Songs by lutenist composers, with accompaniments arranged by Benjamin Britten
Harold Nicolson gives an appreciation of Sir Max Beerbohm 's novel, which has recently been reprinted
followed at 6.55 by Interlude
(under the auspices of the Covent Garden Opera Trust) presents a full performance in German of Mozart's opera
' DON GIOVANNI '
Original Italian libretto by Da Ponte
Cast. in order of singing:
Vienna State Opera Chorus
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Josef Krips
Produced by Oskar Fritz Schuh
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Act 1
Sewell Stokes recalls some of the screen classics to be included in the New London Film Society's 1947-48 Season, which starts next week
Among these are the early master-pieces of Rex Ingram , D. W. Griffith , and Ernest Lubitsch
Act 2
A dissertation on the ancient art of tomb robbing, with dramatic illustrations from the reign of Rameses IX to the present day
Based on original documents, and including songs by the inhabitants of the Theban Necropolis recorded at Luxor by W. J. H. Barrett , with a commentary by Zakariya Ghoneim , Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper Egypt
Written and produced by Leonard Cottrell