' Mikrokosmos '
Twenty-one pieces from
Books 4 and 5 played by Georg Vasarhelyi (piano)
Talk by Sir Steuart Wilson on the new opera by Vaughan Williams
Illustrations played by Michael Mullinar
A morality in four acts adapted from John Bunyan 's allegory of the same name with music by Vaughan Williams
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson )
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
(Led by Charles Taylor )
Conducted by Leonard Hancock
From the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden
(Continued in next column)
Prologue: Bunyan in Prison
Act 1
Sc. 1: The Pilgrim Meets Evangelist
Sc. 2: Outside the House Beautiful
Men and women of the House Beautiful
Intermezzo: Nocturne
Act 2
Sc. 1: The Arming of the Pilgrim
Persons Clothed in Gold Sc 2: The Pilgrim meets Apollyon
Doleful Creatures
Professor Norbert Wiener , of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. discusses the consequences of automatic control on industrial management and organisation
Act 3
Sc. 1: Vanity Fair
Sc. 2: The Pilgrim in Prison
Professor J. E Neale , of London University, talks about the Elizabethan Church Settlement in 1559 and puts forward a fresh interpretation that casts new light on the Prayer Book
Act 4
Sc. 1: The Pilgrim Meets Mr. By-Ends
Se. 2: The Shepherds of the Delectable Mountains
Sc. 3: The Pilgrim
Reaches the End of his Journey
Voices from the Cekestial City. Men and women on the banks of the River
Epilogue
A series of ten readings from the English translation by René Hague 7—Charles defeats the army ot Maisiliun. who retreats to Saragossa. The army of Baligant comes from the east to aid Marsiliun
Reader. Hallam Fordham
Music composed by Antony Hopkins
London Baroque Ensemble
Director, Karl Haas
Talk by C. P. FitzGerald . of the Department of Oriental Studies at the Australian National University
Symphonic Poem: Orpheua played by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Thomas Beecham. Bt. on gramophone records