Talk by Frank O'Connor
Because of his Autobiography, Frank O'Connor suggests, ' 'Trollope is the architect of his own reputation, and that reputation is far less than that to which he is entitled.' For reasons which he advances in his talk, Frank O'Connor believes Trollope to be the greatest of the English novelists.
(The recorded broadcast of July 24)
Irene Kohler (piano)
BBC Scottish Orchestra (Leader. J. Mouland Begbie )
Conductor, Ian Whyte
The Water Sprite is one of six symphonic poems (or * orchestral ballads ') which comprise Dvorak's last orchestral work, written in 1896. Like most of the others, it drew its inspiration from a folk ballad by J. K. Erben.
Talk by A. J. P. Taylor on the anniversary of the British declaration of war on Germany in 1914
of La Mancha' by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The translation by Charles Jarvis adapted for broadcasting
In six parts by Paul Ferris
Part 2: Wherein are reflated the hardships Don Quixote suffered at the inn mistaken for a castle; together wirth other famous adventures, including this unfortunate meeting with the Yanguesan carriers and the affair of the dead body.
The Storyteller, Norman Shelley
Music composed by Manuel Lazareno and conducted by Maurice Miles
Production by Peter Duval Smith and Douglas Cleverdon
Quartet in F, Op. 59 No. played by the Koeckert String Quartet:
Rudolf Koeckert (violin)
Willi Buchner (violin)
Oskar Riedl (viola) Josef Merz (cello)
Four Studies in Barotse Law by Max Gluckman
Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Manchester
2-The Case of the Eloping Wife
Alan Frank introduces a programme of music on gramophone records
Including the Harpsichord Concerto and the Petite Symphonic Concertante
Le Roux Smith Le Roux speaks about the current exhibition of paintings, held under the auspices of the Arts Council at the Tate Gallery in London. He considers in particular the nature of the experiment that has produced the Museum of Art in Sao Paulo.
