Recordings made in Athens introduced by George Angeloglou
Produced by Peter Duval Smith
The bouzouki is a small six-stringed mandolin of Near Eastern origin. It is the dominant instrument in the bouzouki orchestra, a small ensemble consisting of two or three bouzoukia, a piano, clarinet, guitar, violin, and the Greek lyra. There is usually a vocal accompaniment.
(The recorded broadcast of March 9)
by Björnstjerne Björnson
Translated from the Norwegian by Edwin Björkman
Adapted for broadcasting by Helena Wood
Characters in order of speaking:
(Continued in next column)
Produced by Mary Hope Allen
(BBC recorddmg)
Edith Osier (soprano)
Christopher West (speaker)
Covent Garden Opera Chorus
Covent Garden Opera Orchestra
(Leader, Charles Taylor )
Conducted by Douglas Robinson
On page 27 Sir George Dyson contributes an article on Ralph Vaughan Williams, O.M., and in The Week's Music on the same page Harold Rutland writes about this concert.
Three talks on the occasion of the bicentenary of the foundation of the British Museum
2-The Reading Room by the Deputy Superintendent
Angus Wilson
Griller String Quartet:
Sidney Griller (violin) Jack O'Brien (violin) Philip Burton (viola) Colin Hampton (cello)
by Mary Scrutton
Mary Scrutton discusses past distortions of Browning's reputation (which, in her view, have prevented his work from being properly understood) in the tght of the new view of him put forward by Betty Miller in her recent book Robert Brown ing: a Portrait.
(The recorded broadcast of May 9)
by Dvorak played by Helen Pyke and Paul Hamburger
Legends, Op. 59:
No. 7, in A; No. 8, in F: No. 2, in G; No. 3. in G minor
Slavonic Dances:
Op. 46 No. 8, in G minor; Op. 72 No. 16, in A flat; Op. 46 No. 6, in A flat