by R. J. Z. Werblowsky
Reader in Comparative Religion in the University of Jerusalem
' Messianism arises in the bleak desert between paradise lost and paradise regained.'
The Goldsbrough Orchestra
(Leader, Emanuel Hurwitz )
Conducted by Raymond Leppard
Charles Spinks
(harpsichord continuo)
A profile by Christopher Middleton with poems translated by Christopher Middleton and Michael Hamburger, Reader: Martin Starkie.
Gottfried Benn, a leader of German twentieth-century poetry, was not well known outside Germany. In this programme Christopher Middleton examines his poetry and his claims on our interest.
London String Quartet:
Erich Gruenberg (violin)
John Tunnell (violin)
Keith Cummings (viola) Douglas Cameron (cello)