John Francis
(flute and alto flute)
Lionel Solomon (flute)
Wilfred Smith
(flute and piccolo)
Albert Honey (flute)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello) BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Jean Martinon
Part 1
The Gulf Stream
Talk by Henry Charnock of the National Institute of Oceanography
By taking the Gulf Stream as an example, the speaker describes recent research on the interrelation between the ocean and weather and climate.
Eighth of a group of talks
Part 2
Walter Emery talks about the element of improvisation that Bach and his contemporaries expected of their players and singers, in particular with respect to ornaments and dotted notes.
(' La Regina e gli Insorti')
A play by Ugo Betti
Translated from the Italian and adapted for radio by Henry Reed
Harry McWilliam writes on page 6
BBC Midland Chorus Conductor, John Lowe
Motets (Song of Songs, Nos. 11-13):
Sicut lilium inter spinas; Introduxit me rex in cellam; Laeva ejus sub capite meo
Mass: Laudate Dominum omnes gentes