London Harpsichord Ensemble

Dame Myra Hess speaks about Tobias Matthay , teacher of the piano
First of a series of three talks
Casals: July &

' Maisie'
Written for broadcasting by V. S. Pritchett
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
Some considerations affecting the origins and subsequent history of a character in fiction with Felix Aylmer as Henry James
The cast also includes:
Malcolm Hayes. Anthony Jacobs
Joyce Latham. Peter Madden
Janet Morrison , Gladys Spencer

Jo Vincent (soprano)
Kathleen Ferrier (contralto)
Peter Pears (tenor)
The Radio Choir
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Conductor, Eduard van Beinum
Symphnony in E Flat (K.543)...Mozart
8.45 app. Interval
9.10 app. Spring Symphony (first performance)...Britten
From Amsterdam. (By courtesy of Stichting Nederlandsche Radio-Unie)

Shakespeare's Imagery
Una Ellis-Fermor, Professor of English at Bedford College in the University of London, describes the detailed research into Shakespeare's imagery which has been a special feature of Shakespearean scholarship during the last fifty years

(soprano) with Frederick Stone (piano)
Songs by Hugo Wolf

by Christina Rossetti
Read by Flora Robson
Production by Donald McWhinnie

Sonata for cello and piano (1948) played by Pierre Fournier (cello)
Francis Poulenc (piano)