The action takes place in the neighbourhood of a Temple of Isis in Egypt
ACT 1
Scene 1: A rocky pass
Scene 2: Pamina't chamber
Scene 3: The courtyard of the Temple
The Amazon
Talk by V. S. Pritchett
An enquiry for radio by Harold Lang and Kenneth Tynan
Produced by Douglas Cleverdon
ACT 2
Scene 1: In the Temple
Scene 2: The courtyard of the Temple Scene 3: A garden
Scene 4: A vault in the Temple Scene 5: In the Temple Scene 6: A garden Scene 7: A portal Scene 8: A garden
Scene 9: Before the Temple Scene 10: In the Temple
Another performance: August 2
by Hans Keller
A report, with illustrations. on the recent I.S.C.M. Festival in Stockholm
Herbert Downes (viola)
Ernest Lush (piano)
Yfrah Neaman (violin)
Howard Ferguson (piano)
Sonata for viola and piano
Iain Hamilton Sonata for violin and piano
P. Racine Pricker
Peter Racine Pricker and Iain Hamilton, who are both in their middle thirties, are two of the leading British composers of their generation. This is the first of four programmes which will contain a representative selection of their chamber music, including the first broadcast performances of Pricker's Horn Sonata and Hamilton's String Octet (August 1).
by Kenneth Williamson
The Director of the Fair Isle Bird Observatory comments on the problems of one of the smallest and most isolated of the British Isles.