John Shlnebourne (cello)
BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
Its Dancers and Music
Second of two illustrated talks by John and Supianti Coast
A survey of the various types of orchestra and dance to be found in Bali, including the Monkey Dance and the famous Legone which must be performed by three small girls.
Bible Songs and Hymns for voice, choir, and organ
A Song of Freedom (Psalm 126),
Hymn: Let us with a gladsome mind A Song of Trust (Psalm 131)
Hymn: Purest and highest A Song of Hope (Psalm 130)
Hymn: In thee is gladness A Song of Peace (Isaiah 11)
Hymn: Pray that Jerusalem may have peace
A Song of Battle (Psalm 124) Hymn: Praise the Lord
A Song of Wisdom (Ecclesiasticus 24) Hymn: O for a closer walk with God
Hervey Alan (bass-baritone)
The Geraint Jones Singers
Geraint Jones (organ)
Charles Villiers Stanford, one of the leading British musicians of his generation, died in London thirty years ago, on March 29, 1924, at the age of seventy-one. His Bible Songs appeared in 1909 and the Hymns in the following year.
A monthly review of cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R.
Literature Since Stalin's Death
Talk by Edward Crankshaw correspondent on Soviet affairs for The Observer
Sonata in D (K.306) played by Carlo van Neste (violin)
Naum Sluszny (piano) on gramophone records
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Part 6
A survey of Spanish music prepared by Roberto Gerhard and Lionel Salter
25 - Contemporary Chamber Music
Martin String Quartet:
David Mantin (violin)
Neville Marriner (violin)
Eileen Grainger (viola)
Bernard Richards (cello)
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble:
Gareth Morris (flute) Leonard Brain (oboe)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Dennis Brain (horn)
John Alexandra (bassoon)
This programme, the last in the series, brings two chamber works by representatives of the present generation of Spanish composers. Josep valls studied first in his native city of Barcelona and subsequently in Paris with d'Indy; his String Quartet was completed last January. Roberto Gerhard's Wind Quintet was written in 1928; it was his first important work after he had studied for six years with Schoenberg in Vienna and Berlin. H.R.
Talk by Francis Watson
Can such work as the British did in India ever be successfully accomplished without developing the idea of racial and national superiority, with consequences that trouble the world today? Francis Watson examines this question in the light of The Founders, the recently published first volume of Philip Woodruff 's study of The Men Who Ruled India.
