Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin (violin)
Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola)
Martin Lovett (cello)

Gerald Abraham reviews Wilfrid Mellers' recently published book on Couperin

Musical drama in three acts
Words and music by Gian-Carlo Menotti
The Orchestra
(Led by Tate Gilder )
Conducted by Thomas Schippers
The action takes place somewhere in present-day Europe
7.30 Act 1
Scene 1: The Sorel home. Morning Scene 2: The Consulate. Later the some day
8.15 Interval
8.25 Act 2
Scene 1: The Sorel home. Evening, a month later
Scene 2: The Consulate. A few days later
9.20 Interval
9.30 Act 3
Scene 1: The Consulate. La.te afternoon, several days later
Scene 2: The Sorel home. That night
Stephen Williams writes in this issue

Talk by Rhoda Sutherland ,
Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford
This is an introductory talk to a series of .ten readings of The Song of Roland ' (English prose translation by René Hague), beginning on April 2. The reader will be Hallam Ford'ham, and the music has been specially composed by Antony Hopkins.

Le Tombeau de Couperin
Prélude; Fugue; Forlane;
Rigaudon; Menuet; Toccata played by Phyllis Sellick (piano)

The Four-Power ConfeVence by Raymond Aron

Ren6 Soames (tenor)
Susi Jeans (harpsichord)