Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Celia Arieli (piano)
A monthly report on the arts, science, and politics abroad
Including a note by Adriaan van der Veen on contemporary Dutch literature, and a review of Franco Venturi's Il Populismo Russo
Compiled by Alan Pryce-Jones
Missa Caput sung by the Ambrosian Singers with James Whelan (trombone)
Between, the Credo and Sanctus Robertson Alec talks about Dufay's Mass
(The talk was previously broadcast during a performance of Dufay's Mass on April 26, 1952)
No.3
A monthly magazine of new poetry and prose, edited and introduced by John Wadn
Those taking part include
Donald Davie , Patrick Galvin Ewart Milne , Gordon Wharton
Other contributions from A. J. Bull , Geoffrey Hill
Philip Larkin , W. S. Merwin
John Morrall , John Saly
Readers:
Denis McCarthy. Gerik Schjelderup
Romeo's Reverie and Feast at the Capulets; Love Scene; Queen Mab Scherzo (Romeo and Juliet, Op. 17) played by the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra Conducted by Charles Munch on gramophone records
Family reminiscences by Angus Wilson
Produced by Rayner Heppenstall
The introduction and commentary conducted by Angus Wilson and Beatrix Lehmann with Gabrielle Blunt , Denise Bryer
George Pastell , Eric Phillips
Roger Snowdon , Gladys Spencer
Raf de la Torre , Ann Totten and Marjorie Westbury
Rene Soames (tenor)
Clifton Helliwell (accompanist)
William Pleeth (cello)
Margaret Good (piano)
Sonatina for piano (first performance)Ã
Two Songs: A thanksgiving to God for his house To Music, to becalm his fever
Capriccio for cello and piano
Alia marcia; Aria; Toccata
Herbert Murrill died on July 25, 1952, at the age of forty-three. Although his output was small, his music, with its clarity and charm and distinction of style, holds an honoured place in the art of our time. Both the Sonatina and the Capriccio in tonight's programme are among his earlier works: the former was written in 1931 for Margaret Good, when she and the composer were fellow-students it the Royal Academy of Music; the Capriccio appeared in 1932. The two songs (both have words by Herrick) were composed in 1938; the accompaniment of the first is based on the melody of 'Song 20' by Orlando Gibbons, who was a contemporary of Herrick.
H.R.
Ernest J. Simmons , Professor of Russian Literature at Columbia University, compares contemporary and nineteenth-century Russian reaction to Gogol
This is a shortened version of the Ilchester Lecture given last November under the auspices of the Department of Slavonic Languages at Oxford University to mark the centenary of Gogol's death. (The recorded broadcast of April 3)
played by Walter Gerwig
