A topical programme on the arts, literature, and entertainment.
It is hoped to include talks on Shadow of Heroes by Robert Ardrey at the Piccadilly Theatre, London, and the season of films by Ingmar Bergman at the Hampstead Everyman Cinema.
The Melos Ensemble: Emanuel Hurwitz (violin), Ivor McMahon (violin), Cecil Aronowitz (viola), Terence Weil (cello), Adrian Beers (double-bass), Lamar Crowson (piano)
(BBC recording)
Second of four programmes
Schumann's Piano Quartet played by Maria Donska and the Aeolian String Quartet: October 17
Written and narrated by Patric Dickinson.
A study of Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909).
[Starring] Marius Goring
(The recorded broadcast of June 15)
Infant joy: A poison tree; The piper; London: The lamb; The Shepherd; Ah! Sun- flower; Cruelty has a human heart; The Divine Image; Eternity
(first broadcast performance)
Sung by Wilfred Brown (tenor) with Janet Craxton (oboe).
(BBC recording)
These poems by Blake were set to music by Vaughan Williams for the film The Vision of William Blake (made in connection with last year's bicentenary celebrations), which also includes music from the composer's masque Job.
Wilfred Brown, who is heard singing the songs in the film, is to give the first concert performance, with Janet Craxton, in London next month.
An excerpt from the novel by Nagai Kafu.
Translated from the Japanese by Donald Keene.
Read by John Morris.
(The recorded broadcast of Sept. 9)
