CANTATA No. 205:
Der zufriedengestellte Aeolus
Mary Thomas (soprano)
Pamela Bowden (contralto)
Wilfred Brown (tenor)
Thomas Hemsley (baritone)
Eric Gritton
(harpsichord continuo)
The Geraint Jones Singers and Orchestra
(Leader, Winifred Roberts ) Conductor. Geraint Jones
by A. C. L. Day
Reader in Economics in the University of London
The scheme for a Free Trade Area is being seriously jeopardised by the failure of the British and French to agree on Its provisions. Mr. Day believes that a new approach is called for, associatmg the Commonwealth more closely with Western Europe.
A story by Kafka from the collection
' In the Penal Settlement' translated by Willa Muir and Edwin Muir
Read by Kenneth Griffith with music composed by Franz Reizenstein
Orchestra conducted by Norman Del Mar
Production by Michael Bakewell
The Virtuoso Ensemble:
Edward Walker (flute)
Sidney Fell (clarinet)
Ronald Waller (bassoon)
John Burden (horn)
Osian Ellis (harp)
David Martin (violin)
Patrick Halling (violin) Gwynne Edwards (viola)
Willem de Mont (cello)
James W. Merrett (double-bass)
The second of three programmes each including one of the works commissioned by the Virtuoso Ensemble for its concerts at the Wigmore Hall earlier this year