Talk by a barrister-at-law
The Renaissance Singers
Conductor, Michael Howard
A translation for broadcasting by C. Day Lewis
Produced by Basil Taylor
Book 12
(Continued in next column)
The Amadeus String Quartet:
Norbert Brainin (violin) Siegmund Nissel (violin)
Peter Schidlof (viola) Martin Lovett (cello)
Benjamin Britten (piano)
Part 1
Talk by G. J. Yorke
Gerald Yorke talks about Hong Kong and its significance as a China base for daya when the ' bamboo curtain ' was drawn to the foreigner, as it is today. Mr. Yorke, who has made a study of British trade in China, reviews the first of a series of books on British territories recently publisihed by the Colonial Office.
Part 2
From the Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
(second series)
Four illustrated talks by George Rylands
4-The Orators
In his last talk George Rylands speaks about rhetoric in poetry. The illustrations are taken from Milton's ' Paradise Lost,' Dryden's ' Religio Laici,' Pope's * Epistle to Dr. Arbuthnot,' Shelley's ' Ode to the West Wind,' and Browning's ' Bishop Blougram's Apology.'
Readers:
Michael Hordern. Denis McCarthy
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
René Soames (tenor)
Alexander Young (tenor)
James Whitehead (viola da gamba)
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Madrigal: Cara mia cetr'andanme Aria: Torna il sereno zefiro
Madrigal: E pur tu part'ohimé Aria: Pallidetta qual viola
Lamen.t of Dido: Infelice Didone Duet: Dove potr6 mai gir
Talk by Eva Taylor
The Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors has arranged an exhibition called * Five Centuries of Maps and Map-making ' which is open at 12 Great George Street, S.W.I, until July 4. Eva Taylor, Emeritus Professor of Geography in the University of London, speaks mainly about the personalities and methods of the surveyors and the beauty and precision of the early estate plans.