performed by FEDERICO REYNA and members of his family
Introduced by A. L. LLOYD
Production by DOUGLAS CLEVERDON
The musical folklore of Venezuela reflects the influences of paganism and Christianity, of African rhythms and old Spanish dances, of slave customs and religious festivals
Suite: Mladi (Youth) played by the PRAGUE WIND QUINTET Rudolf Hertl (flute)
Vaclav Smetacek (oboe) Vladimir Riha (clarinet) Josef Schwarz (horn) Karel Bidlo (bassoon) with Alois Rybin (bass clarinet) on a gramophone record
by LAURENCE LERNER
Mr. Lerner considers the various ways in which novels about the future reflect political and social attitudes about the present. He compares Orwell's 1984 and Huxley's Brave New World in terms of their moral philosophies.
Second broadcast
Sonata in D major (D.850) Six German Dances (D.970) played by ALFRED KITCHIN (piano)
Sonata in E major, played by Susan McGaw : September 9 (Home)
Chosen and introduced by GEOFFREY GRIGSON
Readers:
DUNCAN MCINTYRE JOHN SHARP and MARY WIMBUSH
Second broadcast
Frans Briiggen (flute)
Jaap Schroder (violin) Anner Bylsma (cello) Gustav Leonhardt (harpsichord)
† by RICHARD HARRIS
The apparently permanent un-settlement in what was formerly French Indo-China is usually ascribed to Communist expansionist ambitions. RICHARD HARRIS , Far Eastern specialist of The Times, maintains that it is due more to Western lack of recognition of the frontier between the different civilisations of East and South Asia.
A dramatic monologue by Arthur Schnitzier translated by SHEILA STERN with John Westbrook as Lieutenant Gustl
Other parts played by COBFREY QUIGLEY and MALCOM HAYES
Produced by MARTIN ESSLIN
Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), the Austrian dramatist and novelist, published the story Lieutenant Gustl in 1900. It is one of the earliest examples of the ' stream-of-consciousness ' in European literature
To be repeated on Sept. 22
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JOHN MITCHINSON (tenor)
BBC NORTHERN ORCHESTRA Leader, Reginald Stead
Conducted by MAURICE Miles
