Readings for Sunday morning
and forecast for farmers and shipping
The New Casino Orchestra
Conducted by Reginald Kilbey with Charles Smart (organ)
Overture: Oberon (Weber): Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Wilhelm Furtwängler
Leporello's Aria (Act 1, Don Giovanni )
(Mozart): Erich Kunz (baritone) with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Otto Ackermann
Violin Concerto in E minor (Mendelssohn): Isaac Stern (violin) with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Suite: The Love for Three Oranges
(Prokofiev): Royal Orchestra of Copenhagen, conducted by Nicolai Maiko on gramophone records
A weekly review edited by Anna Instone and Julian Herbage
Introduced by Alec Robertson
Contents:
' Bach's " short " Masses,' by Trevor Harvey
' Music. Magazine Remembers ..." 3-'A Visit to Sibelius,' by Basil Cameron
' Shakespeare and the Black-letter Ballad,' by Diana Poulton
Five experts on films, theatre, books, radio, and art
Conducted by John Summerson
Films: Edgar Anstey Theatre: Ivor Brown
Books: William Plomer
Radio: Frank Tilsley Art: Colin Maclnnes
and forecast for farmers and shipping
from Killyleagh Castle,
County Down
John Crossly introduces:
John McGiffert ,
Herbert W. K. Sterritt
Frank Bishop, Mrs. Bishop ,
David Kane, David McCormick
Singer, Henry Hinds accompanied by the Pearl Ensemble
Produced by Sam Hanna Bell
'Hob's Star'
An original fairy play by Muriel Hardill
Produced by Herbert Smith
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
Shipping and general weathpr forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
A weekly report on the proceedings of the General Assembly of the United Nations in Paris
THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE
A review of the past week's work of the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe at Strasbourg
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Ian Whyte
Yesterday. December 8, was Sibelius' eighty-sixth „ birthday, and the performances of his First Symphony in the Third Programme last night and in the Home Service tonight are being given in honour of the event. The work, which was produced in 1899, is more traditional in form than any of the six symphonies that followed; it is, nevertheless, stamped with the powerful individuality of its composer. Confessedly autobiographical in character, it is (we are told) the expression of ' his dreams, his melancholy, his longing, his undaunted acceptance of life, his indomitable will to assert himself.'
The opening movement has a short introduction, Andante ma non troppo, in which a clarinet soliloquises, as it were, over a soft drum-roll; the Allegro energico that follows is tempest-tossed and exhilarating. The Andante (in E flat) has a particularly haunting theme, first played by muted violins and cellos. There is a vigorous Scherzo (in C); and at the beginning of the spacious finale we hear again, in a more impassioned form, the melody that opened the whole work.
Harold Rutland
by Anthony Trollope
Adapted for broadcasting in eleven parts by H. Oldfield Box
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham
at 3.10
Following his interview with Mr. Crawley, that kind hearted attorney of Gray's Inn, Mr. Toogood, has been down to Barsetshire to make a few discreet enquiries; and as a result he has resolved that the Dean and Mrs. Arabin should be informed of Mr. Crawley's difficulties and be brought back to England as soon as possible.
At the Palace Mrs. Proude's injudicious interference in the Bishop's interview with Dr. Tempest, with regard to the proposed commission to enquire into Mr. Crawley's conduct, has led to a scene which is to have far-reaching effects upon the Bishop's relationship with his wife.
Hearing that Grace Crawley is staying at Framley Parsonage, Archdeacon Grantly Suspects trial old Lady Lufton has deliberately persuaded Mr. and Mrs. Rjbarts to invite her there, with the object of bringing Grace and his son, Henry Grantly, together. Finding that this assumption is incorrect, he is persuaded by Lady Lufton to go up to the Parsonage to see Grace Crawley herself.
(To be repeated on Thursday at 3.10)
by Lord Radcliffe of Werneth,
P.c, G.B.E.
6-On majority rule. the general will, and the relation of the individual to government
Rousseau believed that power should derive from the people. In this talk Lord Radcliffe examines some of his arguments and their implications and questions whether they arc compatible with the Benthamite view that the state should intertere as little as possible with the individual. Lord Radcliffe goes on to consider these and other theories in relation to the liritish Constitution.
The last lecture in this series will be broadcast next Sunday. The lectures are being printed in The Listener
for Bible Sunday
Psalm 119. part 8 (Broadcast Psalter)
Reading from Sir A. Quiller-Couch
Almighty God. thy word is cast like seed into the ground (BBC Hymn Book 188)
Collect for the Second Sunday in Advent
