BBC Midland Chorus and members of the BBC Midland Orchestra
Conducted by James Denny
Last of a series of programmes of music of the fifteenth century
Second of three talks by Professor Gwyn Jones on this collection of medieval Welsh tales
The speaker refers particularly to Culhwch and Olwen, which is of the first importance for * study of the sources of the Arthurian legend.
. (Revised version of the talk originally broadcast on January 16. 1950)
A ballad chronicle by Rayner Heppenstall
The Catholic rebellion in the northern counties (A.D. 1569), precipitated by a project of marriage between the Duke of Norfolk and Mary Queen of Scots, is reviewed two years later, on the eve of the Duke's trial, by a legal adviser to the Privy Council and a secretary from York. For further details see Thursday, 9.55
Manoug Parikian (violin) William Primrose (viola) Benjamin Britten (piano)
English Opera Group Orchestra
(Led by Hans Geiger )
Conducted by Benjamin Britten From the Jubilee Hall, ALdeburgh
Part 1
Symphony No. 11, in D (K.84)
Sinfonia Concertante (K.364). for violin, viola, and orchestra
Talk by W. J. H. Sprott , Professor of Philosophy at Nottingham University
(Concert continued)
Adagio and Rondo (K.617), for clavier, flute, oboe. viola, and cello
Piano Concerto No. 19. in F (K.459)
A reading by Arthur Phillips from the new translation by Professor Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones
Erna Berger (soprano) Frederick Stone (piano)
(Continued in next column)
' THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS
Some reflections by Nevill Coghill on his production ot the morality The Pilgrim's Progress, with music by Vaughan Williams , which is being presented at Covent Garden. Mr. Coghill is a Fellow of Exeter College, Oxford
Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)