Maurice Cole (piano)
Sonata in C (K.545) Sonata in D (K.311)
Second of ten programmes

Talk by Alan Lomax , illustrated with recordings made in Canada

BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Rafael Kubelik
Part 1
Another performance: tomorrow at 8.5
Vittorio Rietj is the most important member of the group of Italian neoclassical composers who came to maturity in the 1920s. Born in Alexandria in 1898, he studied In Milan and later wiith Respighi in Rome; his output consists largely of instrumental works and music for the theatre, particularly ballets. His Fifth Symphony, published four years ago,
. isa thoroughly characteristic work: scored for normal symphony orchestra, it as melodically straightforward, harmonically astringent, and rhythmically clear-cut. It is in three movements: Allegro giocoso, Andante tranquiUo, and Presto. D.C.

Talk by Geoffrey Barraclough
In German History — some new German views, ten essays by modem German historians edited by Hans Kohn , Professor Barraclough sees signs of ' the same dangerous tendency as in time past to use history as an instrument of politics.' ' It is characteristic,' he adds, ' not only of the present book but of post-war German historiography as a whole, that it represents only a middle-class outlook.'

Part 2

Talk by Nadia Boulanger
Nadia Boulanger has done much for Stravinsky's music in Europe, and is especially interested in his later works. She is conducting a concert next Sunday in the Third Programme in which a new Septet will be played. Stravinsky himself will conduct a concert of his music next Thursday, to be broadcast from the Royal Festival Hall.

A study of W. H. Davies
(1871-1940)
Written and narrated by Patric Dickinson with Clifford Evans as W. H. Davies
Others taking part:
Hugh Burden , Oliver Burt
Felix Felton , Anthony Jacobs and John Welsh
Production by Joe Burroughs

The Renaissance Singers
Conductor, Michael Howard