Raymond Nilsson (tenor)
Clifton Helliwell (accompanist)
Dorothy Langmaid (soprano)
Harold Fairhurst (violin)
Weep you no more, sad fountains
(anon.)
Things lovelier (Humbert Wolfe ) Persephone (Humbert Wolfe )
Four Songs for voice and violin,
Op. 35
Two Vedic Hymns:
Indra (God of Storm and Battle) Varuna II (The Waters)
A sound picture without words
Devised and presented by Ludwig Koch
The picture opens on a peaceful sea
(piano)
Talk by J. L. Talmon , Ph.D.
Lecturer in Modern History at the University of Jerusalem
Dr. Talmon, who has lately published a volume on ' The Origins of Totalitarian Democracy,' discusses the ' messianic urge ' behind eighteenth-century doctrines of popular sovereignty.
(Recording.) To be repeated March 18
An impression of three poets of the 1914-1918 war: Rupert Brooke , Edward Thomas , and Wilfred Owen by Patric Dickinson
Production by Joe Burroughs
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 18)
Szigeti (violin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Paul Beard )
Conducted by Vittorio Qui
Part 1
A talk by Herbert Butterfield based on Dr. George F. Kennan 's book 'American Diplomacy: 1900-1950'
The speaker is Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University
Part 2 See Harold Rutland's Music Diary'
Conventions of Notation
First of three talks by William Glock
In these talks William Glock will consider historical questions and problems of style and performance. In the musical illustrations individual performances will be compared and related to the interpretation suggested by analysis of the music. This evening's talk is mainly concerned with Bach's first Prelude from the first book of the Forty-eight.
Next talk: March 20 .
String Quartet No. 6 played by the Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon (violin)
Ruth Fourmy (violin) Muriel Tookey (viola)
Lilly Phillips (cello)
(first broadcast performance)
The Architecture of American Commerce by Fello Atkinson , A.R.I.B.A.
The speaker considers some American solutions to the many problems involved in the design and construction of large commercial buildings.
(The recorded broadcast of March 7)
London Consort of Viola:
Harry Danks (treble viol)
Stanley Wootton (treble viol)
Jacqueline Townshend (tenor viol)
Desmond Dupre - (tenor viol)
Henry Revell (bass viol)
Robert Donington (bass viol)
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 15)