Professor E.N. da C. Andrade, F.R.S., explains the importance of the principle, formulated by Heisenberg, which lays down certain limits beyond which accuracy of measurement cannot, in the nature of things, be pushed; and discusses its scientific and philosophic implications
by Hector Berlioz
Full performance in French of 'Les Troyens a Carthage'
Opera in four acts and five tableaux
Words and Music by Hector Berlioz
Cast, in order of singing [see below]
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader, Oscar Lampe)
BBC Theatre Chorus (Chorus-Master, John Clements)
Conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, Bt.
The action takes place in Carthage in legendary times
6.35-7.30 Act 1. An open space in the gardens of Dido's palace
7.45-8.40 Act 2. Dido's garden by the sea.
Symphonic Interlude: The Royal Hunt and Storm
9.0-9.50 Act 3. A beach near the harbour
Act 4.
Scene 1: Dido's apartment in the palace.
Scene 2: A terrace overlooking the sea
(Repeat Friday at 6.55)
Talk by W.B. Honey, Keeper of the Department of Ceramics at the Victoria and Albert Museum
A portrait of Sir John Suckling
Poet and Cavalier
Written and produced by , Douglas Cleverdon
Songs transcribed by him from contemporary song-books, arranged by Elizabeth Poston and sung by Rene Soames (tenor), with John Wills (harpsichord) and the Zorian String Quartet
Two Divertimenti in B flat (K.439B, Nos. 3 and 4) played by the Trio d'Anches de Paris on gramophone records
