by Sean O'Casey
Adapted for broadcasting by Alec Macdonald
[Starring] Liam Redmond
with Patrick Troughton and Sheila Manahan
4.30-4.35 Interlude.
Opera in one act with a prologue
Words by Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Music by Richard Strauss sung in German: on records
Cast in order of singing:
Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTED BY HERBERT VON KARAJAN
THE PROLOGUE: A hall in the mansion of a Viennese nobleman
from Hugo von Hofmannsthal to Richard Strauss in which he explains the meaning of the libretto of Ariadne auf Naxos
The letter has been translated by Hanns Hammelmann
A short story by Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Translated from the German by Christopher Holme
Read by Marius Goring
THE OPERA: A stage set erected in the hall, representing the outside of Ariadne's cave
Four socratic dialogues written by Nirad C. Chaudhurt
1-' Now that April's there '
Nirad Chaudhuri's Autobiography of an Unknown Indian created a considerable stir when it was published in Britain in 1951. In 1955 the Overseas Services of the BBC invited him to visit England for the first time to see how far the country corresponded to the idea of it that he had gained from literature.
The part of Nirad Chaudhurl is played by Hugh Griffith and his two sons by Basil Jones and Richard Bebb
Produced by Gerard Mansell
The Hurwitz Chamber Ensemble
Director and solo violin,
Emanuel Hurwitz
Charles Spinks
(harpsichord continuo)
Two talks by Gerald Sykes based on the evidence of his own country, the United States of America
I-Technology and Politics
In this talk the speaker suggests that the drawbacks to our progress first became apparent through political disasters and that an understanding of unconscious factors in politics is now necessary for survival.
In six programmes Alan Lomax Introduces folk music he has recorded on his travels
5 — Italy: Sicily and Calabria
Produced by Sasha Moorsom
Dushan Trboyevich (piano)
Planning and Local Government
Talk by Derek Senior
The local government correspondent of the Manchester Guardian continues the planning discussion in this series.
Sonata, Op. 3 played by William Waterhouse (bassoon)
Ernest Lush (piano)
