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Contemporary British Composers
The Now Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Malcolm Sargent: Suite, Othello (Coleridge-Taylor)—1.Dance from Othello ; 2. Children's Intermezzo; 3. Funeral March ; 4. Willow Song ; 5. Military March. John McCormack (Tenor) : Move's Secret (Bantock). Marjorie Hayward (Violin), with pianoforte accompaniment: Valse Triste (Cyril Scott ); Cc.lric Sharpe (Violoncello) : Lullaby (Cyril Scott ). The New Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Goossens : Mediterranean (Bax). Peter Dawson (Bass-Baritone) : The Vagabond (Vaughan Williams). Stuart Robertson (Baritone) : The Roadside Fire (Vaughan Williams). The New English Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard : Portsmouth Point (William Walton ).

Contributors

Tenor:
John McCormacK
Violin:
Marjorie Hayward
Unknown:
Cyril Scott
Unknown:
Cyril Scott
Conducted By:
Eugene Goossens
Bass-Baritone:
Peter Dawson
Baritone:
Stuart Robertson
Conducted By:
Anthony Bernard
Unknown:
William Walton

Greek Philosophy
Plato's Ideal State
The Republic-III (Jowett's Translation)
Read by ROBERT FARQUHARSON
' The Republic' is the longest and most famous of Plato's Dialogues. It is couched in the form of a conversation-a leisure hour discussion-between Socrates and his pupils, but it represents the pick of Plato's mature thought of several years. This evening's reading is to be taken from the passage in which, the argument already far advanced, Socrates discusses the various forms of government known in his time, including democracy and tyranny, and describes the type of men whom he supposes to correspond with each form. Both democracy and tyranny are condemned, the one in a half comic spirit of satire, the other with the full torrent of Plato's disapproval.

Contributors

Read By:
Robert Farquharson

National Programme Daventry

About National Programme

National Programme is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 9th March 1930 and ended on the 9th September 1939. It was replaced by BBC Home Service.

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