Two talks by Ian Stephens
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge
2-Ceylon
(The recorded broadcast of June 11)
The Cantata Singers
Charles Spinks (organ)
The Jacquea Orchestra
(Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz)
Conductor, Reginald Jacques
This is the sixth of a series of concerts including leaser-known choral works by Mozart. The next programme, on July 11, will include she Gradual Sanaa Maria (K.273) and Misa brevis (K.275).
Talk by William Empson
It is often said that James Joyce 's Ulysses is not really an epic because nothing happens at the end. William Empson denies this: he claims that the implicit climax of the epic is an adulterous meeting arranged by Leopold Bloom between his wife and Stephen Dedalus. This encounter has a triumphant and life-giving influence on these three protagonists in the story.
by James Joyce
A performance of two episodes from the novel
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Peter Duval Smith
'Paddy Dignam 's Funeral '
(The ' Hades episode)
9.0 app. Intermezzo and Minuet from Suite. Op. 26, by Schoemberg played by Niels Viggo Benitson (piano) on gramophone records
(Continued in next column)
9.10 app. 'At the Newspaper Office '
(The ' Aeolus ' episode)
At 105 app. a recording will be broadcast of James Joyce reading the parody of John F. Taylor 's speech which Professor MacHugh gives during the 'Aeolus' episode. This recording is indistinct, but the passage can be found on pp. 132-3 of the British edition of Ulysses published by the Bodley Head.
Kendall Taylor (piano) BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
The first of Sir Arnold Bax 's seven symphonies, which is dedicated to John Ireland, was written in 1922 and first performed that year, when it was conducted by Albert Coates. It is in three movements: Allegro moderato, Lento solenne, and Allegro maestoso. The work ends with a triumphal march based on the opening theme of the Symphony.
Singers:
René Soames and Diana Maddox
Pianist: Eric Gritton
Reader: Seamus Kavanagh
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
James Joyce 's devotion to music is reflected in the fact that each of the principal characters in Ulysses is a singer (either professional or amateur) or a lover of singing; with the result that song, in Ulysses, is a frequent counterpoint to meaning.
(A new production of the programme on James Joyce broadcast in 1949 in the series ' Writers and Music ')