Fourteen Bagatelles, Op. 6 played by Eric Hope (piano)

by Lucian Freud with an introduction by Nanos Valaoritis
Nanos Valaoritis , a young poet who has known Lucian Freud 's work for a considerable time, talks about its particular qualities. Lucian Freud , who has lately concentrated on painting portraits, then defines his attitude towards his subject matter and towards the activity of painting as such.
(The recorded broadcast of June 1)

Overture Cycle Op. 91-93
Amid Nature; Carnival; Othello
played by the BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie)
Conductor, Ian Whyte

These three Overtures, written in 1891-2, were designed as a whole and originally given the generic title Nature, Life, and Love. The first was dedicated to Cambridge University, which in 1891 had conferred on Dvorak the honorary degree of Doctor of Music; the second, to the University of Prague, which had likewise awarded him an honorary degree. The boisterous Carnival has asserted its claims on our attention and regard, and often serves as an effective 'curtain-raiser' to a concert. The two other overtures are less frequently performed, and it should prove an interesting experience to hear all three played in their proper sequence.
(Harold Rutland)

Forty-second of a series of reports on the Soviet point of view as expressed in the Soviet Press and broadcasts to the U.S.S.R.
Compiled by members of the BBC foreign news department
followed by an interlude at 7.55

A comedy by Luigi Pirandello
Translated by Arthur Livingston and adapted for broadcasting byHelena Wood
Produced by Wilfrid Grantham Characters in order of speaking:
' Actors in the play;
Continued in next column)
Audience, critics, theatre personnel:
Ella Milne , Howieson Culff
Malcolm Haves , Frederick Gibson
John Gabriel , Charles Hunt
Ronald Sidney and members of the Drama Repertory Company

Symphony No. 48, in 0 (Maria Theresa )
Mass in B flat (Maria Theresa )
Suzanne Danco (soprano) Kathleen Joyce (contralto)
Rene Soames (tenor)
Gordon Clinton (baritone)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Martindale Sidwell (organ)
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Leader, Maurice Clare )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Eighth in a series of programmes of Haydn's choral works. Another performance: Friday at 6.0. Next concert: September 22
One of Haydn's most influential admirers was Maria Theresa , second wife of the Emperor Franz 1. The Symphony No. 48, one of her special favourites, is the last of six masterpieces written in 1772, when Haydn's mastery of orchestral style had become mature. The Mass has little provable connection with the Empress, despite its nickname. It is also one of a group of six works, Haydn's last great outpouring between 1796-1802, and is the fourth of a series, dated 1799. Robert Sirnpson

A group of four talks
1— ' The Scalpel and the Scales ' by Graham Hough

String Quartet in D played by the Pro Arte Quartet on gramophone records