Six lectures by J. Isaacs
I-The Assessment of Contemporary Literature
In his first lecture Mr. Isaacs takes stock of the literary achievements of the half-century now ending, and of its own critical awareness of the processes and directions that distinguish it from earlier periods. (R
String Quartet No. 1 played by the Griller String Quartet:
Sidney Griller (violin) Jack O'Brien (violin) Philip Burton (viola) Colin Hampton (cello)
by James Fisher
The tenth International Ornithological Congress held in June at Upsala, Sweden, was attended by delegates from thirty countries. James Fisher , who was a member of the British delegation, describes some of the more important scientific Contributions.
In Green Ways
Under the Greenwood Tree (Shakespeare)
The Goat Paths (James Stephens )
Merry Margaret (John Skelton )
Wanderer's Night Song (Goethe)
On the Merry First of May (
H. Burkitt Parker and Claude Aveling )
Elsie Morison (soprano)
New London Orchestra
(Led by Reginald Morley )
Conducted by Trevor Harvey
All's as I left it, place and pose and weather
That once was willed forever
W. R. Rodgers revisits the long-ago fields of his native province which he lately left
Production by Sam Hanna Bell
Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis :
August Wenzinger
(treble viol and viola da gamba)
Marianne Majer (tenor viol) Hannelore Müller (bass viol)
Gertrud Fiügel (bass viol)
Jack Kessler (violin)
Herbert Downes (viola)
Raymond Clark (cello)
A Recent Discussion on Soviet Physiology
Talk by John McLeish , Tutor in Psychology in the Extra-Mural Department of Leeds University In a recent discussion in the U.S.S.R. on medicine and physiology Professor Orbeli, a leading Soviet physiologist, was criticised for failing to make use of the heritage of Pavlov, the essence of which is the view that the living organism w an inherent part of its environment.
by D. G. Bridson with illustrative read.in.gs by Frederick Allen. Joan Littlewood and James McKechnie
Frederick Grinke (violin)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Hugh Scrutton discusses popular tasite in the arts, as illustrated in this exhibition at the Whitechapel Gallery
Monique Haas (piano)