The Art of Fugue played by James Ching (piano)
Fugue in contrary motion (5); Fugue by diminution, in stile francese (6); Fugue by augmentation and diminution (7)
Four illustrated talks by George Rylands
In his second talk George Rylands considers the speaking of 'difficult' and obscure poetry. He has taken his examples from Shakespeare, Donne, Milton, Hopkins, and T.S. Eliot.
Readers: Michael Hordern, Denis McCarthy
An opera in four acts: words by C. du Locle translated into Italian verse by Antonio Ghislanzoni
Music by Verdi Cast in order of singing (in Italian):
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson )
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
(Leader, Charles Taylor )
CONDUCTED BY SIR JOHN BARBIROLLI
From the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
(by arrangement with the Covent Garden Opera Trust)
Act 1
Sc. 1: An open space near the palace of the King at Memphis Sc. 2: The temple of Vuloan at Memphis
by David Riesman
Professor of the Social Sciences in the University of Chicago
A talk on the trend in American lile away froen conspicuous and lavish consumption to conspicuous production.
Act 2
Sc. 1: The apartments oi Amneria at
Thebes Sc. 2: The city of Thebes
A new rtory by James Hanley
Read by Hugh Griffith
Act 3
The temple of Isis by the Nile
A New Fantasia of the Unconscious
Talk by Alan McGlashan
A suggested explanation in terms of mythology of the mysterious and worldwide appeal made by comic-strip characters such as Garth and Jane.
Act 4
Sc. 1: Outside the temple at Memphis Sc. 2: The tomb
by Esme Percy
Janet Fraser (contralto)
The Wigmore Ensemble
Talk by Julian Amery. M.P.
