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A parable for radio by ALAN SHARP with music composed and played by RICHARD RODNEY BENNETT with Robert Baird , Isla Cameron
Michael Deacon , Yvonne Gillan Alex McCrindle. David McKail Colin Miller , Audrey Muir William Simpson Alan Thompson
Denis McCarthy (percussion)
Special effects by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Production by CHRISTOPHER HOLME

Contributors

Played By:
Richard Rodney Bennett
Unknown:
Robert Baird
Unknown:
Isla Cameron
Unknown:
Michael Deacon
Unknown:
Yvonne Gillan
Unknown:
Alex McCrindle.
Unknown:
David McKail
Unknown:
Colin Miller
Unknown:
Audrey Muir
Unknown:
William Simpson
Unknown:
Alan Thompson
Unknown:
Denis McCarthy
Production By:
Christopher Holme
Narrator:
Leonard Maguire
The Piano-Player:
Charles Hodgson
His Manager:
Tom Watson

String Quartet in A flat major
Op. 105
THE JANACEK QUARTET
Jiri Travnicek (violin) Adolf Sykora (violin)
Jiri Kratochvil (viola) Karel Krafka (cello) on a gramophone record

Contributors

Violin:
Jiri Travnicek
Viola:
Jiri Kratochvil
Cello:
Karel Krafka

by GEOFFREY BARRACLOUGH
Stevenson Research Professor of International History, University of London
It is often said that the United States has replaced Britain as the world's dominant power. Professor Barraclough argues that this view is based on a misreading of history, and that the rise of the United States to world power reflects not a change of leadership in an existing system but the emergence of a new system. followed by interlude at 9.25

KYRA VAYNE (soprano)
PAMELA BOWDEN (contralto) JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor) JOHN CAMERON (baritone) MALCOLM BINNS (piano)
PATRICIA CARROLL (piano) THOMAS RAJNA (piano)
GRACE WILKINSON (piano) BBC CHORUS
Percussion from the PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA
Conducted by JOHN PRITCHARD From the Royal Albert Hall Part 2 John Pritchard broadcasts by permission of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society
Part 1: Home Service

Contributors

Contralto:
Pamela Bowden
Tenor:
John Mitchinson
Baritone:
John Cameron
Piano:
Malcolm Binns
Piano:
Patricia Carroll
Piano:
Thomas Rajna
Piano:
Grace Wilkinson
Conducted By:
John Pritchard

by BERNARD SMITH
Among present-day artists there is a new interest in ' images,' in representational elements as distinct from pure abstraction. Bernard Smith , art historian and art critic from Melbourne, considers the use of images in the work of Francis Bacon , Sidney Nolan , and Arthur Boyd , all of whom have recently had London exhibitions. Second broadcast

Contributors

Unknown:
Bernard Smith
Unknown:
Bernard Smith
Unknown:
Francis Bacon
Unknown:
Sidney Nolan
Unknown:
Arthur Boyd

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