Second of three talks by Raymond Mortimer
(The recorded broadcast of October 10)
Last talk: Thursday at 9.40
John Francis (flute)
The Riddick String Orchestra
(Leader, Vera Kantrovitch )
Conductor, Kathleen Riddick
"The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket"
"The Ghost"
"Falling Asleep over the Aeneid"
Read by Dylan Thomas
Robert Lowell was born in 1917 in Boston. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 1947. He has published one book of verse in England, 'Poems, 1938-1949.' "The Quaker Graveyard in Nantucket" is an elegy for 'Warren Winslow, Dead at Sea.' "The Ghost" is an 'imitation' of Sextus Propertius.
The Martin String Quartet:
David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello) with Iris Loveridge (piano)
A monthly report on the arts, sciences, and politics abroad
Compiled by Alan Pryce-Jones
A play in five acts by Gabriele d'Annunzio
Translation by Arthur Symons
Adapted by Helena Wood
Production by Raymond Raikes
Scene: In 'thirsty' Argos, near the ruins of Mycenae, ' rich in gold '
Frederick Allen introduces each act
3-Songs of North and South
Introduced by D. G. Bridson
Burl Ives recently recorded more than 120 folk songs and ballads for Encyclopaedia Bntannica Films. This series of six programmes is drawn from the six albums.
Andr6 Navarra (cello)
Dorel Handman (piano)
Rent and Rent Control
Talk by a barrister
