Eric Parkin (piano)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard)
Conducted by Rudolf Schwarz
G. V. Plekhanov (1856-1918)
Isaiah Berlin, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, speaks on the life and death of the master of Russian Marxists.
Part 2
Lento: chapter 17, vv. 12-14
Andante cantabile: chapter 26, vv. 20, 21; chapter 27, vv. 1-4, 6, 12, 13
Interlude: lento
Moderato: chapter 12; chapter 54, vv. 4-8
Fugue: allegro deciso
Interlude: lento Vivo: chapter 35
A monthly series on current questions in architecture and town planning
J.M. Richards, who has recently been to Finland to look at some of the newest buildings there, talks about what he considers to be Finland's special contribution to modern architecture.
An exhibition of photographs and models called' Architecture in Finland ' has recently opened in London at the Royal Institute of British Architects.
(To be repeated on April 16)
(A talk by the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto: April 18)
A chronicle of the development of English drama from its beginnings to the 1580s
Arranged for broadcasting and introduced by John Barton
Edited and produced by Raymond Raikes
6-Moralities: Allegorical Drama
' The Pride of Life' (c. 1405)
(Continued in next column)
Extracts from 'The Castle of Perseverance' (c. 1425)
Extract from 'Mind, Will, and Understanding' (c. 1460)
Extract from 'Mankind' (c. 1475)
'Everyman' (c. 1495)
Music composed by John Hotchkis with the BBC Chorus and the Goldsbrough Orchestra conducted by the composer
(The recorded broadcast of March 17)
(Moral Interludes-Secular Entertainment: April 16 and 18)
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]
Hirsch String Quartet: Leonard Hirsch, Leonard Dight, Stephen Shingles, Francisco Gabarro
Second of three programmes including Haydn's three quartets. Op. 54, together with contemporary quartets
A talk by Iulia de Beausobre on letters written shortly before their execution by some Germans who defied Hitler. These letters have recently been published under the title Dying We Live.
Missa Sine Nomine
Henri Arque, Stanislas Boutry and Fernand Marin (trombones)
The Philippe Caillard Vocal Ensemble
Director, Philippe Caillard
(on gramophone records)