A discussion between
A. J. Arkell
Lecturer in Egyptology at University College, London
The Rev. Gervase Mathew, F.s.A.
Lecturer in Archaeology in the University of Oxford
Roland Oliver, Ph.D.
Lecturer in African History at the School of Oriental and African Studies
Armine Wright
Research Officer to the Sukumaland Development Scheme, Tanganyika Territory, and formerly of the Uganda Administration
(The recorded broadcast of Nov. 20)
London Baroque Ensemble
Director, Karl Haas
Talk by Alec Robertson
Illustrations by the BBC Singers and on gramophone records
Mr. Robertson talks about some striking correspondences, in texture or emotional feeling, between the music of different times. His illustrations range from plainchant and Monteverdi to Bartok and Britten.
A study in folk song and mythology
Written and produced by Terence Tiller
This programme attempts to trace the history and meaning of the famous courting-song ' Green Grow the Rushes.'
An opera in four acts and a prologue
Words (after Gozzi) and music by Serge Prokofiev
English version for radio by Dennis Arundell
This is the last of three performances of the opera.
Prologue
Acts 1 and 2
Agricultural Policy in a Competitive Economy
Talk by George Allen
Lecturer in Economics at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, and a member of the staff of the Agricultural Economics
Research Institute
Acts 3 and 4
by Basil Taylor
In the first of three talks Basil Taylor speaks of the origins of picturesque taste in the eighteenth century.
Arpeggione Sonata in A minor played by Emanuel Feuermann (cello)
Gerald Moore (piano) on gramophone records
