A programme about the viol family and the violin family in the sixteen and seventeenth centuries Illustrations include music by Henry VIII , Ortiz, Luigi, Coperario, Ferrabosco, Jenkins, William Lawes , and Purcell
London Consort of Viols
Trio Sonata Ensemble
(directed by Thurston Dart )
Devised and introduced by Robert Donington
by Alexander Pope
Read by V.C. Clinton-Baddeley
(The recorded broadcast of July U)
BBC Midland Chorus
Conductor, John Lowe
Motets (The Song of Songs)
Introduxit me rex
Surge, propers amiea mea
Motet: Alma redemptoris mater Stabat Mater dolaresa
Magnificat on the Eighth Tone Madrigale spirituale:
Vergine chiara e stabile in eterno
From the Oratory, Birmingham
Second of two programmes
by P.T. Bauer
Reader in Economics
In the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Caius College
Repeated on Friday at 6.50
A new play by Philip Vellacott
Music by Anthony Bernard
Radio adaptation and production by Raymond Raikes Hermes, a god. and the messenger of the gods Anthony Jacobs
London Chamber Orchestra
(Leader, Thomas Carter )
Conducted by the composer
The scene is the island of Ogygia In the Mediterranean Sea. The action of the play covers a period of fifty-seven years in about the thirteenth century B.C.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 11)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C
Geza Anda (piano)
The Philharmonia Orchestra Conducted by Alceo Galliera on gramophone records
Clowning Actors
A talk by Pierre Schneider and Acting Clowns about the French attitude towards their theatre, and their renewed interest in the circus.
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 26)
