by Bach
Helmut Walcha (organ)
Choir of St. Thomas's, Leipzig
Conductor, Gunther Ramin
Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (from the six schüblerchorales)
Motet: Der Geist hilft unserer
Scliwachheit auf
Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C
(The choral, music was recorded in Hamburg: the organ music, in the Jacobikirche, Lilbeek.) (Recordings made available by courtesy of N.W.D.R.. Hamburg)
(1865-1931) by Harold Truacott
An illustratedtalk on the Danish composer's music, with special reference to the performance of his Fifth Symphony in the Third Programme on Saturday
Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Richard Adeney (flute)
Molly Panter (viola)
Stephen Shingles (viola)
James Whitehead (viola da gamba)
Julian Bream (guitar)
Geraint Jones (harpsichord)
(Continued in next column)
Spanish music of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries: Spanish music of the sixteenth century
and the Predicament of the Historical Imagination
Talk by Erich Heller
Professor Heller believes that Spengler occupies a puzzling position in modern historical thought, and that while his method is rejected by most historians his findings about our age are borne out by many events in recent history as well as by the pessimistic trends in modern literature.
A UsylessDiscussion on Hamlet or Hamnet arranged for broadcasting by John, Keir Cross from a Shakespearean Dialogue by James Joyce
Production by Donald McWhinnie
(New production of the broadcast in Jan. 1949). To be repeated tomorrow
Clauddo Arrau (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Part 1
The French Elections by Raymond Aron. historian and philosopher
Part 2
Talk by D. M. MacKay ,
Lecturer in Physics at King's College, London
' Information is that which enables us to make a selection from a set of posibilities.' D. M. MacKay considers some of the methods and consequences of the theory of information.
(The recorded broadcast of April 2)
String Quartet No. 2 prayed by the Cerny Quartet on gramophone records