leader:
Raymond Cohen
Conducted By:
Erich Schmid
Unknown:
James Joyce

by F. R. Leavis
A public lecture given on September 30 in the Everyman Theatre Cheltenham at the opening of this year's Literary Festival

It is customary for the Cheltenham Literary Festival to open with a lecture by a distinguished man of letters and this year that role was filled by one of the most authoritative and controversial critics, F. R. Leavis. As his pupils and readers of his books will know, Dr. Leavis highly regards the poetry of . S. Eliot , and Eliot was the central theme in his lecture.

Contributors

Speaker:
F. R. Leavis

BBC Radio 3

About BBC Radio 3

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

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