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Clavierubung played by ALICE EHLERS (harpsichord)
Partita No. I, in B flat i. Praeludium ; 2. Allemande; 3. Courante ; 4. Sarabande; 5. Minuet 1; 6. Minuet 2; 7. Gigue
Born in Vienna, Alice Ehlers worked as a child with the famous piano teacher Leschetizky. Her love of old music made her play the harpsichord and for five years she studied with Wanda Landowska. Mme. Ehlers's career has taken her to most of the music centres of the world, and a few weeks ago she returned from the United States, where she was praised by the press especially for her Bach playing. She has appeared at many recent European festivals commemorating the birthday celebrations of Bach, Handel, and Scarlatti.

Contributors

Harpsichord:
Alice Ehlers
Unknown:
Alice Ehlers
Unknown:
Wanda Landowska.

' Climbing in the Cuillins
ALASTAIR BORTHWICK
The type of novel holiday suggested to listeners today is mountain climbing : not the attempting of feats that require guides, ice-axes, and almost professional skill, but the climbing of mountains in our own land-needing a degree of nerve, of course, and providing a spice of adventure.
This evening Alastair Borthwick , a young Glasgow journalist now in London, is to describe a thrilling holiday he spent in Skye climbing the Cuillins. He and his friends camped 1,200 feet above sea level, and carried up their food, canvas, ' flea-bags ', and all the rest of it.

Contributors

Unknown:
Alastair Borthwick
Unknown:
Alastair Borthwick

' Life in a Wasp's Nest'
JAMES RITCHIE , D.Sc. (Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen)
This evening Professor James Ritchie is to talk about life behind the scenes in a wasp's nest-a life of endless activity and endeavour, of constructional engineering, of devotion to the young, of continual building and rebuilding that the citadel may be improved and enlarged to accommodate the ever-increasing inhabitants, numbering, it is said, as many as 30,000 in a propitious season. But, alas, it all ends in tragedy. For towards the autumn the nest is deserted. The ' workers ' leave, carrying the larvae (or children) with them-and both perish. Nothing survives but the fertilised queen wasps that are to slumber through the winter and found their colonies another year.

Contributors

Unknown:
James Ritchie
Unknown:
Professor James Ritchie

in ' Camp Fire on the Karroo'
THE BUSHVELD Boys
Devised by JOSEF Marais , and written by PETER DOWNE
Music and words by JOSEF MARAIS and ALBERT DIGGENHOF
Musical Arrangements by ALBERT DIGGENHOF
Produced by ARCHIE CAMPBELL

Contributors

Unknown:
Josef Marais
Written By:
Peter Downe
Unknown:
Albert Diggenhof
Arrangements By:
Albert Diggenhof
Produced By:
Archie Campbell
Josef:
Josef Marais
Koos:
Josef Marais
Oom Karl:
Douglas Birnie
Sixpence:
Jerry Gerrard

So powerful did the beautiful surroundings of the Villa d'Este affect Liszt that just before he died he wrote seven pieces that were directly inspired by his life there. These pieces form the third volume of the ' Annees de Pelerinage' which he wrote forty years previously. ' Les Jeux d'eaux a la Villa d'Este' is the fourth of this series of pieces and one of the most perfect of Liszt's piano music. Unlike the popular conception of Liszt's piano style, it is very restrained and contains no attempt to exploit virtuosity. It is interesting to note that, particularly from a harmonic point of view, the music anticipates the devices of impressionism.

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