Flore Wend (soprano)
Marguerite Paquet (contralto)
Jean Jacques Lesueur (tenor)
Jose-Luiz Ochoa (bass)
Directed from the harpsichord and piano by Nadia Boulanger
Recorded from a concert given by the Claydon Concerts Society at Claydon House, Buckinghamshire, on June 11, 1961
The European Economic Community and Britain
A conversation between RAYMOND ARON in Paris and ANDREW SHONFIELD in London, in which M. Aron from the inside and Mr. Shonfield from the outside agree, and disagree, about the reasons for Britain's decision to seek admission to the European Economic Community, and about some of the possible results of that decision...
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James Friskin (piano)
Second part of a selection made by Jean Cocteau
Poems by Apollinaire. Eluard
Raymond Radiguet , Max Jacob and himself
Read by Jean Cocteau
Translations by Naomi Lewis Barbara Bray , Oliver Bernard and John Petrie
Read by Zena Walker
Presented by RAYNER HEPPENSTALL
The last of seven programmes of French Verse which have been devoted to selections by Michel Butor , Jacques Prevert , and Jean Cocteau.
BBC Symphony Orchestra Leader, Paul Beard
Conducted by Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
PART 1
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by Patrick Seale of St. Antony's College. Oxford
The Arab states, Mr. Seale argues, are now undergoing a reappraisal of their policies as painful as any they have had to face since the Palestine War. He examines present Arab attitudes towards unity in the light of events since the break-up of the Syrian-Egyptian union.
PART 2
Illustrated talk by Humphrey Searle
Last year marked the 150th anniversary of Liszt's birth. Humphrey Searle assesses his importance at the present time and talks in particular about some of the late piano music.
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