Opera in one act with a prelude
Words by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Music by Richard Strauss
(sung in the original German)
Solo piano. Erna Gal
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
(Leader, David McCallum )
CONDUCTED BY JOHN PRITCHARD
Produced by Carl Ebert
The Prelude:
A hall in the mansion of a nobleman
A barrister-at-law discusses the recently published correspondence between Mr. Justice Holmes, of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Harold Laski
A study of Sir Charles Napier by Harold Kurtz
The Opera:
A stage set erected in the hall representing the outside of Ariadne's cave
Talk by Norman Nicholson
Amos was a prophet of d' n, and Mr. Nicholson suggests that r Sent-day poets should give up imitatin' hm. A better model is Hosea, who ' .s been described 118 a comic figure. He ccepted his situation and, as a result, wrote with humility.
Marta Eitler (violin)
Viola Tunnard (piano)
(c. 600 B.C.)
Fragments of her poems read in English translation by Jill Balcon and in classical Greek by Elsa Verghis of the Greek National Theatre, Athens
Programme edited and introduced by Raymond Raikes
Sonata in E flat, Op. 13 played by Robert Keys (piano)
