James Johnston (tenor) with Frederick Stone (piano)
The Lark in the Clear Air
The Ballynure Ballad
My Lagan Love
Ould Lammas Fair
She moved through the fair
Johnny, I hardly knew ye
The Parting
The Star of the County Down
A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent
Marie Korchinska (harp)
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute)
David Wise (violin)
Frederick Riddle (viola)
William Pleeth (cello)
Three talks by J. H. Delargy , Professor of Irish Folklore in the National University of Ireland
3-Lost Endeavour and Unrecorded History
In his last' talk, J. H. Delargy describes what is being done to collect and preserve the traditional literature and social history of a vanished Gaelic civilisation
Arthur Grumiaux (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1
(The score is prepared under the direction of Marion Scott )
Michael Macowan (producer of ' Cockpit' and of ABCA plays during the war) and Martin Turnell (author of ' The Classical Moment-Studies of Corneille. Moliere. and Racine ') comment on recent dramatic productions in the Third Programme
Michael Macowan deals in particular with the radio documentary ‘The Great Hunger' and the revival of ' The Moon in the Yellow River'; Martin Turnell , with the radio production of the new translation of Racine's ' Britannicus’
Part 2
by Racine
Music from the Office for Good Friday, recorded at the service held tonight in Westminster Cathedral (Director of Music, George Malcolm )
Introduced by Father Agnellus Andrew , O.F.M.