Sonata in D (K.381) Sonata in F (K.497) played by Howard Ferguson and Denis Matthews

Short story by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Constance Garnett
Read by Leonard Sachs

A romantic opera in three acts by Weber
Libretto by Friedrich Kind
(The dialogue of Agathe, Aennchen. and Max is spoken by Renate Densow , Eve Gotthardt . and Reinhold Nietsch mann)
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
(Chorus-Master. Max Thurn )
Conducted by Wilhelm Schilchter
The scene is laid in Bohemia, shortly after the Seven Years War
Act 1
An open space before an inn In the forest

A talk by J. Bronowski

Act 2
Scene 1: A room in the head forester's cottage
Scene 2: The wolf's glen

Three talks by J. H. Delargy , Professor of Irish Folklore in the National University of Ireland
1—‘ The Ireland that St. Patrick Knew '
In 1935 the Irish Government established the Irish Folklore Commission to centralise the work of collecting
Gaelic oral literature and tradition. In this St. Patrick's Day talk, J. H. Delargy , Honorary Director of the Commission, gives a general introduction to the folklore of Ireland
Next talk in series: March 22

Act 3
Scene 1: Agathe's room '~
Scene 2: An open space in the country

In this programme to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Beardsley's death the speakers are John Rothenstein and James Laver

Appalachian Spring played by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Conductor. Serge Koussevitzky on gramophone records