Talk by F. L. Carsten
Lecturer in History
In the University of London
'To some extent,' says the speaker, ' the growth of free political institutions is organic rather than mechanic. The grant of a liberal constitution, the esttblishment of universal suffrage and a free electoral procedure, do not alone yield democratic government. For that to function and to flourish there must exist a liberal tradition, acquired and cultivated in the passage of time.' In this talk Mr. Carsten sets the current political fortunes of Germany against a background of the social and economic development of the region in the later Middle Ages.

John Taverner
Mass: Corona Spinea sung by the Schola Polyphonica
Director, Henry Washington
Last of six programmes

Martha Modl (soprano)
Constance Shacklock (contralto)
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor)
George Hancock (baritone)
Frederick Dalberg (bass)
Hall Orchestra
(Leader, Laurance Turner )
Conductor, Sir John Barbirolli
From the Royal Albert Hall , London
Part 1: Wagner
Prelude: Tristan und Isolde (with Wagner's concert ending)
7.46 app. TRISTAN UND ISOLDE, Act 2

Talk by Jacques Heurgon
Matt re de Conference a la Faculté des Lettres, Sorbonne
M. Heurgon reflects on the rich archaeological finds made last year in Burgundy by M. Rene Joffroy , and the light which this Celtic burial throws on the ' Hallstattian' culture of the early Iron Age and its contacts with Greece and Italy.

Part 2: Richard Strauss
Prelude (for strings).: Capriccio
9.34 app. Symphonic Poem: Don Juan

Talk by Douglas Grant
It was Dr. Johnson who said that he would as lief pray with Kit Smart as anyone else.' New light is thrown on Smart's poetry by W. H. Bond 's recently published edition of Jubilate Agno which reveals that this apparently mad poem has in fact an overriding poetic logic: the poem has the antiphonal or responsive character of Hebrew poetry.
The talk is followed by a reading from Jubilate Agno by Hugh Burden and Felix Felton

String Quartet in C sharp minor
Op. 131 played by the Element Quartet