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Talk by Sir Cecil Carr , K.C.B., Q.C.
Counsel to the Speaker
In the first of two talks describing the procesf by' which statutes and statutory instruments are made, Sir Cecil Carr speaks of the passing of Bills through Parliament.
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 17)
Second talk: December 16

Contributors

Talk By:
Sir Cecil Carr
Unknown:
Sir Cecil Carr

Nancy Evans (mezzo-soprano)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Frederick Riddle (viola)

Contributors

Mezzo-Soprano:
Nancy Evans
Violin:
Erich Gruenberg
Violin:
Lionel Bentley
Viola:
Keith Cummings
Cello:
Douglas Cameron
Viola:
Frederick Riddle

Musikalische Exequien
The Deller Consort:
April Cantelo (soprano)
Eileen McLoughlin (soprano) Alfred Deller (counter tenor)
Alexander Young (tenor)
Eric Barnes (tenor)
Maurice Bevan (baritone) Norman Platt (baritone)
The London Bach Society
Terence Weil (cello)
Eugene Cruft (double-bass) Arnold Richardson (organ)
Conducted by Paul Steinitz
From the Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield
To be repeated on December 14
This work, printed in Dresden in 1636, has three clearly defined sections. The first is scored for six-part choir and soloists; the second section is a motet for double chorus; and me third makes use of a main chorus and a small ' chorus of angels ' which interrupts the Song of Simeon with a different yet related text Blessed are the dead which die m the Lord.' - D.S.

Contributors

Soprano:
Eileen McLoughlin
Soprano:
Alfred Deller
Tenor:
Alexander Young
Tenor:
Eric Barnes
Baritone:
Maurice Bevan
Baritone:
Norman Platt
Cello:
Terence Weil
Double-Bass:
Eugene Cruft
Double-Bass:
Arnold Richardson
Conducted By:
Paul Steinitz

Four talks to mark the fourth centenary of Spenser's birth
4-' Is he the " Poet's Poet "? ' by William Empson
William Empson , speaking not as a Spenser specialist but as a literary critic. examines Spenser's diffuse technique-Io different from that of modern poetry-and considers how it can be valuable.
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 4)

Contributors

Unknown:
William Empson
Unknown:
William Empson

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