with the episode of Veronica's Handkerchief'
Translated by Terence Tiller
(' Le Villi ')
An opera-ballet in two acts
Libretto by Ferdinando Fontana English version by David Harris
Music by Puccini
BBC Chorus
(Trained by Alan G. Melville)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
(Leader, Paul Beard )
CONDUCTOR. RUDOLF SCHWARZ
Producer, David Harris
Repetiteur. Vida Harford
Narrator, Edward Jewesbury
Scene: Germany in the Middle Ages
Act 1
Outside William's cottage in the Black Forest: a spring afternoon
Symphonic Section:
Abandonment: Anna's death The dance of the Wraitha
Act 2
The same as Act 1. Mid-winter: night
by Anthony Barnett of the Department of Zoology,
University of Glasgow
Mr. Barnett argues that the use of the term * conditional reflex,' originated by Pavlov, gives little indication of the complex nature of an animal's response to a conditional stimulus. A dog conditioned to a metronome does more than dribble at the mouth.
A selection of his poems
Read by Duncan Carse
Garard Green and David Spenser
Maria Lidka (violin)