William Pleeth (cello)
BBC' Northern Orchestra
Conductor, Charles Groves
Talk by David Green
The speaker gives an account of the relations between Sarah, first Duchess of Marlborough, and one of her greatest enemies, her own Palace.
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Philharmonia Orchestra
(Leader, Manoug Parikian )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1
Adagio and Fugue in C minor (K.546) for strings
Piano Concerto in B flat (K.595)
Talk by Peter de Mendelssohn
(Concert continued)
Symphony No. 36. In C (K.425) (Linz)
The Minister of Food,
The Rt. Hon. Maurice Webb , M.P.
Monsignor Ronald Knox
Andre L. Simon
(President of the Society)
Introduction by Henry Riddell
From the Dorchester Hotel, London
The Wine and Pood Society, founded by Andre Simon in 1933, is an association of men and women throughout the English-speaking world who share the belief that an intelligent understanding of wine and food is an essential part of personal contentment and health. The Victory Dinner is held every May 9 to commemorate the triumph of allied arms in the Second World War.
A discussion by music experts on the method whereby a composer goes about his task and the means he employs in completing a composdtion
Those taking part are Arthur Bliss , Walter Goehr. Lennox Berkeley , Hubert Clifford , and David Franklin Production by Malcolm Baker-Smith
BBC Singers :
Margaret Godley. Margaret Rees
Maude Baker , Margaret Rolfe
Bradshaw MacMillan , Emlyn Bebb
Stanley Riley. Leonard Hubbard Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
The London Consort of Viols:
Harry Danks (treble viol)
Stanley Wootton (treble viol)
Jacqueline Townshend (tenor viol)
Sylvia Putterill (tenor viol)
Henry Revell (bass viol)
Robert Donington (treble viol)
(Continued in next column)
Talk by Raymond Williams
The Master Builder, Little Eyolf, John Gabriel Borkman, and When We Dead Awaken have long been regarded as a group. Raymond Williams discusses their relation, in theme and technique, with Ibsen's earlier work, and examines the special significance of Ibsen's retrospective technique ' in plays where the primary experience is that of a man's attitude to his own past.'
Septet in D minor. Op. 74 for piano with flute. oboe. horn viola, cello. and double-bass played by Joan Davies (piano) Gareth Morris (flute)
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
Dennis Brain (horn) Max GiLbert (viola)
Harvey Phillips (cello)
J. Edward Merrett (double-base)