(Pamphilus's Tale on the Seventh Day)
Tenth of twelve stories from Boccaccio's "Decameron"
In the anonymous translation of 1620
Arranged by Sasha Moorsom and Rayner Heppenstall
(The recorded broadcast of May 24, 1955)
Paul Badura-Skoda and Jocrg Demus (piano duet) on gramophone records
A topical programme on the arts, literature, and entertainment
Repeated on Friday at 11.5
"Simaetha" (The Sorceress)
Read in English and in the original Greek by Heather Brown
English verse translation by Jack Lindsay
Presented by Raymond Raikes
A new production of the programme originally broadcast on March 18, 1950
Repeated on Saturday at 11.0
Quartet in A minor, Op. 16
Macgibbon String Quartet
First of a series of programmes of Dvorak's string quartets :
Talk by Simon Bicshcuvel , Ph.D. Director. South African
National Institute for Personnel Research
Repeated on Friday at 6.45
Four programmes devised by H.C. Robbins Landon assisted by Jan La Rue I-The Italian Stnfonia and the Viennese Symphony before 1760
Kalmar Chamber Orchestra
Conductor, Colin Davis
Charles Spinks
(harpsichord continuo)
Programme introduced by H.C. Robbins Landon
International Monopolies and International Law by R.Y. Jennings
A concert of music from his sixth and eighth books of madrigals
The Deller Consort
Neville Mariner (violin)
Peter Gibbs (violin)
Derek Simpson (cello)
Denis Vaughan (harpsichord)
(The recorded broadcast) of July 20, 1955)