played by Leonard Cassini
by Jean Giraudoux
Translated by Jean-Pierre Giraudoux and Betty Askwith
Adapted for broadcasting by Cynthia Pughe
Produced by Val Gielgud
Scene: The courtyard of the palace of Priam, King of Troy, and before the Doors of War.
Symphony No. 1, in C NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini on gramophone records
A talk by John Lehmann , who recently visited the island
Symphony No. 9, in D minor
(Choral)
Eileen Farrell (soprano)
Nan Merriman ' (mezzo-sopraho)
Jan Peerce (tenor)
Norman Scott (bass)
The Robert Shaw Chorale NBC Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Arturo Toscanini on gramophone records
by G. A. Steven , D.sc, F.R.S.E . of the Marine Laboratory. Plymouth
In this talk Dr. Steven explains how patient scientific investigation has revealed a different picture of the migrations of mackerel from that built up by tradition.
Quartet in C. Op 33 No. 3
Quartet in B flat. Op. 76 No. 4 played by the Martin String Quartet:
David Martin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
by the Rev. Dr. J. S. Purvis
Today, says the speaker, ' the historian, like the archaeologist, is entering upon a much fuller life; and a most welcome service is performed by any person or body that can open the riches of records and lead the way to understanding them.' In this context Dr. Purvis describes the establishment in York of the recently opened Borthwick Institute of Historical Research, of which he is the first Director.
Hugues Cuenod (tenor)
Desmond Dupre
(guitar and viola da gamba)
George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Arias and madrigals by Vtncenz Calestani, Jacopo Peri, Oraz:o Tardin,
Claudio Saracini, Giulio Caccini, Alessandro Grandi, and Giovanni Pietro Berti.
Programme arranged by Nigel Fortune