I A. Richards reads Shelley's poem and analyses some of its stanzas
(arranged in collaboration with the Institute of Contemporary Arts)
Mary and Geraldine Peppin
(two pianos)
David Wolfsthal (violin)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader. David McCallum )
Conducted by John Pritchard
Part 1
The Hungarian composer Sandor Veress lives in Berne, where he is a professor at the Conservatoire. Hommage Paul Klee owes its origin to « visit he paid to some friends in Basle who have a remarkable collection of works by the Swiss painter.
Kurt Koppel , who studied at the Royal
Academy of Music, has written a piano concerto and a symphony for strings, both of winch have been broadcast. His Violin Concerto (1948) it in rhree movements.
Talk by HenriettaGroenewegen -Frankfort
A talk on the work of Gertrude Rachel Levy, classical scholar and orientalist, author of The Gate of Horn. Miss Levy's new book, The Sword from the Rock, on the epic and the concept of the hero, was published last month.
(concert continued)
Francis Chagrin's Bagatelles are his most recent work; completed last year, they are three contrasted pieces in a contemplative mood, the last being somewhat more aggressive in character.
Daniel Jones, who studied at the University of Wales and at the Royal Academy of Music, has written a large number of works. These include eight string quartets, three symphonies, and a sonata for three timpani, which created great interest when it was performed last year at a concert of the Twentieth-Century Music Society.
(Edward Clark)
by August Strindberg
In a new English version by Max Faber
Radio adaptation and production by Donald McWhinnie
The scene is an island off the coast of Sweden at the beginning of this century
Prokofiey ,
Piano music played by Alexandre Borovsky and Hana Graf on gramophone recorda
The English Piano Quartet:
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Vivian Joseph (cello) Edith Vogel (piano)
Charles Mitchell , of the Warburg Institute, talks about the historical significance of Mrs. Gillick's design
