A talk by Christopher Tunnard , of Yale University, on English gardening and its influence abroad
Sonata in G, Op. 78 played by Joseph Szigeti (violin) and Artur Schnabel (piano)
by John Keats
Reader, Robert Harris
With an introduction written for this broadcast by J Middleton Murry
Production by Patric Dickinson
Edited by Anthony Lewis
Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano)
Freda Townson (contralto)
Maude Baker (contralto)
René Soames (tenor) Stanley Riley (bass)
BBC Singers
Frederick Riddle (viola)
Frederick Stone (piano and organ)
Chamber orchestra
Conducted by Cyril Gell
Talk by Ralph Barton Perry
Read by Pat Butler
Professor Perry studied philosophy under William James and worked with him at Harvard in the Department of Philosophy. His talk is both a reminiscence and an appreciation of his old teacher and colleague
Imitations and burlesques recent and less recent chosen and presented by Stephen Potter
Violin Sonatas by Corelli, and harpsichord music by Couperin played by Jean Pougnet (violin), and Joseph Saxby (harpsichord)
6-' The Sense of Tradition
Talk by Stewart Perowne
Previous speakers in this group of talks have examined the attraction of Arabia in terms of famous personalities who have been drawn there. Stewart Perowne. who has spent many years of service in the Middle East, asks: What are the basic qualities of character common to British and Arab? What are the shared ideals and notions of right conduct which have made the British feel at home in Arabian lands?
sung by the Moravian Teachers' Choir
Conductor, Professor Jan Soupal
Capricorn Concerto played by the Saidenberg Little Symphony
Conductor, Daniel Saidenberg on gramophone records