Five Bagatelles
Sonata in F minor played by Ross Pratt (piano)
Talk by G. V. T. Matthews of the Department of Zoology,
University of Cambridge
The speaker describes some of the many experimental investigations made on bird navigation and how these have contributed to our understanding of bird migration.
(The recorded broadcast of April 8)
The Migration of Mammals, by L. Harrison Matthews : September 14
Quartet in F, Op. 3 No. 5 Quarfet in C, Op. 74 No. 1 Quartet in B flat, Op. 103 played by the New London Quartet: Erich Gruenberg (violin)
Lionel Bentley (violin) Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)
Illustrated talk by Watson Forbes
Violas vary considerably in size, and there has never been agreement as to their ideal length. Watson Forbes traces the history of the viola and discusses the relative merits of large and small instruments.
by Henry Reed
[Starring] Hugh Burden
'The late Richard Shewin has been justly called "the poet's novelist"; and he may certainly be regarded as the noblest precursor of (if we may coin a phrase) the new Elizabethan Age. But his literary glory is not our theme... which is no less than the man himself.'
(BBC recording)
(Gwen Cherrell broadcasts by permission of the Directors, Old Vic Trust; Denis Quilley is in 'Airs on a Shoestring' at the Royal Court Theatre, London)
(To be repeated on Wednesday. See p.6)
Followed by an interlude at 9.10
Alec Whittaker (oboe)
BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Meuland Begbie )
Conducted by Alexander Gibson
This listing contains language that some may find offensive.
A programme of ballads
Compiled by Ewan MacColl
Produced by R. D. Smith
Talk by E. M. Forster
Antiphons to the Magnificat
Anthem: Salve Regina
Motet: Ave Maria
Choir of Westminster Cathedral
Conductor, George Malcolm
