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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)

Contributors

Introduced By:
George Angeloglou
Produced By:
Peter Duval Smith

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)

Contributors

Unknown:
Björnstjerne Björnson
Unknown:
Edwin Björkman
Broadcasting By:
Helena Wood
Produced By:
Mary Hope Allen
Elsa (' the Fleece '):
Audrey Mendes
Anders Kroll ('Mousie '):
Ivor Barnard
Herre:
Olaf Pooley
A workman:
Wyndham Milliigan
A woman:
Virginia Winter
Pas'tor Falk:
Duncan McLntyre
Blind Anders:
John Garside
Factory workers: Hans Braa:
William Fox
Factory workers: Peter Stua:
Michael Collins
Factory workers: Aapelund:
Aubrey Richards
Old woman:
Nancy Nevinson
Bratt, a clergyman:
John Laurie
Elias Sang, Rachel's brother:
Lewis Stringer
Man in brown:
Martin Starkie
Holger, a leadiing factory owner:
Michael Hordern
Halden, an architect:
Alan Wheatley
Olsen, a factory worker:
Norman Mitchell
Rachel Sang:
Maxine Audley
Credo, Holger's nephew:
David Spenser
Spera, Holder's miece:
Denise Bryer
Facitory owners: Aniker:
Presiton Lockwood
Facitory owners: Mo:
Wilfred Fletcher
Facitory owners: Sverd:
William Devlin
Facitory owners: Ketal:
John Gabriel
Facitory owners: Blom:
Oliver Burt

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.

Contributors

Soprano:
Edith Osier
Soprano:
Christopher West
Leader:
Charles Taylor
Conducted By:
Douglas Robinson

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)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mary Scrutton
Unknown:
Mary Scrutton
Unknown:
Betty Miller
Unknown:
Robert Brown

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