String Quartet in E flat
Op. 64 No. 6 played by the New Italian Quartet on gramophone records
Frida Kindler. who was a pupil of Busoni, talks about him as man and teacher.
A New Judgment by Christopher Sykes and Others taking part:
Arnold Diamond , Alan Gordon
James Ottoway , Bryan Spielman Production by Douglas Cleverdon
Lyrical comedy in three acts after "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
Libretto by Arrigo Boito
English translation by Humphrey Procter-Gregg
Music by Verdi
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by John Clements)
BBC Opera Orchestra (Led by John Sharpe)
Conductor, Stanford Robinson Presented by Mark Lubbock
Narrator, Andrew Cruickshank
(Parry Jones broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator of the Covent Garden Opera Trust; Flora Nielsen, by permission of the English Opera Group; Gwent Lewis, by permission of the Carl Rosa Opera Company)
Dyneley Hussey writes on page 8
Act 1
Scene 1: Interior of 'The Garter Inn'
Scene 2: A garden
Occam's Razor by A. J. Ayer , Grote Professor of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic at University College, London
Second of four talks
Act 2
Scene 1: Interior of 'The Garter Inn' Scene 2: A room in Ford's house
Why the British Have Neglected Goethe by L. A. Willoughby
On Monday evening J. Isaacs assessed the extent of Goethe's influence in this country. But indifference to his work has been the more usual reaction, and in this talk Professor L. A. Willoughby analyses the reasons for this apathy.
Seventeenth ot a series of talks
Act 3
Scene 1: Outside ' The Garter Inn ' Scene 2: Windsor Park
Part 4—' Bus to Florence '
C. Day Lewis reads the fourth part of hit poem on Italy. It describes a day spent in journeying between Rome and Florence.
Trio in G minor, Op. 15 played by the Prague Trio