Watson Forbes (viola)
Alan Richardson (piano)
Ten poems read by Edwige Feuillere , Sylvia Monfort , Jean Vilar , and Daniel Gelin
Translations by Frances Cornford. Naomi Lewis , Margaret Bottrall , and L. E. Jones , read bv Lydia Sherwood and Michael Hordern
This is the sixth of a group of eight programmes compiled by Rayner Heppenstall from the personal choices of four leading French actors and actresses.
Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano)
William Herbert (tenor)
James Milligan (baritone)
BBC Chorus
BBC Choral Society
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader. Paul Beard )
Conductor,
Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
Spring; Summer
Talk by Glanville Williams
Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
It is a suggestive and not entirely misleading statement that in the Welfare State nothing any longer happens by accident. It was someone's fault: someone will pay. Mr. Williams discusses the implications of this attitude in the field of industrial injuries.
PART 2
Autumn; Winter
Scenes from country life in four acts by Anton Chekhov
Suite No. 2 for unaccompanied cello played by Zara Nelsova