Played by Musica Antiqua
Nicolas Roth (violin)
Johann Feltkamp (flute)
Hans Brandts Buys (harpsichord) Carel Boomkamp (viola da gamba)
Six talks on the Greek strain in English poetry, by J. T. Sheppard , Litt.D., Provost of King's College, Cambridge
3—‘ Nemesis *
Fourth talk, on 'The President of the Immortals ': January 26
Prvni Pisne (First Songs) (1846)
Vecerni Pisne (Evening Songs) (1879) sung by Karel Leiss , Marta Krasova and Oldrich Kovar with the Prague National Opera Orchestra
Conductor, Rudolf Vasata on gramophone records
by Roy Fuller
Books under review: 'Burr Oaks ' by Richard Eberhart ; ' One Times One ' by E. E. Cummings ; ' The Kid ' by Conrad Aiken ; ' Collected Poems ' by Edgell Rickwood
An opera in three acts by Handel
English translation by Geoffrey Duhn
Cast, in order of singing:
(Continued i)t next column)
BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
Harpsichord, Winifred Davey
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Repfititeur, Leo Wurmser
Scene: Abydos in Asia Minor, and the shores of the Hellespont. About 480 B.c.
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
(Anna Pollak and Roderick Jones broadcast by arrangement with Sadler's Wells )
Another complete performance: Sunday (Julian Herbage writes about ' Xerxes page 4)
