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The cantata is sung by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Peter Pears (tenor)
William Parsons (baritone)
BBC Chorus
Conductor, Leslie Woodgate with the London Harpsichord Ensemble

Contributors

Unknown:
William Smith
Organist:
Dr. George Thalben-Ball
Reader:
Peter Coke
Soprano:
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Tenor:
Peter Pears
Baritone:
William Parsons
Conductor:
Leslie Woodgate

Talk by Christopher Lloyd
Christopher Lloyd , Secretary of the Navy Record Society, is editing the previously unpublished papers of Admiral Lord Keith , who was Commander-in-Chief at Plymouth at the time of Napoleon's surrender. Mr. Lloyd describes the negotiations that led to Napoleon's confinement on St. Helena and comments on the subsequent developnfent of the Napoleonic legend.

Contributors

Talk By:
Christopher Lloyd
Talk By:
Christopher Lloyd
Unknown:
Admiral Lord Keith

Translated into English verse from the medieval Cornish, adapted for broadcasting and produced by Terence Tiller
Music composed by Elizabeth Poston
Orchestra conducted by Cyril Gell with Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Marie Goossens (harp) and the BBC Singers
The. Lament of the Three Maries sung by Margaret Rolfe
Margaret Rees and Marjorie Westbury
' Christus Resurgens ' recorded by the Choir of Bromption Oratory
Conducted by Henry Washington
Organist. Ralph Downes

Contributors

Produced By:
Terence Tiller
Composed By:
Elizabeth Poston
Conducted By:
Cyril Gell
Unknown:
Alfred Deller
Harp:
Marie Goossens
Sung By:
Margaret Rolfe
Sung By:
Margaret Rees
Sung By:
Marjorie Westbury
Unknown:
Christus Resurgens
Conducted By:
Henry Washington
Organist:
Ralph Downes
Jesus:
Robert Harris
The Soldiers:
Andrew Faulds
The Soldiers:
Edward Forsyth
The Soldiers:
David King-Wood
Pilate:
Abraham Sofaer
Mary Magdalene:
Marjorie Westbury
Mary Salome:
Olive Gregg
Mary mother of James:
Thea Wells
The Virgin Mary:
Rachel Gurney

The English Novel 1912-22
Talk by Angus Wilson
Angus Wilson speaks about some of the novelists in whom Henry James (the year being 1914) saw greatest promise: they included Gilbert Cannan and Hugh Walpole. Mr. Wilson suggests why this promise was not fulfilled.
(The recorded broadcast of March 22)

Contributors

Talk By:
Angus Wilson
Talk By:
Angus Wilson
Unknown:
Henry James
Unknown:
Gilbert Cannan
Unknown:
Hugh Walpole.

Third Programme

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This data is drawn from the Radio Times magazine between 1923 and 2009. It shows what was scheduled to be broadcast, meaning it was subject to change and may not be accurate. More