1929 by Sean O'Faolain
General editor, Gerald Abraham
32-French Opera from the death of Lully to the death of Rameau
Editor, Martin Cooper
Dorothy Bond (soprano)
Betty Bannerman
(mezzo-soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord)
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
(Led by Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
Introduced by Alec Robertson
G. M. Young repeats his
Leslie Stephen Lecture
The Lecture was originally delivered at Cambridge last May.
What, G. M. Young asks, arc the elements in a civilisation that preserves the continuity of its traditions from one generation to another? What can weaken or shatter that continuity of culture, what maintains its development? Readers of Mr. Young's work on Victorian England and in other historical fields will recognise these m questions to which he has long devoted his attention
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
Conductor:
Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Part 1
Spring Song
Suite: Swanwhite
Incidental Music to The Tempest
Land and People by G. F. Clay , C.M.G.
Agricultural Adviser to the Secretary of State for the Colonies
Next talk: July 13
(Concert continued)
Suite: Pelleas and Melisande Scenes historiques, Suite No. 2 The Return of Lemminkainen
Rose Macaulay talks about the indispensables,' the books she felt bound to replace after her library was destroyed during the war
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Bruce Boyce (baritone)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Du bist die Ruh'; Gretchen am
Spinnrade; Der Musensohn
The Harfenspieler songs from Goethe's
Wilhelm Meister :
Wer sich der Einsamkeit ergibt An die Thilren will ich schleichen
Wer nie sein Brod mit Thränen ass
Das Lied im Grtinen; Im Abendrot;
Die VBgel; Didone
Read by V. S. Pritchett