Illustrated talk by Bruno Nettl

Very little North American Indian music is meant simply to be listened to: it normally accompanies some other activity. This programme illustrates the variety of styles that exist.
(BBC recording)

by Aristophanes
A new English version by Dudley Fitts with music composed and conducted by Christopher Whelen

Hans Henkemans (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Rudolf Schwarz

by E.M. Nicholson, C.B., Director-General of the Nature Conservancy

Until recently it was believed that a line could be drawn between artificial environments created by man and natural environments. Now ecologists are having to face the fact that man's impact on nature has been far greater than was once supposed, and so they are having to re-think ecology in terms of nature's relationships with man as the dominant animal.
(BBC recording)
See page 11.

Part 2
(Also broadcast on Friday)

Three talks on questions of the moment

1 - Has the Annual Wage Claim Come to Stay? by Geoffrey Goodman, Industrial correspondent of the News Chronicle

2 - Is Nation-wide Bargaining Desirable? by Ben Roberts, Reader in Industrial Relations in the University of London

3 - Can Arbitrators have Principles? by David Worswick, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford

(BBC recording)
(To be repeated on April 11)

Hirsch String Quartet: Leonard Hirsch (violin) Leonard Dight (violin) Stephen Shingles (viola) Francisco Gabarro (cello)

This is the first of three programmes that will include Haydn's three quartets, Op. 54, together with contemporary quartets.