by Francois Duchene, Correspondent of the Economist
(The recorded broadcast of March 30)
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by Francois Duchene, Correspondent of the Economist
(The recorded broadcast of March 30)
Margaret Kitchin (piano)
Quartet Pro Musica: Patrick Hailing (violin) Roger Raphael (violin) Peter Sermon (viola) Peter Halling (cello)
Piano Sonata
Allegro; Andante molto tranquillo; Presto: Rondo giocoso
String Quartet No. 1
Allegro; Lento cantabile; Allegro assai
The first of four programmes of chamber music and songs by Tippett
A topical programme on the arts, literature, and entertainment
Three speakers comment on whatever seems of most immediate interest in the world of the various arts: exhibitions, new productions in the theatre, new films and books.
It is hoped to include contributions on two plays by Samuel Beckett, Fin de Partie and Acte sans Paroles, at the Royal Court Theatre, London; and an exhibition of work by Gio Ponti at Liberty's, London.
by George Meredith
[Read by] Anthony Jacobs
(Monday's recorded broadcast)
Part 2: Friday at 8.10
followed by an interlude at 8.0
Symphony in D minor played by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Conductor, Eugene Ormandy on a gramophone record
Three talks by A.N. Prior, Professor of Philosophy, Canterbury University College,
New Zealand
Whether or not 'Lewis Carroll was the best logician that the University of Oxford has turned out since the Middle Ages,' his fancy was certainly logical. Logic, like other games, is a strict exercise in combined operations.
An adaptation in two parts by Donald Jonson and Clifford Williams of James Joyce's 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man' and 'Stephen Hero'
[Starring] Cyril Cusack
(The recorded broadcast of October 2)
Alexander Young (tenor) Frederick Stone (piano)
Der Gartner; Der Tambour; Verschwiegene Liebe; Jagerlied; Storchenbotschaft; Der Musikant; Der Feuerreiter; Seufzer; Der Rattenfanger
by Lucie Manen
More than a century ago Alessandro Busti published what he claimed to be the only authoritative collection of vocal exercises taught in the Collegio Reale di Napoli. The late Dr. George Cathcart, who himself studied at the Neapolitan School, believed that Busti's exercises contained the secret of bel canto and that they were well known to Verdi, who based his vocal writing on the technique they taught. Lucie Manen's own researches support Dr. Cathcart's belief.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 22)