A Japanese Noh Floy
A programme in two parts arranged by Geoffrey Bownas
Produced by David Thomson
Pari i : THE MEDIEVAL PLAY attributed to Seami Motokivo translated by Arthur Waley , with an introduction written by Geoffrey Bownas and illustrated by excerpts from a Japanese performance recorded at Hosho-Kai Noh Theatre, Tokyo
English cast in order of speaking:
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Part 2: THE MODERN PLAY on the same theme by Yukio Mishima , translated by Donald Keene.
Cast in order of speaking:
The character Iwakichi corresponds to the gardener of the old play; Hanako Tsukioka corresponds to the Princess.
DURING THE INTERVAL (8.40-8.50 app.) : A record of some of Dowland's Lachrimae, played by the Philomusica of London, directed by Thurston Dart

Quartet in E flat, Op. 127 played by the Stross String Quartet:
Wilhelm Stross , Kurt Christian Stier Valentin Haertl , Rudolf Metzmacher

The first of a series of six short talks in which
Sir Adrian Boult offers his views on problems of conducting

played by Piero Guarino