An opera in three acts
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Act I
Scene 1: A courtyard before the palace at Pherae
Scene 2: The temple of Apollo

A dramatic poem by Robert Browning
An abridged version in nine parts
Part 2 (from Books 2, 3. and 4)

Marius Goring as 'Half-Rome'
James McKechnie as 'The Other Half-Rome'
Hugh Burden as 'Tertium Quid'

'Half-Rome' speaks the day alter the murder and ' finds much excuse tor Guido. His opinion is coloured by jealousy of his own wife.
'The Other Half-Rome,' speaking the next day, has found his way to the hospital cell where Pompilia lies dying. Her beauty and calm of spirit move him to speak in her defence.
'Tertium Quid,' two days later, makes his account of the murder an opportunity to demonstrate his shrewdness and turn of elegant phrase to a distinguished audience in the hope of personal advantage.

Act 2: A hall in the palace
Act 3: Scene 1: A courtyard in the palace
Scene 2: The entrance to Hades
Verdi's 'Falstaff' from Glyndebourne:
June 8

by Richard Peters, Lecturer in Philosophy in the University of London
Dr. Peters points out the analogies between the two sides of education - cultivation of intellect and training of character - and between the answers given by two main traditions to its questions. It is the manner, he says, that maketh man.
Second of two talks

Symphony No. 2 played by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor, Karel Ancerl

by James Hanley
Details as Thursday at 9.15

Cello Sonata in F, Op. 5 No. 1
Pablo Casals (cello)
Rudolf Serkin (piano) on a gramophone record