A story by Nikolai S. Leskov
Translated from the Russian by David Magarshack and read by Carleton Hobbs
Ivan Yakovlevich , the ' saint ' in this story, spent many years in a Moscow lunatic asylum and in the eighteen-fifties and -sixties enioyed a reputation as an oracle and miracle-worker.
Octet in F, Op. 166 played by Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
John Alexandra (bassoon)
Dennis Brain (horn)
The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Roy Watson (double-bass)
The Rev. E. Gordon Rupp gives an account of the last twenty-five years of Luther research ,
The speaker is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Richmond College
Suite No. 1, in G for unaccompanied cello
Prelude; Allemande; Courante; Sarabande; Minuets 1 and 2; Gigue played by Casals First of six programmes of Bach's suites for unaccompanied cello played by Casals, on gramophone records Suite No. 2, in D minor: Wednesday, 8.20
A Venetian epilogue by Michael Innes
The date is 1636. The Young Lord and his Tutor are making the Grand Tour
Production by Rayner Heppenstall
Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Max Worthley (tenor)
Hervey Alan (bass-baritone)
Maurice Durufle (organ)
City of Birmingham Choir City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Norris Stanley )
Conducted by David Willcocks
Given before an invited audience in the Town Hall, Birmingham
Part 1
Talk by E. H. Carr
Part 2
An account of some Scottish poets, by Ewan MacColl with readings by John Laurie. Duncan McIntyre Alex McCrindle. Ewan MacColl and Norman McCaig
Production by R. D. Smith
Gordon Clinton (baritone) Maurice Bevan (baritone) Norman Platt (baritone)
London Consort of Viols:
Harry Danks (treble viol)
Stanley Wootton (treble viol)
Jacqueline Townshend (tenor viol)
Desmond Dupre (tenor viol)
Henry Revell (bass viol)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Programme arranged by Elizabeth Cole
by Philip Toynbee
