Prologue, Variations, and Finale for violin and piano
(first broadcast performance) played by Szymon Goldberg and the composer
Second of two talks by David Thomson
This talk deals with Smith's place in English social history
Anne Wood (contralto)
London Harpsichord Ensemble
by Austin Robinson, an editor of the Economic Journal and Lecturer in Economics at Cambridge
Comic opera In one act
Music by Weber
English version by David Harris
Speaking parts:
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BBC Theatre Chorus
(Chorus-Master, John Clements )
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
Produced by C. Denis Freeman
The action takes place in Abu ai-Hassan's apartment in the precincts of the Royal Palace at Baghdad
or The Philosophy of Optimism Translated into a radio version and produced by Douglas Cleverdon
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Part 1
Piano Sonata No. 52, In E flat played by Horowitz on gramophone records
Part 2