Piano Sonata No. 2
Alerte; Leger; Doucement; Rapide played by Monique Haas
(first performance)
Darius Milhaud comes from an old Jewish family long settled in Provence. There is consequently a Mediterranean brilliance and gaiety in his music, and with it a tender, nostalgic strain, reflective and sensitive A many-sided personality, Milhaud is one of the most naturally gifted composers of our time. He has been a great traveller, readily assimilating into his individual style the influences of popular music—jazz rhythms, Mexican dances, and South American banjos. In his youth he was a member of the Paris group of composers known as ' Les Six/ and his music of that time displays a delightful, sometimes pawky sense of humour that persists still in the more elaborate works of his maturity. His second piano sonata, dedicated to Monique Haas , was written last year during his visit to Mills College. California.
Edward Lockspeiser

of Sophocles in Greek
Acted by members of Cambridge University and recorded from the Arts Theatre. Cambridge
Music by Robin Orr , organist of St. John's College
Scenes introduced by the producer,
J. T. Sheppard. Litt.D.,
Provost of King's College
Presented for radio by Raymond Raikes

Mascia Prédit (soprano)
Boris Christoff (bass)
Ernest Lush (piano)
The Tempest
Songs and Dances of Death:
Trepak; Lullaby; Serenade; The Field-Marshal

Robert Speaight reads his translation of Jacques Maritain 's lecture
This translation will be printed in The Listener dated March 9. The lecture recorded in French by Jacques Maritain will be broadcast on Mar. 10

BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Roger Desormiere
Part 1

T. Wilson , Fellow of University College, Oxford, reviews ' The Principles of Economic Planning' by W. Arthur Lewis , Professor of Economics in the University of Manchester

Part 2
Symphonie Expiatoire .Henri Sauguet
(first performance in England)

A talk on the Russian singer by his daughter, Marfa Gardner

Quartet in E flat, Op. 125 played by the Barylli String Quartet:
Walter Barylli (violin)
Wolfgang Poduschka (violin)
Alfons Grueniberg (viola)
Hans Czegka (cello)
Third of a series of recitals of Schubert's string quartets

Chekhov's story read by Michael Redgrave