The Well-tempered Clavier
Six Preludes and Fugues (Book 2) No 25 in C; No. 26, in C minor: No. 27, in C sharp: No. 28, in C sharp minor; No. 29, in D; No. 30, in D minor played by Eduard Muller (harpsichord)
First of four programmes of Bach's Forty-eight Preludes and Fugues, Book 2
A sketch from ' Some People ' by Harold Nicolson
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Douglas Cleverdon with Ronald Simpson , Susan Richmond
Neville Hartley , Mary McAlpine
As Max Beerbohm in Seven Men, so Harold Nicolson in Some People chooses a semblance of autobiography to relate the stories of characters who are partly imagined, partly real. The sketch of Lambert Orme is said to be based on Ronald Firbank, author of The Flower Beneath the Foot and other fantastic novels.
William Primrose (viola)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Six lectures by J. Isaacs
4-Culture, Chaos, and Order
In this lecture Mr. Isaacs speaks about the structure of the modem novel and its attempt to find an order in the chaos of contemporary culture.
To be repeated on October 16
Next lecture: October 21
Clifford Curzon (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Vittorio Gui
Part 1
by John Hatch , Lecturer in International Relations, Extra-Mural Department, Glasgow University
The speaker believes that the death of Field-Marshal Smuts has brought into the open divisions within the Opposition in South Africa. He discusses the various forces opposing Dr. Malan's Government in the new situation that has arisen.
Part 2
Selected poems
Arranged by Terence Tiller
The Renaissance Singers
Conductor, Michael Howard
Ralph Downes (organ)
(Continued in next column)
October Atmosphere in Paris
Talk by Henri Appia