A. E. Housman
His brother Laurence Housman discusses the early poems written in the years 1873-98 and reads selections from them
Piano Sonata (1941) played by Leo Smit on gramophone records
Philip Hope-Wallace examines the metamorphoses of Merimee's heroine
Ein Heldenleben played by the Symphony Orchestra of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
Conducted by Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
by Lord Samuel
Lord Samuel's Presidential address to the Royal Institute of Philosophy was first broadcast on November 17
sung by Boris Christoff (bass-baritone) with Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Talk by D. B. Copland , c.M.c, Litt.D., Vice-Chancellor of the Australian National University now being established in Canberra
Dr. Copland speaks as an Australian authority looking at the British experiment in a controlled economy as compared with what is happening In Australia
A new translation by the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Ronald A. Knox
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
Blech String Quartet: Harry Blech (violin) Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
James W. Merrett (double-bass)
Helen Pyke and Paul Hamburger (piano duet)
String Quartet in E, Op. 80
Legends, Op. 59, for piano duet: Nos. 2 and 3 (Book 1) Nos. 7 and 8 (Book 2)
String Quintet in G, Op. 77
Last of nine programmes
