A series of three talks by Harold Wincott
1—'The Gingerbread House '
In this talk Mr. Wincott considers the threat to our economy inherent in the current consumption of capital.
(The recorded broadcast of July 19)
Dorothy Bond (soprano)
Alan Loveday (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Antony Hopkins (harpsichord)
Desmond Dupré (viola da gamba)
by Maud Karpeles
Maud Karpeles talks about her return visit, in the autumn of 1950, to the South Appalachian Mountains where thirty years earlier she had accompanied Cecil Sharp on his song-collecting expedition. The talk is illustrated with records she made on the spot.
Fantasy, Op. 17 played by Wilhelm Kempff (piano)
A monthly review of cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R.
The Development of Central Asia by Sidnie M. MantonF.R.S. , Dr. Manton , who is Reader in Zoology in the University of London, visited the U.S.S.R. last summer.
Henri Honegger (cello)
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Conductor, Ernest Ansermet
The Late Victorians and William Morris
Last of four talks by Nikolaus Pevsner
Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Cambridge
A story-cycle translated from the medieval Welsh by W. M. Merchant
Read by Jill Balcon. Robert Harris
Robert Rietty. Leonard Sachs
Gerik Schjelderup. Ronald Simpson
Music composed by Peter Crossley-Holland and played by Douglas Moore (horn) and the composer (minstrel's harp)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Francis Loring (baritone)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
Songs by Ivor Gurney :
Severn meadows: Nine of the clock; Desire in spring; Spring; Sleep
Songs by Norman Peterkin :
Sleep, white love; Dubbuldideery: Song of Asano; The fiddler: Song of the secret
Songs by John Ireland :
The Sallev Gardens: Hawthorn time: The heart's desire
H. C. Bainbridge gives his personal memories of Frederick Rolfe (Baron Corvo), with a critical assessment of his character and work
(The recorded broadcast of June 16)
