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Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Alfred Deller (counter-tenor)
Robert Ellis (tenor)
Richard Standen (bass)
Philip Cranmer (piano)
Katharine Thomson (harpsichord)
Birmingham University
Special Choir
Philharmonia Orchestra (Leader, Manoug Parikian )
Conducted by Anthony Lewis
From the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham
(by permission of the Trustees)
Part 1

Contributors

Soprano:
Jennifer Vyvyan
Soprano:
Alfred Deller
Tenor:
Robert Ellis
Bass:
Richard Standen
Piano:
Philip Cranmer
Harpsichord:
Katharine Thomson
Leader:
Manoug Parikian
Conducted By:
Anthony Lewis

Talk by Michael Grant
Michael Grant , Professor of Humanity at Edinburgh University, examines the career of the Emperor Augustus in the light of two recently published books: a reprint of ' The Roman Revolution' by Ronald Syme , and ' 11 Tempo di Augusto' by M. A. Levi. In his talk Professor Grant describes the results of the critical examination, by modern historians, of the favourable interpretation of his career initiated by the Emperor.

Contributors

Talk By:
Michael Grant
Talk By:
Michael Grant
Unknown:
Ronald Syme
Unknown:
M. A. Levi.

Eric Parkin (piano)
Max Salpeter (violin)
Frederick Stone (piano)
Rene Soames (tenor)
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
The Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin) Patrick Halling (violin) Stephen Shingles (viola) Francisco Gabarro (cello)
(first broadcast performance)
Four Romantic Songs, for tenor, oboe, and string quartet Robin On-
Down from the branches fall the leaves; Comes now the spring; Now the fields are laughing; While summer on is stealing
See Music Diary,' page 7

Contributors

Piano:
Eric Parkin
Violin:
Max Salpeter
Piano:
Frederick Stone
Tenor:
Rene Soames
Oboe:
Sidney Sutcliffe
Violin:
Leonard Hirsch
Violin:
Patrick Halling
Viola:
Stephen Shingles
Cello:
Francisco Gabarro

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