Talk by Geoffrey Sawer
Professor in the Australian National University. Canberra. Research School of Social Sciences
The Judicial Committee is, in effect, the supreme ultimate court of appeal from the courts of the Colonies and from those of certain Commonwealth countries. In this talk Professor Sawer comments, from an Australian point of view, on its function.
(The recorded broadcast of August 6)
Act 1
Scene 1: The interior of the Venusburg
Scene 2: The valley before the Wartburg
by William Sansom
Read by Denis McCarthy
A ballad in prose' from William Sansom 's book Lord Love Us.
Act 2
The Hall of Song in the Wartburg
Some reflections by Charles Mitchell on two paintings, by Arthur William Devis and Benjamin West , which portray Nelson's death on board the Victory.
Act 3
The valley before the Wartburg
A poem by John Heath-Stubbs
Read by James McKechnie
Louis Kentner (piano)
Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este
Threnodie No. 1; Les jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este; Aux cypres de la Villa d'Este, Threnodie No. 2 (Annies de Pelerinage: troisieme annee)
Gondoliera; Tarantella (Venezia e
Napoli)
Fourth of eight programmes of piano music by Liszt
Next recital, by Louis Kentner : November 29
