Programme Index

Discover 11,128,835 listings and 278,064 playable programmes from the BBC

A dramatic poem for broadcasting
Written by Henry Treece
Produced by Robert Gittings
Music composed by Grace Williams played by the string section of the BBC Welsh Orchestra
Conductor. Mansel Thomas

Contributors

Written By:
Henry Treece
Produced By:
Robert Gittings
Composed By:
Grace Williams
Conductor:
Mansel Thomas
First narrator:
Carleton Hobbs
Second narrator:
Lockwood West
Third narrator:
Julian Somers
An agitator:
Basil Dignam
Caiatacus, King of the Belgae:
Bernard Miles
Madoc, the bard:
Esme Percy
Cartismandua, Queen of Brigantia:
Susan Richards
A singing woman:
Ceinwen Rowlands
Claudius, Emperor of Rome:
Andrew Cruickshank

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Bruce Boyce (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Du bist die Ruh'; Gretchen am
Spinnrade; Der Musensohn
The Harfenspieler songs from Goethe's
Wilhelm Meister :
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt An die Thiiren will ich schleichen Wer me sein Brod uiit Thriinen ass
Das Lied im Grtinen; Im Abendrot;
Die Vogel; Didone

Contributors

Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Baritone:
Bruce Boyce
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Unknown:
Wilhelm Meister

Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Dorothy Bond (soprano)
Rosanna Giancola (soprano)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Trevor Anthony (bass)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Oscar Lampe )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
(Fourth of 7 Haydn-Mozart concerts conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham )
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Margaret Ritchie
Soprano:
Dorothy Bond
Soprano:
Rosanna Giancola
Tenor:
Richard Lewis
Bass:
Trevor Anthony
Chorus-Master:
Leslie Woodgate
Leader:
Oscar Lampe
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham
Conducted By:
Sir Thomas Beecham

Third Programme

Appears in

About this data

This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More