19:30

'TANNHÄUSER'

Fri 5^th Feb 1960, 19:30 on Third Programme

An opera in three acts by Richard Wagner
English version by Ernest Newman
Sadler's Wells Chorus
(Chorus-Master. John Barker )
Sadler's Wells Orchestra
(Leader. Barry Collins )
Conducted BY JAMES ROBERTSON
Producer, Anthony Besch
From Sadler 's Wells Theatre. London
ACT t
Scene 1: The interior of the Venusberg
Scene 2: The valley in front of the Wartburg

Contributors

Unknown:: Richard Wagner
Unknown:: Ernest Newman
Chorus-Master:: John Barker
Leader:: Barry Collins
Conducted By:: James Robertson
Producer:: Anthony Besch
Unknown:: From Sadler
Venu:: Marie Collier
TannhÃ¤user:: Ronald Dowd
A shepherd boy:: Iris Kells
Hermann Landgrave of Thuringia:: Stanley Clarkson
Walther von der Vogelweide:: Alberto Remedios
Biterolf:: Donald McLntyre
Wolfram von Eschenbach:: John Lawrenson
Heinrich der Schreiber:: Tom Swift
Reinmar von Zweter:: Leon Greene
Elisabeth, niece of the Landgrave:: Judith Pierce

Source: Radio Times

20:30

MUSICAL SCHOLARS

Third Programme

Fri 5^th Feb 1960, 20:30 on Third Programme

England v. Germany
H. C. ROBBINS LANDON, an American scholar living in Vienna, has witnessed the cold war between English and German musicologists from either side.

Source: Radio Times

20:40

' TANNHAUSER

Third Programme

Fri 5^th Feb 1960, 20:40 on Third Programme

ACT 2: The hall of song in the Wartburg

Source: Radio Times

21:45

SLANDER'S MARK

Third Programme

Fri 5^th Feb 1960, 21:45 on Third Programme

Shakespeare's Sonnets
LXIX-LXXVII
Read by Michael Redgrave
Introduced by Rayner Heppenstall (: second broadcast)
This programme was one of a series in Which all Shakespeare's sonnets were read during 1959.