Suzanne Rozsa (violin)
Paul Hamburger (piano)
A new poem by W. S. Graham
Read by the author
London Baroque Ensemble
Director, Karl Haas
Two personal statements for and against the proposal that Great Britain should participate directly in a European Army, by Woodrow Wyatt , m.p ., and Major-General L. 0. Lyne,
C.B., D.S.O.
Mr. Wyatt was formerly Under-Secreta: of State for War. General Lyne served as a Divisional Commander during the war and as Military Governor in Berlin; he is now chairman of the United Nations Association.
Irene Kohler (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Eugene Goossens
Part 1
Eugene Goossens wrote his Fantasy Concerto for Iturbi, who first played it at Cincinnati in 1944. Irene Kohler was the soloist when it was brought forward in this country, first in a broadcast and later at a Promenade Concert. The work, more particularly the slow movement, reflects to some extent the fantastic and sinister character of Edgar Allan Poe's story ' The Devil in the Belfry.' H.R.
Talk by P. A. Reynolds
I he speaker, who is Wilson Professor of International Politics in the University College of Wales, analyses the significance of the ideological aspect of the conflict between Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.
Part 2
It was Balakirev who suggested to Tchaikovsky Byron's Manfred as the subiect of a symphony. Although the work is -not often played as a whole (and tonight a few cuts will be made), it undoubtedly contains some of Tchaikovsky's finest music. H.R.
by Trevor Harvey and William McNaught
Trevor Harvey reviews Wagner's ' Parsifal ' (long-playing) William McNaught reviews Dvorak's
Serenade in D minor, Op. 44; Mozart's Concerto No. 23 in A (K.488); and Rubbra's Symphony No. 5 in B flat, Op. 63
Margaret Ritchie (soprano)
Desmond Dupre (lute)
The Cecilian Quartet:
Joyce Gow (soprano)
Silvia Beamish (contralto)
Lyndon Vanderpump (tenor)
James Atkins (bass) (Continued in next column)
Kenneth Muir reviews Wolfgang Clemen's book The Development of Shakespeare's Imagery.' This was first published in German fifteen years ago and now appears in a revised form in English