The winner of the solo finals class of the verse-speaking competition of this year's Festival repeats his winning performance

General editor, Gerald Abraham
34-The Beginnings of German Opera
Editor, J. A. Westrup
Ena Mitchell (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Eric Greene (tenor) Scott Joynt (bass)
John Wills (harpsichord) The Boyd Neel Orchestra (Led by Emanuel Hurwitz ) Conducted by Edric Cundell
Introduced by Christopher Pemberton

Leonard Miall , the BBC's Washington correspondent, discusses the events that led up to the Hiss trial, the trial itself, and the interest with which it was followed throughout the United States

Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della Radio Italiana
Part 1

Humphrey Searle gives his impressions of the Palermo Festival

Part 2

Shakespeare's Characters Talk by J. I. M. Stewart
During the last fifty years a number of important new theories have been proposed as to how the characters in Shakespeare's plays should be interpreted. They are examined by J. I. M. Stewart, Lecturer in English at Christ Church, Oxford, and author of ' Character and Motive in Shakespeare '

Gre Brouwenstyn (soprano) Ernest Lush (accompanist)

A selection from their poetry made by Christopher Hassall Readers: Christopher Hassall and Michael Goodliffe
Production by Frank Hauser

Mass : In All Devotion sung by the BBC Midland Chorus
Conductor, James Denny