An opera in four acts
Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave
Music by Verdi
(sung in the original Italian)
Cast in order of singing:
Chorus of witches: messengers of the King; Scottish nobles and fugitives; hired assassins: English soldiers; bards; spirits: apparitions
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum ) Conducted by Vittorio Gui
Produced by Carl Ebert
From Glyndebourne
Act 1
Sc. 1: A heath
Sc. 2: A courtyard in Macbeth's castle
Act 2
Sc. 1: A hall in Macbeth's castle
Sc. 2: A terrace in the castle gardens Sc 3: The banqueting-hall in Macbeth's castle
M. G. Kendall , Professor of Statistics at the London School of Economics, speaks of nonsense as a stimulus to scientific enquiry
Le rossignol en amour Les graces-natureles played by Liselotte Selbiger (harpsichord) on gramophone records
The life-story of a famous traditional ballad traced through history, literature, and music
Programme written and produced by Terence Tiller with Martin Boddey , Isla Cameron Diana Maddox , Mary O'Farrell
Ian Sadler , Neil Tuson
Act 3
Sc. 1: A heath
Sc. 2: On the borders of Scotland and England
Act 4
Sc 1: A courtyard in Macbeth's castle Sc. 2: On the battlements of the castle
Sc. 3: A field of battle
La Cenerentola ': tomorrow at 5.25
Harold Rutland writes on page 7
Next week in the Third Programme there will be two broadcasts from Glyndebourne: Mozart's 'Cosi fan tutte ' on Friday, and another performance of ' Macbeth ' on Saturday.
The prospects of racial co-operation
The Politics of Parity by Colin Legum
The speaker finds a pointer to genuine partnership in certain social and economic aspects of Tanganyika, and examines their implications for other plural societies.
An illustrated talk by Deben Bhattacharya
Deben Bhattacharya speaks of the history and traditions of Indian classical music, the use of different modes, how music was painted in India, and the place of traditional music in modern India. His illustrations are taken from records of some of the great Indian musicians of our time.
Sonata No. 2 played by Anthony Pini (cello)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)
by David Green
David Green talks about the fashions and functions of guidebooks, wifh particular reference to the series ' The Buildings of England' by Nikolaus Pevsner , and the new guides by John Piper and John Betjeman.
String Quintet in E flat (K.614) played by The New London Quartet
Frederick Riddle (viola)
