This week. Professor E. N. da C. Andrade, F.R.S., introduces: 'Electron Diffraction and the Electron Microscope,' by G. I. Finch , M.B.E., F.R.S., Professor of Applied Physical Chemistry at the Imperial College of Science; and 'Something New about Fossils,' by D. M. S. Watson , F.R.S., Professor of Zoology. University of London
Settings of Holty, Klopstock, and Claudius, sung by Irene Elsinger (soprano) Nancy Evans (contralto) Robert Irwin (baritone) accompanied by Frederick Stone
Programme introduced by Mosco Camer
by Edward Sackville-West
Weekly series of critiques in which one contemporary writer is examined by another
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Basil Cameron
Robert Casadesus (piano)
Part 1
A serial survey of some contemporary verse-3
The Poet: Edith Sitwell
The Critic : Henry Reed
A sequence of four programmes is devoted to each Poet and Critic. The first comprises a number of poems selected by the Critic as an introduction. In the second the Critic expresses his personal attitude to poetry and his appreciation of the Poet. In the third, the Poet replies. The fourth programme, introduced also by the Critic, consists of further examples of the Poet's work, which they have chosen in collaboration
Presented by E. J. King Bull
Part 2
2—'La Muiron,' by Anatole France
With Bernard Miles as Napoleon and Anthony Jacobs as Lavallette
Adapted and produced by Rayner Heppenstall -
Elena Gerhardt gives the first of two illustrated talks on her interpretation of Schubert's songs. This evening she has chosen:
Der Erlkonig
Das Rosenband Die Forelle Im Friihling
Elena Gerhardt is no stranger to the microphone as an interpreter of Schubert, Brahms, and Wolf, the three composers with whom her art is most closely associated, but this evening she makes her first broadcast as a speaker. Mme. Gerhardt, in her two talks on ' Interpretation and Style,' will draw on her many years of experience as a Lieder singer and illustrate what she has to say with her own recordings
by Max Beerbohm
An account of one Ladbroke Brown (dramatist), incorporating a broadcast of his uncompleted tragedy in five acts—'Savonarola'
Arranged for broadcasting by John Cheatle
Produced by Felix Felton
Blech String Quartet:
Harry Blech (violin), Lionel Bentley (violin), Keith Cummings (viola), Douglas Cameron (cello)
Franz Osborn (piano)