Suzanne Danco (soprano)
Guido d'Agosti (piano)
Leonard Wayman talks about the compiler of the thematic catalogue of Mozart's works
Piano Sonata in F minor, Op. 57
(Appassionata) played by Iso Elinson
Sixteenth of a series of programmes in which all Beethoven's piano sonatas are being played
A talk by Max Lerner , American author, columnist, and university lecturer
Written by Max Beerbohm
Adapted for broadcasting end produced by Douglas Cleverdon
Elsie Morison (soprano)
Rene Soames (tenor)
BBC Choral Society
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
This Symphony is dedicated ' without permission and with the sincerest flattery to Jean Sibelius , whose great example is worthy of aU imitation.' There are four movements: Preludio, Scherzo, Romanza, and Passacaglia.
R. C. Smail , Fellow and Tutor of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, reviews the first volume of ' A History of the Crusades ' by Steven Runciman
Part 2
A talk by Christopher Hollis on the hisitory of the oyster
A series of ten readings from the English translation by René Hague
6-The death of Oliver and Roland
Reader, Hallam Fordham
Music composed by Antony Hopkins
Sonata da Chiesa. in E minor (Roscnmüller): Edmee Ortmans-Bach and Dominique Blot (violins) with members of the Ars Rediviva Ensemble, conductor Claude Crussard
Violin Concerto in A minor (attrib.
Vivaldi): Dominique Blot (violin) with members of the Ars Rediviva Ensemble, conductor Claude Crussard
(Both works realised by Claude Crussard ) on gramophone records
Twenty-ninthof a series of reports on the Soviet point of view as expressed in the Soviet Press and broadcasts directed to the U.S.S'.R.