Sonatas of three parts:
No. 10, in A; No. 11, in F minor; No. 12, in D
Sonata on a ground, for three violins and continuo played by Frederick Grinke (violin)
David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin) James Whitehead (cello)
Arnold Goldsbrough (harpsichord)
Last of four recitals in which Purcell's twelve sonatas of three parts have been played
(1887-1915)
An estimation by Patrie Dickinson
Others taking part include
Edward Chapman , Patric Dickinson
Valentine Dyall , Olive Gregg
Olive Kirbv , David Lloyd James
Russell Napier , John Phillips Production by Joe Burroughs
(The recorded broadcast of July 14)
Six programmes arranged and introduced by Egon Wellesz
4-Gregorian Melodies (2)
Talk by Edward Atiyah
In the recent negotiations between Egypt and Sudanese political leaders the status of the southern Sudan has played a prominent part. Remote from the centres of civilisation and mainly inhabited by Bantu and Niloti tribes, the south belongs -geographically to Equatorial Africa whilst the northern Sudan presents a predominantly Middle Eastern aspect.
Liederkreis, Op. 24
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage; Es treibt mich hin; Ich wandeite unter den Baumen; Lieb Liebe 'hen; Sch6ne Wiege meiner Leiden; Warte, warte, wilder Schiffsmann ; Berg' und Burgen; Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen; Mit Myrthen und Rosen sung by Bruce Boyce (baritone) with Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Talk by Robert Graves
Since publishing his book ' The Golden Fleece' in 1944 Robert Graves has revised his views on the journeyings of the Argonauts.
A comedy freely adapted from Niccolo Machiavelli by Ashley Dukes
Radio version by Barbara Burnham
Characters in order of speaking:
Desmond Dupr6 (guitar)
Music composed and directed by John Hotchkis
Production by Norman Wright
Scene: A square in Florence about 1511
Images :
Cloches a travers les feuilles; Et la lime descend; Poissons d'or La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
La serenade interrompue
Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses L'isle joyeuse played by Helen Perkin (piano)
First of two talks by Donald Thomson
Research Fellow in the University of Melbourne
B:fore the war Dr. Thomson, an Australian anthropologist. spent more than two years alone among the aborigines of Arnhem Land, an area of some 70,000 square miles in the Norrh-rn Territory of Australia. In this talk he explains how he was sent by the Australian Government on th:s mission to establish friendly relations with the natives, and speaks of the results of the mission.
(The recorded broadcast of August 29) ' The Tree-dwellers of Arnhem Land December 6