A Masque by John Milton and Henry Lawes. As first presented at Ludlow Castle on Michaelmas Day, 1634
The songs of the Attendant Spirit and the Lady transcribed from the original MSS. of Henry Lawes. and sung by Heddle Nash and Elsie Suddaby. Music composed and arranged by Elizabeth Poston , and played by the London Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Bernard
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Every week one of the best talks of past years is repeated in the Third Programme. Tonight
' Foreigners ' by Rnmuald Jaras
played by The Lowenguth Quartet
Alfred Lowenguth (violin)
Maurice Fueri (violin)
Roger Roche (viola)
Pierre Basseux (cello)
First of a series of recitals to be broadcast in the Third Programme this week. in which the Lowenguth Quartet will play the complete string quartets of Beethoven
Part 1
String Quartet in A. Op. 18 No. 5 String Quartet in E flat, Op. 74
A new unpublished poem by Edith Sitwell read by Dylan Thomas
Beethoven Quartets
Part 2
String Quartet in C sharp minor.
Op. 131
From the Concert Hall, Broadcasting House, London
Tickets 9s. to 3s. may be obtained from, the usual agents and at the Concert Hall on the night of the performance
Extracts from Chaucer's poem arranged for broadcasting by Nevill Coghill. Produced by Stephen Potter
3 — ' The Wife of Bath's Tale and the Franklin's Tale'
Seven Sonatas
D minor; C sharp minor; A; G minor; F; F minor; D played by Clara Haskil (piano)
Later recitals in this series: December 5, 9, 10. 16. and 21
4-' The Antidone '
A talk by J. T. Sheppard , Litt.D., Provost of King's College, Cambridge
accompanied by Nino Ricardo (guitar) in a programme of Spanish cante flamenco on gramophone records
V. S. Pritchett discusses the nineteenth-century novelist