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First of two programmes of music by Hoist

Reflections on the origins and development of harmony by Percival R. Kirby formerly Professor of Music,
Witwatersrand University
Professor Kirby advances the view that man's harmonic consciousness is not innate but a response to the harmonic law in nature. In illustration he plays on some of the most primitive instruments known to man, including the Bushman shoouag-bow.

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by John Midgley
Against the background of the new quarrel between Moscow and Belgrade John Midgley, after a visit to Yugoslavia, sees her engaged in a race against time in her attempts to achieve internal economic improvement and to end disharmony between the various national groups that compose her population.

Part 1

H. G. Whiteman speaks about two recent novels: The Bell by Iris Murdoch and The Middle Age of Mrs. Eliot by Angus Wilson

Part 2

'The End of the Wrath'
Book 19, lines 185-424
Translated by Robert Cassen
'The Battle with the River'
Book 21, lines 184-382
Translated by Christopher Logue
Read by Denis McCarthy
Series arranged by D.S. Carne-Ross
(The recorded broadcast of March 2)
Ninth of twelve readings from Homer's Iliad in new translations by different hands.
Next programme: December 6

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