This week Professor E. N. da C. Andrade, F.R.S., introduces: 'Recent Research in Iron and Steel,' by Sir Charles Goodeve , o.B.E., F.R.S., Director of the British Iron and Steel Research Association; and ' Mapping the Rocks of Britain,' by Dr. W. F. P. Mc -Lintock, F.R.s.E., Director of H.M. Geological Survey
(born .November 23, 1876)
A programme in honour of his seventieth birthday, with an Introductory talk by J. B. Trend , Professor of Spanish In the University of Cambridge
Soneto a C6rdoba, for voice and harp Psyche, for voice, flute, harp, violin, viola, and cello
Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello
Oda Slobodskaya (soprano)
Almée Van de Wiele (harpsichord)
Marie Korchinska (harp)
Edward Walker (flute)
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Alfred Cave (violin)
Eric Brav (viola)
John Shinebourne (cello)
Conductor. Anthony Bernard
by James Bridie
A dramatic transcription of the tale told In the Book of Tobit in the Apocrypha. Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Moultrie R. Kelsall
The scene moves from Tobit's hovel in Nineveh, to the banks of the Tigris, to the garden of Raguel's house in Ecbatana, to a khan near Kifri, and back to Tobit's hovel again.
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Paul Kletzki
Part 1
A serial survey of some contemporary verse-1
The Poet: C. Day Lewis
. The Critic: L. A. G. Strong
The Readers: Helen Spalding and Stephen Murray
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
(Stephen Murray broadcasts by permission of Associated British Picture Corporation, Ltd.)
Part 2
Elena Gerhardt gives the second of two illustrated talks on her interpretation of Schubert's songs. This evening she has chosen:
Song Cycle : Die Winterreise
A satirical programme about pleasant and unpleasant everyday noises, written and introduced by Henry Reed. Produced by Edward Livesey.
A weekly series of critiques in which one contemporary writer is examined by another, with illustrations from his work