String Quartet in E flat, Op. 74 played by the Element Quartet:
Ernest Element (violin)
Sylvia Cleaver (violin)
Dorothy Hemming (viola)
Norman Jones (cello)
Pieter Geyl speaks about Hitler's Europe, the volume of historical studies edited by Veronica M. Toynbee and Arnold Toynbee.
(The recorded broadcast of Oct. 3) followed by an Interlude at 6.55
The action takes place during Midsummer Day
Act 1: Morning
Charles Reid writes on page 5
THE FIRST PERFORMANCE OF 'THE MIDSUMMER MARRIAGE'
AN OPERA IN THREE ACTS WITH WORDS AND MUSIC by Michael Tippett
THE ANCIENTS, priest and priestess of the temple Michael Langdon: Edith Coates MARK, a young man of unknown parentage Richard Lewis
JENIFER, his betrothed, a young girl Joan Sutherland
KING FISHER, Jenifer's father, a business man: Otakar Kraus
BELLA, King Fisher's secretary Adele Leigh
JACK, Bella's boy-friend, a mechanic John Lanigan
A HALF-TIPSY MAN Gordon Farrall
A DANCING MAN: Andrew Daniels
SOSOSTRIS Oralia Dominguez
Non-singing parts:
Strephon, a dancer......Pirmin Trecu
A girl dancer Julia Farron
Chorus of Mark's and Jenifer's friends
Dancers attendant on the Ancients
Covent Garden Opera Chorus (Chorus-Master, Douglas Robinson)
Covent Garden Orchestra (Leader, Charles Taylor)
CONDUCTED BY JOHN PRITCHARD
Producer, Christopher West
FROM THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, COVENT GARDEN (by arrangement with the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Ltd.)
Poverty of Church.
Wealth of State
Pierre Emmanuel speaks about Catholicism in France today
Act 2: Afternoon
J. H. V. Davies recently spent an afternoon in Bra, a small town outside Turin; he was looking at the work of Bernardo Antonio Vittone-little known in this country but, in the speaker's view, one of the great Baroque architects. He describes the church of Santa Chiara, Vittone's most important building, and reassesses Vittone's contribution to the main Baroque tradition.
Act 3: Evening and Night
The three speeches of Oliver Cromwell to the First Protectorate Parliament, September 3, 1654-January 22, 1655
Edited and introduced by Ivan Roots
Lecturer in Modern History.
University College, Cardiff
Spoken by Stephen Jack
(The recorded broadcast of Jan. 22)
