(died July 23, 1757)
Sonatas
D (L.424); G (L. 232); G (L.487); A minor (L.429)
D (L.415); D minor (L.215); B flat
(L.497); B flat (L.500)
G (L.304); G (L.82); A- (L. 236); A
(L.293); D (L.107) played by George Malcolm (harpsichord)
Second of three programmes of music by Scarlatti
Thurston Dart talks about the founder of the English madrigal school, who was born c. 1557
The talk includes some of Morley's Consort Lessons (1599), played during the original productions of Twelfth Night and other Shakespeare plays, now receiving their first modern performance with their original instrumentation.
Carl Pint (violin)
Wilfred Smith (bass flute)
Robert Donington (bass viol)
Julian Bream (lute)
Desmond Dupr (cittern)
Freddie Phillips (pandora)
by Ernest Gellner
Lecturer in Philosophy in the University of London
1-The Holy Word
Mr. Gellner considers the reasons urged in favour of using language as a basis of philosophical enquiry, and gives his opinion that modern thinkers attach too much importance to the dictionary.
by Ingeborg Bachmann
Translated from the German by Christopher Holme
Incidental music composed by Hans Werner Henze
Production by Douglas Cleverdon
(Continued in next column)
Music recorded by the Orchestra of Norddeutscher Rundfunk
Conductor, Harry Hermann Spitz
('Master Peter's Puppet Show')
Puppet-opera in one act by Manuel de Falla
Text adapted by the composer from a chapter in Cervantes' ' Don Quixote ' sung in Spanish: on a record
Orchestra of the Champs-EIysees Theatre
Conducted by Ernesto Halffter
Nikolaus Pevsner speaks about an architectural exhibition in Berlin which opened on July 6
The most important part of this exhibition is the building of a whole quarter in the centre of Berlin by a number of architects from various countries.
A study in intellectual devotion
Jack Brymer (clarinet) Raymond Cohen (violin)
Henry Bronkhurst (piano)