Quartet No. 6
Passacaglia (lento moderato); Allegro scherzando; Lento espressivo, rubato;
Allegro molto, con brio played by the Macgibbon String Quartet:
Margot Macgibbon (violin)
Lorraine du Val (violin)
Jean Stewart (viola) Lilly Phillips (cello)
The last of a series of programmes includmg Elizabeth Maconchy a six string quartets.
' John of the Sea '
Illustrated talk by Thurston Dart The speaker, who is a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge, talks about his recent elucidation of the puzzle motet associated with the anonymous Tudor Mass ' 0 quam suavis,' and shows how it reveals the composer's identity. The motet is sung by members of the Schola Polyphonica (director, Henry Washington). This is the last of three programmes about recent research in the field of pre-Reformation English music. (The recorded broadcast of Sept. 20)
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Ena Mitchell (soprano) Helen Watts (contralto)
Richard Lewis (tenor) Trevor Anthony (bass)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
Ambrose Gauntlett (cello piccolo)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
Alan Harverson (organ)
The Boyd Neel Orchestra
(Led by Joshua Glazier )
Conducted by Stanford Robinson
The next programme in this series, on April 10, will include Cantatas No. 39 and No. 106, recorded at the Ansbach Festival last year.
A monthly review of cultural and political trends in the U.S.S.R.
Some New Themes in Soviet Literature
Talk by H. M. Hayward Head of the Department of Russian Language and Literature at Leeds University
A drama by Alphonse Daudet
Translated by Edward Sackville-West
Music by Georges Bizet
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes
Harold Clarke (flute)
Hubert Dawkes (piano)
Talk by Harry Johnson
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge Mr. Johnson believes that the recent unfavourable movement in Britain's terms of trade will only be aggravated by increasing the volume of exports.
