Endre Wolf (violin)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master. Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conducted by Pedro de Freitas Branco
Part 1
The French composer, Olivier Messiaen , who will be forty-eight next December, is one of the most original figures in music today, and his works invariably arouse keen interest whenever they are performed. Like many of his compositions, L'Ascension is permeated by a spirit of religious mysticism. Written in 1932 as a set of four organ pieces, it was scored for orchestra a year later with a new third movement. The titles of the movements are taken from various passages in the Bible. Julian Budden

Part of ' La Chanson du Mal Aimé' with seven short poems, read by Edwige Feuillere , Sylvia Monfort , Jean Vilar , and Daniel Gelin
Translations by Naomi Lewis and James Kirkup. read by Marjorie Westbury and Robert Eddison
This is the fourth of a group of eight programmes compiled by Rayner Heppenstall from the personal choices of four leading French actors and actresses.
The next programme, on November 1, will be devoted to the ' Cantique du Peuple Divise ' from ' Cantate a Trois Voix ' by Paul Claudel.

Part 2

by Lionel Robbins , C.B.
Professor of Economics in the University of London
Professor Robbins assesses the different economic policies in vogue since the end of the war.
(The recorded broadcast of October 2)

Use Wolf (soprano)
Clifton Helliwell (piano)
Schubert
Ganymed; Schäfers Klagelied; Du bist die Ruh'; Der Jungling an der Quelle; Gott im Frtihling; Schwanengesang; Gretchen am Spinnrade; An die
Nachtigall Brahms
Von ewiger Liebe; Therese: Mainacht; Wiegenlied; Meine Liebe ist grUn

2-The Conquest of India

Sonata No. 3
Played by Frederick Grinke (violin)
Eric Harrison (piano)
The last of three programmes including all Bax's Violin Sonatas.