Three Variations on a Theme played by the Roth String Quartet on gramophone records

James Joll reviews Professor Gulik's book of this title and some other recent books on the Austrian Republic

Peter Pears (tenor)
London Chamber Singers
George Malcolm
(organ and harpsichord)
London Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Prelude, Cantata 31: Der Himmel lacht
Motet: Der Geist hilft unsrer
Schwachheit auf
Aria: Seht. was die Liebe thut (Cantata 85: Ich bin ein guter Hirt)
Adagio for oboe and strings (Easter
Oratorio) (Oboe solo, J. McCarthy )
Aria: Ja. tausendmal Tausend (Cantata 43:. Gott fahret auf mit Jauchzen)
Cantata 50: Nun ist das Heil und die
Kraft
(Fifth of six concerts of music by Bach.

Humphrey Hare comments on Swinburne's drama
He shows how its composition was not an isolated poetical act, but ' a philosophic lament for our earthly state ' which fused in a single master-piece the diverse elements of Swinburne's earlier writing. Quotations are read by Cecil Day Lewis. Mary O'Farrell , and Marjorie Anderson

(Leader, Laurance Turner )
Conductor, John Barbirolli

by Anton Chekhov
Adapted for broadcasting by Barbara Burnham from the translation by George Calderon
Produced by E. J. King Bull

Symphonic Studies, Op. 13 played by Solomon (piano)

First of two talks by O. D. Darlington , D.sc, F.R.S.
In this talk Dr. Darlington suggests that scientific discovery necessarily tends to undermine the spiritual, intellectual, and material foundations of society; and that established authorities therefore tend in self-defence to suppress or ignore the findings of research

sung by Tatiana Preston (soprano) accompanied by Frederick Stone