Ali Akbar Khan (sarod) with Mahapurush Misra (tabla) Raj Dulari Khan (tambora)
Two Evening Ragas:
Misbra Shivaranjanl ; Lajwantl
A Philosophical Comment by Gerd Buchdahl
Lecturer in History and Philosophy of Science, University of Cambridge
The recent discussion on cosmology (broad-fast asain last Monday) rai-ed questions about the nature of scientific enquiry. Gerd Buchdahl argues that this is a common preliminary to scientific advance, and that Philosophy and science are more closely related than is generally realised.
Introduces and reads a selection from his recent verse
ACT 1
Scene 1: A room in the palace
Scene 2: Tiridate's camp outside the city
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Nora Gottlieb
Read by Kitty Fitzgerald
It is only a year since Lielia left school but .he is already married. How does her husband compare with her schoolgirl fancies?
Act 2
Scene 1: The banks of the river Araxes Scene 2: The royal gardens
by Anton Chekhov
Translated by Nora Gottlieb Read by Peter Woodthorpe
Every year on her Name Day the Countess
Waits for her visitors to arrive. In this story
Chekhov. makes a biting attack on selfishness. The Countess is visited, but at a price.
ACT 3
Scene 1: A courtyard in the palace Scene 2: The temple
A discussion between
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber and J. G. Weightman
How far should one carry obedience to the dictates of conscience and political belief when these conflict with one's duties as a citizen? A number of desertions from the French Army and recent arrests of Frenchmen for helping the Algerian rebel organisation in France have posed this problem for young Frenchmen who may sympathise with Algerian aspirations to independence
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber , editor of L'Express, who himself was called up a few years ago to fight as a lieutenant in Algeria, talks about his own experience of the clash between conscience and duty with J G. Weightman , Lecturer in French at King's College, London.
Piano Quintet in E flat, Op. 44
Aeolian String Quartet
Cella Arieli (piano)
(: third broadcast)
