by Ugo Betti
Translated and adapted for broadcasting by Harry McWilliam
The action takes place in a foreign city: the people are inhabitants and emigrants from various countries. Time, the present
Music composed by Christopher Whelen
Production by John Gibson
Marina de Gabarain
(mezzo-soprano)
Geoffrey Gilbert (flute)
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader. Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Walter Goehr
Part 1
by J. Chinna Durai Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India
Hindu society has been called * the apotheosis of the family.' This religious, moral, legal, and economic system, three millenniums old, is invaded by Western ideas of welfare. Mr. Durai considers the consequences of this invasion.
Part 2
by Anthony Harvey
In this talk, prompted by two volumes of essays published early this year, Faith and Logic and Metaphysical Beliefs, Mr. Harvey points out a certain likeness in contemporary movements of theology and philosophy, and seeks an answer to the question: how are religious statements meaningful?
Geraint Jones (organ)
The Ambrosian Singers
Conductor, Denis Stevens
Programme devised by Denis Stevens
Secular German Music of the Renaissance: September 19
Paul Hofhaimer (1459-1537). one of the most distinguished organ players of his time, was an outstanding representative of the early Renaissance in Germany.
Heinrich Isaak (1450-1517), Flemish by birth, was the first international Renaissance composer. Unlike later musicians who travelled extensively, he never mixed national styles but wrote in the idiom of the particular country.
In memory of Charles Baudelaire ' by Swinburne
Read by Anthony Jacobs
Gwendolen Mason (harp)
The Camden Trio:
Evelyn Rothwell (oboe)
Archie Camden (bassoon)
Wilfrid Parry (piano)