Roger Lord (oboe)
The Riddick String Orchestra
(Leader, Vera Kantrovitch )
Conductor, Kathleen Riddick
Talk by Philip Carr
Philip Carr talks about the differences between the organisation of the theatre in France and in this country. He comments on the power of the dramatist in France, the status of the National Theatres, the training of actors, and the conventions of the French stage. Mr. Carr has been both producer and dramatic critic in this country and for many years lived in France as Paris correspondent of The Observer.
Fantasy, Op. 17 played by Grete Scherzer (piano)
by Viscount Samuel
P.C., G.C.B., G.B.E.
Lord Samuel spoke to the British Association in Edinburgh last August on the problem of an ether. In this talk he explains his ideas about the ither and commcats on some suggesion made by scientists on this problem.
The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross
Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Peter Pears (tenor)
Gordon Clinton (baritone)
George James (bass)
The Martin String Quartet:
David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Gwynne Edwards (viola)
Eugene Cruft (double-bass)
Charles Spinks (organ)
(George James broadcasts by permission of the Governors of Sadler's Wells)
by Sir Thomas Malory , Knight
Part 1
10.0 app. Interval
Suites for brass instruments
Pavana, Tanzt, Intrada (Melchior Franck , 1573-1639); Paduana, Gagliarda, Courante, Allemande. Tripla (Johann Hermann Schein , 1586-1630): played by a Brass Ensemble, conducted by Curt Sachs : on records
Part 2
Suite in A minor
Prélude: Deux Allemandes ; Courante; Gigue; Deux Sarabandes ; Venitienne; Gavotte; Menuet played by Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 18)
Count Alexis Bobrinskoy tells a story from his recollections of life in pre-revolutionary Russia