The Birth of Modern Chemistry
D. McKie, Reader in the History and Philosophy of Science in the University of London, gives the ninth of sixteen talks by various speakers on the origins and results of the Scientific Revolution
Previous talks in this series have described how great advances in astronomy, mechanics, and medicine were among the first results of the seventeenth-century revolution in scientific thought. This talk describes how a century later, after the ' phlogiston ' theory of combustion had been finally rejected, the work of Lavoisier laid the foundations of modern chemistry.

Stabat Mater sung by the BBC Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate with George Thalben-Ball (organ)

Italian Agrarian Policy, 1919-1950
Talk by E. W. Ashcroft

A selection from the play by John Fletcher
Arranged for broadcasting by Glynne Wickham
Produced by Frank Hauser

Walter Gieseking (piano)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, Qavid McCallum )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1

Alan Pryce Jones speaks on Kafka's influence in his own country and abroad

Part 2
According to Bruno Walter, Mahler's First Symphony is ' an avowal of the soul,' and the outcome of ' a heartrending experience.' It was begun in 1883, completed in 1888, and in the following year Mahler conducted its first performance in Budapest. The first movement has a slow introduction headed by the direction. ' like a sound of nature '; the second is a scherzo with a landler-like trio; the third, a ' spectrally prowling canon,' was suggested by a picture by Callot ' The Huntsman's Funeral '; and an unusual feature of the finale is that it begins in F minor and later finds its way into D major. Harold Rutland

An imaginary obituary by Roger Fulford
Reader, Leonard Sachs
Suppose Shelley had been elected to Parliament: what might the result have been? Mr. Fulford's imaginary biography presents some of the possible consequences.

Martin Boddey (tenor)
Sinclair Logan (baritone)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Song from The Cenci P. B. Shelley) Der Asra (Heine)
Spring Song of the Birds (King
James I of Scotland)
Weep you no more. sad fountains
(anon. 16th century)
Rondel (Charles I de Valois, Due d'Orleans)
Balow (anon. 16th century) Last Days (W. S. Landor)
With Margerain Gentle (John Skelton)
11.30 app. Quartet No. 4 played by David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Eugene Cruft (double-bass)