by Thomas Jones, C.H.

On September 27 Dr Jones celebrated his eightieth birthday. This evening he recalls some of the outstanding incidents in his career, including the part he played in the founding of the 'Welsh Outlook,' the Gregynog Press, and Coleg Harlech. He also describes his first meeting with Lloyd George and his visit to Berchtesgaden to meet Hitler.
(Previously broadcast in the Welsh Home Service on September 29)

The Art of Fugue
Prepared for performance by Leonard Isaacs
Part 1
London Harpsichord Ensemble:
John Francis (flute and bass flute)
Joy Boughton (oboe and cor anglais) Peter Graeme (oboe and oboe d'amore)
Paul Draper (bassoon) Peter Parry (bassoon)
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Hans Geiger (violin) Bernard Davis (viola)
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello)
Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)

Talk by an orthopaedic surgeon
According to Professor Hans Selye of Montreal all living organisms respond to stress in the same way, irrespective of the cause of the stress. In this talk a surgeon explains how Professor Selye's tenets may provide an explanation of the cause of many apparently unrelated diseases.

(' Point of Departure ') by Jean Anouilh
English translation by Kitty Black
Music by John Hotchkla
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikea

Mass in C (Coronation)
Kyrie; Gloria; Credo;
Sanctus; Agnus Dei
Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Elisabeth HSngen (contralto)
Walter Ludwig (tenor)
Hans Braun (bass)
Anton Heiller (organ).
Choir of the Vienna State Opera
Vienna Philharmonic. Orchestra
Conductor, Herbert von Karajan
(Recording made available by courtesy of ravao, Vienma)

by Norman Baynes
Norman Baynes , Emeritus Professor of Byzantine History in the University of London, speaks of the rise and fall of the ' city of the world's desire ' on the Bosphorus, and of the historical traditions that contributed to the great power of the Byzantine Empire.
First of a series of four talks

George Parker (baritone)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Kantrovitch Trio
Leonard Cassini (piano)
Sarnia: an island sequence for piano solo
Songs (The Land of Lost Content):
The Lent Lily; Ladslove ; Goal and Wicket: The Vain Desire; The Encounter: Epilogue
Fantasy Trio in A minor

A. P. Ryan talks about the London clubs, in which so much of the political and social life of the capital used to be, and perhaps still is, centred

Edward Walker (flute) Alec Whittaker (oboe) Sidney Fell (clarinet)
Frank Hughes (E flat clarinet)
Wilfred Hambleton
(bass clarinet)
Cecil James (bassoon)
John Burden (horn)
Alan Loveday (violin)
Reginald Morley (violin)
Winifred Copperwheat (viola)
Directed by Walter Susskind
Concertino for piano and seven instruments
(piano, Walter Susskind )
Suite for wind sextet: Mladi