John Carol Case (baritone)
Melos Ensemble:
Richard Adeney
(flute and bass flute)
Peter Graeme (oboe and cor anglais)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Paul Draper (bassoon)
Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Cecil Aronowitz (viola)
Terence Weil (cello)
* Osian Ellis (harp) with Josephine Lee (piano)
Third of six programmes
by C. V. Wedgwood
John Cleveland, who died 300 years ago today, was the most popular poet of the mid-seventeenth century. Despite the almost complete neglect of his work in more recent years, Miss Wedgwood believes that he deserves close reading both as a political satirist and as a master of the metaphysical conceit.
Nina Milkina (piano)
Second of two programmes
Written by Laurence Kitchin
Production by Douglas Cleverdon with Godfrey Kenton
David March and Arthur Young
The Trial of Machiavelli' takes account of the views of scholars upon this most controversial figure-the father of ruthless political morality, whose principles are even now being put into almost daily practice.
