A series of programmes devised by Arnold Goldsbrough
Margaret Godley (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Bradbridge White (tenor)
Stanley Riley (bass)
Kenneth Skeaping (violin)
Nathalie Dolmetsch (viola da gamba)
Christopher Wood (harpsichord)
George Thalben-Ball (organ)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Chamber Ensemble
(led by Raymond Cohen )
Conducted by Arnold Goldsbrough
Rameau Motet with organ: Laboravi \ Troisiéme Concert
Motet with orchestra: Quam dilectl
Next programme in this series: August 29

Readings from the works of great preacher; from 1500 to the present day
7-Thomas Chalmers's sermon, ' The Expulsive Power of a New Affection,' preached at St. John's Church, Glasgow
Read by Harman Grisewood
Dr. Chalmers, who died in 1847. is a great figure in the history of the Church of Scotland. Not only did he become first Moderator of the Free Church after the disruption, but he was already noted as an outstanding scholar and preacher. A contemporary describes one of his services: 'The minister came in. homely in his dress and gait, but having a great look about him. like a mountain among hills. He read a few verses quietly; then prayed briefly, solemnly; then gave out his text. He stated slowly, calmly, the simple meaning of the words: then suddenly he started, and looked like a man who had seen some great sight, and was breathless to declare it. The tide set in-everything added to its power, imagery and illustration poured in: and every now and then the theme was repeated in some lucid interval..... And when he sat down we all sunk back into our seats..... We went home quieter than we came That voice, that face: those great, simple. living thoughts. those floods of resistless eloquence; that piercing shattering voice-that " tremendous necessity ' '

Piano music played by Kathleen Long
(The numbers of the Scarlatti sonatas are those given in the Longo Edition) Later recitals in this series: August 22, 25, and 29; September 5

An Aesop Fable retold first by Robert Henryson and now by Robert Kemp
Produced by Robert Kemp

'This evening we invite you to stoop for a moment, to lay your ear to the ground, and to listen to the conversations of a world in which a pebble is as large as the Great Pyramid and the snapping of a twig as loud as the roar of a cannon'

Paolo Borciani (violin) Elisa Pegreffi (violin) Piero Farulli (viola) Franco Rossi (cello).

by Geoffrey Taylor
Mr. Taylor talks about the life and work of John Cornelius Loudon , who was responsible for beautifying the gardens in the public squares of London, and who even during the nineteenth century was an advocator of the ' green belts'; and about Reginald Farrer , author of ' The English Rock Garden.' who introduced many Alpine plants into England

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1, for eight cellos, played by the cellos of the Brazilian Festival Orchestra on gramophone records

2-Lueretius by Rex Warner
; Reader,Joseph O'Conor
Produced by Christopher Hassall