Patricia Johnson contralto
Ronald Dowd tenor
Aliberto Remedios tenor
Ra.imund Herincx baritone
Roger Stalman bass-baritone
Donald Wolfit speaker
BBC Men's Chorus
Sadler's Wells Men's Chorus Chorus-Master. David Tod Boyd BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
Colin Davis
From the Royal Albert Hall , London Part 1 conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent
by Martin Wells
Demonstrator in Zoology. University of Cambridge
Snails originated in the sea, but have since colonised the land. Their ability to feed on plants directly gave them a good start; but, even so, the business of being a garden snail is fraught with very considerable difficulty.
Part 2: Stravinsky conducted by Colin Davis
OEDIPUS REX
Colin Davis, David Tod Boyd , Patricia Johnson , Alberto Remedios, and Raimund Herincx broadcast by permission of Sadler's Wells Opera Company See page 42
Stravinsky's 'Les Noces ': Friday at 9.15
A dialogue by DARYL HINE
As they climb a hill in a park in a city in Canada, a husband seeks assurance from his young wife that (like Alcestis) she would be willing to die for him. At the top of the hill they come to a cave, an abandoned excavation..... Production by DouGLAS CLEVERDON : second broadcast
Piano Trio in B, Op. 8 played by Isaac Stern (violin) Pablo Casals (cello) Myra Hess (piano) on a gramophone record Recorded at the Prades Festival, 1953