Ralph Whitlock introduces some recordings of birds that may be seen or heard this month
Produced by Desmond Hawkins
(The recorded broadcast of December 1 in the West of England Home Service repeated)
Conductor, Ian Whyte
Gareth Morris (flute)
Talk by Soame Jenyns
;
Soeren Aabye Kierkegaard
(1813-1855)
A documentation
In dramatic form by Rayner Heppenstall
Others taking part are Malcolm Hayes , J. Hubert Leslie , Alan McLelland , Leslie Perrins , Bryan Powley , Frederick Richter , Gerik Schjelderup , Harold Scott , and Gladys Spencer
Produced by the author
The nineteenth-century novel invariably ended with the marriage of the hero. The rest was silence. A literary biography generally ends with the death of its central figure. His friends, enemies, and relations are expected to withdraw obligingly into the shadows. The Kierkegaards and Lunds failed to behave in this manner
From Vaxjo Cathedral
Selected and introduced by Robert Greacon
Readers, James Boyce and Graeme Roberts
Production by Sam Hanna Bell
(Christmas Oratorio)
Marjorie Avis (soprano)
Betty Bannerman
(mezzo-soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor) Stanley Riley (bass)
BBC Singers
New London Orchestra (Leader, Max Salpeter )
Arnold Goldsbrough
(harpsichord)
Harry Stubbs (organ)
Conducted by Steuart Wilson
Talk by J. B. Priestley
Mr. Priestley has recently returned from Mexico City, where he was a delegate to the Conference
Quintet in G minor (K.516) played by the Philharmonia String Quartet:
Henry Hoist (violin)
Ernest Element (violin) Herbert Downes (viola)
Anthony Pini (cello) with Keith Cummings (viola)