A weekly review of the arts
Including:
A review of the new production of Coriolanus with Sir Laurence Olivier , at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre. Stratford-upon-Avon
In the interests of topicality it is not possible to include details of all Comment items in Radio TIMES.
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' Fidelio '
An illustrated study in the origins of Beethoven's opera by Hanns Hammelmann and Michael Rose
Including excerpts from the original version of the opera (' Leonore') from a recording made available by courtesy of Bayerischer Rundfunk
Part of the original version of Marzelline's aria recorded for this programme by Jacqueline Delman accompanied by Clifton Helliwell Production by Christopher Sykes
Quartet in E flat. Op. 87, for piano and strings
Sextet in A, Op. 48, for strings
London Piano Quartet; Emanuel Hurwitz (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Vivian Joseph (cello) James Gibb (piano)
Aeolian String Quartet; Sydney Humphreys (violin)
Trevor Williams (violin)
Watson Forbes (viola) Derek Simpson (cello) with Gwynne Edwards (viola)
John Moore (cello)
Second of three programmes of music by Dvorak