by Henrik Ibsen
A radio adaptation of the stage version in English of Ibsen's dramatic poem by James Forsyth from a literal translation by Evelyn C. Ramsden
Other parts plaved by Felicity Barnngton , Patricia Brent
Robin Ford , Donald Gray
Arthur Keane. Josefina Rav
Carol Sarsrield , Charles Scott-Paton and William Trent
Produced by Val Gielgud
Benno Kusche (baritone) Frederick Stone (piano)
Am Strome; Der Alpenjager: Schlaflied; Der Schiffer; Nachtsttick (Mayrhofer)
An die Leyer; Im Haine; Am See
(Bruchmann)
Illustrated talk by Robert Irwin The Italian operatic soprano Claudia Muzio died in 1936 when still comparatively young. Mr. Irwin illustrates his talk wi'tih some of her records, including excerpts from Otello, La Sonnambitta, and La Bohème, and songs by Pergoles* and Delibes.
A talk by Harold Rosenthal on Maria Meneghini Callas : August 2
Trio in F minor, Op. 65 played by the New Philharmonic Trio:
David Wise (violin)
Gethyn Wykeham-George (cello)
Winifred Davey (piano)
Talk by Stuart Piggott
Professor of Prehistoric Archaeology in the University of Edinburgh
The recent excavations in Malta have for the first time enabled scholars to place the island within the prehistoric archaeology of the central and western Mediterranean. In this talk Professor
Piggott considers the evidence in a wider setting, and shows the importance of the Maltese settlements of the late third and second millennia B.C. in relation to contacts with other civilisations to the east and the west.
by Louis MacNeice
In Memoriam Dylan Thomas; Funeral of Dylan Thomas; Glastonbury; A Schoolmaster; A Boyhood Dream
Readers: Marius Goring and Robert Irwin
This is the fifth of six programmes in which Louis MacNeice introduces an abridged version of his new long poem Autumn Sequel, shortly to be published. Part 5 consists of Cantos 18, 20, and 22 of the complete poem.
L'Estro Arrnonico, Op. 3:
No. 6, in A; No. 6. in A minor;
No. 7. in F played by Reinhold Barchet. Heinz Endres
Andrea Steffan-Wendling and Franz Hopfner (violins)
Pro Muslca Orchestra of Stuttgart
Conductor, Rolf Reinhardt
Helma Eisner (harpsichord) on gramophone records
Talk by Pierre Schneider on the ' Tour de France '