Cambridge University
Madrigal Society
Conductor, Boris Ord
Boris Ord (harpsichord)
Talk by A. D. B. Sylvester
Ilona Kabos (piano)
Sonata In D minor. Op. 31 No. 2 Sonata in F sharp. Op. 78
Leonard Elmhirst , who with his wife founded the rural enterprise in South. Devon, gives a personal account of its beginnings and progress
The programme was recorded by him at Dartington in an interview with Victor Bonham-Carter
* The Apology' and ' Crito '
A new translation by Hugh Tredennick
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Rayner Heppenstall with Andrew Churchman
Malcolm Hayes and Anthony Jacobs
First of four programmes
Max Worthley (tendr)
London Classical Orchestra
(Leader, Thomas Carter )
Conductor, Trevor Harvey
Talk by Owen Holloway
* The problem of the human heart in conflict with itself,' declared William Faulkner in his Nobel Prize speech, ' alone can make good writing.' Owen Holloway suggests that this is no key to the novels and claims that Faulkner's importance is due to his understanding of the special resources of narrative art.
Sophie Wyss (soprano)
Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Last of three programmes
Owen Holloway introduces readings from two novels by William Faulkner : ' Absalom, Absalom' and ' The Wild Palms '
Reader. Guy Kingsley Poynter
String Quartet No. 1, in D minor played by the Guilet Quartet on gramophone records
Roy Harrod talks about the exchange value of the pound and about its effects on international trade and finance and on British productivity. He raises some of the arguments for its revaluation