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Harold Clarke (flute)
Hubert Dawkes (piano)
The Breton composer Guy Ropartz, a pupil of Massenet and Cesar Frank, celebrated his ninetieth birthday on June 15. His Flute Sonatina, which is in three movements, is dedicated to the French flautist Rene le Roy.
Harald Genzmer, who was born in Hanover in 1909, studied with Hindemith. He has written a large number of works, including concertos for piano, cello, and trautonium. His Flute Sonata, published in 1943, is in three movements.

Contributors

Flute:
Harold Clarke
Piano:
Hubert Dawkes

The Great Tidal Surge of January 31-February 1, 1953
Talk by J. R. Rossiter of the Liverpool Observatory and Tidal Institute
Tides cannot be predicted theoretically. Tide tables are constructed from the analyses of past observations, but at any time the expected tides may be altered by the weather. In this talk J. R. Rossiter describes the tidal surge that caused the disastrous floods in East Anglia and Holland in February 1953.
Sixth of a group of talks

Contributors

Talk By:
J. R. Rossiter

Peter Mountain (violin)
BBC Scottish Orchestra
(Leader, J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
Timothy Moore, who is the son of George E. Moore, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Cambridge, was born in 1922. At the Royal College of Music, where he was a foundation scholar from 1946-8, he studied under R. 0. Morris, Edmund Rubbra, and Herbert Howells. His Suite in F is in three movements.

Contributors

Leader:
J. Mouland Begbie
Conductor:
Ian Whyte

by Jean Anouilh
Translated by Lucienne Hill
Radio adaptation by John Richmond
Music by John Hotchkis
- Production by Raymond Raikes

Contributors

Unknown:
Jean Anouilh
Translated By:
Lucienne Hill
Production By:
Raymond Raikes
General Saint-Pé (Léon):
. Norman Shelley
His wife (Amelie):
Gladys Spencer
His daughters: Estelle:
Denime Bryer
Sidonde:
Molly Lawson
Sidonie:
Molly Lawson
Gaston his secretary:
Alan Reid
Mlle de Sainte-Euverte (Ghislaine):
Rachel Gurney
Mme Dupont-Fredaine, a dressmaker:
Mary Wimbusb
Doctor Bonfant (Annand):
Austin Trevor
Father Ambrose:
Ralph Truman
The maids:Eugenie:
Margaret Ward
The maids:Pamela:
Thelma Hughes

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