A novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett
Adapted for broadcasting by Christopher Sykes
In collaboration with the author
Characters in order of speaking:
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Narration by John Glen
The time is 1892; the place is the Lambs' country house and its neighbourhood
Production by Christopher Sykes
During the interval (4.0-4.10 approx.):
Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in D. Op. 3 No. 9 played by Reinhold Barchet (violin) and the Pro Musica Orchestra of Stuttgart
Conductor. Rolf Reinhardt with Helma Eisner (harpsichord) on gramophone records
Barylli String Quartet: Walter Barylli (violin), Otto Strasser (violin), Rudolf Streng (viola), Richard Krotsehak (cello)
An illustrated talk by Howard Hartog
During the next six weeks a series of six programmes of music by contemporary German composers will be broadcast.
A poem by James Kirkup being an account of an underground journey in the Mendip Hills
(' The Girl of the Golden West ')
An opera in three acts from the drama by David Belasco
Libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini
Music by Puccini
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Men of the Camp
Chorus and Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale (Chorus-Master. Andrea Morosini )
CONDUCTBD BY DlMITRI MITROPOULOS
The action takes place at the foot of the Cloudy Mountains in California in a Mining Camp in the days of the gold fever, 1849-50
Act 1 : The Interior of the ' Polka '
Three talks by William Haas
Lecturer in German at University College, Cardiff
I-Sound. and Meanings
The speaker argues that traditional linguistic studies have been dominated by the familiar metaphysics of body and soul. Modern linguistics has freed itself from this controlling influence.
Act 2: Minnie's house, an hour latel
Act 3 : The Great Californian forest, early morning
Talk by W. L. Burn
W. L. Burn, Professor of Modern History at King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne, speaks about the rise and fall of a man who cut a great figure at the mid-Victorian Bar and who would not have gone half so far if Victorian society had been as staid, as comprehensively and rigidly righteous as we sometimes imagine.'
Sonata in B flat (K.281)
Sonkta in A minor (K.310) played by Nina Milkina (piano)
