Piano Sonata in A flat, Op. 39 played by Natasha Litvin
by Field-Marshal the Rt. Hon. J. C. Smuts , O.M., C.H., K.C., F.R.S.
On the occasion of the opening of the Third Programme Field-Marshal Smuts broadcast a review of world affairs. On the third anniversary of the programme Field-Marshal Smuts again considers some of the events that have occurred during the past three years, together with their implications for the future.
(first performance)
Opera in three acts
Libretto by J. B. Priestley
Music by Arthur Bliss
Cast in order of singing:
(Continued innext column)
The Olympians, a troupe of strolling players:
Guests, servants, dancers
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson )
Covent Garden Orchestra
(Leader, Joseph Shadwick )
Conductor, Karl Rankl Producer, Peter Brook
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The action takes place in or near Berrasson, a small town in the South of France. Midsummer 1836
Act 1
A ground-floor room in the Golden Duck.' Morning of Midsummer Day
The First Phase
Talk by Edward Sackville West
Third of six talks
Act 2
A large courtyard outside Lavatte's house. Night
T. S. Gregory reads an extract from Gorky's reminiscences
Act 3
The back of Lavatte's house. The small hours of the next morning
by Field-Marshal Smuts
Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 played by the Griller String Quartet:
Sidney Griller (violin) Jack O'Brien (violin) Philip Burton (viola) Colin Hampton (cello)
by Alan Pryce Jones
Alan Pryce Jones has been considering various forms of broadcast material that have later been published. In this talk he puts the question: Is broadcasting making a contribution to literature?
