Eastman Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Conductor, Frederick Fennell
Psalm (Vincent Persichetti ) Canzona (Peter Menin )
Chorale and Alleluia (Howard Hanson ) on a gramophone record
10-Man in Balance with Nature by C. B. Goodhart , Ph.D.
Assistant Curator, Museum of Zoology, University of Cambridge
Dr. Goodhart argues that the effect of civilisation is not, as is commonly thought, to stop the progress of natural selection but simply to change the environment in which it is operating. He contends that, if anything, the rate of evolution of human populations will increase rather than fall.
London Bach Society
Conductor, Paul Steinitz
(organ, Charles Spinks )
Fourth of six programmes
' of contemporary choral music
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.
This programme includes a contribution on The Trojans at Covent Garden.
A study of the philosopher
T. E. Hulme (1883-1917)
Written and narrated by Patric Dickinson with Godfrey Kenton as T. E. Hulme
Others taking part: Cecil Bellamy Nicolette Bernard , Leigh Crutchley
Malcolm Graeme , Derek Hart
Noel Johnson , David Lloyd James
Ivan Samson. Geoffrey Wincott
Production by Joe Burroughs
Impromptu In C minor (D.899) Sonata in A minor (D.784)
Landler No. 10. in B (D.790) played by Joseph Cooper (piano)
(1858-1942)
Cedric Wallis talks about the great French soprano who was at the height of her powers at the turn of the century
Illustrations on gramophone records include excerpts from Carmen, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Herodiade.
A mythological farce adapted from the story by Andr6 Gide
Thurston Dart (harpsichord)
Onzieme ORDRE La Castelane ; L'Etincelante; Les Graces naturelles; La Zenobie; Les Fastes de la grande et ancienne Menestrandise
Trbiziemk ORDRE
Lcs Lys naissants; Les Folies francaises; L'Ame en peine
Some comments on the problem of tragedy: by Geoffrey Brereton
Dr. Brereton refers in his talk to Le Dieu cache by Lucien Goldmann , The Harvest of Tragedy by T. R. Henn , and Form and Meaning in Drama by H. D. F. Kitto.
