Suite : The Plough that Broke the Plains played by the Hollywood Bowl
Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski on gramophone records
A talk by Sir Ronald Storrs
Sir Ronald Storrs asks a straightforward question: What attraction was it that drew to Arabia the authors of ' Arabia Deserta' and ' Seven Pillars of Wisdom ' ? The answer is complex; but Sir Ronald brings to it a wide knowledge of Arabia and those who have felt its appeal, and a personal acquaintance with T. E. Lawrence during the period covered by ' Seven Pillars of Wisdom '
Variations and Fugue on a theme by Telemann played by Rolf Langnese (piano)
by Stephen Potter
Production by the author
A romantic opera in three acts
Music by Weber
Libretto by Friedrich Kind
(The dialogue of Agathe. Aennchen, and Max is spoken by Renate Densow , Eve Gotthardt, and Reinhold Nietschmann)
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
(Chorus-Master, Max Thum )
Conducted by Wilhelm Schiichter
The scene is laid in Bohemia, shortly after the Seven Years War
Act 1
An open space before an inn in the forest
A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent
Act 2
Scene 1: A room in .the head forester's cottage
Scene 2: The wolf's glen
Tyrone Guthrie , whose broadcasts in this series last autumn may be remembered, gives the first of two talks in which he comments on recent dramatic productions in the Third Programme
Act 3
Scene 1: Agathe's room
Scene 2: An open space in the country Another performance next Wednesday
by William Blake
Read by Loris Somerville
Blake's' Songs of Experience’ will be broadcast on Saturday at 10.35