1838-1848
A series of fourlectures by Isaiah Berlin
Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford
1-The Young Intellectuals
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Rudolf Schwarz
Part 1
by Marshal of the Royal Air Force
Sir John SlessorG.C.B., D.S.O., M.C. ,
This is the first of two talks based on the Pollak Lecture which Sir John Slessor delivered at Harvard University at the end of last year. In this talk Sir John considers the effect of the hydrogen bomb on war as an instrument of policy and the value of air power as a deterrent in Western Europe.
Part 2 followed by an Interlude at 8.35
('L'Aiuola Bruciata') by Ugo Betti
Translated from the Italian and adapted for radio by Henry Reed
Gerard Souzay (baritone)
Jacqueline Bonneau (piano)
Tristesse; Clair de lune; Arpege; En sourdine (Faurt)
Histoires naturelles (Ravel)
Le paon; Le grillon; Le cygne; Le martin-pcchcur; La pintade on gramophone records
Talk by Fr. Alexander Jones of St. Joseph's College,
Upholland, Wigan
The speaker, who contributed the commentary on St. Matthew's Gospel in A Catholic Commentary on Holy Scripture, talks about the author of the first Gospel and the sources of bis material.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 21)