Geza Anda (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
Conductor, Sir Malcolm Sargent
Part 1
Two talks on modern legal realism by Graham Hughes, Lecturer in Law, University of Hull
Judges 'are the depositaries of the laws, the living oracles.' But what makes up their minds? Graham Hughes discusses the theories of Professor Llewellyn of Chicago and the American jurisprudents who seek to measure the extra-legal factors in judicial decisions.
Part 2
Two programmes, devised by Charles Mackerras and Fritz Spiegl, based on contemporary evidence showing how Mozart's music was performed by singers of his day
with Jennifer Vyvyan (soprano), Alexander Young (tenor), Charles Spinks (harpsichord), The Goldsbrpugh Orchestra (Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz)
Conductor, Charles Mackerras
Programme introduced by Fritz Spiegl
This first programme includes recently found decorated versions of 'Voi che sapete' and 'Dove sono' (Le Nozze di Figaro) and the 'Bildnis' aria (Die Zauberflote).
Elias Bredsdorff, who visited China in 1955 and 1956, speaks about the Chinese Government's recent change of attitude towards intellectuals.
A chronicle of the development of English drama from its beginnings to the 1580s
Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by John Barton
(Full details of the thirteen programmes in the series are contained in The First Stage, a handbook by John Barton which may be obtained through newsagents and booksellers or post free by crossed postal order for 2s. 6d. from [address removed])
'The Pride of Life' (c. 1405)
Extracts from 'The Castle of Perseverance' (c. 1425)
Extract from 'Mind, Will, and Understanding' (c. 1460)
Extract from 'Mankind' (c. 1475)
'Everyman' (c. 1495)
(Sunday's recorded broadcast)
(Moral Interludes - Secular Entertainment: April 16 and 18)
Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 49 No. 2
played by John Davies (clarinet), Else Cross (piano)
(Sonata in B flat, Op. 107: March 27)
Kathleen Tillotson talks about volumes 4-7 of the Letters, edited by Gordon S. Haight.
(The recorded broadcast of Dec. 9)