Suite, The River (Virgil Thomson): American Recording Society Orchestra, conducted by Walter Hendl
Viola Concerto (Quincy Porter): Paul Angerer (viola). American Recording Society Orchestra, conducted by Max Schonherr
on gramophone records
I-The Role of Pressure Groups by S. E. Finer
Professor of Political Institutions
In the University College of North Staffordshire
Professor Finer argues that, so far from pressure groups being anti-social, they are indispensable to a well-run democracy today.
(The recorded broadcast of May 25)
Second talk: Saturday at 9.45
Ronald Smith (piano)
Talk by John Irwin
Indian sculpture provides a valuable supplement to the literary tradition of Buddhism. The Buddhist scriptures were mostly the work of learned and devout men-Brahmans, monks, and ascetics; but the extraordinarily vital sculptures were carved by illiterate guild craftsmen, living in close contact with the superstitions and folklore of ordinary people. It is the sculpture that reveals the humanity of Buddhism.
A portrait of the artist, drawn from memory, in Dublin, Trieste, ZUrich, and Paris
Based on the recorded conversation of Eva Joyce , Eileen Schaurek
Harriet Weaver , Sylvia Beach
Adrienne Monnier , Carola Giedion
Maria Jolas , Mme. Paul Leon
Cathleen Griffin , Stanislaus Joyce
Oliver St. John Gogarty
James Stephens
Richard Best , George Roberts W. K. Magee (John Eglinton)
Con Curran , Arthur Power
Frank O'Connor Austin Clarke
(Continued in next column)
Niall Sheridan ,
Dr. Kerrigan Adolphus Wright , S. Blake
Frank Budgen , Nino Franck
Hans Gasser. Francois Quintin and Giorgio Joyce
Narrator, Duncan Mclntyre Edited by W. R. Rodgers
Produced by Maurice Brown
Part 1
A Portrait of Joyce as a Young Man
9.30 app. DURING THE INTERVAL
Vagn Holmboe
Notturno. Op. 19 played by Johann Bentzon (flute)
Waldemar Wolsing (oboe) P. A . Erichsen (clarinet)
Kjell Roikjer (bassoon)
Ingbert Mikkelsen (horn) on gramophone records
9.45 app. Part 2
The Artist in Maturity
Stabat Mater Hampstead Choral Society
Conductor, Martindale Sidwell
Charles Spinks (organ continuo)
In the last of his four talks Edward Hyams praises the cabbage-a humble vegetable in which he finds a great deal of interest and delight.
(The recorded broadcast of Feb. 27)