Col. F. Spencer Chapman , D.s.o., describes an incident that occurred when he was climbing in the Himalayas

Sonatas for Violin and Piano
Sonata In F, Op. 24 played by Walter Barylli (violin)
Ernest Lush (piano)
First of eight recitals of Beethoven's sonatas for violin and piano

Translated into English verse from the medieval Cornish and adapted for broadcasting, with additional passages in verse, by Terence Tiller
(Continued in next column)
Cast in order of speaking:
Music composed by Elizabeth Poston
Orchestra conducted by Cyril Gell with the BBC Singers
Produced by Terence Tiller

Opera in two acts by Benjamin Britten
Libretto by Ronald Duncan after Andre Obey 's play
' Le Viol de Lucrece '
For further details see tomorrow, 8.20 This evening the part of the Female Chorus is aung by Joan Cross
Act 1

Talk by G. R. Potter , Professor of Modem History at Sheffield
The Wentworth Woodhouse papers, now in the Sheffield Public Library, represent one of the most notable additions made during this century to our knowledge of English history.

Act 2

Goethe's Early Days at Weimar
Talk by E. L. Stahl , Reader in German Literature at Oxford
Fourth of six talks

Prelude, Aria, and Finale played by Solomon (piano)

Second Sestiad by Christopher Marlowe
Read by John Gielgud

of the 16th and 17th Centuries
Mangeot String Quartet:
André Mangeot (violin) Antonia Booth (violin) Maxwell Ward (viola) Joan Dickson (cello)
Ursula Snow (violin) Denis Stevens (viola)
Rose Miller (cello)

In nomine - Taverner
In nomine - Johnson
In nomine - White
Gloria tibi Trindtas - Blytheman
In nomine - Tye
In nomine (Trust) - Tye
Fantasia in six parts - Tomkins
Fantasia in six parts - Byrd
In nomine in six parts - Purcell
In nomine in seven parts - Purcell

The Medieval View of the Constitution by J. G. Edwards , D.Litt... F.B.A., Director of the Institute of Historical Research, Professor of History in the University of London, and joint-editor of the English Historical Review