Norman Sykes reviews the recently published book by the Archbishop of York
The speaker Is Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History in the University of Cambridge
The Aeolian Harp: a source of musical inspiration
Programme devised and introduced by Peter Crossley-Holland
René Soames (tenor)
Clifton Helliwell (accompanist)
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader. Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
From remotest antiquity the music of nature has fascinated man, speaking of things beyond his ordinary experience. Priests and bards among the ancients knew the gods of the elements and listened to their voices, even constructing instruments through which they could speak more plainly. The Aeolian harp, a more recent invention of man, but played without human agency, is named after Aeolus, Greek god of the winds. It had an extraordinary power during the romantic period, and this programme-containing works by composers from Berlioz to Elgar-is designed to show how much the music of man owes to the music of nature.
Peter Crossley-Holland
(' II Filosofo di Campagna ') Comic opera in three acts. Libretto by Carlo Ooldoni
English version by Geoffrey Dunn
Music by Galuppi
(edited by V. Mortari ) Cast in order of singing: The Boyd Neel Orchestra (Leader, Maurice Clare ) Continuo, John Wills Conducted by Leo Wurmser Produced by Geoffrey Dunn (The introductory talk is recorded) Act 1 Scene 1: The garden of Don Tritemio's Scene 2: Outside Nardo's house in the Scene 8: A parlour in Don Scene 8: A parlour in Don Tritemio's Tritemio's
Origins of the Colour Bar
Talk by Dr. R. B. Wellesley Cole
The speaker gives an account of the part that the slave trade, conquest, and indentured labour have played in the emergence of some present-day colour bars.
Second of four talks
Act 2
Scene 1: A room in Don Tritemio 's house
Scene 2: Outside Nardo's house
Scene 3: A room in Don Tritemio 's house
Act 3
Outside Nardo's house
A selection arranged and produced by Terence Tiller
Readers:
Ian Catford. Anne Cullen Olive Gregg. Derek Hart
Diana Maddox. Martin Starkie
The lyrics and lyrical passages in this programme are read both in the original Middle English and in free modem-English translations.
A discussion on the method whereby a composer goes about his task and the means he employs in completing a composition
Those taking part are Arthur Bliss , Lennox Berkeley. Hubert Clifford Walter Goehr. David Franklin. and James McKechnie
Programme edited and produced by Malcolm Baker-Smith
Fantasy for piano and orchestra played by Anna Stella Chic (piano) Siiddeutscher Rundfunk
Symphony Orchestra
Conductor, Hans MUller-Kray
Readings to accompany Christopher Hussey 's talk in the series ' Aspects of Art in England
Quartet in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4 played by the Martin String Quartet
