Sonata in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1
Sonata in A, Op. 101 played by Conrad Hansen (piano)
Talk by Noel Annan
The Hirsch String Quartet:
Leonard Hirsch (violin) Leonard Dight (violin) Stephen Shingles (viola) Francisco Gabarro (cello)
A talk by T. E. Utley based on the recently published book by Sir Ivor Jennings , Q.c.
(' Essays and Reviews,' 1860)
Programme written and compiled by Kenneth Hudson
An opera in two acts
Libretto by Myfanwy Piper after the story by Henry James
Music by Benjamin Britten
Cast in order of singing:
(Continued in next column)
English Opera Group Orchestra
(Leader. Olive Zorian )
CONDUCTED BY THE COMPOSER
Producer, Basil Coleman
The action takes place in and around the country house at Bly
Act 1
Prologue; Scene 1 The Journey; Scene 2 The Welcome; Scene 3 The Lotter; Scene 4 The Tower; Scene 5 The Window; Scene 6 The Lesson; Scene 7 The Lake; Scene 8 At Night
Talk by R. D. Barnett
Deputy Keeper In the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities,
British Museum
The great sculptured frieze from the palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh has, after fifteen years, been reopened to the public at the British Museum. Mr. Barnett speaks of its qualities as a work of art and as a historical document for the finest period of Assyrian civilisation.
Act 2
Scene 1 Colloquy and Soliloquy; Scene 2 The Bells; Scene 3 Miss Jessd; Scene 4 The Bedroom; Scene 5 Quint; Scene 6 The Piano; Scene 7 Flora; Scene 8 Miles
See also tomorrow at 8.0
