Divertimento in B flat, for thirteen wind instruments (K.361) played by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Wilhelm Furtwangler on gramophone records
A valedictory poem for
W. J. Turner by Patrie Dickinson
Produced by Robert Gittings
The poem has two themes: the celebration not of the actual life of the poet. but of the faculty of creative genius which he embodied. The second theme interwoven with this is the power of creative genius to save the world of the Atomic Era from self-destruction. The poem is spoken by a man, a woman, and an unborn child, who symbolise the natural creative element of all humanity
Conductor, Charles Groves
Szymon Goldberg (violin)
Talk on this Suffolk village by Norman Scarfe
Chorus and Orchestra Radio-Lyrique of Radiodiffusion Francaise Conducted by Rene Dhaene
The action takes place at the inn of the 'Belle au Bois Dormant'; in the banqueting hall of the Castle of Castellardo; and outside the summer pavilion in the grounds of the Archduke's palace
Games of the Spring Equinox
Talk by Leslie Daiken about children's games, illustrated with recordings made by British and other European children
Nonet in F, Op. 31 played by members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra