A reading for Sunday morning from
' The Mystical Element of Religion ' by Friedrich von Hugel Read by Robert Rietty
and forecast for farmers and shipping
and forecast for farmers and shipping
by Eric Chadwick
From Manchester Town Hall
The third of a series of weekly recitals including Mendelssohn's six organ sonatas
A series of sixreminiscent talks by Harold Nicolson
1—Victorian Childhood
A request programme of records
Including this week:
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
(Falla)
Scenes from Arabella (Richard Strauss)
Suite: The Planets (Hoist)
Conducted by John Summerson
Radio: Geoffrey Tandy Book: Elspeth Huxley
Art: Robert Furneaux Jordan Film: Freda Bruce Lockhart Theatre: Eric Keown
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
Haverfordwest
J. C. Griffith-Jones introduces some of the people who live there to Hywel Davies
Their conversation has been recorded before an audience of their fellow towns-folk
A series of unscripted interviews with well-known people
3-Yehudi Menuhin who answers personal questions put to him by Margaret Lane , John Connell and J. B. Boothroyd
Virtuoso Chamber Ensemble:
Edward Walker (flute) Leon Goossens (oboe) Sidney Fell (clarinet)
Archibald Jacob (clarinet)
Ronald Waller (bassoon)
John Burden (horn)
Andrew McGavin (horn)
Harold Jackson (trumpet)
David Martin (violin)
Patrick Hailing (violin) Stephen Shingles (viola) Willem de Mont (cello)
James Merrett (double-bass) with Clifton Helliwell (piano)
For Children of Most Ages
'A Summer Night in London'
Talk by Marjorie Nisbett
Special post trains left the main line stations. The House of Commons was still sitting. Some food shops and chemists were open all night, and at 5.0 a.m. Covent Garden got busy, not to mention the great Fish Market at Billingsgate. Mrs. Nisbett went to these places, and others, and saw it all.
5.20 Llangollen International
Musical Eisteddfod
Impressions and recordings presented by David
Last week the little town of Llangollen in North Wales was crowded with British and European soloists, instrumentalists, dancers, and choirs, all competing in the ninth annual music festival in the town. In this programme David gives his impressions of the week.
Shipping and general weather forecasts, followed by a detailed forecast for South-East England
Music by the BBC Concert Orchestra
(Leader, John Sharpe )
Conductor, Charles Mackerras with Helen Watts (contralto)
Rene Soames (tenor)
Clifton Helliwell (piano)
The First Boats in Western Europe
This programme traces the development of prehistoric water transport in Britain and Scandinavia
Glyn Daniel recently visited Denmark and Norway to see the fine collections of early boats in the museums of Copenhagen, Schleswig, and Oslo, and to record interviews with Scandinavian archaeologists
Speakers include George Naish, Assistant Keeper, National Maritime Museum. Greenwich
Produced by John Irving
In Schoolboy French by Donald Boyd
On holiday in France, Donald Boyd meets a country policeman who was his comrade-in-arms in the 1914-18 war.
The last of six talks
(piano)
' The Gift of the Spirit' Psalm 146. vv. 14-21 (Broadcast
Psalter)
1 Corinthians 12, w. 1-13
Our blest Redeemer (BBC Hymn
Book 160)
2 Timothy 1, vv. 6 and 7
late weather forecast for land areas
