Sonata No. 5
Sonata No. 3 played by Frank Merrick (piano)
First of Ave recitals of Prokoflev's piano sonatas

Introductory talk by Professor Basil Willey
Future speakers in this series will examine the theory and practice of some major English philosophic poets. In ibis talk Professor Willey analyses the possible relationships of poetic to philosophic thought by examining the fundamental issues.

Quartet in B flat. Op. 18 No. 6 played by the Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)

Mary Scrutton , Lecturer in Philosophy at Reading University, talks about Margaret Mead 's recently published book

Edited by Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume
Dorothy Bond (soprano)
William Parsons (baritone)
John Shinebourne (cello continuo)
Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume (harpsichord)
London Chamber Singers
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper)
Conducted by Anthony Bernard
(First performance in England)
(To be repeated on February 20)

The first performance of Les Elements, an elaborate opera-ballet in which the young King Louis XV danced with much grace, took place at the Tuileries in 1721. The mythological associations of the four elements, Air, Water, Fire, Earth, provided excellent material for the blending of music and spectacle. The work is divided into four acts and a prologue.
The scene of Act 3 is laid in the temple of Vesta, goddess of Fire. During the night Emilie. the young priestess and guardian of the Sanctuary, is visited by her lover Valere. Distracted by his presence Emilie neglects her duty, and the Sacred Flame nickers and dies. The cries of priests and priestesses are heard in the darkness; the wrath of the goddess manifests itself in elemental violence. At this point occurs the dramatic recitative in which Emilie anticipates the horrors that will attend her unpardonable negligence.
' L'on creuse ma tombeau l'on m'y traine vivante
Et d'une lente mort je vais subir l'horreur.'
Bidding her lover farewell, Emilie prepares for death; but an impassioned appeal to the gods is answered by the god of Love, who rekindles the Sacred Flame and blesses the union of Emilie and Valere amid universal acclamation.
(Anthony Bernard)

Drawn from memory, in Dublin, Trieste, Zurich, and Paris
Part 1
A Portrait of Joyce as a Young Man

Settings of words by James Joyce
Strings in the earth and air: The Merry Greenwood: Bright Cap: The Pleasant Valley; Donnycarney; Rain has fallen; 0 now in this brown land
Henry Cummings (baritone) with Frederick Stone (piano)

Part 2
The Artist in Maturity

Prelude and Fugue in E minor (The
Little)
Fugue on the Magnificat
Preiude and Fugue in B minor played by Geraint Jones (organ)
Seventh of a series of programmes of organ music by Bach

A selection from
' Pippa Passes'
Production by Frank Hauser