A series of six talks
5-The Evolution of Geometrical Ideas
by J. G. Semple ,
Professor of Geometry at King's College, .London
The aim of this series of six talks is to give some idea of the actual stuff of modern pure mathematics by means of examples taken from its various branches. The series is intended as an experiment to determine whether broadcasting can be used to communicate mathematical theory.
Harold Jackson (trumpet)
The Kathleen Merritt Orchestra
(Leader, Colin Sauer )
Conductor, Kathleen Merritt
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Grace Williams' Suite is based on her incidental music for Henry Treece's verse-drama The Dark Island, broadcast in the Third Programme in 1948. Its theme is Celtic Britain as it was before, during, and after the Roman invasions.
It was at a Serenade Concert at
Hampton Court last July that John Addison's Trumpet Concerto was played for the first time; the artists were David Mason and the New London Orchestra under Alec Sherman. Addison, who is now thirty, won the Sullivan Prize at the R.C.M.; served for six years in the Army; and has written music for several films.
R. W. Wood, who is both a composer and a writer on music, was born in 1902. His Suite for small orchestra was written eleven years ago. Harold Rutland
A monthly review In which recent cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R. are examined
Eric Hartley talks about some current problems of Soviet education
(BBC recording)
BBC Singers:
Margaret Godley. Margaret Rees
Maude Baker. Margaret Rolfe
Bradshaw MacMillan , Emlyn Bebb
Stanley Riley. Roland Izzard
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate
Margaret Hodsdon (virginals)
Virginals:
Pa van in the Dorian Mode
Madrigals:
The Silver Swan
Fair ladies tha.t do love; 'raongst thousands good
Ah, dear heart
Now each flowery bank
Virginals:
Variations on Pescod Time
Second of seven programmes of music by Orlando Gibbons , arranged by James Denny.
by Henrik Ibsen
Adapted for radio by Max Faber from his new English version Characters in order of spealcing:
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Production by Mary Hope Allen
Helene Isepp (soprano)
Paul Hamburger (piano) Frederick Grinke (violin)
Kendall Taylor (pliano)
Readings from his poetry chosen and introduced by T. R. Henn
Readers:
Hallam Fordtham , Martin Starkie
Toccata and Fugue in C minor Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue played by Artur Schnabel (piano) on gramophone records
