Gwen Catley (soprano)
Flora Nielsen (mezzo-soprano)
George James (bass)
London Baroque Ensemble
Programme arranged by Karl Haas
by Frank Ashton-Gwatkin
Frank Ashton-Gwatkin accompanied Lord Runciman on his mission of mediation to Czechoslovakia In August-September 1938. In this talk he surveys the work of the mission. and. the problems and difficulties it encountered in what was one of the '.most important phases prior to the Munich Agreement
with lute accompaniment sung. played, and introduced by Harry Van Oss (bass)
La jardiniere du roi (Switzerland)
La mere Michel (France)
'N vrijer aan de deur (Holland)
Mr. Blue-beard (Bahama Isles)
Le petit Jesus (Belgium)
Jezus' Lyden (Holland)
Der Moshiach (Poland)
Kaddish (Ukraine)
The second of three documentary feature programmes, based on ' Munich: Prologue to Tragedy ' by J. W. Wheeler-Bennett
Adapted for broadcasting by Terence Tiller
Narrator, Leo Genn
Produced by Laurence Gilliam
Pierre Bernac (baritone)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
Barylli String Quartet
Geoffrey Brereton talks about the current productions by the Comedie Frangaise company in London, and compares the modern interpretation with the technique of the 17th century
Conductor, Ian Whyte