A series of programmes devised and introduced by Edward Clark
Bartok
Marche funebre; Three Bagatelles; Elegy No. 1; Two Burlesques; Three Esqiiisses; Two Nénies; Allegro barbaro played by Kyla Greenbaum (piano)
A talk by K. C. Wheare , Professor of Government at Oxford
Recent events within the British Commonwealth have profoundly modified the concept of Dominion status. Is a new definition necessary to express the relationship of the Dominions of India, Pakistan, and Ceylon to the Crown? How can the attitude of Eire and Burma be taken into account?
Oratorio profane' by Frank Martin
Text based on three chapters of ' Le Roman de Tristan et Iseut' by Joseph Bedier
English version by Clifton Helliwell
Presented by the Morley College Concerts Society
Kate Winter (soprano). Esther Darlington (soprano)..Alison Purves (soprano). Margaret McArthur (contralto). René Soames (tenor), George James (bass), Donald Lea (bass)
Morley College Chamber Choir
String Ensemble
(Led by Norbert Brainin )
Eric Harrison (piano)
Répétiteur, Clifton Helliwell
Conductor, Walter Goehr
Part 1
' 1851 and the Great Exhibition '
A selection of passages from contemporary writings
Part 2
' The Gambler' by V. S. Pritchett
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
In 1867, Turgenev and Dostoevsky were both in Baden. Dostoevsky is induced by his wife to call on Turgenev, to whom he owes money
Quintet in G minor (K.516) played by the Philharmonia String Quartet with Keith Cummings (viola)
' The Mood of Doubt'
A talk by Humphry House on the pessimism of the Victorian Age
Jo Vincent (soprano)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen (Daumer) Wenn du nur zuweilen lachelst
(Daumer)
Therese (Keller)
Sommerabend (Hans-Schmidt)
Am Sonntag Morgen (Heyse)
Regenlied (Groth)
Nachklang (Groth)
Salamander (Lemcke)
Mit vierzig Jahren (Rückert)
O kühler Wald (Brentano)
In den Beeren (Hans-Schmidt)
Uber die Heide (Storm)
Willst du dass ich geh? (Lemcke)