Divertimento in B flat played by the London Chamber Orchestra
Conductor. Anthony Bernard on gramophone records

Peter Brook. Director of Productions of the Covent Garden Opera Company. gives a criticism of recent dramatic productions in the Third Programme. He comments in particular on the performances of The Careerist, The Cloud and the Waltz, and Theseus and the Minotaur

Alexander Henderson (bass)
Campoli (violin)
James Whitehead (cello)
Arnold Goldsbrough (harpsichord)
Sonata No. 10, In G minor
Italian Cantata: Nell' Africane selve Sonata No. 15, in E ,
(Fifth of six programmes of chamber music by Handel )

A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent

Talk by F. W. Hirst
Viscount Morley of Blackburn, Liberal statesman, editor and biographer of Gladstone and Cobden, was born in 1838 and died twenty-five years ago today. F. W. Hirst , for over twenty years his intimate friend, recalls the characteristics and achievements that constitute Morley's abiding memorial

by John Gay
A new musical version realised from the original airs by Benjamin Britten
Cast
Ladies of the Town
Macheath's Gang
English Opera Group Orchestra
(Leader. Jack Kessler )
Conducted by Ivan Clayton
Production by Tyrone Guthrie
(This production of ' The Beggar's Opera' was originally broadcast on Tuesday)
Act 1
9.5 Interlude
9.15 Act 2
9.45 Interlude
9.55 Act 3
Another performance: Saturday at 8.0

by Kenneth Bradley , C.M.G.
Kenneth Bradley - has spent his working life in the Colonial Service, mostly in Northern Rhodesia and the Gold Coast, and has had personal experience of the rapid growth of political self-consciousness which is so marked in West Africa. He asks if we have time to prepare the African for the responsibilities of self-government

Sonata in E minor, Op. 3e a played by Max Rostal (violin)
Franz Osborn (piano)
Last of five programmes of music by Busoni