Conducted by Josef Krips
A talk on this Cornish town by John Betjeman
The first extract from
W. H. Auden 's Baroque Eclogue
Produced by James McFarlan
Pro Musica Antiqua Ensemble
Director, Safford Cape
See also Wednesday at 8.30
First of three readings from
Oliver Wendell Holmes by Sir Seymour Hicks
Sir Seymour introduces his selection with some personal reminiscences of Wendell Holmes.
Piano Sonata in F minor. Op. 2 No. 1 Piano Sonata in C, Op. 53 (Waldstein) played .by Solomon
First of a series of programmes in which all Beethoven's piano sonatas are being played.
Three dialogues from the ' Operette MoraU ' of Giacomo Leopardi newly translated by Henry Reed Produced by Rayner Heppenstall with an introduction by the translator
Also taking part are Denise Bryer , Beryl Calder , Catherine Campbell , Stanley Groome , Malcolm Hayes , Diana Marshall , Raf de la Torre. and Mary Williams
The setting of the Chorus of the Dead by William Wordsworth recorded by the BBC Singers conducted by Leslie Woodgate
Dora van Doom (soprano)
Frans Vroons (tenor)
John Wills (piano)
Frühlingsmorgen ; Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen ; Ich ging mit Lust: Aus! Aus!: Starke Einbildungskraft: Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz: Ablosung im Sommer: Scheiden und Meiden; Lied des Verfolgten im Turm
3-' Timander and Eleander
played by George Miles
H. N. Brailsford gives personal recollections of the scholar, journalist, and man of action
H. W. Nevinson 's essays, poems, and tales have recently been published