Six lectures by E. H. Carr
2-From Competition to Planned Economy
(The recorded broadcast of May 9)
Next lecture: tomorrow
Eric Greene (tenor)
Michael Mullinar (accompanist)
Aleph String Quartet: Alan Loveday (violin) Reginald Morley (violin) Max Gilbert (viola) Harvey Phillips (cello)
String Quartet No. 1. Kenneth V. Jones
Presences (Mary Webb)
Bernard Naylor
The secret joy; Fairy-led; Presences; The ancient gods; The little hill
String Quartet No. 2 Doreen Carwithen
Talk by A. M. Turing , F.R.S., Lecturer in Mathematics in the University of Manchester
The speaker, who designed the A.C.E. machine at the National Physical Laboratory, propounded in 1936 a logical scheme for a 'universal' computing machine.
A series of talks on the history and theory of thinking mechanisms
Next talk: June 2
The English Duo:
Viola Morris (soprano)
Victoria Anderson (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Lloyd Strauss-Smith (tenor)
Norman Walker (bass)
London Chamber Singers
Nicolette Bernard and Denis Quilley (narrators)
Andrew Cooper (violin)
Thomas Carter (violin)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord)
Winifred Davey (harpsichord)
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Andrew Cooper )
Conductor, Anthony Bernard
From the Victoria and Albert Museum, Kensington. (By permission of the Director. Sir Leigh Ashton )
Part 1
Overture, Air, and Dances: The
Married Beau
Duet: Elegy on the Death of Queen
Mary
Trio Sonata No. 7. in C, for two violins and continuo
Duet: No, no, resistance is but vain
The Duke of Gloucester's Birthday
Ode, 1695
Paul Turner talks about the new edition of 'The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus '
This burlesque biography was the main manifesto of the Scriblerus Club, which was formed to attack ' follies ' in literature and science. Among the members were Pope, Swift, Gay. Parnell, Arbuthnot, and the Earl of Oxford.
(Concert continued)
' The Indian Queen'
The Indian Queen is a poetic play. by Dryden and his brother-in-law Sir Robert Howard , concerned with the feuds-of doubtful historical authenticity-between Peruvians and Mexicans at the end of the fifteenth century. The music, written in 1695. intensifies the dramatic effectiveness of the ceremonial, magical, and sacrificial scenes, and reveals Purcell at the height of his powers. H.R.
2—Street-Setters. Street-Finders and Street-Performers
Compiled by Douglas Cleverdon and Laurence Kitchin from the conversations recorded by Henry Mayhew
Cyril Smith and Phyllis Sellick
(two pianos)
A conversation between Victor Pastmore and A. D. B. Sylvester
This is the first of a series of conversations in each of whith a leading painter or sculptor discusses his work and ideas with an art critic.