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Introduced by MARJORIE ANDERSON
Born in July: ELSPETH HUXLEY , EVELYN LAYE and TERRY-THOMAS
Splitting the Scale: IRENE NICHOLSON introduces the music of the Mexican, JULIAN CARRILLO
That Word Neurotic! ELIZABETH WEBB talks to members of Neurotics Nomine
Before We Met: JAMES BERRY was in Jamaica, his wife in England

Contributors

Introduced By:
Marjorie Anderson
Unknown:
Elspeth Huxley
Unknown:
Evelyn Laye
Introduces:
Irene Nicholson
Unknown:
Julian Carrillo
Talks:
Elizabeth Webb
Unknown:
James Berry

by Eleanor Estes abridged by Naomi Lewis read in five instalments by Patricia Hayes

Old Witch followed the instructions, closing her eyes, chanting the special abracadabra in a rather rusty voice - and then - when she opened her eyes, what did she see?

Contributors

Unknown:
Eleanor Estes
Abridged By:
Naomi Lewis
Unknown:
Patricia Hayes

The story of Cinderella told by PHILIP CUNNINGHAM to the music of Prokofiev on gramophone records
Script by Ursula Roseveare Produced by PEGGY BACON
The new series of Stories from the Ballet opens with Cinderella as a tribute to the Bolshoi Ballet, for whom Prokofiev composed the score just over eighteen years ago when the ballet was created in Moscow.

Contributors

Told By:
Philip Cunningham
Script By:
Ursula Roseveare
Produced By:
Peggy Bacon

The Renaissance in Venice
7: GIOVANNI BELLINI 1430/5—1516
The Madonna of the Meadow probably painted c. 1505 in the National Gallery, London Speaker, MICHAEL KITSON
Lecturer in the History of Art, at the Courtauld Institute, University of London
These broadcasts are part of a scheme for subscribers who are supplied with a colour print of the painting to be discussed together with background notes and illustrations in black and white. Subscriptions, which are 30s., should be sent to [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Kitson

Mozart and Spohr
played by the VIRTUOSO ENSEMBLE
Sidney Fell (clarinet) John Burden (horn)
Andrew McGavin (horn) Patrick Halling (violin) Ernest Scott (violin)
Gwynne Edwards (viola) Kenneth Essex (viola) Willem de Mont (cello) J. Edward Merrett (double-bass)

Contributors

Clarinet:
Sidney Fell
Horn:
John Burden
Horn:
Andrew McGavin
Violin:
Patrick Halling
Violin:
Ernest Scott
Viola:
Gwynne Edwards
Viola:
Kenneth Essex
Cello:
Willem de Mont
Double-Bass:
J. Edward Merrett

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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