A programme of unusual music
Introduced by Sir Steuart Wilson
Steuart Wilson (tenor) Robert Irwin (baritone)
J. Edward Merrett (double-bass) James W. Merrett (double-bass)
Ronald Smith (piano)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Lionel Salter (piano)
Humphrey Searle (piano)

A talk on the political or economic events of the day

Sinfonia a cinque
Canzonetta: Chiome d'oro
Concertato: Con che soavita
Canzonetta a quattro: Amor che deggio far
Dialogo: Presso un flume tranquillo Tre scherzi musicali:
La violetta; La mia turca: Maledetto sia l'aspetto
Madrigale: Questi vaghi
Rosanna Giancola (soprano)
Erika Storm (soprano) Anne Wood (contralto)
Rene Soames (tenor)
Bruce Boyce (baritone)
Ambrose Gauntlett
(viola da gamba)
Diana Poulton (bass lute)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord) John Ticehurst (harpsichord)
London Chamber Singers London Chamber Players
Conductor, Anthony Bernard

by William Shakespeare
Text edited and broadcast introduced by M. R. Ridley
and Other parts played by Basil Jones , Cyril Gardiner , and Ronald Sidney
Produced by Val Gielgud
Part 1

Introduction and Allegro played by John Cockerill (harp)
Arthur Cleghom (flute) Reginald Kell (clarinet)
Jean Pougnet (violin) David Martin (violin)
Frederick Riddle (viola) James Whitehead (cello) on gramophone records

Part 2

Variations on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 35 (Books 1 and 2) played by Tomford Harris (piano)

Talk by Raymond Aron , political and diplomatic correspondent of Figaro