Music drama in three acts by Wagner
Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival
Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
(Recording made available by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk. Munich)
' Gotterdämmerung ': Thursday
The action takes place in legendary times
Act 1
A cave In a forest
A selection from his new volume ' Poems and Satires 1951 ' which is to be published later this month with an introduction recorded by the author
Readers:
Patricia Brent , Oliver Burt
Ian Oatford , Harry Hutchinson
Produced by Terence Tiller
To'be repeated tomorrow
Act 2
The depths of the forest
by F. Ashton-Gwatkin , C.B., C.M.G. of the Royal Institute of International Affairs
See ' Both Sides of the Microphone'
Act 3
Sc. 1: A wild region at the foot of a mountain
Sc. 2: The summit of the Valkyries'
Rock
Lake and Forest
First of two talks by Tom Hopkinson
The speaker has recently returned from a first visit to Finland. He gives his impressions of Finnish provincial life and points a contrast with Britain.
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 9)
Second talk: Saturday
Sonata in A played by Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
Hephzlbah Menuhin (piano) on gramophone records
