by Henry Purcell
Edited and produced by Anthony Bernard
Narrators. Marjorie Anderson and Christopher Pemberton
Leslev Duff (soprano)
Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Eric Greene (tenor)
Norman Walker (bass-baritone)
John Wills and Arnold Gnldsbrough (harpsichords)
The Con Moto Choir
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader. Alfred Cave )
Conductor. Anthony Bernard
The Original and the Transition—1
Ronsard : ' When you are old '
Three fables of La Fontaine: 'The Grasshopper and the Ant'; ' The Old Lion '; ' The Mountain in Childbed '
A series of three talks, in which a scientist, a philosopher, and a poet and writer on literature and art examine man's past and present relationship with nature
The first talk is given by a scientist, Dr. Martin Johnson (Lecturer in Physics at Birmingham University)
Heddle Nash (tenor)
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Blech String Quartet:
Harry Blech (violin), Lionel Bentley (violin), Keith Cummings (viola), Douglas Cameron (cello)
Part 1
(Continued in next column)
On Wenlock Edge
From far,'from eve and morning Is my team ploughing?
Oh! when I was in love with you Bredon Hill Clum
A selection from his poetry chosen by Christopher Hassall and read by Ronald Barton. Produced by Patric Dickinson
Part 2
Christopher Hassall on Stephen Haggard
Stephen Haggard , who, before his death on active service in Palestine, had revealed his promise and achievement in several spheres— as an actor, as a novelist, as a poet-is discussed by his friend Christopher Hassall
by Max Beerbohm
Adapted for broadcasting and produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Jani Strasser (baritone)
Geza Frid (piano)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Piano:
Pieces from Mikrokosmos, Books 3 and 4 Five songs to poems by Ady Piano:
Pieces from Mikrokosmos, Book 5