Max Rostal (violin)
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Douglas Cameron (cello)
Winifred Davey (piano)
Blech String Quartet:
Harry Blech (violin), Lionel Bentley (violin), Keith CUmmings (viola), Douglas Cameron (cello)
Trio for clarinet. cello, and piano,
Op. 10
Sonata for solo violin. Op. 13 String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15

An adaptation of the Icelandic Saga
Written and produced by Louis MacNeice
Music by Matyas Seiber
The Saga of Grettir is as well known as that of Njal , but differs from it by being predominantly the story of one man and also by containing a strong supernatural element. Grettir was a real man of extraordinary strength who spent most of his life as an outlaw. He was killed in A.D. 1031

L'Orchestre National de Radiodiffusion Francaise
Conductor, Manuel Rosenthal
Part 1

Frederick C. Copleston , s.J., talks about Martin Heidegger , the German philosopher who influenced the French philosophy of existentialism

Part 2

by Edward Sackville-West
The passages of English imaginative prose to be read in tonight's programme have been chosen by Edward Sackville-West. They are taken principally from the writings of De Quincey, on whose life and work Mr. Sackville-West is an authority. The readers are Cecil Trouncer and Alan Wheatley
Next programme in this series: August 3