Irmgard Seefried (soprano)
Wolfgang Schneiderhan (violin)
Lucerne Festival Strings
(Leader, Rudolf Baumgartner )
From the Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Part 1

An introduction by Ian Rodger to Harry Martinson 's epic poem on which
Blomdahl's opera is based

Part 2

by Miguel de Unamuno
Translated by W. S. Merwin
Arranged for broadcasting and produced by Frederick Bradnum
The Suitors. Gentlemen and Psychiatrists played by John Scott and Douglas Storm
(The recorded broadcast of August 11)
Nctking Less than a Man tells the strange, sad story of a beautiful romantic girl obsessed with the idea of being loved, and of the rich, arrogant man who marries her but will not permit himself to love her. The piece is one of the author's Exemplary Tales.