Suite in B flat
Entrée; Menuet; Rigaudon:
Menuet; Passepied; Gigue played by Walter Gerwig (lute)
by Helena Wood
Adapted for broadcasting by Norman Wright and the author
Enid Simon (harp)
Song composed by Gilbert Vinter
Production by Norman Wright
Anni Schlemm (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
Kurt Bohme (bass)
London Philharmonic Choir
(Chorus-Master, Frederic Jackson )
Symphony Orchestra of Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk
(Leader, Erich Rohn )
Conductor,
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt
God Save the Queen
Mozart
Symphony No. 40, in G minor
Molto allegro; Andante;
Minuetto allegretto; Allegro assai
From the Royal Festival Hall, London
by David Green
David Green speaks about a visit to the ' Wilderness of Sweets ' which the royal gardener Henry Wise laid out at Melbourne Hall in Derbyshire in the reign of Queen Anne.
Part 2
Beethoven
Symphony No. 9, in D minor
(Choral)
Allegro non troppo; Vivace:
Adagio; Finale
' Arthur Waley chooses and introduces a number of poems
Read by Mary O'Farrell and Anthony Jacobs
Pamela Petts (soprano)
Harry Danks (viola)
Marie Korchinska (harp)
The Element String Quartet:
Ernest Element (violin) Sylvia Cleaver (violin) Dorothy Hemming (viola) Norman Jones (cello)
All the works in this programme are being broadcast for the first time. Kenneth Harding's Duet Rhapsody for soprano and viola is based on James Joyce's poem 'Strings in the earth and air,' though only the first few words are set to music. Stephen Dodgson's Fantasy was written last year for Marie Korchinska. Robert Simpson's Quartet, also completed last year, is dedicated 'to Georges Enesco in deepest admiration.'
A study in monarchy and Its attributes, both sacred and profane
4-The Tudor Monarchy
Talk by Frances Yates