between Joyce Cary and Lord David Cecil
In the course of this informal conversation Joyce Cary describes his way of writing novels and the beliefs that lie behind them.
(The recorded broadcast of August 6)
Tatiana Preston (soprano)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Ross Pratt (piano)
Songs :
The Soldier's Bride; On the Death of a Love-bird: The Avenging God; The Lilacs; We shall rest
Moment musical. Op. 16 No. 5
Etudes tableaux: Op. 33 Nos. 8 and 7 Songs:
0 sing not songs of the Caucasus; How fair this spot; How I am tormented
Etudes tableaux: Op. 33 Nos. 1 and 2 Moments musicaux: Op. 16 Nos. 4 and 3
A Hundred Years After by L. R. McColvin
The first Public Libraries Act received the Royal Assent on August 14, 18S0. The City Librarian, Westminster Public Libraries, believes that although today we enjoy better library facilities than any other nation many problems and inadequacies still remain.
' Partage de Midi ' by Paul Claudel
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Robert Speaight from a version by Jonathan Griffin
Characters in order of speaking:
Production by E. A. Harding
Time: About the year 1910
At noon on the upper deck of a large liner in the middle of the Indian Ocean between Arabia and Ceylon
Among the tombs of a cemetery In Hong Kong on a heavy afternoon in April
A year later in the dismantled ballroom on the first floor of a disused ' colonial ' style house overlooking one of the ports of Southern China at a time of insurrection
followed by an interlude at 9.10
Frederick Harvey (baritone)
The Boyd Neel String Orchestra
(Leader,, Maurice Clare ) Conductor, Boyd Neel
The Korean Scene
Some recollections by C. P. FitzGerald , of the Department of Oriental Studies at the Australian National University
A selection of his poetry
Presented and produced by R. D. Smith
Read by Dennis Arundell
Patricia Brent
Valentine Dyall , Michael Flanders
String Quartet played by the Pro Arte Quartet on gramophone records
A talk by John Wisdom , Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
(The recorded broadcast of Aug. 11)
Paganini Variations for orchestra played by the Symphony Orchestra of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk.
Cologne
Conducted by Ferenc Fricsay
(Recording made available by , courtesy of Nordwestdeutscher Rund funk, Cologne)
