Third talk by Hesketh Pearson
The subject of this talk is Sir Herbert Tree and his management of the Haymarket and His Majesty's Theatres, London.
General editor, Gerald Abraham
57-The Concerto, 1750-1790
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Boris Ord (harpsichord)
Nina Milkina (piano)
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Maurice Clare )
Conducted by Arnold Goldsbrough
Introduced by Alec Robertson
Including music by C. P. E. Bach, j. C. Bach, Benda, Haydn, and Viotti
7-The Conquest and our Debt to the Normans bv Edward Miller , Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and Lecturer in Medieval History
. Last talk: Jan. 6
Soneto a Cordoba, for voice and harp Fantasia Baetica, for piano
Psyché, for voice. flute, harp. violin. viola, and cello
Concerto for harpsichord, flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, and cello
Oda Slobodskaya (soprano)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Marie Korchinska (harp)
Edward Walker (flute)
Leon Goossens (oboe)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
David Martin (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Iris Loveridge (piano)
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
Passages from the plays of Shakespeare in their original pronunciation
Introduced by Daniel Jones
Professor Emeritus of Phonetics in the University of London
' Henry V ' Act 3,Scene 1. The King: ' Once more unto the breach, dear friends.' (Rat de ]a Torre)
'Julius Caesar' Act 1 Scene 2,
Cassius: 'I know that virtue to be in you, Brutus.' (Laidman Browne )
(Continued in next column)
Twelfth Night' Act 2 Scene 4: Duke. Viola, Feste. Curio. (Andrew Faulds. Marjorie Westbuiy. Robert Eddison , Raf de la Torre)
* King John ' Act 2 Scene 1, The Bastard: Mad world, mad kings!' (Raf de la Torre)
* Romeo and Juliet' Act 3 Scene 2. Julit:t: ' Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds.' (Beryl Calder)
' Henry V ' Act 4 Scene 3, The King: St. Crispin's Day. (Raf de la Torre) ' Henry IV Part 2' Act 3 Scene 2: Shallow, Falstaff, Bardolph. (Laidman Browne, Norman Shelley , Andrew Faulds )
' The Tempest' Act 5 Scene 1, Prospero: 'Ye elves of hills.' (Laidman Browne)
Phonetic advice by Professor Jones
Dramatic production by Mary Hope Allen
Harpsichord played by Cecil Dixon
Listeners may find the text useful in occasional passages.
' The Tempest': tomorrow at S.30
A programme of his sacred works sung by the BBC Midland Chorus
Conductor, James Denny Frederic Hodgson (alto)
Rorate coeli (Gradualia, 1605)
Terra tremuit (Gradualia, 1607) 0 quam suavis (Gradualia, 1607)
Sing we merrily unto God (Psalms,
Songs, and Sonnets, 1611)
Alack, when I look back
Emendemus in melius (Cantiones
Sacrae, 1575)
Cantate Domino (Cantiones Sacrae,
1591)
From Bishop Latimer Memorial Church, Handsworth, Birmingham
Sixth of a series of programmes
Talk by Elfan Rees
The speaker is Director of the Department of Reconstruction and Inter-Church Aid of the World Council of Churches, and was Secretary of the World Council of Churches conference on refugees held in Hamburg earlier this year.
reads his own poems
An edited version of a public reading given at Stratford-upon-Avon under the auspices of the British Council
In the chair, Ernest Burbridge
Symphony No. 2 played by the Prague Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Karel Ancerl
The Lesson of the Pnpil
John Lehmann talks about the influence of the United States on European literature
Third of a group of talks