Kenneth Dawkins (piano)
A dramatic poem written by R. N. Currey
Produced by Terence Tiller Cast in order of speaking:
This programme aims at reconstructing the physical and spiritual experiences of a mixed group ot Servicemen flying home, after the war, in a transport plane.
followed, by an interlude at 7.30
Professor Anthony Lewis gives an introductory talk to Locke's masque ' Cupid and Death '
A masque
Words by James Shirley
Music by Matthew Locke and Christopher Gibbons
(transcribed and edited by E. J. Dent
Folly, Madness. Lovers, Old Men,
Ladies and Gentlemen. Satyr. Apes with Ena Mitchell (soprano) and Martin Lawrence (bass)
BBC Singers
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
Basil Lam (harpsichord)
The Goldsbrough Orchestra (Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz ) Conducted by Patrick Savill
Part 1
Another performance: Friday
See ' Music Diary'
The Art of Ortega y Gasset by Alan Pryce-Jones
. First of three talks
Second talk: Saturday. See page 9
Part 2
Thirty-fourth of a series of reports on the Soviet point of view as expressed in the Soviet Press and broadcasts to the U.S.S.R.
Compiled by members of the BBC foreign news department
Quartet in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2 played by the Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)
A sound picture devised and recorded by Ludwig Koch
Mute Swan ; Canada Goose; Razorbill
Englishwoman
The Birth of a Calf
Cow; Mare-. Nanny Goats: Ewes
Welshwoman
Rabbits under Rookery; Greenshank
Scotswoman
Leopardess with Blacknecked Grackle
Tigress with Peacock Lioness with Swahilis singing
Jackal and Bactrian Camel Corncrake and Irishwoman
Programme
Three Pieces for Orchestra
Prelude; Dance: March played by the Symphony Orchestra of the Belgian National Radio
Conducted by Franz-André
(Recording made available by courtesy of I.N.R.. Belgium)
Talk by John Morris
The speaker examines two points of view on the Far East as expressed in ' A Dragon Apparent by Norman Lewis and ' East of Home ' by Santha Rama Rau.
