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Sylvia Fisher (soprano)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin) Reginald Morley (violin)
Max Gilbert (viola)
Harvey Phillips (cello)
Frederick Riddle (viola) James Whitehead (cello)

Contributors

Soprano:
Sylvia Fisher
Accompanist:
Frederick Stone
Accompanist:
Hirsch String
Violin:
Leonard Hirsch
Violin:
Reginald Morley
Viola:
Max Gilbert
Cello:
Harvey Phillips
Viola:
Frederick Riddle
Cello:
James Whitehead

(Third of 7 Haydn-Mozart concerts conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham )
Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor) Trevor Anthony (bass)
Olive Zorian (violin)
Winifred Copperwheat (viola)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Part 1

Contributors

Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Soprano:
Margaret Ritchie
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Bass:
Trevor Anthony
Violin:
Olive Zorian
Viola:
Winifred Copperwheat
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Oscar Lampe
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham

2—‛ Phaedo ’
A new translation by Hugh Tredennick
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Rayner Heppenstall
The date is 399 B.C. Socrates must take poison at sundown. He spends the day in a debate with his friends on the immortality of the soul. This debate is reported some years later to a group of Peloponnesian disciples by Phaedo, who took part in it
(The recorded broadcast of November 4, 1947, repeated)

Contributors

Translation By:
Hugh Tredennick
Produced By:
Rayner Heppenstall
Socrates:
Arthur Young
Phaedo:
Ivan Samson
Echecrates:
Arthur Ridley
Simmias:
Raf de la Torre
Cebes:
Basil Jones
Crito J:
Hubert Leslie
Gaoler:
Stanley Groome
Xanthippe:
Gladys Spencer
Narrator:
Anthony Jacobs

Third Programme

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