by Colin Hardie , Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford
The speaker describes how Dante gradually abandoned the traditional interpretation of Vergil, to find in Vergil himself and his poetry a new and powerful source of inspiration.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 16)
Franz Reizenstein (piano)
A dramatic arrangement by Lord Duncannon of Hilaire Belloc 's.
Suseex farrago
Joan Alexander (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
William Herbert (tenor)
Rowland Jones (tenor)
Trevor Anthony (bass)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham , Bt.
Part 1
Liszt
The Thirteenth Psalm for tenor solo, chorus, a'nd orchestra
Alsace-Lorraine
Talk by Francois Weymtiller former Press attaché at the French Embassy in London
Part 2
Stanford: Requiem
Introit; Kyrie; Gradual
Sequence (Dies irae); Offertorium Sanctus Benedictus
Agnus Dei et Lux aeterna
Father and Son Fi.rst of two talks by Frank Walker on Hugo Wolf 's letters
Frank Walker has edited these letters for a forthcoming English edition. In tonight's talk he speaks about the early family letters and the relations between father and son.
Consort of Viols of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis
(The recorded broadcast of July 7)
I. A. Richards talks about the difficulty of reading aloud Andrew Marvell 's poem, The Garden '