Gareth Morris (flute)
London String Trio:
Maria Lidka (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Vivian Joseph (cello)
Serenade in G, Op, 141a, for flute, violin, and viola
String Trio in D minor. Op. 141b
by Dr. Jonathan Swift
Produced by D. G. Bridson
The Three Dialogues that make up Dean Swift's ' Polite Conversation ' are intended to give satirical samples of the fashionably affected speech of the time. The cliches and catch phrases that they retail, however, make up a fascinating study of conversational usage in the Augustan Age
First of a new series following a condensed version of the original twenty-five programmes.
A recording of the speech given on April 27 at the McEwan Hall after his installation as Rector of the University of Edinburgh
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Adrian Boult
Part 1
Talk by Phyllis Bentley
Today is the centenary of the death of Anne Bronte , the most neglected member of a remarkable family. Phyllis Bentley discusses the work of ' Acton Bell,' and shows that the youngest Bronte, though overshadowed by the more robust talents of her two sisters, has herself a good claim to be considered a minor classic
(Concert continued)
A Venetian story by Lord Byron
Song-cycle by Gerald Finzi
Poems by Thomas Hardy
Robert Irwin (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Summer Schemes; When I set out for Lyonesse; Waiting both; The Phantom: So I have fared; Rollicum-Rorum : To Lizbie Browne : The Clock of the Years: In a Churchyard; Proud Songsters
A weekly talk on international affairs given by a BBC staff correspondent
