Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano)
Dora Capey (contralto) William Herbert (tenor)
Philip Cranmer (continuo)
BBC Midland Chorus and Orchestra
Conducted by James Denny
Cantata 65, The Sages of Sheba:
Chorus: The Sages of Sheba
Aria: Saviour, take me for thine own
Choral: My God, I give myself to thee
Motet: Be not afraid
Cantata 28. Praise God! The year draws to its closing:
Aria: Praise God! The year draws to its closing
Chorus: My soul. 0 praise the Lord thy God
Duet: This year hath our God with his kindliness graced
Choral: All people sing thy praises
Cantata 172, Sing praises, ye faithful:
Chorus: Sing praises, ye faithful
From Emmanuel Church, Wylde Green, Warwickshire

Talk by a lawyer on the recommendations made by the Porter
Committee on changes in the Law of Libel and Slander

Quartet in C sharp minor, Op. 131 played by the Blech String Quartet:
Harry Blech (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)

Reading by John Carswell
Mr. Carswell has recently published a new edition of the adventures of Baron Munchausen, from which this episode is taken

Of all the areas of the brain the frontal lobes are almost alone in giving no response to stimulation and in seeming to have no obvious function at all: it is for this reason that they have been called the 'silent areas.' And yet the large development of these frontal lobes is one of man's most characteristic physical features
This programme Is concerned with the evidence which seems to show that a special relationship exists between these silent areas of the brain and qualities of personality.
Scientific advice has been given by Geoffrey Jefferson. C.B.E., F.R.S., Professor of Neuro-Surgery in the University ot Manchester: Alexander Kennedy. Professor of Psychological Medicine in the University of Durham; and J. Z. Young , F.R.S., Professor of Anatomy in the University of London
Narrator, Edward Chapman
Programme written and produced by Nesta Pain

Song-cycle by Vaughan Williams sung by Peter Pears (tenor) with the Aeolian String Quartet
Joan Davies (piano)

Talk by Philip Ciiir
Philip Carr draws on his own recollections, as dramatic critic and producer, of the plays and personalities that held the stage at the turn of the century.

Conducted by Josef Krips
Next concert, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; conductor. Sir Thomas Beecnam , Bt.: January 2

A conversation piece in two parts by Martyn Skinner
Production by James McFarlan

Sonata, Op. 8 for unaccompanied cello played by Paul Tortelier