Six talks by William Empson
5-Falstaff at Agincourt

Toccata in F sharp minor Toccata in C minor played by Arnold Goldsbrough (harpsichord)
Second of two recitals of toccatas by Bach

gives a reading of his own poem
' Prologue
This poem was first broadcast in ' New Soundings ' on October 26

(arranged in co-operation with the London Contemporary Music Centre)
Joan Gray (mezzo-soprano) William Parsons (baritone)
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute) Gwydion Brooke (bassoon)
Christopher Hassall (speaker)
The Dorian Singers
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz)
Conducted by Edric Cundell and Matyas Seiber

Part 1

A comparison of the work of R. H. Tawney and Canon V. A. Demant by R. H. S. Crossman, M.P.
(Christianity and the Social Order ' Is thetitle of the last essay in The Attack, a collection of essays and papers by R. H. Tawney , published recently. R. H. S. Crossman discusses this essay in the course of a review of rhe Scott Holland lectures Sven some time ago by Canon V. A. emant under the titleReligion and the Decline of Capitalism.'Canon Demant's choice of title inevitably invites comparison with Tawney's earlier lectures ' Rel.gion and rhe Rise of Capitalism.'

Part 2

(' Le Voyageur sans Bagage ') by Jean Anouilh

Sonata in D minor, Op. 108 played by Igor Ozim (violin)
Ernest Lush (piano)

Behaviour and language in a single species: by Eric Simms
During the spring and summer of 1952 Er.c Simms, with the help of a BBC mobile recording unit, made what he believes to be the first complete recording of the life-cycle of a single species of bird. In this talk Mr. Simms uses these recordings to describe and illustrate the language and behaviour of the stone-curiew.
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 9)

Sonata in F played by Charles Gregory (horn) Frank Merrick (piano)