The Dutch Harpsichord Trio
Johan Feltkamp (flute)
Piet Lentz (viola da gamba)
Janny van Wering (harpsichord)
Gina Bachauer (piano)
The London Orchestra (Leader. Leonard Hirsch )
Conductor, Alec Sherman
A series of eight lectures by Sir Ivor Jennings , K.B.E., Q.c.
Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Constitutional Adviser to the Government of Pakistan
6-Education
Peter Stadlen analyses the following short works: Symphony, Op. 21; two of the Five Movements for string quartet, Op. 5; Four Songs, Op. 12; and Piano Variations, Op. 27. He explains some aspects of Webern's methods.
The music (some of which is to be played twice) is on gramophone records.
Talk by Sir Gavin de Beer, F.R.S.
Director. British Museum
(Natural History)
Sir Gavin de Beer describes his researches, extending over many years, on the question of Hannibal's route across the Alps. He explains how he has brought his scientific training to bear on this age-old problem in classical scholarship, and gives his solution to it. (The recorded broadcast of May 19)