John Chandos reads a passage from ' The Mirror of the Sea' by Joseph Conrad
St. Michael's Singers
Conductor, Harold Darke From St. Michael's, Cornhill
Talk by The Earl of Portsmouth
A programme of recordings made in the countryside from dusk till after dark, by Ludwig Koch. Commentator, Harry Hutchinson
Produced by David Thomson
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute) Watson Forbes (viola)
James Whitehead (cello)
Liza Fuchsova (piano)
(First performance)
2-' Beginning a Biography '
Talk by John Connell
Mr. Connell, who is preparing a study of W. E. Henley and his circle, describes the material available for his book and the method by which he proposes to handle it. It was thought that Charles Whiblev , before his death, would have written the definitive life of Henley, and much of Mr. Connell's material consists of unpuhlisherl correspondence between
Whiblev and Henlev during the years 1888-1905, the period of Henley's heyday on the Scots Observer (later the National Observer) and the New Review. Mr. Connell himself an experienced journalist, is particularly interested in Henley's work as an editor and in his influence on contemporaries such as Stevenson, Kip-ling, Barrie. and Yeats
Susi Jeans (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Brahms—Haydn
From the Royal Albert Hall, London
A factual presentation of research into cosmic rays from the time of the balloon ascent by Gockel in 1909 up to the present day. Some of the crucial experiments are reconstructed in dramatic form
Scientific advice has been given by Professor P. M. S. BlackettF.R.S , ., who speaks at the end of the programme on the future prospects of cosmic-ray research
Written and produced by Nesta Pain
(piano)
Adagio in B minor (K.540) (Mozart) Variations and Fugue on a Theme from Prometheus (Beethoven) on gramophone records
