conducts his melodrama
Persephone
1 Persephone ravie
2 Persephone aux enfers 3 Persephone renaissante with Vera Zorina (speaker)
Loren Driscoll (tenor)
Boya of the Schola Polyiphonlca Musical Director, Henry Washington BBC Chorus
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard
From the Royal Festival Hall, London

The Arts in China Today
Of all the countries where Communism has triumphed none has a more ancient civilisation than China. Yet comparatively little has been heard of how much of that civilisation has survived and, in particular, about the place of the arts in modern China-the subject of this conversation between SIR HUGH CASSON , SIR HERBERT READ and PETER SWANN , Keeper, Department of Eastern Art, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
: second broadcast

by Balint Vazsonyi
Second of twelve programmes which include most of Bartok's piano music.

PART 1
Words by Michael Flanders Music by Donald Swann
Production by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
The dictionary defines Bestiary as 'a medieval work describing the animal kingdom, real and fable, allegorised for edification.' This programme is designed for Third Programme listeners and their children.

The Philomusica of London
Led and directed by Carl Pini
From St. Gabriel's Church, Cricklewood

by J. P. Corbett
During a recent visit to Eastern Germany Mr. Corbett, Professor of Philosophy in the University of Sussex, spent many hours in discussions with philosophers and social theorists. He found that they combined a flexibility of thought with a conviction and determination which must, he feels, have a decisive influence on the future of Germany.

A Play for Radio by MlODRAG PAVLOVIC adapted from the Serbian by Dorian Cooke
Produced by CHRISTOPHER HOLME

Octet in F played by The Vienna Octet
Alfred Boskovsky (clarinet) Rudolf Hanzl (bassoon) Josef Veleba (horn)
Willi Boskovsky (violin) Philipp Matheis (violin)
Gunther Breitenbach (viola) Nikolaus Hubner (cello)
Johann Krump (double-bass) on a gramophone record