(' La vida es sueiio ') by Calderon newly translated by Roy Campbell from the Spanish
Music composed by Elisabeth Lutyens conducted by Edward Clark
Produced by R. D. Smith
Cast in order of speaking:
(Continued in next column)
The scene is the court of Poland; a nearby fortress; and a craggy mountain. Rosaura, when the play opens, is dressed as a man.
During the interval (4.20-4.30 app.):
Szymanowski
Four Mazurkas. Op. 50 played by Artur Rubinstein (piano) on gramophone records
by Calderon newly translated by Roy Campbell from the Spanish
(continued: see page 11) followed by an Interlude at 5.40
A pastoral opera
Words by Lady Elizabeth Craven
Music by William Beckford
The Singers:
Ann Dowdall. Marion Lowe
Marjorie Westbury
Alexander Young. Emrys Lloyd
London Chamber Singers
The Boyd Neel Orchestra (Led by Joshua Glazier )
Conducted by Anthony Bernard
Another performance: tomorrow at 8.40
See also tonight at 6.45
Roger Fiske writes on page 4
by John Berger
In the first of two talks commenting on some well-known paintings in the National Gallery John Berger considers three portraits of women: Hogarth's Shrimp Girl, Goya's Dona Isabel Cobos, and Madame Moiressier by Ingres.
An eighteenth-century ballad opera
Words by Prince Hoare
Adapted for broadcasting by Desmond Davis
Music chiefly composed by Stephen Storace
London Chamber Singers The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Led by Joshua Glazier )
CONDUCTED BY ANTHONY BERNARD
Producer. Desmond Davis Repetiteur, Stewart Nash
Talk by Grace Williams
Illustrations by the Macgibbon Quartet
Elizabeth Maconchy 's six string quartets are to be broadcast during the next few weeks. Quartet No. 1: Tuesday at 10.2S
of Dante Alighieri
The second cantica of the Divine Comedy, translated into English triple rhyme by Laurence Binyon
A reading in six parts
Produced by Peter Duval Smith
PART 2 (Cantos 6-11): Dante and Virgil are in Ante-Purgatory; they meet the spirit of the Mantuan poet Sordello, who introduces them to the negligent rulers; the serpent of temptation appears but is driven off by two angels; Dante, while asleep, is carried by St. Lucy up the Mount to the gate of Purgatory; the poets enter Purgatory; in the first terrace of Purgatory Dante is shown the souls of the Proud who expiate their sin by bearing it on their backs as a burden.
Personae:
Sonata in A minor, Op. 42 played by Maurice Cole (piano)
3-An Established Church by the Rev. Charles Smyth
Rector of St. Margaret's and Canon of Westminster,
Fellow of Corpus Christi College. Cambridge
As against a nonconformist theory of the Church set forth by Christopher Morris in the second talk in this series, Canon Smyth defines the religious principles of an established and national Church.
The Melos Ensemble:
Richard Adeney (flute)
Peter Graeme (oboe)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Paul Draper (bassoon)
Neill Sanders (horn)
Eli Goren (violin)
Ivor McMahon (violin) Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
Adrian Beers (double-bass)
Kenneth Jackson , Professor of Celtic Studies at Edinburgh University, considers the evidence for the existence of Arthur as a real person.
(The recorded broadcast of Oct. 8)
