Leon Goossens (oboe)
BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
by S. Potter
The Art of Not Rock-Climbing
Demonstrated by the students of the Lifemanship Correspondence College
Produced by D. Cleverdon
Sonata (1917) played by John Shineboume (cello) Sidney Harrison (piano)
by Sir Hilary Blood , K.c.M.G.
Sir Hilary Blood , Governor of Mauritius, speaks about the inland's varied fortunes since the sixteenth century, and the present basis and prospects of its economic life.
A study of the events recorded in George Sand's travel book
' A Winter in Majorca '
'Written and produced by Christopher Sykes
Others taking part include Betty Linton , Stephen Jack Anthony Shaw , Olive Kirby
Donald Gray , Joan Hart Eric Lugg , Molly Lawson
Music directed by Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Advice on Majorca and some of the historical material used in the programme supplied by Eric Whelpton It is foolhardy to plan perfect bliss. Chopin and George Sand did this when in 1838 they wintered together in the deserted monastery of ValUemosa on the island of Majorca, and they rutfered every kind of disaster known to the gods. The Valldemosa Affair tries to recapture some of the quality of this remarkable episode.
C.S.
Peter Pears (tenor)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Robert Masters Piano Quartet:
Robert Masters (violin)
Nannie Jamieson (viola)
Muriel Taylor (cello)
Kinloch Anderson (piano)
Four illustrated talks by George Rylands
Taking Donne to represent those poets who use words primarily for their meaning, George Rylands speaks of the challenge offered to anyone who reads this kind of poetry to an audience. The talk is illustrated with recordings made by John Gielgud , Anthony Quayle , and Raf de la Torre.
John Ngcobo (bass)
Josephine Lee (accompanist)
Mary Scrutton reviews Beatrice Webb 's Diaries, 1912-1924, published recently
(The recorded broadcast of July 5)
Musica da Camera : Harold Clarke (flute) Sidney Fell (clarinet)
Vera Kantrovitch (violin)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Joy Hall (cello)
Renata Scheffel-Stein (harp)
Hubert Dawkes (piano)
