A study of William Blake 's struggle against the ' satanic mills ' of the industrial revolution
Written and produced by Douglas Cleverdon , with a commentary by J. Bronowski , Qn whose book the programme is based
Piano Sonata No. 3, in C
Piano Sonata No. 4, in D played by Albert Ferber
(The sonatas are numbered according to the Breitkopf collected edition of Haydn's works)
Third of a series of weekly recitals
. during which all Haydn's piano works will be played
Waltz (Intermezzo: 1925) Finale (Arabella: 1933)
Daphne's aria. 0 wie gerne blieb ich bei dir; Apollo's aria, GOtter! Brtider im hohen Olympos; The transformation of Daphne (Daphne: 1938)
Closing scene (Capriccio: 1941) on gramophone records
Talk by B. Rajan , Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge Dr. Rajan, editor of Focus, believes that the best poetry of W. B. Yeats contributes more powerfully than any treatise can do to the understanding of the foundation of Indian philosophy in experience
A series of programmes devised by Ernst H. Meyer
6-Sixteenth-Century Choral and Chamber Music
Music by Sennfl, Phalese Obrecht , Isaac,
Jannequin Ortiz , Ferrabosco, and Lassus
Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
St. Mark's Singers
Conducted by Arnold Goldsbrough
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
To brune ojne (Andersen) Til en (Paulsen)
Forarsregn (Drachmann) Varen (Vinse)
En svane (Ibsen) Lys nat (Benzen)
En fuglevise (Ibsen)
Liden hojt deroppe (Lie) Et hab (Paulsen) sung by Soffi Schonning (soprano) with Josephine Lee (piano)