Noel Annan , Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, reviews the collection of critical essays by Lionel Trilling
(Recording of the broadcast on June 22;
Sonata in B minor, Op. 58 pteiyed by Irene Soharrer (piano)
Another programme of piano music by Chopin: October 23
Selected by Jon Manchip White
A lyric tragedy in five acts
Words by the Abbe PellagrinÃ
Music by Rameau
and
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Edward Holmes (cello continuo)
BBC Opera Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville)
BBC Opera Orchestra (Leader. John Sharpe)
Conducted by Roger Desormiere
Producer. Robert Collet
The action takes place in Ancient Greece, and at the entrance to Hades
(Rosina Raisbeck broadcasts by permission of the General Administrator, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
Another performance: October 22
Act 1
The Temple of Diana at Trezene
Act 2
The Entrance to Hades
Act 3
The palace of Theseus, overlooking the sea
Talk by Roy Meldrum
In recent years Mr. Meldrum has coached the University crew and the Lady Margaret Boat Club at Cambridge, as well as the English crew that won the European Championship last summer. He is the author of Rowing and Coaching.
Act 4
A wood sacred to Diana, near the sea
Act 5
Scene 1: As Act 4
Scene 2: The garden avenues of the forest of Aricia
followed by an interlude at 9.50
A new translation for broadcasting by C. Day Lewis
Book 5
Octet, Op. 67 played by Frederick Thurston (clarinet), Cecil James (bassoon), Aubrey Thonger (horn), Martin. String Quartet, Eugene Cruft (double-bass)
(The recorded broadcast of March 16)
Talk by R. H. Ward
Baudelaire's mother married a distinguished French officer when Baudelaire was a child, so that in the poet's mind his mother and ' Madame Aupick ' became to some extent different and conflicting persons.
(The recorded broadcast of August 10)
