Opera in three acts by Handel
English translation by Geoffrey Dunn
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz ) Winifred Davey (continuo)
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Répétiteur, Leo Wurmser
Scene: Abydos in Asia Minor, and the shores of the Hellespont. About 480 B.C.
Act 1
Scene 1: A garden
Scene 2: A courtyard in the city Scene 3: A garden pavilion

A tribute on the occasion of his 80th birthday, by Roger Senhouse
Norman Douglas is author of ' South Wind,' ' Together,' and ' Looking Back '

Act 2
Scene 1: A square in the city
Scene 2: A camp on the shores of the Hellespont
Scene 3: A lonely spot outside the city
8.25 Interlude
8.35 Act 3
Scene 1: A gallery in Ariodates' palace Scene 2: A glade in the grounds of the palace
Scene 3: A hall in the palace

Material and advice supplied by C. V. Wedgwood
Script by Jenifer Wayne
Production by Leonard Cottrell
This is the first, of a series of programmes on the writing of history. It is an attempt to sift facts from prejudices and to show, with special references to the ' martyr king, how a historical reputation is made. The material is taken from historians past and present: it includes accounts of Charles by his contemporaries

played by Frank Laffitte (piano)
Fourth of a series of seven recitals

Talk by A. P. Ryan
Horace is widely thought of as a Latin Charles Lamb. bursting with avuncular good humour and quotable tags. This talk considers him as one of the greatest lyric poets of the world and speculates about his future (The recorded broadcast of Dec. 15)

Symphony No. 3, in G, for strings played by the Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise
Conducted by Roger Desormiere on gramophone records