Ballet: The Three-Cornered Hat played by the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande Conducted by Ernest Ansermet on gramophone records
by Sir Keith Hancock
The speaker, who is Professor of British Commonwealth Affairs in the University of London, is writing the official biography of Field-Marshal Smuts. In this talk he maps out the course he proposes to follow. (The recorded broadcast of August 1)
Octet in E flat, Op. 20
Allegro moderato, ma con fuoco; Andante; Scherzo, allegro leggierissimo; Presto played by the Whitehead String Octet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin) Kathleen Sturdy (violin) Lorraine du Val (violin)
Colin Sauer (violin) Max Gilbert (viola) Jean Stewart (viola) Peter Beavan (cello)
James Whitehead (cello)
Talk by Ernest G. Neal
For many years Ernest Neal has been studying badgers. In this talk he draws on his observations to give an interpication of their behaviour.
(author unknown)
Adapted for radio and produced by Raymond Raikes
Cast in order of speaking:
(Continued in next column)
Mayor of Faversham.....John Turnbull
Arden of Faversham was printed in 1592. It is not known who wrote it. It is known, however, that it is founded upon a particularly horrible murder effected in a house at Faversham, a few miles from Canterbury, on February 15, 1551. The play is noteworthy because, as Professor Allardyce Nicoll has pointed out, it is the earliest ' domestic drama ' in our literature: that is to say, a piece not about kings and queens but about ordinary small-town people. It was for a time attributed to Shakespeare, but some scholars now believe that it was written by Thomas Kyd. '
Motet: Singet dem Herrn Suite in B minor for flute and strings
Magnificat in D
Doris Gambell (soprano) Adrienne Cole (soprano) Audrey Brice (contralto)
Eric Greene (tenor)
Arthur Reckless (baritone)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute)
Clifton Helliwell (harpsichord)
Martindale Sidwell (organ)
The Welbeck Orchestra (Leader, Vera Kantrovitch )
Conducted by Maurice Miles
5—Conditions of Tolerance
Talk by Rabbi Leo Baeck
Sonata in A minor played by Albert Chasey (violin) Leslie Chasey (piano)
