Helga Mott (soprano)
Ernest Lush (accompanist)
The New Philharmonic Trio:
David Wise (violin)
Gethyn Wykeham-George (cello)
Winifred Davey (piano)
A sermon preached at St. Mary's, Oxford, before the University on July 25, 1741
Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Wesley. This sermon, which is characteristic of his style, ie on the text: ' Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian.'
Reader. John Byron
' The Founder of Methodism/ by the Rev. Dr. Arthur S. Yates : page 9
Egon Petri (piano)
Fantasia after J. S. Bach: Alia memoria d) mio padre Ferdinando Busoni , morto il 12 maggio 1909
Sonatina ad usum infantis pro clavicembalo composita
Indianisches Tagebuch
Elegie No. 2: All'Italia (in modo napoletano) on gramophone records
A portrait of Jonathan Swift drawn from the recollections of his Dublin friends
Arranged for broadcasting by Eric Ewens
Swift's Cantata with music by Dr. John Echlin sung by William Herbert with Clifton Helliwell (harpsichord)
A children's tale for narrator and chamber orchestra
(A second performance of the programme broadcast on Monday)
Talk by W. B. Emery Professor of Egyptology in the University of London
Sir Flinders Petrie, the founder of scientific archaeological mcrhod in Egypt, was born a hundred years ago. Work ng in the Petrie tradition, the Egypt Exploration Society has recently re-opened excavations at North Saqqara and made a number of important finds, including a large First Dynasty tomb-probably of King Uadji (c. 3100 B.C.). Professor Emery, who directed rhe excava'ions, speaks of the light thrown by these finds on the origins of civilisation in Egypt.
(A second performance of the programme broadcast on Monday)
Talk by Geoffrey Moore
Jean Pougnet (violin)
James Whitehead (viola da gamba)
Clifton Helliwell (harpsichord)
