The New London Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Discussion between
T. E. Utley and Henry Fairley
The speakers discuss the relation between parties and the electorate. Does the House of Commons fulfil its representative function?
(The recorded broadcast of April 22)
A series of nine programmes arranged by Thurston Dart
7-Pavanes. Galliards, and Songs
Rene Soames (tenor)
Walter Gerwig (lute)
(Continued in next column)
by Michael Innes
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
2-' Nemesis at Wycombe Abbey '
Second of four programmes
Symphony No. 9 played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Jascha Horenstein
Second of two illustrated talks by Martin Cooper
In these talks the speaker traces the disintegration of the traditonal musical language and the corresponding ' decadence ' that characterised music in the years between 1890 and 1914. Among the composers with who-e works he deals are Debussy, Ravel, Puccini, Mahler, Strauss, Schoenberg, and Scriabin.
Sonata No. 3, in C for unaccompanied violin played by Endre Wolf
V. S. Pritchett talks about a visit to the Exhibition of Mexican Art at the Tate Gallery
Trio for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon played by the Wigmore Ensemble :
Terence MacDonagh (oboe)
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Gwydion Brooke (bassoon)