A series of criticisms of radio drama and feature productions by Cecil MeGivern , writer and producer, who left the BBC a year ago
This week he deals principally with a feature programme, 'The Voyage of Magellan,' and Sartre's play, ' Huis Clos '
(organ)
From St. Mark's, North Audley Street, London
A weekly talk on international affairs by a BBC staff correspondent
Oda Slobodskaya (soprano)
Colin Horsley (piano)
A selection from his poetry made by Edmund Blunden , and read by Marius Goring
The speakers in this week's programme, which is occasioned by the exhibition ' Britain Can Make It' at the Victoria and Albert Museum , are Nikolaus Pevsner and Christian Barman. Programme introduced by Anthony West
Ganymed.: John McCormack (tenor) accompanied by Edwin Schneider (piano)
Prometheus: Friedrich Schorr (bass-baritone) and the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Robert Heger on gramophone records
Herbert Hart reviews C. L. Stevenson 's ' Ethics and Language'
BBC Orchestra
Conducted by Constant Lambert
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Valentine Dyall (orator)
Henry Cummings (baritone)
Part 1
Two Episodes from Lenau's Faust:
The Procession by Night; The Dance in the Village Inn (First Mephisto Waltz)
Galop in A minor (orch. Jacob)
Les Morts (The Dead), for orator, male chorus, and orchestra
by V. S. Pritchett
2-Herzen
Part 2 Graduale (Hungarian Coronation Mass), for chorus and orchestra
Aspects of Liszt's music little known to the musical public are illustrated in this programme, the first of a series devoted to romantic composers. His dramatic gifts, particularly, are apparent in the symphonic poem. ' Hamlet' and in ' Les Morts,' written in memory of the composer's son and receiving today its first performance in England. An excerpt from a Mass written for the coronation of Franz-Josef as King of Hungary represents Liszt's religious works, while the vivid portrayals of scenes from Lenau's ' Faust ' reveals the typically romantic aspect of his art. The Faust legend attracted other composers associated with or deriving inspiration from Liszt, notably Berlioz, whose Damnation of Faust will be heard on Saturday, and Busoni, a selection of whose piano works was given in a recital on Monday.
A radio composition written and produced by John Keir Cross
(Recording n( Sunday's broadcast)