A programme of unusual music
Introduced by Constant Lambert assisted by James W. Merrett and J. Edward Merrett
(double basses)
Ronald Smith and Lionel Salter (pianos)
Frederick Stone
(piano and harmonium)
A talk on the political or economic events of the day
'A Child of Our Time' an Oratorio by Michael Tippett
Emelie Hooke (soprano) Nancy Evans (contralto)
Eric Greene (tenor)
Robert Irwin (baritone)
Geraint Jones (organ)
Morley College Choir
New London Orchestra (Leader, Max Salpeter )
Conducted by Michael Tippett
Part 1
A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent
Part 2
' A Child of Our Time'
Oratorio in three parts by Michael Tippett
From the Central Hall, Westminster
A dramatic chronicle in verse written by Laurie Lee and produced by Rayner Heppenstall. With Frederick Valk as Magellan and Bernard Miles as the Storyteller. Music for orchestra and male voices composed by Brian Easdale and directed by Leighton Lucas
On August 10. 1519. five Spanish ships under a Portuguese admiral sailed out of the Guadalquivir. They were the first to find a southern strait and enter the Pacific. Magellan himself was murdered by natives in the Philippines. Out of two hundred and sixty men, two hundred and forty-two perished. Eighteen survivors reached Seville on September 8. 1522, having sailed round the world. Bare-footed and in shrouds, carrying lighted candles, they marched to the cathedral to do penance and to say a Mass for the souls of their comrades
Piano Sonata in G, Op. 31 No. 1 played by Solomon
Frank O'Connor defines drama as ' a form of storytelling in action and dialogue, performed by interpreters, before an audience.' A play, he says, has three ' ingredients '-dramatist, actors, and audience. In this talk he gives his own views on the rôles of the audience, the actor, and the writer
