General editor, Gerald Abraham
11—Early Keyboard Music
Margaret Hodsdon (virginals)
Susi Jeans (organ)
Introduced by Alee Robertson
The Anatomical Background of Mental Processes
Talk by W. E. Le Gros ClarkF.R.S., D.SC., F.R.C.S , ., Professor of Anatomy in the University of Oxford
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
God Save the King
From Truro Cathedral
' The Triumph of Life '
Read by Marius Goring
Bernhard Sonnerstedt (baritone)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
Some Persisting Uncertainties by C. A. W. Manning , Professor of International Relations, University of London
A passage from
' Anna Livia Plurabelle '
Read by the author
(Gramophone record)
Quartet No. 2 played by the Sturdy String Quartet:
Kathleen Sturdy (violin)
June Hardy (violin) Molly Panter (viola) Peter Beavan (cello)
(first broadcast performance)
Based on research by Ivan A. Roots
Written and produced by Robert Gittings
On January 30, 1649, King Charles I was executed as a tyrant, traitor, murderer, and public enemy. The people were declared to be, under God, the original of all just power: monarchy and the House of Lords were abolished. England was a republic .. This is the background against which the little Digger Experiment was carried out
Nocturnes, for piano
G, played by Louis Kentner
E minor, and E (Midi), played by Denis Matthews
A. played by Louis Kentner on gramophone records
A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent