Five programmes arranged and introduced by H. C. Robbins Landon
3— Orchestral and Vocal Music
Joan Sutherland (soprano)
Marjorie Thomas (contralto)
Richard Lewis (tenor)
John Cameron (baritone)
Charles Spinks (harpsichord)
BBC Chorus
(Chorus-Master, Leslie Woodgate )
The Haydn Orchestra (Leader, Raymond Cohen )
Conductor, Harry Newstone
Part 1
Symphony No. 66 in A (c 1772)
(first modern performance in this country)
8.35 app. CANTATA: Ajplausus
(first modern performance)
Continued at 9.30
by David Thomson
Master of Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge
Two overseas conflicts in less than a decade in Indo-Chma and now in Algeria, have weakened France's position in NATO They have also affected tie position and outlook of the Army in the contemporary French scene. In this talk Dr. Thomson examines some of the implications of current French military attitudes to present Political personalities and policies in the light of the book Le Malaise de VArmee by Jean Planchais , recently published in Paris.
Part 2
CANTATA: Applausus
(Continued)
An interpretation of British attitudes towards coloured people by Michael Banton , Ph.D.
Department of Social Anthropology,
University of Edinburgh
The occurrence of minor ' racial friction ' in this country is often regarded as an inevitable result of lent colour prejudice among Britons. Dr. Banton's research has led him to different and more optimistic conclusions.
(The recorded broadcast of March 30)
Three programmes of gramophone records issued in conjunction with volume 1 of the Oxford History of Music
2-Japan. Bali, and Tibet
Including examples of the Japanese
Koto the Balmese gamelan orchestra, and Lamaistic trumpets and liturgical chanting from Tibet.
India and Islam: May 31