by William Shakespeare
Produced by William Hughes from the 1953 production by Denis Care. y at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre,
Stratford-upon-Avon
Music composed by Julian Slade Orchestrated by Harold Ingram and played by the Memorial Theatre Orchestra
Conductor, Harold Ingram
Characters in order of speaking:
(Continued in next column)
During the intervad (4.10-4.20 app.):
Handel
Overture In C, for two clarinets and corno da caccia, played by members of the London Baroque Ensemble, conductor Karl Haas on gramophone records
(Continued)
Debussy
Préludes (from Books 1 and 2) played by Albert Ferber
Bruyères; Ce qu'a vu Ie vent d'Ouest;
Des pas sur la neige; La serenade interrompue: La puerta del vino; General Lavine — eccentric ;Hommage A S. Pickwick , Esq... P P.M.P.C.; Lea fees sont d'exquises danseuses; La terrace des audiences du clair de lune; Feux d'artifice
The fifth of thirteen programmes devised and introduced by Edward Lockspeiier.
An ecological study of change in Alaska by F. Fraser Darling , D.sc.
Quartet in A (K.464) played by the Amadeus String Quartet
Two talks by Alan Lomax illustrated by recordings made by him in Spain last year
2-The Folk Music of North-Western Spain
A monthly magazine of new poetry and prose
Edited and introduced by Ludovic Kennedy
Those taking part include
T. H. Jones and James Kirkup
Other contributions include poems by W. S. Merwin , Peter Fison , and Terence Tiller , and ah excerpt from an unpublished novel by Evelyn Waugh read by Anthony Jacobs and James Langham
The first programme in the second series
Halle Orchestra
(Leader, Laurance Turner )
Conductor, Sir John Barbirolll
Part 1
Three talks by Count Benckendorff about the 1920s in Soviet Russia
2-Diplomacy
Part 2
Illustrated talk by Manolis Kalomiris
Manolis Kalomiris is the composer of the opera based on a dramatic poem
. by W. B. Yeats
Instrumental Music and Lute Songs
Philip Hattey (baritone)
Julian Bream (lute)
An Instrumental Ensemble:
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
Michael Dobson (oboe)
John Alexandra (bassoon)
James Blades (tabor)
Programme transcribed and edited by John Stevens