Read by the author
The three poems Jules Supervielle recorded while on a recent visit to England are ' The Rain and the Tyrants,' ' The Sadness of God,' and • Tribute to Life.' The first two, written in 1937, were inspired by the coming war. The last is a tribute to life, which continues in spite of everything '
(The recorded broadcast of December 28, 1947, repeated)

Quartet in A, Op. 20 No. 6 played by the Aeolian String Quartet
Next broadcast in series: February 13

A talk on the political or economic events of the day

Sonata for violin and piano,
Op. 18 played by Ginette Neveu (violin) and Gustaf Beck (piano) on gramophone records

A weekly programme made up of letters from listeners about talks and discussions in the Third Programme
Frank Birch, editor of the programme, presents this week's selection from your comments and rejoinders

General editor, Gerald Abraham
5-Early Secular Polyphony
Editor, Dom Anselm Hughes, O.S.B.
The Bodley Singers
Conducted by Philip J. Taylor
Instrumental Ensemble
Programme introduced by Basil Lam From Holywell Music Rooms. Oxford

An appreciation by Geoffrey Whitworth
Geoffrey Whitworth, President of the British Drama League, considers that
Harley Granville-Barker's influence on the British theatre may be even more enduring than that of Garrick and Irving. In private and public life the charm of his appearance and personality was considerable, and Geoffrey Whitworth is an admirer of Granville-Barker as a person, as well as a personality of the theatre

Symphony No. 7, in B minor
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conductor, Sir Adrian Bouit

An illustrated talk by John Usborne, introducing records made by the Department of Ornithology, Cornell University, of the voices of many American birds, including the mocking-bird, the cat-bird, the bobolink. and the cardinal
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