First of two programmes edited by Jose Helmer Compiled and narrated by Alan Lomax
These two programmes reflect the whole range of Mexican traditional music—the music of primitive Indian groups, the old Spanish folk-song tradition, and the vigorous mestizo music in which two powerful musical cultures have blended. (Recordings made under the sponsorship of the Mexican Folk Songs
Archives. Fine Arts Department. Mexican Government: second broadcast)
A weekly review of the arts
This edition includes:
Roy Walker on the BBC Television Drama Department's current productions of Shakespeare's histories in the series An Age of Kings
Iberia
Book 1:
Evocation: El Puerto; Fete-Dleu A
Seville
Book 2:
Rondena; Almeria; Triana played by Alicia de Larrocha (piano)
by Lord Byron
Arranged by Terence Tiller
Episode 6: ' Gulbeyaz '
(: second broadcast)
Episode 7. ' The Seraglio ': August 18
Erwartung
Helga Pilarczyk (soprano)
Cologne Radio
Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Michael Gielen
(Recording made available by courtesy Of Westdeutscher Rundfunk)
. Three talks on Paradise Lost by William Empson
Professor of English Literature in the University of Sheffield
3-Heaven
(: second broadcast)