Kammermusik No. 1, Op. 24 No. 1 played by the Little Orchesitina Society
Conductor, Thomas Scherman on gramophone records

by J. R. Ackerley
A version for broadcasting of the author's play 'The Prisoners of War.' prepared and produced by Wilfrid Grantham
Cast in order of speaking:

The action of the play takes place in Captain Conrad's sitting-room in a hotel in Murren during the summer of 1918.

Margaret Field-Hyde (soprano)
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
Mary Jarred (contralto)
BBC Midland Chorus
(women's voices)
Philip Moore (organ)
BBC Midland Orchestra
(Leader, Frank Thomas )
Conductor, Leo Wurmser
Michael Haydn , who was five years younger than his famous brotiher Josephspent the greater part of his life at Salzburg, where he was director of music to the Archbisihop. In this capacity he had dealings with Mozart and taugiht composition to Weber. Joseph Haydn is said to have declared that his brother's church music was superior to his own in earnestness, severity of style, and sustained power. Among his works are twenty-four Masses. The one io be performed tonight is for treble voices and altos (in three parts), string orchestra (witthout viotas), and organ; it beam the date 1777. H. R.

A monthly report on the arts, science, and politics abroad
This month's programme includes a talk by Ronald Crichton on the search for new forms in German opera today, and a report by Douglas Cooper on tihe- Van Gogh exhibition at The Hague

Betty Bannerman (mezzo-soprano)
Frederick Stone (accompanist)
Robert Masters (violin) Nannie Jamieson (viola)
Muriel Taylor (cello)
Kinloch Anderson (piano)
Dvorak Terzetto and Kodaly Serenade for two violins and viola: May 14

4-Songs of the Sea
Introduced by D. G Bridson
Songs of the Frontier: May 11

by Alfred de Musset with a verse translation by Norman Cameron Read in English by Lydia Sherwood and Robert Eddison, and in French by Tania Balachova and Julien Bertheau
Presented by Rayner Heppenstall
'La Nuit de Decembre'; May 15

played by Charles Spinks