by Charles Mitchell
The idea of ' simultaneity ' and the belief in the ' law of chance' as a valid basis for artistic expression are notions that go back to the very early years of this century, yet they have had a lasting influence. The speaker examines their origins.
Sonata In B minor
Grandes Etudes de Paganini:
No. 5, in E (La chasse)
No. 6, in A minor (Theme and variations)
No. 2, in E fiat (Octave study) played by Valentin Gheorghlu (piano) on gramophone records
by Christine Lavant
Translated from the German by Nora Wydenbruck
Read by Joan Plowright
Sound composition by Roberto Gerhard
Production by Michael Bakewell
A girl is trying to cure herself of a love she knows to be hopeless. It has led her to attempted suicide and despair, and in an asylum she tries to identify herself with the other patients and lose herself in their world of fantasy.
Virtuoso Ensemble: Leon Goossens (oboe) Peter Newbury (oboe)
John Burden (horn)
Andrew McGavin (horn) Ronald Waller (bassoon) Anthony Judd (bassoon)
David Martin (violin)
Gwynne Edwards (viola)
Willem de Mont (cello)
