Yfrah Neaman (violin)
Howard Ferguson (piano)
Talk by Peter Floud
An exhibition of Art Nouveau is at present being held in Zurich. Peter Floud, who has visited the exhibition, discusses whether the fashion in the decorative arts known as art nouveau which swept Europe at the beginning of this century was a temporary aberration or a serious contribution to the development of the modern movement.
To be repeated on October 3
Extracts from a Profane Psalter by Norman Barrow
Produced by Terence Tiller
The closing sections of a verse-novel in which the author has adapted the form of the ancient Hebrew psalm to a modern story of blood and violence, set in Occupied Germany.
An opera in three acts after a fairy tale by Pushkin
German words by Heinrich Moller
Music by Rimsky-Korsakov
His sons:
Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of N.W.D.R., Hamburg
(Chorus-Master. Max Thurn)
Conducted by Walter SUsskind
The action takes place In a far-off kingdom in legendary times
Act 1
The council hall of King Dodon Arthur Jacobs writes on page 13
by Alfred Guillaume
Professor of Arabic in the University of London
This is the last of a group of seven talks on Islam.
Act 2: A narrow gorge
Talk by Gerald Abraham
In a second talk on Oliver Strunk 's recently published book, Gerald Abraham discusses the value and significance of the documents there colleoted. These range from Plato to Wagner.
Act 3
A street outside the council hall
Talk by E. M. Wilson
(Sunday recorded broadcast)
The Ambrosian Singers
Martindale Sidwell (organ)