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'Boy, 1913'
by R. C. Scriven
Produced by Robert Gittings
The Inward Eye is ' that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude '-the perception of all that underlies a vivid external experience. In this programme, the first of a new series, the experience is that of a child.... what it was like to be a boy in the last year before two world wars. a child's day in the countryside when
' Even the trains, in that far-off year of grace
All ran to Bradshaw's smooth well-ordered pace '

Contributors

Unknown:
R. C. Scriven
Produced By:
Robert Gittings
Robert:
Michael Hordern
Robert (as a boy):
Marcella Spencer
Tom:
Clifford Buckton
Jack Robert's father:
Charles Lefeaux
Aunt Margaret:
Susan Richards
Wilfred:
Keith Lloyd

Robert Irwin (baritone)
Peter Stadlen (piano) Gareth Morris (flute)
Frederick Stone
(harpsichord and piano)
London Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Programme includes music by Scarlatti. Beethoven, Finzi. Wagner, Herbert Hughes and Lennox Berkeley

Contributors

Baritone:
Robert Irwin
Pianist:
Peter Stadlen
Flautist:
Gareth Morris
Harpsichordist:
Frederick Stone
Conductor:
Anthony Bernard

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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