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by ENID CLARKE (piano)
JULIAN SMITH (baritone) EVELYN AMEY (piano)
April; Amberley wild brooks
Ireland
Songs from the Chinese
Reginald Redman
On the death of his mistress On the birth of his son
An oath of friendship
Last poem
On his baldness
The Ching-Ting Mountain
Credo (Ancient Chinese Creed)
Six Preludes. Lennox Berkeley

Contributors

Piano:
Enid Clarke
Baritone:
Julian Smith
Unknown:
Reginald Redman

by DENYS HAY
Professor of Medieval History in the University of Edinburgh 4: Latin as a Work of Art
The advantages of humanist Latin in literature and satire. Much of the programme is devoted to a performance of extracts from Julius Eiclusus by Erasmus (published in 1517): sctting-the gates of Heaven
Readers, GEORGE HAGAN and DONALD McKILLOP
Broadcast on October 23, 1963, in the Third Network
An accompanying booklet by Professjr Hay provides an essential background to the series. It can be obtained from newsagents and booksellers. price 5s ordirect by sending a crossed postal order to BBC Publications [address removed].

Contributors

Unknown:
Julius Eiclusus
Readers:
George Hagan

Fury in Petticoats by Elaine Morgan adapted for radio by CYNTHIA PUGHE with Hugh David and Margaret John
It is 1837; and life in the home of the Rev. William Dill , the vicar of a small parish in England, is peaceful and leisurely, until one day the vicar welcomes into his household a native girl brought from Tierra del Fuego by a Mr. Charles Darwin.
Produced by Lorraine DAVIES
See page 32

Contributors

Unknown:
Elaine Morgan
Unknown:
Hugh David
Unknown:
Margaret John
Unknown:
Rev. William Dill
Produced By:
Lorraine Davies
The Rev William Dill:
Glanffrwd James
Augusta, his wife:
Nesta Harris
Anne, his daughter:
Eve Brown
The Rev Edward Parsloe, his curate.:
Bernard Thorpe
Charles Darwin:
Hugh David
Fuegia Basket:
Gwenyth Petty
Baxter, the maid:
Margaret John

from King's College Chapel, Cambridge
Introit: Senex puerum portabat (Five-part: Byrd)
Responses (William Smith ) Psalms 27, 28. 29
Lessons: Haggai 2, vv. 1-9;
Galatians 4, vv. 1-7
Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
(Walmisley in D minor)
Anthem: Senex puerum portabat (Victoria)
Director of Music, DAVID WILLCOCKS
Organ Scholar, John Langdon

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Unknown:
John Langdon

by MARJORIE DALZIEL who has recently returned from the West Indies to Scotland, where she is known as an actress on stage and in both forms of broadcasting. For two years she was lecturer on drama in a teachers' training college in Jamaica. There she found the stirrings of new creative life among people who until recently had never seen a theatre, let alone been inside one.

Contributors

Unknown:
Marjorie Dalziel

A new adventure serial in six episodes by AURREY FEIST
2: The House on the Downs
The disappearance of Rachel is a nine days' wonder in the newspapers. Peter and Corric decide to follow the mysterious instructions she gave them before she disappeared.
Produced by DAVID DAVIS

Contributors

Unknown:
Aurrey Feist
Produced By:
David Davis
Mr Peter Corselin:
David Enders
Miss Corinthia Corselin:
Pat Pleasance
Captain Ransom:
John Bentley
Mr Darcy Lockwood:
Leslie Heritage
Captain Daniel Corselin:
Malcolm Hayes
Mrs Daniel Corselin:
Betty Hardy
Harmonica player:
Alfie Kahn

A series of contests between London and the Regions London v. West: Round 4
London
MICHAEL AYRTON , DENIS BROGAN
Quiz-Master, LIONEL HALE
West
ALAN GIBSON, CHARLES Ross.
Quiz-Master, Roy PLOMLEY
Arranged by PATRICK HARVEY

Contributors

Unknown:
Michael Ayrton
Unknown:
Denis Brogan
Unknown:
Lionel Hale
Unknown:
Charles Ross.
Arranged By:
Patrick Harvey

PATRICIA CLARK (soprano) BARBARA HOLT (soprano)
ELISABETH ROBINSON (soprano) FLORE WEND (soprano)
LAURA SARTI (mezzo-soprano) JANET FRASER (contralto)
HUGUES CUENOD (tenor)
KENNETH MACDONALD (tenor)
PIERRE MOLLET (baritone)
ANDRÉ VESSIÈRES (baritone)
BBC CHORUS
BBC SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Leader, Hugh Maguire Conducted by Ernest Ansermet
From the Royal Festival Hall. London
Part 1: Kauel
L'ENFANT ET LES SORTILÈGES
A Lyrical Fantasy in two scenes

Contributors

Soprano:
Patricia Clark
Soprano:
Barbara Holt
Soprano:
Elisabeth Robinson
Mezzo-Soprano:
Laura Sarti
Contralto:
Janet Fraser
Tenor:
Hugues Cuenod
Tenor:
Kenneth MacDonald
Baritone:
Pierre Mollet
Baritone:
André Vessières
Leader:
Hugh Maguire
Conducted By:
Ernest Ansermet
The Child:
Flore Wend
The Princess:
Barbara Holt
The Fire:
Barbara Holt
The Nightingale:
Barbara Holt
The Mother:
Janet Fraser
The China Cup:
Janet Fraser
The Dragonfly f:
Janet Fraser
A Herdsman:
Janet Fraser
The She-cat:
Laura Sarti
The Squirrel:
Laura Sarti
The Shepherdess!:
Elisabeth Robinson
A Country Lass:
Elisabeth Robinson
The Owl:
Elisabeth Robinson
The Bat:
Patricia Clark
The Wedgwood Teapot:
Kenneth MacDonald
The Green Frog:
Hugues Cuenod
The Arm-Chair:
Andre Vessieres
A Tree:
Andre Vessieres
The Grandfather Clock:
Pierre Mollet
The Tom-cat:
Pierre Mollet

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