A short story by Elizabeth Bowen
Read by Alan Blair

General Editor, Gerald Abraham
Series presented by Basil Lam
23-The Consort of Viols
Editor, Ernst H. Meyer
Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis:
August Wenzinger (treble viol)
Marianne Major (tenor viol) Maya Wenzinger (tenor viol)
Gertrud Fliigel (bass viol)
Introduced by Scott Goddard

Poem by James Hogg
Read by John Laurie with an introductory note by Roland Gant

10-Schubert Songs transcribed by Liszt
Gramophone records presented by Lionel Salter

Gina Bachauer (piano)
London Philharmonic Choir
(Chorus-Master, Frederic Jackson)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Paul Beard)
Conducted by Ernest Ansermet
Part 1

Miss Bowengives an appreciation of the 'self-educated genius' James Hogg (1770-1835). Though he could not read or write until past his twentieth year, Hogg composed memorable poetry and tales of the supernatural, including The Confessions of a Justified Sinner, recently re-issued with a preface by Andre Gide

Part 2

Thursday's recorded broadcast repeated

Introduced by Desmond MacCarthy
Read by Marius Goring
Desmond MacCarthy has prepared a selection from Meredith's sequence ot poems—‘a story told in sonnet form.' His introductory talk examines the poems and describes the circumstances of their composition. The reading by Manus Goring begins at approximately 11.15